S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: Full of Delicous Edition - Games

[IMG]http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1808/apicalipsys18dqwd.jpg[/IMG] [I]This is the way it is with the Zone: if you come back with swag - it's a miracle; if you come back alive - it's a success; if the patrol bullets miss you - it's a stroke of luck. And as for anything else - that's fate. -Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky[/I] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6701/shadowy.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cop.stalker-game.com/des1/menu_list_img_s.gif[/IMG] [B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl[/B] previously known as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost, is a first-person shooter computer game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007. It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the near future and causes strange changes in the area around it. The game has a non-linear storyline and features gameplay elements such as trading and two-way communication with NPCs. The game includes elements of role-playing and business simulation games. The background and some terminology of the game ("The Zone", "Stalker") is borrowed from the popular science fiction book Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky and the 1979 film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky, which was itself loosely based on the book. In S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the player assumes the identity of an amnesiac "Stalker", an illegal explorer/artifact scavenger in "The Zone", named 'The Marked One'. "The Zone" is the location of an alternate reality version of the Chernobyl Power Plant after its second (fictitious) explosion, which contaminated the surrounding area with radiation and caused strange otherworldly changes in local fauna, flora and even the laws of physics. "Stalker" in its original (film) context roughly meant "explorer" or "guide", as the stalker's goal was to bring (guide) people into the Zone. On July 11th, 2007, GSC Game World announced a prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky which would be released on 29th of August in 2008. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. stands for "Scavenger, Trespasser, Adventurer, Loner, Killer, Explorer, Robber". [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1692/cstopfileawdawdscopy.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cop.stalker-game.com/des1/menu_list_img_s.gif[/IMG] [b]S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky[/b] is the stand-alone prequel to the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. Taking place in the year 2011 about a year before the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, during this time expeditions are just beginning and factions are just getting settled in. The player assumes the role of a mercenary named Scar, fighting through several different new areas that were previously unavailable in SHoC. New threats such as emissions (Known as blowouts by most) and fierce mutants. In the game you also will have a choice to join any faction you'd like, such as Duty and Freedom because of the raging faction wars. You are free to lurk around the zone or just go through the storyline, the choice is yours. [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/top_zone_worldcopy.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cop.stalker-game.com/des1/menu_list_img_s.gif[/IMG] The events of [B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat[/B] unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control. According to the operation's plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map out the detailed layouts of anomalous fields location. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched. Despite thorough preparations, the operation fails. Most of the avant-garde helicopters crash. In order to collect information on reasons behind the operation failure, Ukraine's Security Service send their agent into the Zone center. From now on everything depends on the player. [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4910/stalkesdadr4copy.png[/IMG] :siren:[B]People new to this game must play the vanilla version of the game first! It's easier and it gives you some time to get ready for harder modifications![/B]:siren: - Click on the images for the webpage/download link. [B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl mods:[/B] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/lurk"][IMG]http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2594/lurkcopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009"][IMG]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7927/stalkercompelte.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Oblivion_Lost_22_for_1005;93039"][IMG]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8617/ol22copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=480"][IMG]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1802/duty2bytamkfc627copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/ff-mod][img]http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6465/ssnick111509192608l05ba.jpg[/img][/url] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/priboi-story"][IMG]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9224/priboistorydwacopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/super-mod-pack/"][IMG]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1764/supermodpack01060144211.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky mods:[/B] [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Spartan_1111_Mod;112231"][IMG]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2648/spartan11copyd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/clear-sky-complete][img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2820/clearskycompelte.png[/img][/url] [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/CSEnhanced;98820x#Download"][IMG]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4099/screecsenhancedn2copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/stalkerclearsky/mod/27936.html?details=1/"][IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/basixcopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/stalkerclearsky/mod/26928.html?details=1/"][IMG]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2905/dwadcomgq1copy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat mods:[/B] [URL="http://stalker.filefront.com/file/SMRTER_Pripyat;108615x#1926577"][IMG]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3996/1086smrter153copy.png[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-redux][img]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8264/acoperedux.png[/img][/url] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7425/trainymiscard0005copy.png[/IMG] [B]Websites:[/B] [URL="http://www.stalker-game.com/en/?page=home"][IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6701/shadowy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://cs.stalker-game.com/en/"][IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1692/cstopfileawdawdscopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://cop.stalker-game.com/"][IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/top_zone_worldcopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page"][IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/dav123200/800px-Bloodsucker_Laircopy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/985/criosios.jpg[/IMG] - Epic comics made by Crisis! :D [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=19216337&postcount=338"]Crisis's Art Compilation[/URL] [URL="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6356/facepunchstalkersz.jpg"]Facepunch STALKERS '09[/URL] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/61/ssectionheader.png[/IMG] - Kingo's ultra-impressive modifications! [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/"]Kingo's Website[/URL] [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/s-t-a-l-k-e-r---shadow-of-chernobyl/optimisation-guide"]Kingo's Optimization Guide[/URL] [URL="http://sites.google.com/site/kingo64ssite/Home/optimised-game-shaders/stalker-shaders-max"]Kingo's Shader Mod for Shadow of Chernobyl[/URL] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3538/kingr.jpg[/IMG] - Comic artist that draws comics that we all can relate to! [url="http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=905087"]Raiskauskone's Comic Thread[/url] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20106225&postcount=190"]Raiskauskone's Comic Compilation[/URL] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG] [img]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2060/282p0ti.png[/img] - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Avatars and Modifications created by Appolox. [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20553936&postcount=133]Modifications[/url] [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20386841&postcount=309]Stalker Avatars[/url] [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20383966&postcount=241]Mutant Avatars [/url] [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=20487762&postcount=1559]Stalker Movie Avatars[/url] [IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7561/lined.png[/IMG]

