Ever since I played Anomaly I was curious about where UNISG came from. I had no idea they traced their origins all the way back to Clear Sky's development. Thank you for putting together this video! I really enjoyed it. If you wanted to do more cut-content videos, I would gladly watch them!
all the new content in anomaly comes from stalker's development cut content. So it's actually not just the devs being funny they just revisited the original ideas by the developers
Well.... there was lab called lab_20X cut from CS, the lab location in redforest.... The entrance to the laboratory is via an elevator in the old man's building (the elevator is not working), and there is a second entrance somewhere in the forest, there were more mines and tunnels. also there is cut (mission), a SOS ,the old man ask you to find what remain from sciences expedition near the space anomaly, This part of the map was more like a copy of the generator map, but it was burnt and more radioactive (thanks to lab of course 🌚☠️) that part from the map was meant to be more wide area to explore ,there you should find some dead ISG agents and father falren (not sure about his name) body. you find pda belongs to one Isg agent (The reason for cutting is the lack of time and the lack of resources). sorry for weak EN this informtion i got it from Russian modder who was digging in old game versions
Thanks for covering this faction. I've always been interested in how the rest of the world's governments reacted to the existence of the Zone. Hope you're doing well, fellow Stalker! Cheers!
I'm glad you dipped your toes into cut content. UNSIG is an interesting faction: foreign organizations controlled by Western government(s)/organization(s). However, I prefer the mercenaries instead of UNSIG. To me, mercenaries just sound more secretive and broad, which makes their interests and motivations more varied. Since mercenaries can be coordinated by Western/Eastern governments, organizations, and private companies alike. The UN observers are an intresting idea as well and their presents does hint at further involment, especially the guys Hog mentioned. In my opinion UNSIG and the western aligned groups are part of the bigger mercenary 'umbrella'. That is why we know so little about the mercenaries themselves, they are not some random PMCs off the road. Anyway, for more clues and answers we will have to wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R Heart of Chernobyl. Great video as always anomalous! Cheers and good hunting! 🫠
there is mod on the foundation of Call of Chernobyl called GLOBAR WAR, adds 21 new factions, include cut Renegades, ISG and Sin and more fan made ones, another great video!
I actually like the idea that there just a covert group used to get info that isn't public and not wanting to rely on mercs, use their own, specially trained men. Also my first time seeing them in anomaly was a huge highlight. I was in the pripiyat outskirts and they started shooting. I thought they were just monolith, but going over their corpses and seeing some mysterious faction I've never heard of, just intrigued me
Great video, thanks for bringing details about the subject to the wider audience - the UN/ISG is quite misunderstood by many fans. The models of soldiers from western military formations weren't cut, and can be used as skins in the multiplayer mode - KSK and US Special Forces by Mercs, SAS and NATO by Freedomers if I'm not wrong. To my knowledge, that was their purpose from the beginning. Besides Anomaly, ISG is also present in Global War, an overhaul mod for Call of Chernobyl, which focuses on warfare and contains many factions from various other mods.
While people compare them to Mercs I find Mercs to be more of private military dudes with some shady secret employers (they are cool in their own way) and think ISG would fit more in western Clear Sky rather than Mercs. They just give me more of that military scientist vibe rather than do whatever for money. (that is just my feel) And I would like to see either them or someone similar from western parts take more direct interest in the Zone because it make sense for them to, since Zone have plenty of potential that everyone would want to take part in and benefit from. It could create more diversity, more conflicts and since ISG seem to operate very very secretly it could also add to more stealthy and undercover type of gameplay. If they can be sided with that is. Also, I say am excited about this one and you did not disappoint Great video as always! 😏
It only makes sense having international forces in the Zone, i mean hell i even think a certian number of stalkers in general should be like Germans,Romanians,Poles,Sweds ect
Not a faction I'm too sad about being cut, as I would like to see Sin or the other bandit factions more rather than the UN. Nevertheless, great content as always my friend!
I remember playing stalker anomaly and I came to a military patrol as duty, talked to their commander and he mentioned that radars were showing helicopters moving in and out of the zone that were not theirs, saying that it couldn't be possible. For some reason, I found this interaction very cool, and memorable. Makes me wonder how the ISG could've interacted with the zone and its factions.
