This Series ENDS When I Die - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA Ironman (1-Life) Playthrough Ep. 1 

Prediction: I die 2 mins into episode 2.

Not only did a single video nuke many servers and a discord, you also gave many people a new addiction! Thanks Drewski

Pro tip: You don't need charcoal to cook with the Field Cooking Kit, you can use it on a campfire, you just have to be close enough to show the "Extinguish" prompt, and then open your inventory and right click, then use. Saves the high carry weight of Charcoal and it's free.

The fact you walked right up to a bandit and he acted just as surprised as you were, even "panicking" and running for cover right away is why I love these games. In others he would turn around like the terminator and one shot you. The Ai (relatively) act pretty real.

I love how well that bloodsucker in the lighning storm interupting his monologue really captures the essence of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Yo Drew, I was able to get rid of all my micro stutters and lag with these steps. 1. I turned on the stutter fix in MO. 2. Closed steam while playing GAMMA. 3. Disabled discord overlay and hardware excel. 4. Launch Anomaly launcher via MO, then change shadow mapping to 1536, turn on prefetch sounds. 5. Launch game and always disable CPU core 0 for the game. After I did all of these my game runs super smooth :)

Love to see more people giving S.T.A.L.K.E.R the love it deserves. A couple of tips though, for Anomaly/GAMMA: 1: You don't NEED charcoal for that cooking set, you can use it without fuel if you use it next to a campfire 2: When an NPC asks for multiple of an item, an item with multiple uses counts as multiple items. Eg: a Vinca with 5 uses counts as 5 Vinca

You haven't had the true stalker experience until you're just wandering the zone and you hear, "granata" after which a grenade lands right at your feet.

It's incredible how this game manages to feel like an intense tactical PvP experience, but somehow does it while being singleplayer.

Looking at this Gameplay, the Ai seems to be way smarter than today's game coming out. They act very human pushing and rushing your position when you reload and such, I'm amazed.

A little tip: Holding ‘F’ key in G.A.M.M.A will highlight loot and will automatically pick it up when you’re close. Helps you find floor loot in dark spaces.

watched this video before playing the game and i had no idea about the game mechanics, locations, enemies etc. and now i'm back watching it again after about 10 hours in-game, the first 5 hours i was not really enjoying myself as i went to the swamps doing missions looking for artifacts and didn't know how anything worked but now i'm having a blast looking for weapon parts to hopefully get a proper gun. One of the best games i've played in a long time

I recently started playing stalker and i was blown away with how there is no handholding once you boot it up, your just thrown right in to the gameplay

You were a bit wrong about the Clear Sky faction, they get wiped out/absorbed into the monolith at the end of CS during a massive blowout and AFAIK the armourer is the only survivor as he is work for the ecologists in COP and you can even comment on his uniform and get a CS armour from him if you have a high enough rep

Ahh man.. I wish Stalker would've been online co-op.. Imagine how frickin' cool it would've been running around with your mate on a ironman..

Little advices for your next play : - Explore the buildings, search on crates/tables or in jeeps/trucks for items, it can be food, repair items or even crafting materials in good state, very usefull. - do as much missions as you can in cordon to get some stash coordinates and then find your first basic tools, it's one of the 2 ways to have more advanced repair tools sold by the technician to who you gave those tools, but the best and cheaper way is to craft it yourself with those basic tools. The missions finding documents from the professors of clear sky and scientists will lead you to good stashes. - Find those packages with RF receiver, it will save you especially at beginning. - at beginning, try to find good pistols, like .45 or desert eagle (you found 1 or 2 against mercs sadly), very cheap to repair (handgun repair kit) and very powerfull.

There is actually 3 questlines, Drew! The second one is a Sin (faction) questline Third is a UNISIG (faction too) questline

I love the attention that STALKER is getting nowadays. Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece with the world.

Fractures are canonically very fast. In the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. books, they are commonly portrayed as deceptively frail, sentient or able to mimic human speech, but prone to instantly go for the kill the moment your guard is down, all while displaying astonishing burst speed.

40:37 if I remember correctly, Clear Sky is even wiped out before the first game even starts because the second game (Clear Sky) is a prequel, and the events of that game are connected with their disappearance. That's why you only see them in Stalker: Clear Sky.

Also be sure to check out the keybindings! There are some really neat options that don't really get mentioned, like being able to move your firearm closer or further away when aiming down the sight (really helps with longer distance shots).

