S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of pripyat - Page 3

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

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Originally Posted by Immacolata

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

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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

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

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

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.

03-04-10, 06:12 AM	#31
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

03-31-10, 08:31 AM	#34
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	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... __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

03-31-10, 09:47 AM	#36
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	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. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS