Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl Worth Playing Today?

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  • @RemisVancosid
    @RemisVancosid  Рік тому +17

    Apparently I can't pronounce Chernobyl.
    This game could still be about the shadow of the nuclear disaster related to the singer Cher.
    Zone Reclamation Project here: www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/index.html
    Thanks for watching!

    • @pablo_eskimo1000
      @pablo_eskimo1000 24 дні тому

      Does it completely remove bugs and crashes, or are they still occasional just less?

  • @Cracker_Barrel_Kidd_55
    @Cracker_Barrel_Kidd_55 24 дні тому +15

    REMEMBER, THIS GAME CAME OUT IN 2007. MANUALLY SAVE, AND OFTEN. AUTOSAVE WAS BARELY A THING.

    • @rudhra5957
      @rudhra5957 9 днів тому

      I'm gonna start my Stalker journey from tomorrow. Wanted to play these games for a long time. After Fallout New vegas I had an itch for these types of games

  • @leonsvoboda
    @leonsvoboda Рік тому +36

    Oh, it seems that you have missed the real ending. It explains how the zone came to be. I recommend one more playtrough just for that!

  • @ArchOfficial
    @ArchOfficial Рік тому +5

    One of the first mods I played was LURK 1.05 (1.1 is weird). It's a lot closer to vanilla Anomaly in gunplay. I don't even remember what gunpack it used. It's a genuine 2009 mod and has not been updated since, but I remember it holding up well. Played it a few times between then and probably 2018.

  • @judsongaiden9878
    @judsongaiden9878 11 місяців тому +9

    ShoC's sawed-off TOZ-66 is the most realistic depiction of a "rabbit-ear" (double-hammer) type of side-by-side shotgun I've ever seen! I always irritated me how they ruined it in Clear Sky, then left it ruined in CoP. Btw, wanna try yer hand at some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges?
    1:21 [cue 'Spear of Justice' theme] The first mission is especially do0mficult on Master do0mficulty.
    2:16 Turtles move fast underwater.
    4:17 It always irritated me how you aim over the LR-300's rear sight instead of through it. I'll never understand that trope, but it seemed to plague FPS games from this era. Never mind the endlessly flapping dust cover. Anyway, for a fun time, try nailing snorks in the head with a pistol for sport. Or try blasting them out of the air with a shotgun for sport. Or if it's a super long-jumping "man-eating" snork ("super snork" as I call them), try blasting it out of the air with a 40-mil for sport. It's overkill to the max, but it's fun. It starts out as a sport (and as a way to train your intuition and reaction time), then it becomes an addiction.
    5:55 That feels un-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-like, though. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is supposed to be sophisticated, not vulgarian. Shooting from the hip is for Hollywood idiots who don't know what stocks and sights are for.

    • @mubasharhassan1211
      @mubasharhassan1211 Місяць тому +1

      Wasnt expecting to find you in comment section. You recognised me or not.

    • @judsongaiden9878
      @judsongaiden9878 Місяць тому

      @@mubasharhassan1211 Would I know you from any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. clubs on Facebook?

  • @gabrielmajin5265
    @gabrielmajin5265 2 місяці тому +42

    Gamma and anomaly are NOTHING like the original games. Those games are way better than any mods

    • @Reu-Boll
      @Reu-Boll Місяць тому +4

      Are the original or new ones beeter

    • @MonolithGhost
      @MonolithGhost Місяць тому +1

      Srsly dude??? Mods much more better maybe u are bad at games

  • @EvilGeniusRANIK
    @EvilGeniusRANIK Місяць тому +4

    Call me a panzy, but my enjoyment of this series skyrocketed when I switched to rookie mode. Its still brutal in combat, but it allows you to barley survive gunfights first try without having to quick-load. Which for me, I don't like fps games if the only way to succeed is to quick save and quick load every encounter with all the AI enemies individually.

  • @Dosageactual
    @Dosageactual 14 днів тому

    Criminally underrated channel bro keep it up!

  • @alexey9144
    @alexey9144 Рік тому +3

    Hey, nice video! What difficulty did you chose when playing? You are supposed to play on Master, so that bullets would do more damage across the board. Pistols still fell like trash, but the rest of the guns are much better.

    • @RemisVancosid
      @RemisVancosid  Рік тому

      Thanks! I was playing on Veteran. Maybe I should have tried cranking it up to master 😅. I just finished Clear Sky today and experienced a similar deal, so I'll try CoP with master.

