Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl worth playing today?

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  @TheSaltFactory · 6 years ago · pinned

  Apologies for some of this video being VERY dark. I tried to fix it, but it still rendered out much darker than I would have liked at times.

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  @TheCaptainHere · 6 years ago

  Those aren't bugs, those are 4th wall breaking anomalies. Such is life in the zone.

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  @fenrizwolfbroodx5322 · 6 years ago

  No need to watch 48 minutes,anyone who has ever played Stalker knows that the answer is YES.

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  @histhoryk2648 · 5 years ago

  Actually I very like stealth system in stalker series. Enemies actually may see you and don't forget about you when you hide in bush for 15 sec. Maybe it provide more advantage to enemy, but I prefer this than most modern stealth systems where most enemies are half-blind and/or half-stupid

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  @Narezaath · 6 years ago

  I&apos;m going to argue, that the beginning is <i>essential</i> to learn how STALKER wants you to play: slowly and carefully. It hammers home that you&apos;re not the DOOM Marine and you wont get stuff for free. You got thrown into this nightmarish world where a stray boar may tear you to shreds or some guy in a trench coat will slit your throat for some canned food and RedBull, so whatever you have you have to make for yourself, and the world could get by without you hence a puny pistol.

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  @SXMRAK · 5 years ago

  I played through this game something like 8 times in a row when I was a kid, was trying to get all of the endings :D<br>Had a classmate that was also crazy about Stalker. When we were in ~4th grade, I remember him bringing a Vintorez to the school that he made out of Lego. Also, we rollplayed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. at my appartment. We set up a &quot;shop&quot; made out of massive pillows, sold artifacts and toy guns. Turned off the lights and walked around the rooms with guns and flashlights. Yep, that&apos;s the way Russian kids were having fun back in the day I guess. xD<br><br>Ah... Good memories.

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  @kaijupinnosso1854 · 5 years ago

  Idk why, but something about how the characters treat you makes me feel that much more immersed. The Marked One isn&apos;t a big badass who everyone knows and admires, to everyone he&apos;s just another guy trying to loot and survive in the zone. It makes the characters feel more real and the struggles in the game feel more real

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  @NarcissaLazarus · 6 years ago

  My favorite line ever:<br>&quot;I said come in, don&apos;t stand there!&quot;

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  @harbl99 · 6 years ago

  One gaping plot hole in <i>Stalker</i> I&apos;ve never seen adequately explained. Where did Strelok gain his uncanny ability to generate infinite bolts from thin air?

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  @Bombozon · 5 years ago (edited)

  The chicken eating cutscene at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2S63yBb0OA&amp;t=1404">23:24</a> is the most realistic shit I&apos;ve ever seen in a video game. Not that &quot;Perfect, no one ever fumbles in their life,&quot; nonsense. He bites, eye&apos;s widen as he realizes &quot;aw shit aw shit I look like a piggy,&quot; then brings his hand up to HIDE the the slobbishness and slurps the shit up. I&apos;ve done this exact maneuver so many times.

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  @Filoshik · 6 years ago

  Oh, good old Stalker! This game is VERY popular in Russia and Eastern Europe. Unfortunately, I think that anyone who doesn&apos;t at least barely knows Russian language is missing out on A LOT of atmosphere of the game. For example, take a simple conversations you hear in the game: the voice acting and the style of jokes comes from the good old dark Russian comedy movies of 90s, and really add up to that post-soviet apocalyptic feel. If you knew Russian, you would also mention the phrases of zombies: just like in Half-Life, their words strike you with a huge fear. The names of mutants and places and stuff... I can only blame the guys responsible for translation, because all the names sound very powerful, scary and cool, in Russian. I was really happy to see someone outside Eastern European culture can still appreciate the game!

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  @The-W-M3 · 6 years ago

  Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits... None of them will stop Duty on its triumphant march towards saving the planet!

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