Yes we are😊 less than month left! But we desperately need Western support. North Korea is entering the war against us and has already sent its first troops to Ukraine. :(((
I'm 99% sure the cannon ending for this game will be that whatever is making the zone expand, accelerates. We know that's part of the central narrative and I doubt the devs would pass up the chance to work with more locations down the road. I would love to see how the zone interact with modern areas etc.
It would be wild if we teleported through an anomaly just to end up quickly in the modern world. Thanks for taking the time to write this! Hope all is well!
You'll get 4 options right off the bat just like in the OGs I think... Probably a 'kill the zone' option w/ us trying to destroy the generators causing the emissions. Followed by an 'expand the zone' option where we do the opposite, maybe we fix the monolith or something. Then I suspect there will be a 'fuck the zone' ending featuring ward/duty. Maybe another ending w/ a secret where we disable the generator and something else (maybe some kind of hidden boss, Strelok 2?) and get the 'true' ending. I think the DLC will allow us to visit a couple of new areas (Maybe a more modern location outside of the zone that's near the perimeter? Maybe a new version of Limansk?)
Sircaa is a brilliant enemy, too. Setting the game 10 years after COP means that SIRCAA has had 10 years to retrofit the X-labs Strelock knew about & to create a presence in the Zone comparable to the original C-con scientists. I get the feeling there's going to be a few new X-labs at the minimum...
Underground free exploration should def be a thing, but not just like in the original Stalkers. You go touch a door, loading screen, bam!...you are inside the lab already. No. I want it to be more like Metro. Huge underground tunnels connecting underground train stations and labs to explore. Safe areas, others not so safe. There are some train tunnels that are closed. Maybe you could buy information from a loner, or find a marked map from a dead stalker, maybe you heard stalkers talking about a hidden lab that's it's supposed to be around the area but they don't know if it's real or not. Exploring and finding a hidden ways to labs and exploring the underground "common" area would be so cool. I doubt it thou. Probably too big and not "necessary" for the game to work as intended. Maybe as an DLC or something who knows
At least from what we've seen so far, I think we'll get a mix of both. There's a lot of gameplay showcasing small subterranean zones w/o any load scenes (like the cave full of fire jet anomalies from COP). But there's also so far one or two cinematics involving Richter & Skif moving through or out of what seems to be either an abandoned facility or an X-lab's location. I think that we'll probably still have loadscreens for X-labs but otherwise subterranean locations will be normal.
My biggest question is what happened to Strelok? a key figure like that doesn't just disappear from the zone like that. My suspicion is that the stranger is Strelok, but that has yet to be seen. Either way I am so excited for STALKER 2 and the wait is almost here. I'll see you in the Zone Stalker.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! From the ending of CoP we last know that Strelok is working as a scientist, but I agree with you that his business is not finished in the interior. See you in the Zone : )!
Well, we already know partial answers to question one! We can glean from early trailers that the zone HAS indeed slowly expanded, as you can hear Skif stating that he saw an anomaly outside of the zone, which is the driving force behind our protagonist going to the zone in the first place. As for the Monolith forces, from what we've seen in trailers so far, it depends on the person. One is seen doubling down on their beliefs regardless of no longer hearing the Monolith. From that, we can assume some former Monolith stalkers would have the opposite arc, where they feel purposeless without the voice of the Monolith.
My theory is that C-con was just draining some of the noosphere power to feel like gods, but in fact they were just glorified leaches on some kind of lovecraftian overmind that may partially reveal itself in the end of stalker 2 leaving more questions than answers. As always the humanity in it's ignorance has opened a Pandora's box ant whatever was trapped within broke the cap
Hey, I have finished the game and have gotten all of the endings as well as reading some of the audio and notes that I come by, so I know we have gotten some answers to those questions. But I enjoy watching your videos, so hopefully you will make a video about how you feel about the answers that we gotten from the game!
That’s amazing! I’m taking a break after 50 hours ahahah. Excited to go back after a patch and time for people to enjoy the game before delving deep into the lore. I look forward to talking more with you soon! Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Thats understandable yeah, it did take me around that much time for the first completion. Yeah, I wanted to wait too but I really don't want to get spoiled and want to see them myself, but glad I did. I will keep my eyes on those then, hehe. Thank you, wishing you good health!
Not played stalker before but im going to be playing stalker 2, ill watch plenty of lore videos before i dive into stalker 2, also how gorgeous does the 2nd games graphics look, its looking great thabks for the video.
If you have the time, the original trilogy was rereleased onto consoles not too long ago, highly recommend! But if that’s not accessible, I have two retrospectives up, third one on the way, and some lore videos if you have the time. Can’t wait to play Stalker 2! What got you started with the franchise?