    • @ArchOfficial
      @ArchOfficial Рік тому

      @@RemisVancosid Master is where you should play *all* STALKER mods as well, because not all of them actually modify everything correctly on other difficulties than Master.

  • @Kazeromaru
    @Kazeromaru Місяць тому +1

    I never played the others, I've only played 2 and I'm amazed at how many returning characters there are. In no way would I think Sidorovich was a character from the other games or that you'd see Scar or anything, I guess I sorta AM Skif, I don't know these people, I've only ever been "on the mainland" so they're all new to me.
    STALKER 2 works as a standalone and as something for veterans to go " Oh look at that! It's Sidorovich! HEY THAT'S SCAR! "
    I also notice the other Stalker games have the same weapons and mechanics are largely untouched, which to some is bad, they always want new everything... whereas people like me who play the Insomniac Spider-Man games and it's literally the same reused city that they even have entire buildings that have the same layout including even trash and other litter in the exact same places.
    We can get "more of the same" but with a new story and love it.

  • @BerButkus
    @BerButkus 2 місяці тому +1

    You should try Autumn Aurora mod.

  • @LINAZAS
    @LINAZAS 9 місяців тому +9

    Not a game but work of art! IT's one of those very very rare bestsellers which give that feeling . Stalker is def worth to play. !! whiloe some games like crysis of it's time where simple fps shooters stalker was everything. and rpg a shooter a storyline...

  • @IceKoldX
    @IceKoldX 2 місяці тому +1

    So what should a wannabe Stalker fan start with GAMMA or the originals? i own all 3 originals that was part of my backlog i never got around to playing. I do like the look of the Tarkov style healing in Gamma. I want to at least play and experience the story before STALKER 2 release. GAMMA seems more modernized but the originals... i mean its the original experience that Gamma may not provide. Im on the fence so what do yall suggest?

    • @RemisVancosid
      @RemisVancosid  2 місяці тому

      I'd say if you want the story go with the originals. Coming from Gamma I got a smidge of an idea about everything going on, but it didn't sink in as much until playing the originals. Also, going into the originals without the context/QoL improvements in Gamma would be a really cool way to work up to Stalker 2.
      Either way, no matter what you choose, I hope you have a fun time!

    • @IceKoldX
      @IceKoldX 2 місяці тому

      @@RemisVancosid appreciate the information dude. great videos btw, earned another sub

  • @wheresthegrillcheese
    @wheresthegrillcheese 6 місяців тому +5

    Bought the legends of zones on the PS4 since it's on sale. The shooting Mechanics is basically fallout New Vegas without the V.A.T.S and having to use the corners and trees as shield. That simplistic gameplay is addicting. It feels weird not really leveling up or anything like that. Other than that the AI isn't all that difficult and the aiming if you remove auto aim it's pretty good

    • @trueegypt6952
      @trueegypt6952 26 днів тому

      May I ask how the stability is on the PS4? I've been interested in trying these games, but dont want a buggy mess that's gonna crash every 10 minutes.

  • @sparkyfromel
    @sparkyfromel Місяць тому +1

    Don't know , never had any crashes , must have been your set up
    as for sneaking having the light on is a no no

  • @whitecat1441
    @whitecat1441 Місяць тому

    thank you for the preview, subscribed!

  • @JayJapanB
    @JayJapanB 3 місяці тому +1

    Why did you turn off dynamic lighting?
    Static lighting messes up a lot of the texture blending as well. Like the edges of the roads etc.

    • @RemisVancosid
      @RemisVancosid  3 місяці тому

      With dynamic lighting enabled I would get crashes every 5 - 10 mins.

    • @JayJapanB
      @JayJapanB 3 місяці тому

      @@RemisVancosid Oh, I never had that issue. Maybe it's your drivers or something.
      I'm running Vanilla with a RTX2080S and 3960X

    • @theragingcanadian2085
      @theragingcanadian2085 Місяць тому

      @@JayJapanBIm running Rtx 4080 and I have had zero problems with performance running max settings.