@@jens468 It's not to be considered canon, because the story - if it even exists - is supposedly really bad. That being said, claiming that Anomaly has "nothing to do with the STALKER games" is a bit extreme and hints at latent elitism. You simply have to appreciate just how much of an icebreaker that mod is for many who have never heard about STALKER before, many of whom are playing the mainline games now. The community grew absurdly over the past few years despite no release, and that's all on account of fan mods.
@@hunter_0221 Yeah, puritan pearl clutchers are often way too harsh to mods like Misery and Anomaly for no reason. The mods can greatly enhance the gaming experience by fixing bugs, restoring cut content and making the game more pleasant to play in general (additional armors, weapons and other items are always very welcome). I love all three STALKERS to death, without overhaul mods I would have stopped playing them more than a decade ago, while (e.g.) Anomaly makes me do at least several playthroughs a year. You can play the originals only a certain amount of times before you become sick of them, knowing all there is to know and the game becoming more of a checklist-ticking process than an actually enjoyable and proper gaming experience. Not to mention that nobody is stopping anyone from playing the vanilla versions and GSC can use the mods and their various levels of popularity as inspiration for their development of STALKER 2, the same way Bethesda direcly rips mechanics created by modders and implementing them in future releases; or like you mentioned, keeping the STALKER fandom alive especially through the ~decade that the series was in a hiatus post-Call of Pripyat. It is technical wizardry that mods like Anomaly even exist.
7:05 Do these Clear Sky members have multiplayer arm bands? Would be cool if every game had unique compositions of factions in multiplayer. Freedom vs Mercenaries in Shadow of Chernobyl Clear Sky vs Duty in Clear Sky Military vs Monolith in Call of Pripyat.
Mm not completely sure about drone belonging to UN, it looks oddly familiar to MQ-9 Reaper. But the huge jet engine on top does not fits avilable pictures. Well maybe it was special modification, or devs changeing the looks to avoid copyright, as they where often doing XD.
One time in Anomaly in a random PDA message a guy talked about killing a very old zombie that had "ISG" on it's uniform. I never saw this message in any of my playthroughs again. Who knows. Maybe we get something of a spriritual successor of that basic idea in STALKER 2.
I didnt know Clear Sky started development befor SoC was released. It makes sense of coursde but I assumed it really did take 1.5 years to be made. Id love a Development of Clear Sky video.
yeah, 9:53 is exactly what I wanted to point out, so that picture is probably designed during the very early stages of ClearSky development...pretty cool
I knew about this faction because their suits are available for use in Stalker Call Of Chernobyl but the info you gathered in regards to them is surprisingly good. This what Stalker fans need to learn about because the cut content is massive when it comes to Stalker.
It's quite sad that the did not used the ISG. By the way this reminded me of Messer and what could have happened to him. Maybe he will appear in heart of chernobyl.
2:05 These skins were for multiplayer DLC in Shadow of Chernobyl. You can see the armbands on their arms that represented the teams that the skins were for.
What surprised me the most is the severe lack of UN presence in the zone, sure we got mercs but that's a no brainier. Mercenaries are made up of both foreign and eastern European members, And as you mentioned before, has very obscure clients. The zone is pretty interesting that western powers would try to dip their hands in it, especially the UN if they can see something useful...or profitable from the zone. Consider that artifacts are being smuggled out of the zone it's only natural that everyone around the world are interested. Honestly speaking I would like to see more of them in the future and I would agree that the anomaly depiction is a bit lackluster.
Wish the faction war scale would be focused in STALKER 2 more But speaking from experience of a young consumer in this weird time where studios with huge budget can not produce an above average quality games, my expectations are low
I came across these guys for the first time in Anomaly in the Pripyat outskirts and they opened fire on me. I assumed it was Monolith until I looted them and say their badges and it was like wtf why were they hostile?
@@anomalousdugout9557 why is that? I would love to see content you make about stalker 2. I know you mentioned your computer might not be able to handle it in earlier videos, is this the reason or is something else the matter?
I really doubt that basic knowledge about zone isn't widespread. Since games set in the 2010s there is no way that none of the stalker would have uploaded videos taken in the zone...
I'm now 100% certain I pronounce the UNISG faction like U-Sig. Anyway, awesome video, neat seeing the development of this game and getting some answers on this faction.
Hey I love your content, and appreciate the time you take to make it! as an American, I sometimes feel out of the loop with stalker stuff as it is primarily European/Slavic content being talked about by people in those languages, but I want to thank you for your effort in doing videos in English. Keep up the good work!
I always thought the faction was just made up for the sakes of the mods, i did not know there was this much on it canonically, good job on the research.