For a few weeks now drewski our STALKER community saw you as a blessing and curse, blessing that stalker is getting some light shined on it again with some top quality videos from a good RU-vidr, but a curse in that it flooded our long quiet zone with rookies stepping into every anomaly be it avoidable bugs/CTDs and trivial questions hahah))

The AI in this game are terrifying and actually smart, like holy shit.. they flank you, use cover.. and rush you at opportunistic times like when you’re reloading or healing. So impressive for a old game

This style feels so much like a FrankieonPC video. And I love it. Slightly less cinematic (season 1 was dead-on with the cinematic feel) but the tension of knowing it’s ironman ratchets up the intensity to more than make up for it. I especially enjoy how much it gives you the Tarkov vibe of total fear of death, careful cautious gameplay, and constantly scanning your surroundings for any movement. Well done.

I'm proud to have been a part of the GAMMA server chaos. Never before have I had so much fun playing what is essentially a free game. GGs Drewski

Just so you know, you can use the cooking kit without fuel if you are next to a campfire. Also sell monster parts to butcher, and buy buckshot from him. He has some of the best prices out there

The point you try to make at 45:10 about the fact that Anomaly doesn't have a story I think is great. Personally I find it fun to be a "nobody", not be the main character that can do everything for once. In Anomaly you really get that feeling that no one knows you and that you're just some random guy trying to survive in the zone along with a bunch of other people. I think that's what separates it from a lot of other games and I find that to be a good thing. Most, if not all, new games (that have a story) have this feeling that you're the main character, you're the guy everyone wants to talk to, but in Anomaly you're you and no one else.

30:18 well, they do. They do act as a shield, you can totaly hide behind them during a gunfight. It even says so in it's description.

i love the limited edited, long, live, feel of the video. very spoopy very nice.

Drewski You don't need fuel to cook if you stand close to a campfire

5:26 on the topic of "Duty doesn´t let you in" in Stalker SOC. Dunno how known this is and I never looked it up since I discovered this some 15 years ago.. when playing SOC and you wanna trade with the duty guy, you can climb through the trashpile opposite of the arena. Takes a bit of wiggle waggle and shit but the most interesting part is, since you are trespassing you have to watchout that the guards can´t see you.. but the trader actually walks to the window and starts talking to you.Thought it´s a nice little detail most people don´t know about~ I can´t speak russian or ukrainian but I am fairly sure that he even comments on you being there without being allowed.

This is such an intense watch! I jumped when you did and sat holding my breath a few times. I hope you continue playing this game, cause you are doing it in a very entertaining way:)

Watching the rush unfold in Grok's discord was quite fun. New people dropping like flies into the server. Chaos everywhere. What an experience drew.

Drewski, you should be able to use the cooking kit next to the campfire if you are close enough. This will make it so you don’t need to use the charcoal.

I rly enjoyed it! I saw your "Massive Survival Shooter You're Never Played" video first and now i will watch all of the ironman mode video and then continue playing my own playtrough i've forgotten about for the last 2 months ^^ Thanks for hyping me up and bringing stalker back onto my to do things! :D

I'm so glad you decided to make videos on this game! I've never heard about Stalker before, and since seeing these videos, I've been playing Anomaly and i'm enjoying it more than any game in the past 2 years! And Stalker community is truly something else, feel in love with this community

The funniest thing about that shotgun fight with the bandit was, that it was a pretty long fight, but had drewski recognized it was a bandit immediately it could've easily been over before it started

Please keep this up. I had no idea Anomaly or GAMMA even existed until your videos and now I'm hooked beyond belief.

man this serie really helped me out when it came out my ex just dumped me and didnt know how to get over it. your vids help alot! rewatching again for my first time preparing for gamma

I really love these smaller Ironman series...especially the editing job you have done. I actually find myself glued to this vod for the entire video...

Being in the discord when it went nuclear was insane and trying to help everyone and flying around with the staff was a crazy 24 hours. Hope you keep these long style videos of more games like this.

your original stalker series was what that made me play anomaly right now im in my 4th playthrough in gamma thanks to you, this game is amazing

Small tip, butcher in the garbage sells shotgun ammo, .357 and .45 much cheaper than any other trader, also the multi fuel stove at a much better price. Handy for when you've just started out and cash is tight.