I also recommend you play the original trilogy to get a feel for it. The combat is super satisfying but, my God, is it long, arduous, and strenuous, especially in Clear Sky. Enemies are very good at pinpointing you, even behind cover, so you have to be either very observant or very quick to survive the hail of grenades. Plus the resource economy in CS is super unforgiving too, especially when it comes to bandages and medical kits. Most people hate CS for that reason, but I think it feels right in a "high risk, high reward" scenario like the Zone.
@Dog.Dad.Studios Metro franchise is what got me hooked into that style of game. Not sure if I'll have time to play the original trilogy before the 2nd game launches but if not I'll go back and play them at some point.
It would be cool if at the end of the game they wanted to destroy the Zone and this would lead to a large-scale catastrophe, a super-emission that would expand the Zone to new territories, the anomalies would become even more dangerous and the mutants more diverse, new anomalies and new rare artifacts would appear. This Stalker universe has endless potential for new stories.
I mean, historically speaking every journey to the centre of the zone leaves the place totally raptured by a fresh super emission. I imagine this next visit will have to shutter it permanently or it's going to go absolutely haywire and begin consuming more territory.
from what we've seen, it seem the guy from one of the first big trailers wants to protect "marvels" of the zone or maybe even share it with the rest of the of the world. Then the g man wants to control the anomalous energy for themselves. Your mission is probably join the g man and stop him ( probably the cannon one) or join him and let the super emission change everything (bad ending?)
You ought to give them a shot sometime! Play COP first and then if you still feel like you want more, play the originals modded to improve graphics and stability and enjoy them too!
@@ahealthkit2745 ill for sure give them a shot but since i dont have a pc ill wait for a sale for the console trilogy, are those any different than on pc others??? than the controls of course
@@Nobody.exe50 They are now on Switch and a few others. The controls are the only difference afaik. Obviously you won't be able to install any mods to improve graphics or replayability, but as long as you aren't looking for that and don't mind playing the unapologetic original games (they are dated, they looked pretty dated even when they came out!) But they are still a joy to playthrough once each. I recommend playing on medium difficult, at least at first. Master in Stalker is where you go when you've played the full serious at least once.
Personally I find the mystique more entertaining than explanations. Then again I wish for more theories and perspectives on the zone instead of getting a canonical truth. The Zone's attractiveness in Roadside picnic and subsequent takes on the idea is -- in my view -- the unexplainability/anomalousness of it, instead of hard truths. "Facts" are boring, "mythology" kicks butt! Great video. Ps. Entertained myself with an idea that would rock my socks off. What if C-Con was just a hoax like the Wishgranter? Only a layer of many ruses to keep the unexplainability of the Zone and it's consequences out of established scientific view of the world. A crisis management kinda deal. Scientists having to hide the inevitably unknowable truth to keep face in front of the world. Pps. Like would Strelok/player anyway have any reason to trust the representative, especially after acting with a hostile attitude from the beginning, messing up the C-Consiousnesse's facilities and all that.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this! I agree with you that not showing or telling everything is the way that go and adds in to the Zone itself. For storytelling purposes, and narrative, I’ll be interested to see where they take it. Ohh! That would be insane, I’ve always thought about a Cthulhu type entity or just the zone expanding endlessly. We shall see! Hope all is well!
I believe it was David Lynch who said something to the effect of, "It's not the answers you want, it's the yearning *FOR* the answers that you want. If you got the answer, it'd cease to be a mystery."
I think the Topaz device we use at the start either analyzes anomalies outside of the zone, or it creates anomalies outside of the zone. Regardless, we run into some bad people and get robbed and lose it to them, waking up in the Lesser Zone and being attacked by some typical mud puppy
Also I would honestly be shocked if we didn't run into the Major in the game. They did mention there being 'bosses' like legendary stalkers, mutants, etc. So maybe some of our favourite npcs become bosses based on our trajectory through the game? Either way, not long to find out!
It is confirmed by GSC that the sequel takes place 10 years after COP. So I imagine certain mutants may be in short demand, and others should be explained through the discovery of x-labs.
Additionally, judging from all the gameplay I've seen. It appears many landmarks from the OG games will be making a major return, but I suspect due to the new fully open-world style of the new game, all of those landmarks will be re-arranged and some new things (and some old, cut things like the vehicle graveyard) may make returns.
