I can't get into StALKER.

I have been trying really hard to get into this game but I just can't. I just find the start of the game to be insanely boring so far. the combat is way to hard and im playing on just normel. I just can't compete with most of the enemys who are using much better armor and weapeons then me.

Am I doing something wrong? And does this game get any better?

It does have a steep learning curve

i've had the game for almost a year, but i onlystarted playing it seriously a while ago. i must admit, it's better than i initially thought it was - much better. once i got over the slow start, things picked up tremendously. there's alot of trial and error involved, and sure enough it's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea. but those who look forsandboxfps with (semi)realistic gunplayand an atmospheric setting need not look further.

PS. don't forget about the Oblivion Lost mod ( currently in v2.2 ). it's supposed to overhaul the entire game to bring it closer to the dev's original concept.

It's pretty unforgiving early on, one shotgun blast can kill you. Stick with it though, it's worth it imo. Personally I find the difficulty/"realism" a refreshing change of pace from most modern run and gun health recharge systems.

I played Stalker Clear Sky, and I liked it a lot more than the original STALKER but I played clear sky with all the newest patches. It is HELLA fun, I got bored at first, and it was hard, really hard. STALKER first one I can play on master, but the master setting on that is basically the equivelent of the normal setting on Clear Sky, it's pretty hard, I beat it. You just have to think life sucks >.< Then you get into it :D

to be fair, Stalker: SoC has its share of flaws. the enemy AI, while functional, is not nearly as good as the fans claim. It tries to beunpredictable, sure, but you can always count on the enemies to make the wrong decisions. coupled this handicap with the better weapons you'd get eventually, and you'd find a very unchallenging game in Stalker very soon.

A number of otherproblemsfurther detractthe fun in the game -- the extreme scarcity of decent traders forces you travel back and forth over great distances; the translation is one of the worst jobs i've seen on video gaming; the artifacts, which are supposed to be the big deal of the zone, are by and large useless, having little impact on the overall gameplay. many other minor technical problems still persist even at version 1.0006, and it feels like GSC has pretty much left the work for the community to pick up. fortunately, the community is doing a great job so far, churning out mods after mods that change the game for the the better.

It honestly took me a few hours to start enjoying the game alot. At first i felt a bit underwhelmed, but with alot of games, they get better the further you get into them. At least in my opinion. It is a great game and one worth playing all the way thru imo, as you might enjoy the game alot later on.

I have been trying really hard to get into this game but I just can't. I just find the start of the game to be insanely boring so far. the combat is way to hard and im playing on just normel. I just can't compete with most of the enemys who are using much better armor and weapeons then me.

Am I doing something wrong? And does this game get any better?

JangoWuzHere

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I have been trying really hard to get into this game but I just can't. I just find the start of the game to be insanely boring so far. the combat is way to hard and im playing on just normel. I just can't compete with most of the enemys who are using much better armor and weapeons then me.

Am I doing something wrong? And does this game get any better?

Juggernaut140

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"][QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

I have been trying really hard to get into this game but I just can't. I just find the start of the game to be insanely boring so far. the combat is way to hard and im playing on just normel. I just can't compete with most of the enemys who are using much better armor and weapeons then me.

Am I doing something wrong? And does this game get any better?

JangoWuzHere

Yeah, it was the same for me. Just so bleak and boring. I felt like I was dropped half-way into the game, since I had no idea what was going on. No idea what county I was in, what these anomalies are, who these stalkers are, I didn't know anything. What made me quit was when I was helping out another stalker fend off a bandit raid and some more bandits came in from the back and wouldn't stop coming. They were clearly scripted to just keep coming in, so I had wasted all of my ammo and health to no end.Aelius28

You wake up with amnesia.

You're in Ukraine (where else would Chernobyl be?), you don;t even need the game to know this.

In regards to anomolies, they're not hard to pick up on what they do. Use the BOLTS to test them if you're unsure.

STALKERs are basically just people living within the zone. Everyone from the "Loners" to the military are considered STALKERs. I'm not sure where this is described but little research would give you the answer.

You don't know anything because you didn't try to learn.

Glitch/bug perhaps. since I don't remember anything like that.

The fact of the matter is that people who try to play the game without looking for a UT deathmatch highly enjoy it.

