S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: The Zone will stop the Russians - Games

Sorry, but real or no I wouldn't trust my money to anyone who steals others' concept art for their kickstarter, no matter how much of their own art they have elsewhere.

[QUOTE=alundaio;45233741]I'm skeptical still. Although those court cases about Leonid prove nothing I would like to know who he is, if he is not the same Leonid who is the business management director. So Max and Leonid do in fact have connections to Eugene and West Games. I also cannot find definitive proof Eugene worked for GSC but without a doubt Peter and Yuriy have. An article mentioned Eugene worked on STALKER online but that was not developed by GSC. Either way Eugene should retire if this is how he leads projects and teams.[/QUOTE] He looked incredibly uninterested during their kickstarter video, when that woman was introducing the team. Shouldn't that have been his job, anyway? And why didn't they offer any kind of rebuttal to the allegations that have been made? It's bizarre.

It sounds like they just have bad PR. I'm not really expecting anything from this one way or another, you'd think everyone would have learned to be more careful after the Lost Alpha debacle.

[QUOTE=Wulfram;45231891]Hey thorny, whats the status on Redux 2? does it have its new name or an eta yet? or have you been too busy with school. I'm really curious and I havent really been following this thread since april.[/QUOTE] I've finished uni for this year, but am currently on holiday! Our new logo and name are finalised now, so I just need to polish up some areas that we'll focus on for the relaunch videos and screenshots - we also need new art for our ModDB page. If anyone knows a great 2D artist who'd like to help (and has the free time to do so) then get in touch!

I know one, Its me

I didn't know you did 2D art now Loner! I'm also tempted to kinda leave ModDB behind and have the main focus be a website, kinda like Misery's. I'm just so sick of how shit ModDB is. If it weren't for the exposure you get there I'd leave it behind completely and never look back.

Who do you think made the whole MISERY GFX on his own? HTML, CSS (some help from a friend), layout and style are all my work. Nic gave me the logo templates and color codes, I did the rest. I've done over 30 or so pages on Moddb as well. People have always come to me for designs :v: [URL="http://www.moddb.com/members/iloner1"]I mean, my own profile speaks for itself.[/URL] I also don't know what to feel with those 'funny' ratings beneath my previous reply lol.

Donate me your monies and I make a game. I have actual footage. I need enough money to retire so that I can work on the game in my spare time :)

[QUOTE=LoNer1;45236843]Who do you think made the whole MISERY GFX on his own? HTML, CSS (some help from a friend), layout and style are all my work. Nic gave me the logo templates and color codes, I did the rest. I've done over 30 or so pages on Moddb as well. People have always come to me for designs :v: [URL="http://www.moddb.com/members/iloner1"]I mean, my own profile speaks for itself.[/URL] I also don't know what to feel with those 'funny' ratings beneath my previous reply lol.[/QUOTE] I thought Nic did all the artwork?

Some of them yeah, but most of the stuff is my work. The item descriptions were his

First I come to the bookstore, Lt. Sokolov has no weapons, and is hostile to me, we clear out the bookstore. A monolith troop which went DRRR DRR DRR DRR before is now on the roof, as I examine this beauty of the zone. Vano walks up to me and kills me as Sokolov walks out moonwalking. What is there to say? [video=youtube;v5N8XgQBSck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5N8XgQBSck[/video]

[QUOTE=LoNer1;45237700]Some of them yeah, but most of the stuff is my work. The item descriptions were his[/QUOTE] Oh, really? All the photoshop stuff on the ModDB page etc? That's cool. Might well message you about helping us then mate!

Don't have any game dev skills but if anyone needs a trailer or other video edited v:v:v

So it seems Areal is actually a real thing, they are definitely who they claim to be. At the start i had a lot of doubts and concerns about it but now some of them have been answered and it definitely isn't a scam. I'd like to see the game be made, but is another game similar to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. worth funding when the Kickstarter hasn't been handled too well?

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;45239886]Don't have any game dev skills but if anyone needs a trailer or other video edited v:v:v[/QUOTE] Huh. Speaking for myself and not Beac here, but we actually might.

Neato. Shoot me a PM!

[url]http://imgur.com/a/KV5gW[/url] Well. I think it's past the point of incompetence source: [url]http://vk.com/album-72126625_195834735[/url]

[QUOTE=alundaio;45241053][url]http://imgur.com/a/KV5gW[/url] Well. I think it's past the point of incompetence source: [url]http://vk.com/album-72126625_195834735[/url][/QUOTE] Hahahahahahahaha OH WOW

[QUOTE=JoeSibilant;45240028]Neato. Shoot me a PM![/QUOTE] You want a Makarov?