Kinda hoping artifacts will be more unique and exciting to use this time around. A lot of the OGs just had them be little stat equalizers 90% of the time. It got pretty old pretty fast to swap between some arguably useless stat resist ones and the actually good endurance and carry weight ones. Idk. a part of me hopes that they borrow from Anomaly/Gamma and introduce artifacts that grant perks while equipt. Maybe they can do that and have a radiation they give off or maybe they nerf one of your stats a bit or something, but I'd take that over the ever-useless vendor trash artifacts that are so plentiful in cop
I mean, on your question of what's bringing people back, now correct me if im wrong. Monolith agents spread the rumor of the wish maker. And you said that this, along with the wealth from the artifacts brought people to the zone originally, but rumors of the wish maker would be in the zone only right? I mean a couple agents might make a few excursions outside but it wouldn't be much. So the motivation is pretty much the same, albeit likely deteriorated with time Edit: i just randomly thought about this while watching the video. Your mention of silver tounged people in the monolith made me think of possible like religious trips of people without the voice of the monolith "teaching" others of the voice like a missionary.
so the blowouts still happen because of the puncture to the nu-sphere. The C-consciousness was what was holding back the energy. Since they are dead nothing is holding the zone back from expanding.
Would we consider what the brain scorcher or miracle machine to be blowouts as well? I guess strelok disables both, so the last one is in the CNPP? I hope we can destroy it or disable it like we did the others!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios no they are not blow outs. Like I said Blow outs in the game are an emission off nu-sphere energy. Think of the Miracle Machine as a range extender and defensive wall for the C-consciousness. The brain scorcher is a separate entity that was out of control. Both where turned off. The Miracle Machine I think for the most part is useless without the C-consciousness. Though it looks like we do revisit it in Stalker 2.
I have a question. Will we get to drive that vehicle that Cardan and Nitro were building together. Nah bur jokes aside my real question is, towards the end of CoP we find out there are mercs being hired by an unknown employer to find the X-labs. I wonder if this will be further explored.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios c con is evil in alot of ways but I do trust they were indeed trying to control the zones expansion somewhat. Strelok just opening fire like that and awakening monolith may not have a good ending. Afterall, he doesn't know wether he was right or wrong and he may never know, but he made it. And the fans should be thankful for that.
@@carcinogenical4389 Love this take! And it's what C-Con tells Strelok as well, that they're trying to protect the zone and keep its expansion in check, but they don't live forever, and at some point they'll die off, needing new people to head the project. It's going to be wild, but I hope they're around in some capacity that we can interact with! Or maybe we'll get an astral projection like Ganja talks about in Clear Sky! Thanks for taking the time to write this.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios I'd be shocked if any of them survived Strelok's gunning of the c-con, but perhaps that wasn't quite the truth. Certainly curious to see if he's somehow responsible. I mean, I am almost positive at the end of COP we get told explicitly that SIRCAA was formed after he joined Ukraine's scientific team. So he's responsible for them at least, probably helped guide the mission into the zone that is implied to have happened in the 10 years between COP & S2.
Many questions will be answered when we play Stalker 2. I wonder if the game will have giant spider-ticks that will run along the walls and ceilings and jump in your face like the facehugger from Aliens
Doubt it, but we've seen some fun new things from the concept art, like the new Bayun, the new elk enemy & some new 'environmental' and 'elemental' versions of various mutants.
You mention the situation with the farm where in CS there is a stalker base but in SoC there is nothing... Well, compare dates of the second explosion in the games. Stalker has a really big continuity issue and many things contradict each other so don't expect Stalker 2 to have no retcons. Before that you mentioned cut content which... Well, it was an early concept and it wasn't cut because it had never been done in the game. There are tons of such things and you can read about them in the leaked concept documents which are available in the internet (they are written mostly in russian).
When you write it this way, I slapped my thigh. I guess I didn’t really think of the emission reaching all the way to cordon, since rookie village seems to be fine both times, but that makes a lot of sense! Thank you for writing this. And yes semantics be damned about “cut content” you’re right. Thanks for taking the time to write all of this and watch my content. I truly appreciate it! All the best, Dog dad
Don't know if it was really part of the original concept art from a decade ago. Is that frail tall psychic feral humanoid in the woods going to be part of the game?
6:20 I don't really care if something was a long time ago if the next entry is branded as a follow up to the series it should acknowledge and expand on current cannon or lore. At least pay attention to it and try not to purposely go against what was established.
I hope they make artifacts in stalker 2 more useful only useful artifacts in older stalker games were the ones with carry weight boost other artifacts were total bs because you had to have all 5 artifacts slots with the same effect artifact to get any noticeable protection to different types of anomaly damage or with endurance artifacts you have 1 endurance artifacts equipped then you can run 2 more seconds before getting exhausted hopefully they make artifacts more powerful and not some 0.5% boost to certain effects thats why most players dont use them and just sell them for money
Hi, re questions, are there any cheats in Stalker 2? If there are artefacts that can give a 25 mile sprint it would perhaps be handy. Indestructible mode perhaps? Is there a storyline, a walkthrough guide?