Thanks Drew for all the Stalker content lately, I've been hooked on this game series ever since SoC came out in 2007. I've tried countless mods, have thousands of hours into the 3 games and I just CAN'T. GET. ENOUGH.

I’m glad you blew up the servers with your last vid to introduce me to this absolute gem Drewski! This is legit my new favorite survival game, no other keeps me on the knives edge of staying alive while still being extremely enjoyable. So thank you man, keep the awesome vids up!

Yes!! was hoping you'd do another Stalker series, I literally just started watching your original series. Top man Drewski!!

Drewski you're like the only youtuber I can watch anymore. Your content is sublime, looking forward to this playthrough, no matter how long it lasts! Thanks for delivering such good content.

Let's see that next episode! Went and watched your videos from a year ago on Anomaly :) it was so good! Great production quality, man!

Btw that binoculars slot can be used for sidearms too. Pistols and some other small weapons like the sawed off.

The moment I started playing Gamma, I fell in love with this game/mod. It's easily the most immersive and atmospheric survival horror shooter I've played in a hot minute. Thank you for introducing so many of us to this superb experience! Ps: Good luck with the ironman playthrough, can't wait to see how far you manage to get!

I don't know what it is about this particular video series, but I'm finding it super relaxing to have on in the background while working. I'm already running through it a second time, such perfect ambience and I can't explain why.

This was packed with intense moments and high amounts of excitement and i can't wait for the next episode. Keep up the great work and god bless

i love how you put these videos together the shots of the levels upon entering them are perfectt

Oh man I'm so happy to see you playing this in Ironman, it's the only way I play it and I'm looking forward to seeing what I could do differently. Put it this way, I wouldn't survive to Episode 2!

I can not tell you how excited I am for this series, this is by far my favourite series you have made

This was spectacular. After playing Misery Mod for a while I think this will defiantly be on the list of to dos. Can't wait to see what the Zone as in store for you!

Just got into GAMMA right before you posted a vid on it, call it lucky! I do recommend saving mutant parts and patches for tasks you may encounter, as they will give a lot more $ than selling them. Good luck, I cant wait to see an ep 2..or ep 3, 4, etc!

The soundtrack you made is amazing, very proud of you Drew. Good job!

Awesome to see thousands of people getting into this experience, STALKER has been in my top 3 (if not number 1) games since release. Even bought a gaming PC for Shadow of Chernobyl and I'm doing it again for STALKER 2

Was in the same boat of only playing a tiny bit of stalker when I was younger. Haven't started gamma yet, but after watching your video I downloaded anomaly. I started playing it from the beginning on one life ironman mode though and holy hell it's been one of my favourite gaming experiences ever. Would highly recommend anyone getting into the game to do the same. Yeah you'll die a lot, and lose a lot of really far playthroughs, but the heart palpations you get from tension is unparalleled. Thanks for getting me into this game! I'm so obsessed I'm planning my first international trip to the zone irl xp.

I can’t wait for this series to only last one episode

Drewski about to bomb the Moddb servers again with this one.

I downloaded the game immediately when i saw your video which at the time had been up for an hour and it has been everything i have ever hoped for from a game of it's type and more.

A someone who had stalker anomaly before i discovered your channel, i appreciate you bringing light to the series. Anomaly was different for me and i enjoyed watching your content and learning things i never would have coming from Soc, CS, and CoP Your content has been great, keep up the good work. I cant wait to see your playthrough of HoS when it gets released

I was one of the people you inspired to get into STALKER GAMMA and I have to say thank you for covering this game, regardless of the overflow it caused, lol. I’ve been enjoying it, but man is this mod hard, even on medium difficulty. One note, this is around 36 minutes in so I don’t know if you discovered it later on, but for cooking, while using the cooking kit you bought earlier, you can use campfires as heat sources so you don’t need to use charcoal every time. Hope you continue having fun with the game :D

i would love a "randomizer" 1 life playtrough where u use a random number generator to determine what gear and faction you start with

Just started playing this game and man it is very intense. Just now kinda learned the healing and got everything figured out with food and water, now it's time for weapons. No idea how to go about that but imma try my best! 😅 Thanks to you for getting me hooked!

watching you play stalker is a treat. Honestly these games have influenced me so much. Still have to watch the other videos but now I want to play the trilogy again as well as lost alpha and all the mods. If you haven't played Lost Alpha. Please do.