5:41 Oh great now Strelok become a youtuber instead of stalker. I guess living in the zone has become boring when you basically know everything about the zone.
The Zone reminds me of Apocalypse Now in ways and I would love to see a group based on Colonel Kurtz making their home in The Zone. Only to have somebody sent in to put an end to him and cover up the fact that a special operations group went rogue and that getting out would be devastating to whatever government they came from.
This is gonna be some Very schitso but you're talking about there being a second scar in an older version of the anarchy cell intro, (9:30) Maybe this wasn't by mistake and maybe there was originally supposed to be twins or possibly this could be some sort of setup or introduction for doppelgangers (I just want more doppelgangers or doubles to be put in the game)
Despite the weirdness of Anomaly making the ISG faction a hostile faction to all, I kinda like it. It makes them seem like CIA Black Ops agents who want to leave no trace of their presence in The Zone and conduct all kinds of nefarious operations.
With the Oblivion Lost generator area from this cut cutscene coming back in art for Stalker 2, what do you think the odds of us encountering this place in the new game are?
How about russian government involvement. realistically they would really want to be involved too. realistically, the Zone would be a proxy war between NATO and Russian Backed mercenaries fighting for research/ documents and artifacts
hey man just wanna let u know i look forward to ur uploads. i listen to your stuff at work all the time and suggest you to my coworkers and friends cuz ur channels very good quality.
Interesting, I thought it was more fan content then cut content, As you said the UNISG stuff on Anomaly is pretty lacking, I wish people tried to make more story mods using Anomaly, it could be very interesting to see.
Thank you for always finding new content. It makes the wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 way more tolerable. Hope we get it this December. I was so excited about the physical stuff like the steelbook that I forgot my new PC didn't have a CD-tray when I pre-ordered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. xD I do have an external one now
No, thankfully was the correct word here. I did not want to express the hope that perhaps we had more info, but instead claimed that we indeed had more info.
The most interesting thing about UNISG is the fact that they exist at all and that all the international research work isn't done by ecologists or through the Ukrainian government at the behest of the UN. Is there an underlying conflict there? Is the UN following a separate agenda from the Ukrainian government? Are they simply acting separately from them, or are they completely clandestine? Are they supposed to do wetworks too questionable or sensitive for mercs or other stalkers to do? Why the UN specifically, are they under the security council or some form of newly formed comission? Why not NATO or the US or some European countries acting by themselves?
Amazing work. 2:14 where did you get this info? I read a comment here saying that those Western models are available in multiplayer. Very interesting indeed
3:00 you say that, but the biggest piece of evidence pointing towards the mercs being of western origin is the blue eagle that is their badge. its pretty unmistakable, but then again that is literally the matco tools logo.
I always found the UNISG interesting even with the little detail we get from canon sources about their role in the Zone. I like to imagine they'd have a less secretive presence in the Zone compared to many fan recreations, that instead it would be this more "official" and "open" investigation into the Zone's phenomena and its possible applications with the noosphere. But with a twist; rather than the organization itself being rather secretive, instead it becomes rife with interfactional schisms due to conflicting interests between the parties involved. Since the UN is well, not one country but many others cooperating (supposedly) for the common good, it would make sense that rather than the whole group, it would be people within it that would start doing some more shady stuff behind the scenes. For example: Say that the US got involved with the UNISG to explore the Zone, but after discovering evidence of their previous presence there (what with the crashed UAV in the area near the Jupiter complex) they attempt a coverup. Likewise, certain groups within the US force are contracted to retrieve lab documents for particular military-industrial complex purposes, similar to the Mercs, but with a clearer and explicit goal. Others begin to take note of similar incentives, and start competing within each other to find these possible goldmines of valuable scientific and military information for their own respective nations. Potentially even resulting in direct confrontation, and the Ukrainian government having to step in and reduce their scale in the Zone to prevent a major scandal or even all out war. The standing between them already frigid, now going to sub-zero as an international situation unfolds within the Zone itself, soldiers and materiel flowing into the area to make standoffs with each other as fellow stalkers watch in a mix of horror and amusement, getting a front-row seat to some classic geopolitical dick-swinging, potentially on the precipice of unleashing the worst the Zone has to offer. Such a story would be entertaining as hell imo, like a Deus Ex meets STALKER scenario.