[QUOTE=alundaio;45241053][url]http://imgur.com/a/KV5gW[/url] Well. I think it's past the point of incompetence source: [url]http://vk.com/album-72126625_195834735[/url][/QUOTE] Yup. Fuck this project.

[QUOTE=alundaio;45241053][url]http://imgur.com/a/KV5gW[/url] Well. I think it's past the point of incompetence source: [url]http://vk.com/album-72126625_195834735[/url][/QUOTE] Holy fucking shit :v:

As soon as I saw that screenshot I knew it was Unity. Is this some sort of social experiment?

amazing they changed the billboard such prowess for working on stalker and metro

Its not like i wanna play a game where are 5 foot wolves, baby camo's and WW2 officers: [IMG]http://cs616426.vk.me/v616426372/edc2/l_aZaGJd2GE.jpg[/IMG] Yellow and Green skies, wtf: [IMG]http://cs616426.vk.me/v616426023/d4ab/77Pu8WK1eE4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cs616426.vk.me/v616426023/d4a3/GedPN0EQdpE.jpg[/IMG] I bet its all stolen from somewhere. Also fuck rainbow STALKER and Miserys dookie STALKER. Worst settings ever. Fuck all this. And fuck making game harder just to prolong gameplay. Its not better, its fucking backwards design. Throwing 100 enemies at player is stupid. Improve gameplay mechanics and make a better AI. Stop being lazy modern developers. Yes. All of you. Unless i see direct gameplay video of alpha build of AREAL i'm not backing anything they make. UPDATE oh great they are going to make "interview" to "talk" about the game. I don't care. UPDATE2 LOL the new update they posted is pretty pathetic, oh well UPDATE3 I think its obvious this project is going nowhere, unless this is resolved: 1. They atleast spend 1m on developing the game, maybe even more. 50000 will never be enough. Its impossible to make STALKER like game with that money. 2. X-Ray was developed for atleast 2-3 years before they even made anything similar to STALKER. Developing an engine from scratch these days takes EVEN LONGER. Their deadlines are impossible. They need more time than promised. Atleast few years. 3. Artists keep borrowing directly from everywhere fan sites, books and leaked concept art, even DeviantArt. They are taking images directly that aren't copyrighted. 4. Still no videos of gameplay. 5. Nothing about graphics engine, its the most vital part of the game and they are completely silent about it. 6. Unity present was used despite claiming to have an proprietary engine. They photoshopped AREAL logo into it. WTF? 7. Impossible promises to deliver on all major platforms in a year. Yeah right, i will eat my hat if that happens. This project is dead in the water unless they address these.

Yeah right on! Fuck the world and all the video games within it. I hope an asteroid smashes into the Earth and kills all of us! I like those art pieces though.

[QUOTE=alundaio;45242057]Yeah right on! Fuck the world and all the video games within it. I hope an asteroid smashes into the Earth and kills all of us! I like those art pieces though.[/QUOTE] I'm make cup of black coffee. I'm stressing out too much lol

Update 6: [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1577656602/areal/posts/893081[/url] Oh look, still no evidence of progress and more crying about being bullied. I love how they are flaunting around TS's comments like they are best wishes from GSC itself. [quote]Also, regarding Union Studio, we had a preliminary project that was supposed to be a generic shooter, and we didn't agree with that vision. That project became Survarium from Vostok Games and we founded West Games. Now, as you know, we have Areal in development. [/quote] WHAT? They are claiming they were involved with Survarium?

You know what fuck Areal hell just give me some good quality assets and ill pump out a glorious UE4 powered stalker game, your only weapon and item is Vodka, become the bandit sausage king

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hM6Xi52.jpg[/IMG] i'm still taking it slow with areal but mdt can fuck off with this as far as i'm concerned. they should have never have stirred up shit in the first place

There are a few issues that MDT brought up that weren't libelous. Just because they called them actors does not invalidate every other concern. West Games is continuing to play victim; it's getting old. Now TS has gone and gave "official" credibility to the Areal project even though the project used misdirection and deception to promote it. He should have only defended them from the actor claim or remained neutral. Now he supporting them and giving them credibility they do not deserve for such unethical practices. He is also making threats and blackmailing MTD with that statement.