The 4th question doesn’t make any sense. Once one has been in the zone one can never escape it‘s grip. No amount of peace and civilization will help, one will always come back into the zone one way or another. That‘s the magic - no exact explanation because there is none. The question „what makes people get into the zone in the first place“ is a whole other story - for which there are multiple answers.
ngl. most of the questions would be something they would show us ingame. so instead of asking yourself this, you shoudl just wait till the game comes out to find out about it...
It's releasing on it's scheduled date now. No more delays, I can tell because Moddb and Stalker Anomaly and various other modpacks have been forced to come into compliance with GSC's community guidelines. That hasn't ever happened before lol.
Well I will! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! Pronouncing Cyrillic names is difficult as an English speaker, but I’ll try more. It’s a mystical language but beautiful!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Ive never played metro myself but man wildlife can be so cool in games like in Red Dead 2 it was awsome and with s.t.a.l.k.e.r. having survival elements it'd be so cool if you could hunt and skin and cook it over a fire. Just thinking about it gets me excited for mods like that if it's possible (I know that's a huge ask but a man can dream)
This game was vaporware for literally like 10 years. We as fans and the god tier mod devs kept the flame alive for them. Then we got real inklings of it actually coming out, and what happens? Oh yeah, Russia invaded their country and some of the devs left to fight a war. You're asking valid questions and I don't want to sound like an ass but for real Stalker 2 deserves all the slack it can get.
I can't believe we are here right now. This feels so surreal. I have waited so long for this game.
I truly hope it’s been worth the wait, but I can’t help but feel it has. Less than a month!!! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
We still gotta wait some more, but let's hope the end is near and we can finally get back to rummaging through tetanus-inducing rusty scraps.
See you in the zone, then again; maybe not.
Yes we are😊 less than month left! But we desperately need Western support. North Korea is entering the war against us and has already sent its first troops to Ukraine. :(((
remember when the game was cancelled back in what 2011 or 2012? I really thought we would never see this game release.
I'm 99% sure the cannon ending for this game will be that whatever is making the zone expand, accelerates. We know that's part of the central narrative and I doubt the devs would pass up the chance to work with more locations down the road. I would love to see how the zone interact with modern areas etc.
I think the endings will be tied to dlc's. I bought the utlimate edition and it says 2 story expensions. Don't know what it could be
It would be wild if we teleported through an anomaly just to end up quickly in the modern world. Thanks for taking the time to write this!
Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios i know where the dlcs gonna be because of the leaks. But don't know the story behind it.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios stalker is in the modern world...
You'll get 4 options right off the bat just like in the OGs I think... Probably a 'kill the zone' option w/ us trying to destroy the generators causing the emissions. Followed by an 'expand the zone' option where we do the opposite, maybe we fix the monolith or something. Then I suspect there will be a 'fuck the zone' ending featuring ward/duty. Maybe another ending w/ a secret where we disable the generator and something else (maybe some kind of hidden boss, Strelok 2?) and get the 'true' ending. I think the DLC will allow us to visit a couple of new areas (Maybe a more modern location outside of the zone that's near the perimeter? Maybe a new version of Limansk?)
I really like the open door of 'anomalies have been found outside the zone' opens up the game a little more for expansions.
Sircaa is a brilliant enemy, too. Setting the game 10 years after COP means that SIRCAA has had 10 years to retrofit the X-labs Strelock knew about & to create a presence in the Zone comparable to the original C-con scientists.
I get the feeling there's going to be a few new X-labs at the minimum...
Underground free exploration should def be a thing, but not just like in the original Stalkers. You go touch a door, loading screen, bam!...you are inside the lab already. No. I want it to be more like Metro. Huge underground tunnels connecting underground train stations and labs to explore. Safe areas, others not so safe. There are some train tunnels that are closed. Maybe you could buy information from a loner, or find a marked map from a dead stalker, maybe you heard stalkers talking about a hidden lab that's it's supposed to be around the area but they don't know if it's real or not. Exploring and finding a hidden ways to labs and exploring the underground "common" area would be so cool. I doubt it thou. Probably too big and not "necessary" for the game to work as intended. Maybe as an DLC or something who knows
*chefs kiss
Yes, yes and more yes!
At least from what we've seen so far, I think we'll get a mix of both. There's a lot of gameplay showcasing small subterranean zones w/o any load scenes (like the cave full of fire jet anomalies from COP). But there's also so far one or two cinematics involving Richter & Skif moving through or out of what seems to be either an abandoned facility or an X-lab's location. I think that we'll probably still have loadscreens for X-labs but otherwise subterranean locations will be normal.