That whole scenario makes me think of a Loner in Call of Pripyat who witnessed soldiers trying to take shelter in the Ark. By this point, I imagine most Stalkers will have seen enough of the dick-swinging from the Faction Wars and enough surreality from the Zone's own workings to not really be phased by such an occurrence. "Well, I had myself a good laugh at it and went on my way."
Based on the story in Anomaly/COC, to me, it seems that UNISG is actually CIA SAD/SOG operating under the guise of the UN in the event they get caught. The UN doesn't actually perform operations like what is presented nor does the UN operate undercover special operation groups. It's a bit more logical however if you take their operation and mission tasks and think of other actors who would want the information that UNISG was seeking out and that would be NATO/US. I can easily see the US sending in CIA SAD teams (or other SF groups) into the zone under the cover of the UN to obtain information on the zone. It also matches up with their all kill, no capture, no witnesses rules of engagement along with their need of operating undercover.
Also, I really like the seeds sown by these ideas, even if they aren't official anymore. The concept of the Monolith having originally been a large group of UNISG is really interesting.
14:57 The "no guides" part could signify that this came after the decision to move to the Great Swamps, meaning that this little box of dialogue wasn't a carry-over that was meant to be deleted.
Ever since I played Anomaly I was curious about where UNISG came from. I had no idea they traced their origins all the way back to Clear Sky's development. Thank you for putting together this video! I really enjoyed it. If you wanted to do more cut-content videos, I would gladly watch them!
Very nice to learn something new, thanks!
all the new content in anomaly comes from stalker's development cut content. So it's actually not just the devs being funny they just revisited the original ideas by the developers
finally something about the UNISG!
Yes.
@@anomalousdugout9557 stay strong stalker 💪
Well.... there was lab called lab_20X cut from CS, the lab location in redforest....
The entrance to the laboratory is via an elevator in the old man's building (the elevator is not working), and there is a second entrance somewhere in the forest, there were more mines and tunnels.
also there is cut (mission), a SOS ,the old man ask you to find what remain from sciences expedition near the space anomaly, This part of the map was more like a copy of the generator map, but it was burnt and more radioactive (thanks to lab of course 🌚☠️) that part from the map was meant to be more wide area to explore ,there you should find some dead ISG agents and father falren (not sure about his name) body.
you find pda belongs to one Isg agent
(The reason for cutting is the lack of time and the lack of resources).
sorry for weak EN
this informtion i got it from Russian modder who was digging in old game versions
the game was more like OLR engine ,i think game version was bulid 1306...not sure
Alright, thanks for sharing the info!
Thanks for covering this faction. I've always been interested in how the rest of the world's governments reacted to the existence of the Zone. Hope you're doing well, fellow Stalker! Cheers!
Nice, thank you.
I'm glad you dipped your toes into cut content. UNSIG is an interesting faction: foreign organizations controlled by Western government(s)/organization(s). However, I prefer the mercenaries instead of UNSIG. To me, mercenaries just sound more secretive and broad, which makes their interests and motivations more varied. Since mercenaries can be coordinated by Western/Eastern governments, organizations, and private companies alike. The UN observers are an intresting idea as well and their presents does hint at further involment, especially the guys Hog mentioned. In my opinion UNSIG and the western aligned groups are part of the bigger mercenary 'umbrella'. That is why we know so little about the mercenaries themselves, they are not some random PMCs off the road. Anyway, for more clues and answers we will have to wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R Heart of Chernobyl.
Great video as always anomalous! Cheers and good hunting! 🫠
Thanks for sharing.
even renegades makes more sense most shitty faction
quality post
there is mod on the foundation of Call of Chernobyl called GLOBAR WAR, adds 21 new factions, include cut Renegades, ISG and Sin and more fan made ones, another great video!
I did not know this mod, thanks!
my most sincere thanks for telling me about this
I actually like the idea that there just a covert group used to get info that isn't public and not wanting to rely on mercs, use their own, specially trained men. Also my first time seeing them in anomaly was a huge highlight. I was in the pripiyat outskirts and they started shooting. I thought they were just monolith, but going over their corpses and seeing some mysterious faction I've never heard of, just intrigued me
I understand that.
Great video, thanks for bringing details about the subject to the wider audience - the UN/ISG is quite misunderstood by many fans.
The models of soldiers from western military formations weren't cut, and can be used as skins in the multiplayer mode - KSK and US Special Forces by Mercs, SAS and NATO by Freedomers if I'm not wrong. To my knowledge, that was their purpose from the beginning.