Of course enemies are going to be more difficult. You just got into The Zone (sort of), you have an everyday jacket and a pistol you get given, whereas you're fighting people who have been there much longer than you, they've killed and scaveneged to get the weapons and armour they have and you have to do the same. Once you get an AK the game becomes much easier.

What GCS wanted the player to do was "role play" (like geeks), to pretend that we've just been thrown in the zone with nothing, and act like we would in real life. We'd kill, we'd explore, we'd scavenge, we'd go where we shouldn't in search of riches.

If you refuse to take the intiative then of course you'll be left wondering what's going on.

You're not going to like every game.

it took me a few hours to really get going with it too. think it helped finding the stalker suit in the roof of the end house in the starting village for some protetcive armour. once you make a bit of progress you really begin to appreciate what its all about

I got exactly the same thing first time I played. It's not a game that immediately grabs everyone, and the amount of ground you'll be covering on foot can really ruin it if you're not blessed with saintly patience.

But I'd really advise you soldier on for a bit, because this game really will creep up on you, and when it does, it won't let go easily. There's something about the combat which makes STALKER sooo satisfying, and you'll find the sparsity of the storyline elements makes the environment deeply immersive; there are few games where I've cared so much about my character's survival.

Really, if you can't get into it first time around, give it another chance a little while later because it's a slow starter which really blooms after a couple of hours of play.

I can't get into StALKERJangoWuzHere

I couldn't either, but I am running the 2009 Complete mod and giving it another go, it seems a little better, and yeah it is hard. Quick-Save is your friend. :)

It is a VERY good idea to get OL for Stalker Soc, mainly for the weapons and armor repair...

If you are in a bind, I can help you out with alittle secret ;)

In the Village, at the very start, climb up the ladder next to the character named wolf (he sets you up with a handgun) and edge out on the roof.

Then sprint and jump to the house nearest the entrence, and look for a hole in the roof, there is some crates, shoot them.

One of the crates hold a Merc suit, which will turn alot of battles early on, it protects VERY well against bullets.

OL changes the game too much. Not to mention many features are broken (try talking to *that* mutant) or annoying - the hordes of dogs weren't enough, so they added hordes of cats too!

Complete 2009 is a good mod for a first playthrough, OL, Priboi Story and the others are good for replaying.

The developer of the original STALKER didn't even consider the newbie gamer, and went straight for the hardcore enthusiast. There's no hand-holding in this game, a la Assassin's Creed, in which the entire game is virtually a training mission. Training for what? Bring on the damned game already!

In STALKER they throw you in at the deep end, and I found it to be rather exhilarating.

No idea what county I was in, what these anomalies are, who these stalkers are, I didn't know anything. Aelius28

[QUOTE="Aelius28"]No idea what county I was in, what these anomalies are, who these stalkers are, I didn't know anything. Angry_Mushroom

I can answer that - it's in the Kiev Oblast (oblast meaning region or province).

Well im using the 2009 complete mod and I think STALKER is a little better now. It looks better and sounds better which makes me more interersted.

However I did kill the millitary blockade because I didn't want to pay the fee every time and one of my STALKER contacts did die. Does it effect anything in the game if they are dead?

Well im using the 2009 complete mod and I think STALKER is a little better now. It looks better and sounds better which makes me more interersted.

However I did kill the millitary blockade because I didn't want to pay the fee every time and one of my STALKER contacts did die. Does it effect anything in the game if they are dead?

JangoWuzHere

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Well im using the 2009 complete mod and I think STALKER is a little better now. It looks better and sounds better which makes me more interersted.

However I did kill the millitary blockade because I didn't want to pay the fee every time and one of my STALKER contacts did die. Does it effect anything in the game if they are dead?

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$20 says anyone who doesn't like stalker, loves oblivion and thinks its better than morrowind. just a hunch :)machiavell8x8

[QUOTE="machiavell8x8"]$20 says anyone who doesn't like stalker, loves oblivion and thinks its better than morrowind. just a hunch :)Aelius28

unfortunatly it;s because of you developers/greedy m*%(^ create retarded games....so that you can play them so that you will buy them.

There's a litle quote for you "yes...tehy are fools, but they are many"