@@ahealthkit2745 the hype is real!
My biggest question is what happened to Strelok? a key figure like that doesn't just disappear from the zone like that. My suspicion is that the stranger is Strelok, but that has yet to be seen. Either way I am so excited for STALKER 2 and the wait is almost here. I'll see you in the Zone Stalker.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! From the ending of CoP we last know that Strelok is working as a scientist, but I agree with you that his business is not finished in the interior.
See you in the Zone : )!
They added a wig to him, as they added a balaclava on Strider's face in old trailers. If I remember correctly this was a theory by Spartan Mozi
@@MaxNekromancer If I'm right, in war game documentary you can see Strelok on the dev screen in place of a stranger of cinematic
Он будет, информация официальная
@@Dog.Dad.Studiosда его уволили из за провала операции Зенит
Well, we already know partial answers to question one! We can glean from early trailers that the zone HAS indeed slowly expanded, as you can hear Skif stating that he saw an anomaly outside of the zone, which is the driving force behind our protagonist going to the zone in the first place. As for the Monolith forces, from what we've seen in trailers so far, it depends on the person. One is seen doubling down on their beliefs regardless of no longer hearing the Monolith. From that, we can assume some former Monolith stalkers would have the opposite arc, where they feel purposeless without the voice of the Monolith.
Great read! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this! Getting very excited!!
on one hand I want answers on the other the mystery is what keeps me coming back to the series
The great ebb and flow : )
My theory is that C-con was just draining some of the noosphere power to feel like gods, but in fact they were just glorified leaches on some kind of lovecraftian overmind that may partially reveal itself in the end of stalker 2 leaving more questions than answers. As always the humanity in it's ignorance has opened a Pandora's box ant whatever was trapped within broke the cap
this was absolute amazing, thank you
Thank you for the kind comment!
Hey, I have finished the game and have gotten all of the endings as well as reading some of the audio and notes that I come by, so I know we have gotten some answers to those questions. But I enjoy watching your videos, so hopefully you will make a video about how you feel about the answers that we gotten from the game!
That’s amazing! I’m taking a break after 50 hours ahahah. Excited to go back after a patch and time for people to enjoy the game before delving deep into the lore. I look forward to talking more with you soon! Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Thats understandable yeah, it did take me around that much time for the first completion.
Yeah, I wanted to wait too but I really don't want to get spoiled and want to see them myself, but glad I did. I will keep my eyes on those then, hehe.
Thank you, wishing you good health!
I like the AOE2 soundtrack in the background 😂 ngl it made me do a double take at my PC
Man i can't way to play this. And until then - more stalker cosplay content :D
What’s a place you’re excited to explore come HoC?
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Oooof... I dont want to spoiler, so i'll go for Radar. I wanna see how radar changed. And i cant wait to see cooling towers!
Nice video. Can't help but to think about AoE2 the entire time. I wonder why xD
edit: and diablo!
Hehehehe it’s all a shamburger
Seriously good ears : )
Not played stalker before but im going to be playing stalker 2, ill watch plenty of lore videos before i dive into stalker 2, also how gorgeous does the 2nd games graphics look, its looking great thabks for the video.
If you have the time, the original trilogy was rereleased onto consoles not too long ago, highly recommend!
But if that’s not accessible, I have two retrospectives up, third one on the way, and some lore videos if you have the time.
Can’t wait to play Stalker 2! What got you started with the franchise?
I also recommend you play the original trilogy to get a feel for it. The combat is super satisfying but, my God, is it long, arduous, and strenuous, especially in Clear Sky. Enemies are very good at pinpointing you, even behind cover, so you have to be either very observant or very quick to survive the hail of grenades. Plus the resource economy in CS is super unforgiving too, especially when it comes to bandages and medical kits. Most people hate CS for that reason, but I think it feels right in a "high risk, high reward" scenario like the Zone.
@Dog.Dad.Studios Metro franchise is what got me hooked into that style of game. Not sure if I'll have time to play the original trilogy before the 2nd game launches but if not I'll go back and play them at some point.
...aanu cheeky breeky iv damke!
Man the miracle machine mission is gonna be intense 👀
I hope we go back into x16 : ) wait what am I saying! That place scares the living you know what out of me ahah
The German video game magazine Gamestar was able to play Stalker 2 for .3 hours and was enthusiastic about the game. I think it will be fine
My question - what is the carry weight limit? In the first game the carry weight was way too low.
Oh god it was the worst until you could get the good artifacts that had endurance but not wild radiation ahahaha, hoping we can have a balance
Why is Strelok balding so bad?