Besides Anomaly, ISG is also present in Global War, an overhaul mod for Call of Chernobyl, which focuses on warfare and contains many factions from various other mods.
Thanks for sharing the precious info.
Great video! Glad you're deep diving into the cut content man! Always love seeing your analysis and commentary.
Thanks :)
Great video man, and thanks for the shoutout!, if you ever need any builds make sure to hit me up.
Thanks for your help, I will keep that in mind.
In stalker anomaly I didn't even noticed that they exist until I got mauled by highly armored soliders in the great swamps
😸
While people compare them to Mercs I find Mercs to be more of private military dudes with some shady secret employers (they are cool in their own way) and think ISG would fit more in western Clear Sky rather than Mercs. They just give me more of that military scientist vibe rather than do whatever for money. (that is just my feel) And I would like to see either them or someone similar from western parts take more direct interest in the Zone because it make sense for them to, since Zone have plenty of potential that everyone would want to take part in and benefit from. It could create more diversity, more conflicts and since ISG seem to operate very very secretly it could also add to more stealthy and undercover type of gameplay. If they can be sided with that is.
Also, I say am excited about this one and you did not disappoint
Great video as always! 😏
I see, thanks for sharing your ideas!
I thought UNISG was just an anomaly mod creation, I didn't know it was actually almost canon back in the day, great video as always dude!
Glad you learned something new!
It only makes sense having international forces in the Zone, i mean hell i even think a certian number of stalkers in general should be like Germans,Romanians,Poles,Sweds ect
hands down the best stalker lore channel.
Thanks a lot, I did my best.
Love your vids. The ISG sure is an interesting concept, hope to see more videos about factions!
Thanks!
Not a faction I'm too sad about being cut, as I would like to see Sin or the other bandit factions more rather than the UN. Nevertheless, great content as always my friend!
Alright, thanks!
imo sin is too similar to monolith, so idk about that faction
Sin is literally monolith with extra steps
I remember playing stalker anomaly and I came to a military patrol as duty, talked to their commander and he mentioned that radars were showing helicopters moving in and out of the zone that were not theirs, saying that it couldn't be possible. For some reason, I found this interaction very cool, and memorable. Makes me wonder how the ISG could've interacted with the zone and its factions.
Anomaly isn't canon and has nothing to do with the Stalker games.
It's a nice touch from the mod.
@@jens468 It's not to be considered canon, because the story - if it even exists - is supposedly really bad. That being said, claiming that Anomaly has "nothing to do with the STALKER games" is a bit extreme and hints at latent elitism. You simply have to appreciate just how much of an icebreaker that mod is for many who have never heard about STALKER before, many of whom are playing the mainline games now. The community grew absurdly over the past few years despite no release, and that's all on account of fan mods.
@@hunter_0221 Yeah, puritan pearl clutchers are often way too harsh to mods like Misery and Anomaly for no reason. The mods can greatly enhance the gaming experience by fixing bugs, restoring cut content and making the game more pleasant to play in general (additional armors, weapons and other items are always very welcome). I love all three STALKERS to death, without overhaul mods I would have stopped playing them more than a decade ago, while (e.g.) Anomaly makes me do at least several playthroughs a year. You can play the originals only a certain amount of times before you become sick of them, knowing all there is to know and the game becoming more of a checklist-ticking process than an actually enjoyable and proper gaming experience. Not to mention that nobody is stopping anyone from playing the vanilla versions and GSC can use the mods and their various levels of popularity as inspiration for their development of STALKER 2, the same way Bethesda direcly rips mechanics created by modders and implementing them in future releases; or like you mentioned, keeping the STALKER fandom alive especially through the ~decade that the series was in a hiatus post-Call of Pripyat.
It is technical wizardry that mods like Anomaly even exist.
@@jens468If you think the devolopers don't watch the mods coming out like hawks you are an idiot
wow, thanks for the credit, I expected to be credited in the description at most, not getting called out by name in the video itself.
Your contribution was crucial my friend.
5:41 oh my god STRELOK is real
Love them in Anomaly!
I'm hoping in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, the UNISG and other cut faction will be there.
7:05 Do these Clear Sky members have multiplayer arm bands?
Would be cool if every game had unique compositions of factions in multiplayer.
Freedom vs Mercenaries in Shadow of Chernobyl
Clear Sky vs Duty in Clear Sky
Military vs Monolith in Call of Pripyat.
