S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat terrible?

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Get out of here Stalker!

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

Wasn't aware there were mods for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. How beneficial are the mods? Is there even a noticable difference?

Graphics not really, check some screenshots. They look too dated for 2010. Unless you got dx11 and a good machine !dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Graphics not really, check some screenshots. They look too dated for 2010. Unless you got dx11 and a good machine !RedDanDoc

Why even ask if you thought the first two were terrible? Clearly you missed the concept that these games are loved mainly for their setting and atmosphere, and the challenge compared to your average guns blazing drop 50 enemies without taking a hit fps games. If that isn't your thing, COP isn't for you. You want awesome gfx, play Crysis. BeavermanA

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. .

Koltr0nTheGreat

Wasn't aware there were mods for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. How beneficial are the mods? Is there even a noticable difference?

Koltr0nTheGreat

[QUOTE="BeavermanA"]Why even ask if you thought the first two were terrible? Clearly you missed the concept that these games are loved mainly for their setting and atmosphere, and the challenge compared to your average guns blazing drop 50 enemies without taking a hit fps games. If that isn't your thing, COP isn't for you. You want awesome gfx, play Crysis. Koltr0nTheGreat

Why bother whining about a question that I merely asked. If I wanted you to be rude, I would have included that within my subject. I asked for a simple opinion not some crazed STALKER fan to get his pubes in a tizzy. Chill out, douche.

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

if you disliked the first two so much why bother with the third? makes no sense

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I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Macutchi

if you disliked the first two so much why bother with the third? makes no sense

The graphics have been improved upon since Shadow of Chernobyl, but since it is based on an earlier engine, there are some areas that are lacking. Stalker games are all about the atmosphere, though, and the game is capable of looking both beautiful and downright terrifying.

If you found the first game boring or just not any fun, I don't think this new one would change your mind. But the Stalker games are far from terrible.

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Why bother whining about a question that I merely asked. If I wanted you to be rude, I would have included that within my subject. I asked for a simple opinion not some crazed STALKER fan to get his pubes in a tizzy. Chill out, douche.

Koltr0nTheGreat

LOL that's a pretty retarded comparison, sir. I think you need review your posts before posting. Sky diving will continuously be the same experience unless of course you have a mishap and die on your third try, or come close to it. The game will continuously evolve, and offer different experiences to the player. It's called tiral and error, generally a game designer will realize what can be improved, and will improve it. Perhaps I should have worded my question that way so guys like you don't cry over me insulting your petty little game.

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I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

if you disliked the first two so much why bother with the third? makes no sense

i didnt say you would be trying the third one. i said why would you bother with it. didnt you see that?

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.

I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

Koltr0nTheGreat

The game is not "terrible" - you're just not in STALKER's target market. CoP is very similar to SoC and CS so I'll doubt you'll like it.

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[QUOTE="BeavermanA"] It's like asking, I went sky diving twice and didn't like it. Does anyone think I'll like it the 3rd time? It's not like the games have gone through extensive changes, they're all pretty much the same with some minor variations. Maybe go with your instinct? I'm not trying to be rude, but you seem to be ignoring common sense. BeavermanA

LOL that's a pretty retarded comparison, sir. I think you need review your posts before posting. Sky diving will continuously be the same experience unless of course you have a mishap and die on your third try, or come close to it. The game will continuously evolve, and offer different experiences to the player. It's called tiral and error, generally a game designer will realize what can be improved, and will improve it. Perhaps I should have worded my question that way so guys like you don't cry over me insulting your petty little game.

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[QUOTE="BeavermanA"] It's like asking, I went sky diving twice and didn't like it. Does anyone think I'll like it the 3rd time? It's not like the games have gone through extensive changes, they're all pretty much the same with some minor variations. Maybe go with your instinct? I'm not trying to be rude, but you seem to be ignoring common sense. BeavermanA

LOL that's a pretty retarded comparison, sir. I think you need review your posts before posting. Sky diving will continuously be the same experience unless of course you have a mishap and die on your third try, or come close to it. The game will continuously evolve, and offer different experiences to the player. It's called tiral and error, generally a game designer will realize what can be improved, and will improve it. Perhaps I should have worded my question that way so guys like you don't cry over me insulting your petty little game.

So essentially you're saying that I'm buying a pepperoni pizza, and then buying the same one at a later date with a new name? I don't think so, pal. It's not going to be the same in it's entirity. Some things can be fixed, and improved. If you do not credit game designers on that level why are you buying the sequels? I mean, afterall apparently you're just playing the same game with some different colors.

The graphics are horrible? Are you serious?

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I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

mrbojangles25

level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.

CoP is by far the best Stalker game. Everything is improved, from the AI to the quests, artifact hunting and general RPG mechanics.

I still dont get how people can say the graphics are bad. They're great. It has this gritty feel to it which fits the games whole atmosphere. The lighting is some of the best ive seen in a game. The weather changing is just amazing. Its so awesome to get caught in a storm at night. It just looks amazing. Then when the storm starts to pass you see breaks in the clouds and the moons glow shines through and you can see the stars. Its just beautiful. The zone can beautifull and it can be hell which makes the zone so awesome. Mods also make it look even that much better. Killfox

I totaly agree with you on all of what you have said. I was near the Jupiter facilite, walking around in the pitch black, with only a torch for navigation and omg when the lightning started it made the atmospher AMAZING, you would only see the torch light area but everytime the lightning flashed you would see everything for a split second and in that split second you may see ( like i did ) a pack of dogs prowling around you ready to have you for dinner. Along with the lightining makeing shadows from eveything when its flashed you also get the mist/god ray type things added with rain its just brilliant.

