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[Toots]

looks crazy good

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Now I have the urge to replay all Metro games as well as the old stalker games tho they havent aged that well.

I love the Metro series. I never played any Stalker games.

 

[GymWolf]

I still have to watch this one, so from the comments here i guess it's not as downgraded as the last few trailers?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Those look like the same balls from Metro.

 

[Montauk]

Now to wait for the announcement that it’s running locked 30 at 1080p on Series X.

 

[Denton]

stick with the first 2 metro games. the third one is 'metro without the actual metro'...

Which is why Exodus is the best game in the trilogy. And there are still plenty of interior missions.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I've noticed that Ukrainians make some really good games.

 

[MujkicHaris]

The best looking game from the showcase. I love how the contrast due to shadows and lack of light bounces isn't ruined by over-used global illumination.
Beautiful gritty texture work. I can almost taste the bitterness of rust and dirt in some shots. Great work by devs.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

 

[Heart_Attack]

Been waiting forever for this one. Love the Metro Games, and the old Stalker games too.

 

[GymWolf]

Graphic looks nice but the gunplay looks a bit too much far cry-ish for lack of better words.

I need to see more of the shooting part before deciding if i'm in.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

oh wow actual gameplay, finally

monsters in stalker always looked kinda silly, and these look even sillier.
rest looks good though.

 

[amigastar]

Alright, It looks like a Stalker game, they've nailed it.

 

[semiconscious]

Actually it does have a whole metro level with the cannibals and the rest of it feels like stalker..i loved it.

Which is why Exodus is the best game in the trilogy. And there are still plenty of interior missions.

hey, i know i'm probably in the minority here, but, as someone who's enjoyed/replayed the first 2 games, i've found it impossible to even manage to get to the end of exodus. the tiresome train stuff just fucking bores me to death. that, & i really missed the dark, oppressive claustrophobia. without it, metro's just one more post-apocalyptic shooter, imo...

 

[LordBritish]

Imagine in Fallout 5 looked like this...

this trailer reminded me of fallout for some reason

 

[Stafford]

New trailer looks great. But so did the other trailers. Then we saw gameplay from Gamescom I believe last year? And that looked nothing like the trailers, looked rough. Now this dude on YouTube Luke Stevens says he played it and it was very rough, felt like it's still years away. But we know this is coming in September.

Bit worried now. He mentions it early in this video.

 

[Alebrije]

Nice Series, just hope this Game is deeper that the last ones from an Story perspective and have more elaborated Side missions, Also hope they do not changed difficult becuase is an important part.

 

[Stafford]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

 

[XXL]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

Some things in here are definitely concerning, regardless of his criticism of the gameplay.

- Calling it a screen tearing Simulator.
- Saying the trailer looks nothing like what he played.
- The guns feeling terrible, along with the design of the combat encounters.
- Someone walking by, seeing him playing and just saying "woof". Lol. Which is hilarious to me.

I hope this game is good, it was probably my favorite trailer from the showcase. But again, regardless of his criticism of the gameplay, the rest of what he said matters way more to me.

Hopefully I was just an old build, like he mentioned.

 

[Stafford]

Some things in here are definitely concerning, regardless of his criticism of the gameplay.

- Calling it a screen tearing Simulator.
- Saying the trailer looks nothing like what he played.
- The guns feeling terrible, along with the design of the combat encounters.
- Someone walking by, seeing him playing and just saying "woof". Lol. Which is hilarious to me.

I hope this game is good, it was probably my favorite trailer from the showcase. But again, regardless of his criticism of the gameplay, the rest of what he said matters way more to me.

Hopefully I was just an old build, like he mentioned.

Exactly man! This honestly sounds like we're back to Gamescom last year where the gameplay footage looked bad, really bad and nothing like the trailers. I was hoping this delay would have taken care of it.

According to someone on Twitter this is a brand new demo. Hope he was kidding.

 

[XXL]

According to someone on Twitter this is a brand new demo. Hope he was kidding.

That's not good.

(If true)

 

[KyoZz]

Can't wait for this one, already preordered on Steam, build a new PC with this game in mind. I'm all set.
The atmosphere in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has never been replicated.

 

[Bry0]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

Did he play the first game and is a fan or not?

If he did that’s concerning, if not his opinion means zilch. (To stalker fans anyway, lol)

Edit: okay I took the time to watch it. Honestly sounds like he never played stalker before and just doesn’t understand the mechanics at all. I.e. the beeping is the location of the artifact, he was supposed to be throwing bolts.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

Well, as a frequent STALKER player (hardly a fan tho) I'd say fans having a pure knee-jerk reaction. Original games were pure eurojunk saved by mods and unique atmosphere.

Listening to Luke is actually more interesting for me because he is a typical modern player who don't give a shit about legacy and looks at the game without attachments. STALKER was always about poorly working technical state and slew of broken promises and the second game is in-line with series reputation perfectly so far.

I will play it but, once again, I'm not holding my breath that STALKER 2 will magically find mainstream success.

 

[simpatico]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

If you've seen his other videos it makes sense. Guy is a complete idiot. More important to be worried if he's interested in a game you're excited for.

 

[Stafford]

Did he play the first game and is a fan or not?

If he did that’s concerning, if not his opinion means zilch. (To stalker fans anyway, lol)

Edit: okay I took the time to watch it. Honestly sounds like he never played stalker before and just doesn’t understand the mechanics at all. I.e. the beeping is the location of the artifact, he was supposed to be throwing bolts.

