View Full Version : S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of pripyat
So, just noticed it comes out now on friday, so i did a quick order for it and hope it will arrive on time, anyone else like the Stalker franchise?
Read the book and watched the movie, love it :)
I have Shadow of Chernobyl, to linear, don't like it.
Sledgehammer427
02-03-10, 11:05 PM
I'm a sucker for the series. I'm addicted to Clear Sky. :up:
Arclight
02-04-10, 03:02 AM
I'm with Rilder, got both the previous games, don't see the attraction. I remember coming to some junkyard in the first game, helping a few guys defend, and then scavenging for ammo and weapons. While doing that, more baddies show up and keep showing up; unlimited spawns for enemies never fails to kill a game for me. :nope:
The second game was just weird. :-?
Still curious about the new one though. Series has potential, maybe this one has some overhauled mechanics.
Wolfehunter
02-04-10, 05:05 PM
I have Shadow of Chernobyl, to linear, don't like it.
Baw thats What i'm for.. I'll mod the crap out of it... SmP 3.0 will be on the COP engine. :yeah:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/WolfeXhunter/smpgroupi.jpg
ajrimmer42
02-05-10, 02:09 AM
unlimited spawns for enemies never fails to kill a game for me. :nope:
Unlimited spawns? You sure you were playing the same game? lol
tbh I used to hate SoC, but I decided a few months ago that I'd give it another go so I got the Oblivion Lost mod and never looked back, I found it was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had, The part in the NPP at the end was just so eerie, and actually thought provoking. Strangely I've just started playing through it again, I'm also playing Clear Sky but I'm not as keen on that.
On a side note, has anyone seen the Stalker film by Andrei Tarkovsky? That's what the game is loosely based on, well they took the idea of the Stalker, Zone etc and wrapped it around Chernobyl. Stunning film, as someone said in a review, you could "pause it at any time and print out a screenshot and it would make an awesome poster" and it's right, each shot is so well thought out.
Arclight
02-05-10, 06:05 AM
Yep, very sure. :yep:
Guess I should try some mods. :hmmm:
Postman is late, always 23 minutes late.
GIVE Me MY GAME DAMN IT!
Got the game, installed it. started it and
nothing
it wont start, ****ing typical :<
Arclight
02-05-10, 07:37 AM
Any details on the problem? Maybe we can figure it out.
Unlimited spawns? You sure you were playing the same game? lol
tbh I used to hate SoC, but I decided a few months ago that I'd give it another go so I got the Oblivion Lost mod and never looked back, I found it was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had, The part in the NPP at the end was just so eerie, and actually thought provoking. Strangely I've just started playing through it again, I'm also playing Clear Sky but I'm not as keen on that.
On a side note, has anyone seen the Stalker film by Andrei Tarkovsky? That's what the game is loosely based on, well they took the idea of the Stalker, Zone etc and wrapped it around Chernobyl. Stunning film, as someone said in a review, you could "pause it at any time and print out a screenshot and it would make an awesome poster" and it's right, each shot is so well thought out.
the film is based on the book roadside picnic, even tho the movie is really a masterpiece.
No english support for CoP, and there website is down. Tough luck.
Wolfehunter
02-05-10, 07:43 AM
the film is based on the book roadside picnic, even tho the movie is really a masterpiece.
No english support for CoP, and there website is down. Tough luck.Support from GSC? :o muhahhahaahaa... :har: Ok I'm done...
No wait hahaahaa. :haha: ah ok I'm better now.
Its called trial and error. I don't have the north american one yet. Its on my toget list. Russian one works very well.
Support from GSC? :o muhahhahaahaa... :har: Ok I'm done...
No wait hahaahaa. :haha: ah ok I'm better now.
Its called trial and error. I don't have the north american one yet. Its on my toget list. Russian one works very well.
go cook yourself in mild milk, im sad here!
::rock:
RIght, im not the only one, they say its a securom error, wich i find hard too believe >_>
Arclight
02-05-10, 08:06 AM
Makes sense to me, wouldn't be the first game that's unplayable thanks to DRM. :shifty:
Makes sense to me, wouldn't be the first game that's unplayable thanks to DRM. :shifty:
you are quite right it seems, its seurom thats bringing me the tears.
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Wolfehunter
02-05-10, 08:16 AM
go cook yourself in mild milk, im sad here!
::rock:Naw.. I like milk cold... If the securerom isn't working. you will need to uninstall it and then go reinstall it. You may need to go to there site to find the removal tool and there latest version.
Reinstalled securom, it worked!
once, now it wont start again.
Wolfehunter
02-07-10, 02:06 AM
Reinstalled securom, it worked!
once, now it wont start again.I dont' get it? I don't know why your game isn't working.
I dont' get it? I don't know why your game isn't working.
Incompetence on the developers side, The russian version worked good because it didnt have SecuRom, had Starforce i think.