"I don't mean to DDOS-" Dude you just about DDOS'd my heart with that mutant!

Keep up the awesome work Drew, and keep kicking ass!

I’ve been a fan since the games came out and I’ve been playing and modding them ever since. I for one am glad you posted a video on this mod

Dunno if you're aware or you like that mod, but there is a magazine mod included with gamma, its just turned off by default, i absolutely love it and can't play without it

can't wait for more people to try gamma, its freakin sweet

This video convinced me it was time to download! About a week in and it is by far the best video game experience I have ever had. Brings me back to morrowind days.

Love these STALKER videos, so tense and atmospheric. Downloading it now, wish me luck!

In the game while drewski was playing I heard Хочу перемен by kino. That is really cool by the devs 54:40

I was one of the lucky ones who got it to work first try. This is my first S.T.A.L.K.E.R experience and honestly I've been enjoying. It's been kicking my butt, but I've been enjoying it. I even went out of my way to buy all 3 original games, and a copy of Roadside Picnic. Thank you again (Even if it caused some serious issues)

Drew, you seem like the kind of guy I could just bro out with on whatever game. Keep up the great content

Man this was so much fun to watch. I hope you get many more episodes of this :D

I am so glad I went back to check out your stuff. This is so great!

Drewski this game has become my new addiction, thank you!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure GAMMA has new story lines which are: last dawn for clear sky, artefact hunters for scientists, and operation "monolith" retribution for military.

I re-watched your season 1 of anomaly recently, I love this series. Good to have a new season!!!

i really enjoy you just playing these games and talking, its really relaxing and makes for a good watch to deal with my insomnia

Stalker was one of my favorite games growing up, it's so nice to see it blow up like this.

I just want to thank all of the people who made anomaly and the people who made this amazing easy to install modpack, for free. Y’all are legends and a gift to the stalker community, this great game needed all this recognition!

I have had the Stalker game from "in the shadow of chernobyl" and played it through as vanilla first, the i have used the "Oblivion Lost" a lot, have played other mods aswell, but not the anamoly mod. but will have a go on that later. Quite a long time since i played the stalker game now.

I'm loving this vid! hoping to have more of this long video and alsp here more of the music you made yourself

You deserve every bit of that attention Drewski! You're killing it

Honestly, I'd love to see a couple series on this modlist from you.

LMAO!!!! LOVE THE INTRO! I can't believe how many people didn't know about this. I have been playing Anomaly for years now.

At first I was sceptical about this gameplay but you're pretty interesting to listen and a gameplay is a blast. Well done and thank you. Subbed.

I love seeing Drew do series now. I might get it now too.

god it was fun watching this unfold. im glad gamma have gotten a new influx of players

it is crazy how a person can spend an hour and a half watching a gamplay, never thought I could... and here I am, wanting more! lol! great job bro!

Was enthralled the entire video, please, do more Drewski, new sub, loving the content!

1:31 Drew: i dont mean to ddos…. proceeds to empty a whole mag on a poor mutant*

I have a feeling that STALKER 2 wont be as good as Anomaly/Gamma

I saw your previous video and finally downloaded this game. It's one of the most fun games I've played in a very long time!

18:30 - That's a nice touch right there. The present(past) you is telling us you're expecting to die soon while future(present, which I guess is also at the past now since it has already passed by the time I'm watching this) you writing and editing this video that you've lived through the whole experience. I haven't skipped the video but no words could I describe it how that experience was. At one instance, you're telling us that you won't expect much of it and that you'll die soon so don't expect too much hope while on the other, you wrote that you'll live through and you have plot armor, at least on this video, so therefore there's hope that you'll live through the video. I can't describe how surreal that experience was, really can't. I hope you have an interesting journey on how it all went. Also, I'm laughing my ass out about the massive amount of people just up and downloaded the mod en masse. Good thing I downloaded my Anomaly files before this whole shenanigan happened. Or was it affected by the craze or not since it was focused on Gamma? Anyway, felt sorry for those guys who had to manage all of this mess but I hope this gives them the motivation to soldier on and make it better because they really made a good mod that not a lot of people know about unless you told them. Anyways, live long Stalker Drewski. Live as long as you can and we'll be watching you. Don't worry, I won't be skipping. For all it's worth, I can guarantee you that.