I understand all that. But what I find concerning is that he says what he played look nothing like the trailer. And this is while the trailers all look very good, they always did. The bit about the A.I. does not sound great. Guns feeling bad, etc, but in the trailer the gunplay looks fine. But assuming what he said here is genuine, it's concerning.

Well, as a frequent STALKER player (hardly a fan tho) I'd say fans having a pure knee-jerk reaction. Original games were pure eurojunk saved by mods and unique atmosphere.

Listening to Luke is actually more interesting for me because he is a typical modern player who don't give a shit about legacy and looks at the game without attachments. STALKER was always about poorly working technical state and slew of broken promises and the second game is in-line with series reputation perfectly so far.

I will play it but, once again, I'm not holding my breath that STALKER 2 will magically find mainstream success.

But it really sucks that they would mislead the people this badly then. The trailers really make it look like it's a Metro game with good gunplay, very nice visually, etc.

If you've seen his other videos it makes sense. Guy is a complete idiot. More important to be worried if he's interested in a game you're excited for.

That bad? I've seen some videos of him in the past where he would go on for two hours about a Ubi game, it was just too much really, lol. But again, the fact he says it looks nothing like the trailers has me a bit worried. Regardless of him having never played a game in this franchise.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

But it really sucks that they would mislead the people this badly then. The trailers really make it look like it's a Metro game with good gunplay, very nice visually, etc.

Yeah, trailers are clearly selling the different concept to the wrong people. It will convert to very confused reception, mark my words.

 

[R6Rider]

hey, i know i'm probably in the minority here, but, as someone who's enjoyed/replayed the first 2 games, i've found it impossible to even manage to get to the end of exodus. the tiresome train stuff just fucking bores me to death. that, & i really missed the dark, oppressive claustrophobia. without it, metro's just one more post-apocalyptic shooter, imo...

As someone who liked first game and really liked Last Light, Exodus was awful. Couldn't bring myself to finish it. Had some of the worst AI I've ever seen in a video game.

 

[semiconscious]

As someone who liked first game and really liked Last Light, Exodus was awful. Couldn't bring myself to finish it. Had some of the worst AI I've ever seen in a video game.

 

[Bry0]

Yeah, trailers are clearly selling the different concept to the wrong people. It will convert to very confused reception, mark my words.

Idk it looks like a stalker game to me. They show the pda map, they show locations from COP like the area near yantar, they’ve shown rookie village. I think it’s hard to encapsulate what stalker is in a trailer if you’ve never played it, and any similarity to metro is pretty superficial. 4A was started by devs who came from GSC.

I think what GSC should do soon is an extended gameplay demo. Really show people what playing stalker is like in a good 30 minute chunk so people realize it’s not a linear shooter. I could even tell from the most recent trailer that they are going with a ballistic system like cop, and I doubt people playing the demo realize there is an armor system, so they may be shooting people in the chest expecting it to feel like COD and getting confused on why they are taking so many bullets hence “gunplay is bad” or “encounters feel simple” not realizing how the a-life system works in the open world.

 

[Stafford]

However...

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fp...byl-hands-on-xbox-series-x-preview-june-2024/

Summer Games Fest: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl Preview -

Of all the shooters I saw during Summer Games Fest, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is definitely the one I want to play more of the most. I have never played the original game. Thus, I had no idea what kind of game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl was going to be. However, once I was...

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The best games we played at Summer Game Fest 2024 | Digital Trends

We played tons of demos at this year's Summer Game Fest, from Astro Bot to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. These were some of our favorites.

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[WitchHunter]

Some next level epic shit trailer. Hope they didn't fuck up the original's atmosphere.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UInrR2-EI4I&t=203s

His impressions were overall positive.

 

[KyoZz]

 

[GymWolf]

Here's a longer video by Luke. He is getting destroyed in the comments though, lol. Hardcore Stalker fans ain't having it. I am not very familiar with Stalker, all I know is the trailers looked awesome. Luke however says it looks nothing like what we see in the trailers. Visually, but also how guns feel, how enemies react or more like lack of.

The gunplay look off even in the curated trailer tbh.

P.s. but like someone else said, i don't really trust the dude.

 

[Solarstrike]

video credit: Campfire Stalker

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Almost an hour long trailer breakdown video.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

 

[adamsapple]

Encouraging to see the big notable improvements in the builds between now and last year.

Hopefully GSC has had time to optimize the game.

Recently played through Chernoblyte and am hankering for more games of the nature.

 

[eNT1TY]

Man the lighting in that pure xbox video is fantastic. Both indoors and outdoors look great. So many emissive surfaces and light sources and most objects cast shadows.

 

[Shut0wen]

Thiught this gqme would of been a scam from ebery other trailer but yeah this actually looks quite decent

 

[Magik85]

Man the lighting in that pure xbox video is fantastic. Both indoors and outdoors look great. So many emissive surfaces and light sources and most objects cast shadows.

Yeah but they used alot of the old footage, from few years back.

 

[Stafford]

Yeah but they used alot of the old footage, from few years back.

Yeah, some parts straight from the first trailer. I remember DF had a video on that and how impressed they were. I doubt it looks like that in final version.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Additional previews are much more reassuring weird to see that discrepancy.