  • @clungebuster420dayz9
    @clungebuster420dayz9 Місяць тому

    Im playing shadow atm its so good and bad at the same time sometimes i wanna quit but i cant

  • @birdgamerman
    @birdgamerman 23 дні тому

    100% you died from that controller at the start lmao

    • @RemisVancosid
      @RemisVancosid  23 дні тому

      Absolutely. I think I ended up just sprinting towards it with grenades after several deaths 😂

  • @gribkut
    @gribkut Рік тому +1

    Only to leave with maybe couple of magazines
    *Spends 13 bullet to headshot enemy*

  • @przemeklewandowski7476
    @przemeklewandowski7476 Місяць тому

    SoC has the best story, while CoP has the best gameplay but feels like a sandbox without any plot. CS is kinda meh. Just install "Absolute" visual mods and games are perfectly playable even today, with many aspects being better than in stalker 2 (economy, balance, bugs etc.)

  • @EagleEater-vf9ub
    @EagleEater-vf9ub 11 місяців тому +3

    Short Answer, Yes.
    Long Answer, It's one of the most unique experiences you can ever have.
    Really long answer, Coming soon.

  • @drab-gi1wg
    @drab-gi1wg 18 днів тому

    mods help alittle

  • @daredevil2033
    @daredevil2033 Місяць тому

    Your friend is full of shit. You deal 20% more damage on Novice and are much more accurate aiming down sights. "There are two components to aiming: the accuracy of the gun and the inaccuracy of the Marked One's stance. Accuracy of the gun depends on the default for the weapon, adjusted for the different ammo types and for the gun's condition. Essentially, the shots will strike inside the inner ends of the crosshairs.
    The Marked One's accuracy component is added to the gun's accuracy. No matter what anyone tells you, iron sights are best (Marked One's "inaccuracy" contribution is 20 times less than standing in vanilla), although recoil makes a difference on subsequent shots. The crosshair settling time can still apply, so wait a moment without moving before pulling the trigger in zoomed mode." - Metacognix

  • @maxymk123
    @maxymk123 Рік тому +2

    yes

  • @jamieisjabba
    @jamieisjabba 11 місяців тому +1

    reviews SOC, never got the good ending lol, you missed one level by not getting that ending, also game works fine on steam and gog no crashes.

    • @RemisVancosid
      @RemisVancosid  11 місяців тому

      Crashed for me repeatedly on steam version

    • @jamieisjabba
      @jamieisjabba 11 місяців тому

      @@RemisVancosid odd, it's always worked fine for me over four different computers over the years, gog's is patched right out of the box

  • @phillipnatividad1253
    @phillipnatividad1253 11 днів тому

    The shootings so stupid and the games difficulty just goes from very mild to extreme difficulty in the span of literally one mission. Its damn near unplayable at the end 😂. Enemies spawn behind you when you load to instantly kill you. Enemies remember where you are once you die from them. They can shoot through walls and one hit you but you'll never one hit them. Bullets have five to 7 different landing spots no matter how well you aim or how slow you take your shots it doesn't matter they are ore programmed to go where they are already going. You can't hot key stuff like you can on PC so trying to heal with food items is impossible. For the last mission done bring anything but health or anti rads. For a game based around radiation you think there would be a suit to help with that. No merchants or traders. No way of selling stuff or using money so don't know what the point of making money even is for the game 😂😂

  • @Jurica-mtb
    @Jurica-mtb 2 місяці тому +1

    I bought it on ps4 after playong Fallout 4. Didn't get past first opponents. Uninstalled it.

  • @invisibleni
    @invisibleni Місяць тому

    I'm never pronouncing Chernobyl correct ever again, prefer Cher-nobyl much better

  • @druout1944
    @druout1944 14 днів тому

    Well SoC is way better than STALKER 2 and also doesn't run like ass.

  • @maxbuckley9762
    @maxbuckley9762 Місяць тому +1

    Just picked this game up today .. its fairly challenging but imma stick at it and keep trying
    Died 3 times so far
    First time by radiation and other two by bandit and dogs

  • @gribkut
    @gribkut Рік тому +2

    Шорнобєл(

  • @gribkut
    @gribkut Рік тому +2

    Стрєлєк(

  • @eggycarton
    @eggycarton Рік тому +3

    Shadow of Shernobyl

  • @phillipnatividad1253
    @phillipnatividad1253 11 днів тому +1

    Both metro and stalker are horrible games. Both of you guys need to stop fighting and learn to program games better 😂😂 horrible both of them

  • @creeeepy100
    @creeeepy100 Місяць тому +2

    This game was always a huge pile of garbage

    • @ratso8193
      @ratso8193 Місяць тому

      Yeah the other games are so much better it's absurd that anyone can consider this on the same level as those.