Freedom was here, Duty are hard-asses.

Duty are best no doubt.

Loners > all other factions. :eng101: Except ecologists. They're cool.

I'm a one man faction. [editline]09:09PM[/editline] Oh wait never mind, that's the same thing as a Loner...

All I know is Brodits are cool bros.

Clear Sky, we're smart and we're armed.

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Psh, Freedom has nothing on Duty.

[QUOTE=Carnage2323;21437337]All I know is Brodits are cool bros.[/QUOTE] Bandits aren't people.

How do i become a bro of the bandits in CS?

I need to start playing S.T.A.K.E.R. again.

Ecologists! We have sweet suits!

Should have been No cats allowed! [editline]02:06AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Communist Cake;21437460]Psh, Freedom has nothing on Duty.[/QUOTE] High five!

[QUOTE=Sibilantjoe;21437676]Bandits aren't people.[/QUOTE] STALKERS are technically Bandits

Ecolog's have fancy suits and shiny artifact boxes.

I was going towards Jupiter Factory, and I was near the train that is near that bridge, and then I see Approx. 15 blind dogs coming over this sunset lit hill. In one word: Shit. In two words: Deep shit.

Some sexy new CoP mods. [img_thumb]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6729/hnng.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8506/putdis.jpg[/img_thumb]

tried running STALKER on max, full DX10. Game didn't load, lmao.

I once made strelok my bitch.

tried running COP on max, full DX11. 30fps

[QUOTE=Drill Remover;21438967]Some sexy new CoP mods. [img_thumb]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6729/hnng.jpg[/img_thumb] ...[/QUOTE] Mmm... Glock with a working LAM. Can't wait for that.

[QUOTE=Drill Remover;21438967]Some sexy new CoP mods.][/QUOTE] Those look absolutely terrible And why do the new threads always get made about 200 posts too early?

[QUOTE=Furioso;21440138]Those look absolutely terrible And why do the new threads always get made about 200 posts too early?[/QUOTE] Because Amez has a weird sleep schedule and the threads always end at really strange times of the day, regardless of where you live.

[QUOTE=Furioso;21440138]Those look absolutely terrible And why do the new threads always get made about 200 posts too early?[/QUOTE] Around 30 posts too early.

nevermind, i'm dumb

I'm tempted to buy Call of Pripyat. I own Clear Sky so I can get it for $20 on Steam. How different is it from the previous two games?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;21440644]I'm tempted to buy Call of Pripyat. I own Clear Sky so I can get it for $20 on Steam. How different is it from the previous two games?[/QUOTE] Game mechanics have been improved significantly, however the storyline is bit more vague compared to the previous STALKERs. I still recommend it, and it's a must buy for any STALKER fan.

[QUOTE=Amez;21440939]Game mechanics have been improved significantly, however the storyline is bit more vague compared to the previous STALKERs. I still recommend it, and it's a must buy for any STALKER fan.[/QUOTE] How much time can one end up sinking into it? Does it occupy your time as well as the previous STALKER games?

So which is better overall, the Bulat suit or the duty version of it?