Cancer from the radiation bro
@@sneauxday7002 lmao true
@@sneauxday7002 cancer doesnt cause hairloss. Chemo therapy does though.
It would be cool if at the end of the game they wanted to destroy the Zone and this would lead to a large-scale catastrophe, a super-emission that would expand the Zone to new territories, the anomalies would become even more dangerous and the mutants more diverse, new anomalies and new rare artifacts would appear. This Stalker universe has endless potential for new stories.
Love it!
I mean, historically speaking every journey to the centre of the zone leaves the place totally raptured by a fresh super emission. I imagine this next visit will have to shutter it permanently or it's going to go absolutely haywire and begin consuming more territory.
from what we've seen, it seem the guy from one of the first big trailers wants to protect "marvels" of the zone or maybe even share it with the rest of the of the world. Then the g man wants to control the anomalous energy for themselves. Your mission is probably join the g man and stop him ( probably the cannon one) or join him and let the super emission change everything (bad ending?)
Ill skip this one because havent played the og ones but im sure is a funnny a cool vid :)
You ought to give them a shot sometime! Play COP first and then if you still feel like you want more, play the originals modded to improve graphics and stability and enjoy them too!
@@ahealthkit2745 ill for sure give them a shot but since i dont have a pc ill wait for a sale for the console trilogy, are those any different than on pc others??? than the controls of course
@@Nobody.exe50 They are now on Switch and a few others. The controls are the only difference afaik. Obviously you won't be able to install any mods to improve graphics or replayability, but as long as you aren't looking for that and don't mind playing the unapologetic original games (they are dated, they looked pretty dated even when they came out!) But they are still a joy to playthrough once each.
I recommend playing on medium difficult, at least at first. Master in Stalker is where you go when you've played the full serious at least once.
@@ahealthkit2745 little update, i said f it and bought the trilogy on console
Personally I find the mystique more entertaining than explanations. Then again I wish for more theories and perspectives on the zone instead of getting a canonical truth. The Zone's attractiveness in Roadside picnic and subsequent takes on the idea is -- in my view -- the unexplainability/anomalousness of it, instead of hard truths. "Facts" are boring, "mythology" kicks butt!
Great video.
Ps. Entertained myself with an idea that would rock my socks off. What if C-Con was just a hoax like the Wishgranter? Only a layer of many ruses to keep the unexplainability of the Zone and it's consequences out of established scientific view of the world. A crisis management kinda deal. Scientists having to hide the inevitably unknowable truth to keep face in front of the world.
Pps. Like would Strelok/player anyway have any reason to trust the representative, especially after acting with a hostile attitude from the beginning, messing up the C-Consiousnesse's facilities and all that.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this! I agree with you that not showing or telling everything is the way that go and adds in to the Zone itself.
For storytelling purposes, and narrative, I’ll be interested to see where they take it.
Ohh! That would be insane, I’ve always thought about a Cthulhu type entity or just the zone expanding endlessly. We shall see!
Hope all is well!
I believe it was David Lynch who said something to the effect of, "It's not the answers you want, it's the yearning *FOR* the answers that you want. If you got the answer, it'd cease to be a mystery."
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Pleasure is all mine! U've got loads of quality on your channel:)
@@danne8797 I appreciate those words a lot! Can't wait for more : ) hope all is well.
Can you drag bodies like in the old games?
Yes
Sweet!
Да, и это пригодится в нескольких квестах
@@merpripyati that’s good to hear, it makes it a lot more immersive. Interacting with physics and the environment.
I think the Topaz device we use at the start either analyzes anomalies outside of the zone, or it creates anomalies outside of the zone. Regardless, we run into some bad people and get robbed and lose it to them, waking up in the Lesser Zone and being attacked by some typical mud puppy
Sign me up!
Also I would honestly be shocked if we didn't run into the Major in the game. They did mention there being 'bosses' like legendary stalkers, mutants, etc. So maybe some of our favourite npcs become bosses based on our trajectory through the game? Either way, not long to find out!
It is confirmed by GSC that the sequel takes place 10 years after COP. So I imagine certain mutants may be in short demand, and others should be explained through the discovery of x-labs.
Additionally, judging from all the gameplay I've seen. It appears many landmarks from the OG games will be making a major return, but I suspect due to the new fully open-world style of the new game, all of those landmarks will be re-arranged and some new things (and some old, cut things like the vehicle graveyard) may make returns.
