Now here is a nice surprise. The official STALKER Facebook page has just posted a statement regarding the latest project that is inspired by this legendary series. In case you’re not aware of, West Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for what is described as the ‘definitive spiritual successor to STALKER‘. Vostok Games, creators of Survarium, claimed that West Games was deceiving gamers with that statement, however the newest statement from the official STALKER FB is definitely not what most of you have been expecting to hear (or read).
As the official STALKER FB page noted, this particular page represents the interests and intellectual property of GSC GameWorld. And since GSC GameWorld is not currently producing any games, it fully supports every project coming from any former GSC employee.
“Since GSC Game World is not currently producing any games, we have generously and tirelessly supported and promoted all those Games that former GSC Employees have been involved with in the past, currently and in the future. This includes Metro 2033, Survarium, Cradle, Nuclear Union ( no longer in production ) and now Areal. This is nothing new. We also have promoted the Modding Community with major titles such as Misery, The Seed, Lost Alpha and other works. Our position is that all in the Stalker Community benefit from such a diverse and unique variety of Games.”
The official STALKER FB page concluded with a message, most probably addressed to both Vostok Games and the team behind MISERY.
“The only thing we are not tolerant about is one part of the Stalker Community disparaging another.”
Shots fired everyone. Shots fired.
Kudos to OnlySP for spotting it!
[UPDATE]
The official FB page of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has edited its message, claiming that the previous one did not reflect GSC GameWorld’s stance on the whole ‘Areal’ matter:
“While we do believe the community of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. should remain united and strong, the previously made statement does not represent the official stance of GSC Game World. The post has therefore been edited. We apologize for the inconveniences.”
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The “Official STALKER” Facebook is not run by GSC, it’s maintained by a fan named Tejas Stalker. He’s been banning anyone who bad mouths Areal so he is probably involved with the Areal group in some way.
All anyone needs to do is visit Reddit’s r/stalker page to see all the evidence of this project being a scam. Even if by some miracle it is legitimate, people would have to be stupid to support it when the team has shown nothing of substance.
Well, currently there are 909 “stupid” people who gave a total of $33,380 to this KS campaign
This world has no shortage of stupid people. I kind of wonder if this one should succeed, just so I can laugh at all the idiots.
I want to start in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series but i don’t know where to start :c
STALKER :
1. Shadow of Chernobyl
2. Clear Sky
3. Call of Pripyat
Hint : Use Complete mod for Shadow of Chernobyl (and others IF available) for best experience .
Vanilla version is still awesome though , but complete mod fixes bugs and improves gameplay and visuals alot .
Skip Clear Sky, it’s kinda crap and doesn’t add much story-wise :/
The Complete mods for SoC and CoP are great, though. Definitely get those.
Definitely start in order of release: SoC, CS and then CoP.
The original game is quite buggy but that was/is also part of its charm. It kinda adds to the surreal feel and unpredictable nature of the zone. Without experiencing it there will also be some references and in jokes you won’t understand until you look up the bugs on youtube.
If you just want the game without bugs, in working order and vanilla, you have to get ZRP, the Zone Reclamation Project. You should also try out playing on the highest difficulty available, Master. This is because it increases the damage your bullets do, but the enemy’s bullets as well. So it is higher stakes and more realistic gameplay. On the lower difficulty settings, bullets do less damage and human enemies can be a bit bullet spongy.
As for mods, I would advise you NOT to get The Complete Mod unless you are a very casual player who likes his gameplay void of challenges. It makes the enemies less aware, blind and deaf, makes your gear more powerful, makes you able to take more damage and heal faster and so on. The graphical changes it adds can be added separately, I wouldn’t advise that either though because they drastically change the mood of the game because different colors are used.
The best mod I can recommend to try is AMK.
The only thing crap about Clear Sky is the faction wars side quest because that whole system is broken. If you just ignore that part of the game, which is rather inconsequential anyway, It’s still enjoyable for the rest of it.
It’s still a freaking scam.