<edited by: NeonSamurai>
NeonSamurai
02-07-10, 09:33 AM
Though I am happy you got your, as far as I can tell, legitimately owned game to work. Please abide by Subsim policy and not discuss cracks and the like here.
Overboard
02-10-10, 06:23 PM
Just ordered mine thtough newegg.com 2 day shipping for 39.99 usd, hope its better than CS, :up:
Just ordered mine thtough newegg.com 2 day shipping for 39.99 usd, hope its better than CS, :up:
CS is like Popcorn without the salt towards call of pripyat.
Overboard
02-10-10, 06:45 PM
CS is like Popcorn without the salt towards call of pripyat.
I had heard lots of good things about cop but you never know till you play it for your self, but i allso liked soc and cs so. :D
I had heard lots of good things about cop but you never know till you play it for your self, but i allso liked soc and cs so. :D
Indeed ;)
My copy should be coming tomorrow. I was very much looking forward to it until I had what appears to be a major hard drive death a couple of hours ago...:wah:
As it's going to be a few days until i've got the time to check it all out, fix it and swear at my credit card bill I wont be able to get near it because my old computer is pretty much behind the curve.
Can someone post a couple of screenies so I can see what I'm missing? It'll cheer me up at least....:nope:
http://www.gsc-game.com/index.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr3&lang=en
as i just installed a new OS i dont have the game installed, but there are some pictures in this forum.
GlobalExplorer
02-28-10, 08:17 PM
Stalker CoP is one of the best (new) games I played in years. It's got exploration, it's open, in some ways it's as good as or even better than Ultima Underworld or Thief.
Dimitrius07
03-02-10, 04:03 PM
The Hunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-2Jj2ezPk
Wolfehunter
03-02-10, 06:28 PM
Stalker CoP is one of the best (new) games I played in years. It's got exploration, it's open, in some ways it's as good as or even better than Ultima Underworld or Thief.
I like COP because of its potential. Metro 2033 is my next biggy.. You need a good rig to run it with all the bells and whistles..
http://www.metro2033game.com/en/news/9878
Optimum:
Core i7 CPU
NVIDIA DirectX 11 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 480 and 470)
As much RAM as possible (8GB+)
Fast HDD or SSD :o:timeout:
Immacolata
03-04-10, 06:12 AM
I absolutely love STALKER. All three of them. The atmosphere is great. I recently read the book Roadside Picninc by Boris and Arkadi Strugatskij (or Strugatsky) and (re)watched the film Stalker by Andrej Tarkovskij. Very atmospheric movie if a bit heavy on the emotional side comparing to the game. But he always did that, Tarkovskij. Same with Solaris.
The book is more in line with the game than the movie is. In fact, the book is one of the best Sci-fi books I've read for years and it had me digging up all sorts of old gems the Strugatskij's wrote. Its not easy to find translations of all their works, but it is doable.
In fact, I managed to read the book about the Forest that Cameron supposedly nicked for Avatar. Good reads, I recommend game, movie and book :)
GlobalExplorer
03-07-10, 03:35 PM
The book is more in line with the game than the movie is.
I haven't seen the movie, but the novel is completely different than the game. It's all about anomalies, not about killing things. What a great game that would be, if they hadn't amends to make to the action crowds.
Immacolata
03-09-10, 07:26 AM
I haven't seen the movie, but the novel is completely different than the game. It's all about anomalies, not about killing things. What a great game that would be, if they hadn't amends to make to the action crowds.
Nor the movie or the book is about killing anything really. I just find that the concept of STALKER the game comes closer to the mood I got out of reading Piknik na obochine, which is much more action-like and viscerally dramatic. The movie is serene, god damn beautiful and quite introspective, which is typical for Tarkovskij.
Feuer Frei!
03-31-10, 08:31 AM
Just such a shame this series runs on an ever-aging engine...
i have COP maxed, all settings, looks great but imagine the possibilities with a overhauled game engine!
CryEngine comes to mind, Unreal Engine 3...
Nordmann
03-31-10, 08:35 AM
Just such a shame this series runs on an ever-aging engine...
i have COP maxed, all settings, looks great but imagine the possibilities with a overhauled game engine!
CryEngine comes to mind, Unreal Engine 3...
To be honest, even those engines are now beginning to show their age. The main problem, and excuse the pun, is how unreal they tend to look.
Feuer Frei!
03-31-10, 09:47 AM
You wouldn't think so with Unreal 3, it shines in Batman AA...
what a magnificent-looking thing that baby is maxed!
The major obstacles to the future of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. engine were its inherent inability to be multi-threaded, the weak and error-prone networking model, and simply awful resource and memory management which prohibited any kind of streaming or simply keeping the working set small enough for (back then) ‘next-gen’ consoles.
The X ray engine, which is what Stalker is running on should be updated at the very least, if, and i stress the word if they decide to continue the Stalker franchise.
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