The thing is if your really wanting to understand and approciate this game you gota read the book that stalker is based on called a roadside picninc and know the history of the Chernobyl disaster and due to my brother going to Chernobyl/Pripyat for a photography trip and me reading up about it i love what stalker gives the player.

I am normaly a graphics hore but with games like STALKER i dont give a dam about the gfx as much, its all about the AI life going on around you, for example watching from atop a tower and watching stalker/mercs patrol and sneak up on mutants, along with mutant dogs attacking mutant boars and human patrols. At night seeing the camp fires dotted around the map with stalkers and bandits going about their life, monsters of the night looking for a feast or the sudden flashes of firefights between factions.

You gota look bast the basics of what make normal games good, gfx and big explostions, this games about the feeling, the envolement in this life going on around you, the atmosphere and the grittness of the story.

level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.mrbojangles25

If I am here 5 years, I will not have the communications diarrhea necessary to crap out 20k posts. If I want advice about games with lots of typing, you will be my go-to Mavis Beacon. Go, Mavis, go!

EM

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.Evilmeanie

If I am here 5 years, I will not have the communications diarrhea necessary to crap out 20k posts. If I want advice about games with lots of typing, you will be my go-to Mavis Beacon. Go, Mavis, go!

EM

HAHAHA :lol:

well played, noob...well played

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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.mrbojangles25

If I am here 5 years, I will not have the communications diarrhea necessary to crap out 20k posts. If I want advice about games with lots of typing, you will be my go-to Mavis Beacon. Go, Mavis, go!

EM

HAHAHA :lol:

well played, noob...well played

5 years? So that makes like, 4 posts per year?rmfd341

Nah, I am new here. Hard to say how often I will post, but I am suggesting that it will take me much more than 5 years to create 20k posts.

EM

[QUOTE="rmfd341"]5 years? So that makes like, 4 posts per year?Evilmeanie

Nah, I am new here. Hard to say how often I will post, but I am suggesting that it will take me much more than 5 years to create 20k posts.

EM

Hmm, interesting reply's... But anyway, what are your specs? I mean if you say that graphics are bad considering if you went back in time...would you really say they are bad? If I cranked up the graphic setting in this to the max even modding it further, that's basically more than real life almost. No cartoony crappy feeling like in crysis... Story wise, I think that fully exploring the world would make you say, how could you make that even better/ be able to do more than the game offers? that's why there are mods out there that make this game x3 better. I know it's my own personal thoughts, but when I walked around at midnight in this game with only a flashlight, I realised just how goddamn scared I was of nighttime. Plus I think the bugs are funny/helpfull sometimes too... But in overall I think you would enjoy it more with this game graphics/openness wise style. If you don't like the combat side of this game, its a bit better. Generally the best game out of all the 3, excluding mods.davidline

I have a rig good enough to run all current games on high or ultra highsettings. Currently I have an HD 5770 1GB by ATI Radeon. So you're telling me that the Stalker graphics mods are better than Crysis graphics mods? Would you also go a step further and say it puts Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 to shame? If this is the case, I may give the game another try this time with mods. Which I've not used thus far.

I still dont get how people can say the graphics are bad. They're great. It has this gritty feel to it which fits the games whole atmosphere. The lighting is some of the best ive seen in a game. The weather changing is just amazing. Its so awesome to get caught in a storm at night. It just looks amazing. Then when the storm starts to pass you see breaks in the clouds and the moons glow shines through and you can see the stars. Its just beautiful. The zone can beautifull and it can be hell which makes the zone so awesome. Mods also make it look even that much better. Killfox

the graphics are fine, seems people cant appreciate a good view distance and would rather a corridor like console shooter with a few nice texture maps built on top of a mechanical like world.

[QUOTE="davidline"]Hmm, interesting reply's... But anyway, what are your specs? I mean if you say that graphics are bad considering if you went back in time...would you really say they are bad? If I cranked up the graphic setting in this to the max even modding it further, that's basically more than real life almost. No cartoony crappy feeling like in crysis... Story wise, I think that fully exploring the world would make you say, how could you make that even better/ be able to do more than the game offers? that's why there are mods out there that make this game x3 better. I know it's my own personal thoughts, but when I walked around at midnight in this game with only a flashlight, I realised just how goddamn scared I was of nighttime. Plus I think the bugs are funny/helpfull sometimes too... But in overall I think you would enjoy it more with this game graphics/openness wise style. If you don't like the combat side of this game, its a bit better. Generally the best game out of all the 3, excluding mods.Koltr0nTheGreat

I have a rig good enough to run all current games on high or ultra highsettings. Currently I have an HD 5770 1GB by ATI Radeon. So you're telling me that the Stalker graphics mods are better than Crysis graphics mods? Would you also go a step further and say it puts Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 to shame? If this is the case, I may give the game another try this time with mods. Which I've not used thus far.

the graphics are fine, seems people cant appreciate a good view distance and would rather a corridor like console shooter with a few nice texture maps built on top of a mechanical like world.

kevy619

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I've played the previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and have never found them to be enjoyable. In fact, only terrible. The graphics are horrible, the storyline is bland and the characters are all the same. Does Call of Pripyat show any improvement in this regard? Especially the graphics, hopefully they are no longer Nintendo 64 engine driven.

mrbojangles25

level 4, with 32 posts...yea, sorry bud, not gonna take this as a serious post.

I tried to refrain from quoting this, but it's just not possible!

What does this have to do with anything? Of kind of guetto attitude is that? What, haven't he earned the right to be respect yet, is that it?

Geez, the things we read here...

The STALKER series is one of the most overrated in the eyes of hardcore PC gamers in my opinion. I never liked any of the three.