S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: Stalkers raving in the face of danger - 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/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;103575"][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/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://img706.imageshack.us/img706/985/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-cop"]Kingo's Shader Mod for Call of Pripyat[/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] OP is not the complete up to date one however bare with me and I'll get everything sorted out. Sorry for being late though, was sleeping.

Dog food is more valuable than this.

But I though you said you weren't going to make anymore threads?

Stalker be stalkin

Well I thought about it, at first I thought I had no backups at all of the OP. However I found a somewhat recent one and said what the hell. Then I made it and updated a few things.

Anyone wanna buy a gauss gun for less than a 1000 RU? Just hand over the money first and I'll go get it...

What the fuck, Roadside Picnic is 180 dollars on amazon I am gonna be poor

WHERE ARE THE RAVING STALKER .GIFS??? caps.

[QUOTE=imaguy;21867858]What the fuck, Roadside Picnic is 180 dollars on amazon I am gonna be poor[/QUOTE] It's 8 dollars on Google. [URL="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=roadside+picnic&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=3685982149965550896&ei=JbHoS5nZOo_WNdjPzJIK&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers"]8 dollars![/URL]

[QUOTE=Communist Cake;21867899]It's 8 dollars on Google. [URL="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=roadside+picnic&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=3685982149965550896&ei=JbHoS5nZOo_WNdjPzJIK&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers"]8 dollars![/URL][/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure he's talking about the version that has Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Roadside-picnic-macmillan-cover.jpg[/img]

What's the difference? The Wikipedia page shows that title cover.

I think it's because Tale of the Troika can't be found by itself. [quote=Wikipedia]Tale of the Troika (Сказка о Тройке) is a 1968 satirical science fiction novel written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky that criticises both Soviet bureaucracy and somewhat the Soviet scientific environment. Although the novel itself is not directed against state per se and a number of points underlined are true of modern day bureaucracy and science, it met with a cold reaction during Soviet times and was quite difficult to obtain, therefore achieving a "forbidden fruit" status.[/quote]

Where are the raving stalkers dammit.

[QUOTE=MarkÂ£d_OÃ‘Â£;21867936]I'm pretty sure he's talking about the version that has Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Roadside-picnic-macmillan-cover.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I have a copy of that. In English :smug:

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;21868027]I have a copy of that. In English :smug:[/QUOTE] My school has a copy of it. In English. I could jack it and pay the small fine for losing it if I wanted to. :smug: I don't think they'd care that much. It's only been checked out three times. First in 1986, then two times this year by me.

Oh, I'm stupid I guess I didn't realize it came with some collectors book

[QUOTE=MarkÂ£d_OÃ‘Â£;21867995]I think it's because Tale of the Troika can't be found by itself.[/QUOTE] So wait, Tales of the Troika is a different, banned version that insults the Soviet Union? [editline]08:32PM[/editline] I want to read the original Russian version of the book.

[quote=markâ£d_oã‘â£;21868066]my school has a copy of it. In english. I could jack it and pay the small fine for losing it if i wanted to. :smug: I don't think they'd care that much. It's only been checked out three times. [b]first in 1986[/b], then two times this year by me.[/quote] what

It's an old book, and his school is probably very old. Besides, I'm sure no one would want to read a book called The Roadside Picnic.

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;21868212]what[/QUOTE] My school was built in the mid 1950s.

Getting Call of Pripyat for my birthday in a few days. :dance:

[QUOTE=Tea;21867709]Dog food is more valuable than this.[/QUOTE]Problems, Stalker?

[QUOTE=40kplayer;21868595]Getting Call of Pripyat for my birthday in a few days. :dance:[/QUOTE] Congrats! Welcome to hell! Enjoy your stay and whatever you do, DON'T. FEED. THE. PSEUDOGS! EVER!

once my finals for school are over I can finally finish Call of Pripyat... I've been to busy/lazy to ever finish it.

So, just came back to Bar after a long walk from Pripyat, and turns out Duty wants me dead. So I had to exterminate Duty in Bar. Great. Well, Guess i have to join freedom now!

[QUOTE=Communist Cake;21868265]It's an old book, and his school is probably very old. Besides, I'm sure no one would want to read a book called The Roadside Picnic.[/QUOTE] It wasn't the age so much as the crazy coincidence. Roadside Picnic=Basis for STALKER STALKER=set in Chernobyl Chernobyl disaster=1986 :iia:

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;21869586]It wasn't the age so much as the crazy coincidence. Roadside Picnic=Basis for STALKER STALKER=set in Chernobyl Chernobyl disaster=1986 :iia:[/QUOTE] :aaaaa:

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;21869586]It wasn't the age so much as the crazy coincidence. Roadside Picnic=Basis for STALKER STALKER=set in Chernobyl Chernobyl disaster=1986 :iia:[/QUOTE] Wow. Crazy coincidence right there. Like a one in a thousand shot. [QUOTE=40kplayer;21868595]Getting Call of Pripyat for my birthday in a few days. :dance:[/QUOTE] Happy Birthday. I hope you enjoy your stay in Man Made Hell. It's not like you'll be leaving anytime soon... The zone won't let you.

New thread! :D Needs moar rave-gifs

[QUOTE=adadadsd;21868966]So, just came back to Bar after a long walk from Pripyat, and turns out Duty wants me dead. So I had to exterminate Duty in Bar. Great. Well, Guess i have to join freedom now![/QUOTE] Good choice my friend.