Mm not completely sure about drone belonging to UN, it looks oddly familiar to MQ-9 Reaper. But the huge jet engine on top does not fits avilable pictures. Well maybe it was special modification, or devs changeing the looks to avoid copyright, as they where often doing XD.
One time in Anomaly in a random PDA message a guy talked about killing a very old zombie that had "ISG" on it's uniform. I never saw this message in any of my playthroughs again. Who knows. Maybe we get something of a spriritual successor of that basic idea in STALKER 2.
I don't think so
I didnt know Clear Sky started development befor SoC was released. It makes sense of coursde but I assumed it really did take 1.5 years to be made.
Id love a Development of Clear Sky video.
yeah, 9:53 is exactly what I wanted to point out, so that picture is probably designed during the very early stages of ClearSky development...pretty cool
Now the splash screen before launching Clear Sky makes sense
Rusted warfare
I knew about this faction because their suits are available for use in Stalker Call Of Chernobyl but the info you gathered in regards to them is surprisingly good. This what Stalker fans need to learn about because the cut content is massive when it comes to Stalker.
Yes, I did my best.
It's quite sad that the did not used the ISG. By the way this reminded me of Messer and what could have happened to him. Maybe he will appear in heart of chernobyl.
Yeah, Messer was also an interesting character.
Maybe that guy with the fuzzy bangs and the black suit is Messer?
Would be funny if GSC decided to place the game in 2022 where you fight the Russian army lol
I don't think this will happen.
Neat, didn't know about this one. Was wondering if there was going to be a UN faction in game originally since UN is a known entity
Glad you learned something new.
Another amazing video. It still amazes me how you manage to find information about the content that is only hinted at in the games.
Thanks friend.
This would be a great explanation for the giant surplus of German weaponry in the zone
Its honestly my least favorite fraction
Its even under mercs and freedom
I can understand that.
2:05 These skins were for multiplayer DLC in Shadow of Chernobyl. You can see the armbands on their arms that represented the teams that the skins were for.
What surprised me the most is the severe lack of UN presence in the zone, sure we got mercs but that's a no brainier. Mercenaries are made up of both foreign and eastern European members, And as you mentioned before, has very obscure clients. The zone is pretty interesting that western powers would try to dip their hands in it, especially the UN if they can see something useful...or profitable from the zone. Consider that artifacts are being smuggled out of the zone it's only natural that everyone around the world are interested.
Honestly speaking I would like to see more of them in the future and I would agree that the anomaly depiction is a bit lackluster.
Yes I understand, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Wish the faction war scale would be focused in STALKER 2 more
But speaking from experience of a young consumer in this weird time where studios with huge budget can not produce an above average quality games, my expectations are low
An interesting faction, though if I had to choose between ISG and Sin/ Dark stalkers to be featured in HoC I’d choose the latter
Yes that's understandable.
I came across these guys for the first time in Anomaly in the Pripyat outskirts and they opened fire on me. I assumed it was Monolith until I looted them and say their badges and it was like wtf why were they hostile?
Also stalker 2 devs said there will be a new factions
Yes, Ward will be one of them.
You are the best content creator for Stalker, great video as always! I am super excited for when Stalker 2 comes out and to watch your content on it.
Thanks a lot, don't get your hopes too high though.
@@anomalousdugout9557 why is that? I would love to see content you make about stalker 2. I know you mentioned your computer might not be able to handle it in earlier videos, is this the reason or is something else the matter?
@@BriickTX We do not know how the game will turn out. It is too early for me to plan what will happen.
UNISG is so lackluster and absent in Anomaly that I never even noticed their existence in the hundreds of hours I've put into it lol.
I really doubt that basic knowledge about zone isn't widespread.
Since games set in the 2010s there is no way that none of the stalker would have uploaded videos taken in the zone...
I'm now 100% certain I pronounce the UNISG faction like U-Sig.
Anyway, awesome video, neat seeing the development of this game and getting some answers on this faction.
Glad you liked.
Hey I love your content, and appreciate the time you take to make it! as an American, I sometimes feel out of the loop with stalker stuff as it is primarily European/Slavic content being talked about by people in those languages, but I want to thank you for your effort in doing videos in English. Keep up the good work!
Nice, thanks!
I always thought the faction was just made up for the sakes of the mods, i did not know there was this much on it canonically, good job on the research.
That's why this video was needed.