Kinda hoping artifacts will be more unique and exciting to use this time around. A lot of the OGs just had them be little stat equalizers 90% of the time. It got pretty old pretty fast to swap between some arguably useless stat resist ones and the actually good endurance and carry weight ones. Idk. a part of me hopes that they borrow from Anomaly/Gamma and introduce artifacts that grant perks while equipt. Maybe they can do that and have a radiation they give off or maybe they nerf one of your stats a bit or something, but I'd take that over the ever-useless vendor trash artifacts that are so plentiful in cop
I mean, on your question of what's bringing people back, now correct me if im wrong. Monolith agents spread the rumor of the wish maker. And you said that this, along with the wealth from the artifacts brought people to the zone originally, but rumors of the wish maker would be in the zone only right? I mean a couple agents might make a few excursions outside but it wouldn't be much. So the motivation is pretty much the same, albeit likely deteriorated with time
Edit: i just randomly thought about this while watching the video. Your mention of silver tounged people in the monolith made me think of possible like religious trips of people without the voice of the monolith "teaching" others of the voice like a missionary.
i hear you Fallout OST👀
Good ears : )!!
so the blowouts still happen because of the puncture to the nu-sphere. The C-consciousness was what was holding back the energy. Since they are dead nothing is holding the zone back from expanding.
Would we consider what the brain scorcher or miracle machine to be blowouts as well? I guess strelok disables both, so the last one is in the CNPP?
I hope we can destroy it or disable it like we did the others!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios perhaps
I mean the generators that are close by to the CNPP are directly responsible for creating the rift so maybe
@@Dog.Dad.Studios no they are not blow outs. Like I said Blow outs in the game are an emission off nu-sphere energy. Think of the Miracle Machine as a range extender and defensive wall for the C-consciousness. The brain scorcher is a separate entity that was out of control. Both where turned off. The Miracle Machine I think for the most part is useless without the C-consciousness. Though it looks like we do revisit it in Stalker 2.
My Question: Is there a Stash System as in the triology? Or even better, like in the mods via Backpack or Cases 🤔
ТА це буде Сама ахуєна гра за останні роки ,я вірю в GSC вони зроблять таку гру в яку можна буде грати наступні 20 років )
I have a question. Will we get to drive that vehicle that Cardan and Nitro were building together. Nah bur jokes aside my real question is, towards the end of CoP we find out there are mercs being hired by an unknown employer to find the X-labs. I wonder if this will be further explored.
I would love that, especially since the military also wants them classified after the Major confirms their existence at the Gauss rifle facility
Here's my question, this vid was posted 2 months ago and yet i see no in retrospect video out yet?
No retrospective now since it’s only been out a couple of months, but I do have a review out. Hope all is well
I have a feeling this may be streloks fault
Could you possible elaborate on that thought? Thanks for taking the time!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios c con is evil in alot of ways but I do trust they were indeed trying to control the zones expansion somewhat. Strelok just opening fire like that and awakening monolith may not have a good ending. Afterall, he doesn't know wether he was right or wrong and he may never know, but he made it. And the fans should be thankful for that.
@@carcinogenical4389 Love this take! And it's what C-Con tells Strelok as well, that they're trying to protect the zone and keep its expansion in check, but they don't live forever, and at some point they'll die off, needing new people to head the project.
It's going to be wild, but I hope they're around in some capacity that we can interact with! Or maybe we'll get an astral projection like Ganja talks about in Clear Sky!
Thanks for taking the time to write this.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios I'd be shocked if any of them survived Strelok's gunning of the c-con, but perhaps that wasn't quite the truth. Certainly curious to see if he's somehow responsible. I mean, I am almost positive at the end of COP we get told explicitly that SIRCAA was formed after he joined Ukraine's scientific team. So he's responsible for them at least, probably helped guide the mission into the zone that is implied to have happened in the 10 years between COP & S2.
"Kill what you don't understand." - Strelok
Many questions will be answered when we play Stalker 2. I wonder if the game will have giant spider-ticks that will run along the walls and ceilings and jump in your face like the facehugger from Aliens
I'll take anything spooky that's trapped in an x-lab : )
Doubt it, but we've seen some fun new things from the concept art, like the new Bayun, the new elk enemy & some new 'environmental' and 'elemental' versions of various mutants.
Hey! Is this old guy on 2:10 the doctor? Will we know his story?
You mention the situation with the farm where in CS there is a stalker base but in SoC there is nothing... Well, compare dates of the second explosion in the games. Stalker has a really big continuity issue and many things contradict each other so don't expect Stalker 2 to have no retcons.
Before that you mentioned cut content which... Well, it was an early concept and it wasn't cut because it had never been done in the game. There are tons of such things and you can read about them in the leaked concept documents which are available in the internet (they are written mostly in russian).