Anyone know the name of the background song playing at 4 minutes? It's been stuck in my head ever since I played Oblivion lost 2.5
NATO's response with the KSK, British commandos and American SF represents France, the camouflage is indeed CCE and the Russian word means ''France''
5:41 Oh great now Strelok become a youtuber instead of stalker. I guess living in the zone has become boring when you basically know everything about the zone.
UNISG is probably one of the few reasons i play Anomaly. Although in the mod, the name seems to be way more of a cover-up for the group.
Alright, understandable.
@@anomalousdugout9557 can't remember if they're featured in any other mod?
@@latewizard301 Apparently they appear in a mod called Global War.
@@anomalousdugout9557 never heard about it, guess i will check it out.
I love how some of the cut factions like sin and unisg where added into stalker gamma. I hope they're fully introduced in stalker 2
That's what mods are made for.
Nice work! Roadside Picnic also mentions the international science group.
Thanks.
The Zone reminds me of Apocalypse Now in ways and I would love to see a group based on Colonel Kurtz making their home in The Zone. Only to have somebody sent in to put an end to him and cover up the fact that a special operations group went rogue and that getting out would be devastating to whatever government they came from.
I’m hoping that UNSIG has been or will be added to Stalker 2 either in the base game or in one of the DLC
UN in fiction always being Badass than actual UN, remind me with GOC
This is gonna be some Very schitso but you're talking about there being a second scar in an older version of the anarchy cell intro, (9:30)
Maybe this wasn't by mistake and maybe there was originally supposed to be twins or possibly this could be some sort of setup or introduction for doppelgangers
(I just want more doppelgangers or doubles to be put in the game)
Despite the weirdness of Anomaly making the ISG faction a hostile faction to all, I kinda like it. It makes them seem like CIA Black Ops agents who want to leave no trace of their presence in The Zone and conduct all kinds of nefarious operations.
just watch out for those whirligigs. if you're nimble you can make it out of them. vet like you knew that already, though.
With the Oblivion Lost generator area from this cut cutscene coming back in art for Stalker 2, what do you think the odds of us encountering this place in the new game are?
How about russian government involvement. realistically they would really want to be involved too.
realistically, the Zone would be a proxy war between NATO and Russian Backed mercenaries fighting for research/ documents and artifacts
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That's very nice of you thanks!
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Always learning new stuff about the zone thanks to you guy
Happy to read that.
15:00 No such thing as an 'assault weapon'. This is not the same thing as 'assault rifle', which is a thing.
Szacunek dla ciebie i wszystkich zaangażowanych w powstanie materiału.
Thanks!
Very interesting, thanks for the video.
Glad you liked it.
Stalker is a prelude to Metro change my mind.
The doctor that always used to hang out with Strelok is still yet to be seen
I know its a ruskie story but i wouldve liked seeing the western answer to the russian question in regards to SIG
This is my favorite faction, nice video about the cut content btw!
Thank you.
True stalker mod has some great use of UNISG
5:38 you should link channels that you advertise
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What? I was never gone.
Someone has to be eating all those mutant-dog tails. Good to put a face to them.
Please make about stalker lost alpha
I don't think I will.
Okay I thought, that you will
Because it contains a huge amount of cut content and maps
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Interesting, I thought it was more fan content then cut content, As you said the UNISG stuff on Anomaly is pretty lacking, I wish people tried to make more story mods using Anomaly, it could be very interesting to see.
Glad you learned something then.
Thank you for always finding new content.
It makes the wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 way more tolerable.
Hope we get it this December.
I was so excited about the physical stuff like the steelbook that I forgot my new PC didn't have a CD-tray when I pre-ordered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. xD
I do have an external one now
That's nice.
Bro you dont know how much I like your vids
I can imagine :)
3:27 "The Chronicles of HeagEdd Globalist."
Yes.
5:26
You said "thankfully" instead of "hopefully"!
Who are you and what have you done to anomalous?! Talk you son of a mother!!!
No, thankfully was the correct word here. I did not want to express the hope that perhaps we had more info, but instead claimed that we indeed had more info.
The most interesting thing about UNISG is the fact that they exist at all and that all the international research work isn't done by ecologists or through the Ukrainian government at the behest of the UN. Is there an underlying conflict there? Is the UN following a separate agenda from the Ukrainian government? Are they simply acting separately from them, or are they completely clandestine? Are they supposed to do wetworks too questionable or sensitive for mercs or other stalkers to do? Why the UN specifically, are they under the security council or some form of newly formed comission? Why not NATO or the US or some European countries acting by themselves?
A lot of questions and mysteries indeed, but very little answers. That's the beauty of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lore.
Great channel, Subbing. I love these deep dives into the cut content.
Nice, thanks.
Amazing work. 2:14 where did you get this info? I read a comment here saying that those Western models are available in multiplayer. Very interesting indeed
Thanks. Got it from the Russian wiki.
You never fail to impress my friend ! I don't know how you keep coming up with relevant content for games that are that old, but really cool !
Glad to read that :)
Did he just fart at 9:14
3:00 you say that, but the biggest piece of evidence pointing towards the mercs being of western origin is the blue eagle that is their badge. its pretty unmistakable, but then again that is literally the matco tools logo.
I don't think that is enough evidence. They can also wear that to fool people.
Wake up babe a new anomalous dugout video just dropped
Indeed.
Aren't many of the mercenaries names in many western languages?
Their names are similar to the stalkers of other factions.
I always found the UNISG interesting even with the little detail we get from canon sources about their role in the Zone. I like to imagine they'd have a less secretive presence in the Zone compared to many fan recreations, that instead it would be this more "official" and "open" investigation into the Zone's phenomena and its possible applications with the noosphere. But with a twist; rather than the organization itself being rather secretive, instead it becomes rife with interfactional schisms due to conflicting interests between the parties involved. Since the UN is well, not one country but many others cooperating (supposedly) for the common good, it would make sense that rather than the whole group, it would be people within it that would start doing some more shady stuff behind the scenes.
For example: Say that the US got involved with the UNISG to explore the Zone, but after discovering evidence of their previous presence there (what with the crashed UAV in the area near the Jupiter complex) they attempt a coverup. Likewise, certain groups within the US force are contracted to retrieve lab documents for particular military-industrial complex purposes, similar to the Mercs, but with a clearer and explicit goal.
Others begin to take note of similar incentives, and start competing within each other to find these possible goldmines of valuable scientific and military information for their own respective nations. Potentially even resulting in direct confrontation, and the Ukrainian government having to step in and reduce their scale in the Zone to prevent a major scandal or even all out war. The standing between them already frigid, now going to sub-zero as an international situation unfolds within the Zone itself, soldiers and materiel flowing into the area to make standoffs with each other as fellow stalkers watch in a mix of horror and amusement, getting a front-row seat to some classic geopolitical dick-swinging, potentially on the precipice of unleashing the worst the Zone has to offer. Such a story would be entertaining as hell imo, like a Deus Ex meets STALKER scenario.
Yes that could be an interesting scenario. Thanks for sharing!
That whole scenario makes me think of a Loner in Call of Pripyat who witnessed soldiers trying to take shelter in the Ark. By this point, I imagine most Stalkers will have seen enough of the dick-swinging from the Faction Wars and enough surreality from the Zone's own workings to not really be phased by such an occurrence.
"Well, I had myself a good laugh at it and went on my way."
Based on the story in Anomaly/COC, to me, it seems that UNISG is actually CIA SAD/SOG operating under the guise of the UN in the event they get caught. The UN doesn't actually perform operations like what is presented nor does the UN operate undercover special operation groups. It's a bit more logical however if you take their operation and mission tasks and think of other actors who would want the information that UNISG was seeking out and that would be NATO/US. I can easily see the US sending in CIA SAD teams (or other SF groups) into the zone under the cover of the UN to obtain information on the zone. It also matches up with their all kill, no capture, no witnesses rules of engagement along with their need of operating undercover.
UN Is the most interesting zone for me. Though I love playing at them in Anomaly. I wish they were implemented in the game.
I understand.
@@anomalousdugout9557 also, great video as always. Wouldn't be so interested in stalker lore and knew as many things if it weren't for you. :P
Also, I really like the seeds sown by these ideas, even if they aren't official anymore. The concept of the Monolith having originally been a large group of UNISG is really interesting.
Hell yeah! Let's go, Anomalous!
Yes.
Hope you're doing well Stalker
I'm trying to revive this channel, without much success for now.
i love isg
talkin about anomaly??
take care to not be hang on a cross lol
Like I care.
I like the UNSIG because it makes sense
Yes.
14:57 The "no guides" part could signify that this came after the decision to move to the Great Swamps, meaning that this little box of dialogue wasn't a carry-over that was meant to be deleted.
Yayaya finally u tired stalker anomaly
I played it back in 2019.