When you write it this way, I slapped my thigh. I guess I didn’t really think of the emission reaching all the way to cordon, since rookie village seems to be fine both times, but that makes a lot of sense! Thank you for writing this.
And yes semantics be damned about “cut content” you’re right. Thanks for taking the time to write all of this and watch my content. I truly appreciate it!
All the best,
Dog dad
My question is: where are ma boys Ashot, Yar Nimble and Sidorovich??
If Sidorovich is not in the game we revolt
Don't know if it was really part of the original concept art from a decade ago. Is that frail tall psychic feral humanoid in the woods going to be part of the game?
That would be spooky!!
6:20 I don't really care if something was a long time ago if the next entry is branded as a follow up to the series it should acknowledge and expand on current cannon or lore. At least pay attention to it and try not to purposely go against what was established.
I hope they make artifacts in stalker 2 more useful only useful artifacts in older stalker games were the ones with carry weight boost other artifacts were total bs because you had to have all 5 artifacts slots with the same effect artifact to get any noticeable protection to different types of anomaly damage or with endurance artifacts you have 1 endurance artifacts equipped then you can run 2 more seconds before getting exhausted hopefully they make artifacts more powerful and not some 0.5% boost to certain effects thats why most players dont use them and just sell them for money
Hi, re questions, are there any cheats in Stalker 2? If there are artefacts that can give a 25 mile sprint it would perhaps be handy. Indestructible mode perhaps? Is there a storyline, a walkthrough guide?
It is interesting the original trilogy don’t have a console command or cheats, maybe after beating the game we’ll unlock them!
Here's the question I want answered.
Can I romance Sidorovich or not?
You give that man a piece of drumstick and you’re getting what you want! Hoping for full BG3 dialogue free hehe
Questions 11: Is Super Ultrawide supported or not?
21:9 should be in every game nowadays, it doesn’t make sense other than for competitive shooters not to have. Hope all is well!
The 4th question doesn’t make any sense. Once one has been in the zone one can never escape it‘s grip.
No amount of peace and civilization will help, one will always come back into the zone one way or another.
That‘s the magic - no exact explanation because there is none.
The question „what makes people get into the zone in the first place“ is a whole other story - for which there are multiple answers.
ngl. most of the questions would be something they would show us ingame. so instead of asking yourself this, you shoudl just wait till the game comes out to find out about it...
I want to se metro references
If you pronounce major's last name as "Degterev" it will be close enough. The same way you pronounce "Lebedev".
I appreciate this sentiment!
11. Will it be ever released?
It's releasing on it's scheduled date now. No more delays, I can tell because Moddb and Stalker Anomaly and various other modpacks have been forced to come into compliance with GSC's community guidelines. That hasn't ever happened before lol.
@@yakivpopavich leesss gooo!! 🙏🏻
Gamma even had a thing on the main menu about buying the trilogy ahaha
Why this stupid YT is always insta deleting my comments? I only said "leess gooo!"
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Yeah I'm too scared to update GAMMA now lmao, spent like a month or two getting my modified load order stabilized for 1.5.2.
Definitely not 10 questions that most of us care about.
lol 😂 and without even a question of your own? Silly.
@@Dog.Dad.Studioshis question is probably like "will this be like gamma?" or "will the graphics be good?"
Does anyone else find the stashes extremely disappointing
It’s messed up, the pre order bundle has cool stashes that felt awesome to find
@Dog.Dad.Studios really it has to do with pre-orders wtf?
Degtyarev is pronounced almost like Degtyaryov, the Russian weapons designer.
No need to thank me.
Well I will! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Pronouncing Cyrillic names is difficult as an English speaker, but I’ll try more. It’s a mystical language but beautiful!
WHERE ARE THE BEARS
Where are they?!? Maybe they didn’t want to be “like” Metro or something. Would love to see Bears as tanks lol
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Ive never played metro myself but man wildlife can be so cool in games like in Red Dead 2 it was awsome and with s.t.a.l.k.e.r. having survival elements it'd be so cool if you could hunt and skin and cook it over a fire. Just thinking about it gets me excited for mods like that if it's possible (I know that's a huge ask but a man can dream)
Can you turn off, Press (F) key to take item.
Annoys me to hell and back... Yellow pain to.
I may be old, But I'm not stupid!
they mentioned you can turn off (most) UI elements
This game was vaporware for literally like 10 years. We as fans and the god tier mod devs kept the flame alive for them. Then we got real inklings of it actually coming out, and what happens? Oh yeah, Russia invaded their country and some of the devs left to fight a war. You're asking valid questions and I don't want to sound like an ass but for real Stalker 2 deserves all the slack it can get.
You lost me instantly at the " I hope this finds you well"