Currently Playing

[HuDaFuK]

Almost finished the mod version of Black Mesa which aside from a few quirks (like going without widescreen resolutions - 1366x768 and slightly choppy reloading animations) is an enjoyable experience. I think I'm done with the "Forget about Freeman" chapter and starting "Lambda Core".

That's possibly the best mod I've ever played. It's obvious a huge amount of love and care went into it.

[Deathbearer]

Resident Evil 0

PS4 Release? ('I'm re-playing Res Evil 4 for PS4)

GameCube. waiting for a price drop on 0 and REmake bundle on PS4 before I get it.

I did get RE4 though on PS4 and I'll be getting to that soon enough.

[x-M-x]

Resident Evil 0

PS4 Release? ('I'm re-playing Res Evil 4 for PS4)

GameCube. waiting for a price drop on 0 and REmake bundle on PS4 before I get it.

I did get RE4 though on PS4 and I'll be getting to that soon enough.

Nice, gotta love that classic cube. 

[Deathbearer]

Resident Evil 0

PS4 Release? ('I'm re-playing Res Evil 4 for PS4)

GameCube. waiting for a price drop on 0 and REmake bundle on PS4 before I get it.

I did get RE4 though on PS4 and I'll be getting to that soon enough.

Nice, gotta love that classic cube. 

It is a relic from a more civilized era

[MoonerSK]

Something I can't talk about

[Randomizer]

What are you, eh? A tester? Got an exclusive look at some new title coming out? Please tell.

I'm being persistent at 100%-ing both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Halo: Spartan Assault. I want to play something else yet I know that if I jump into that or even STALKER I'll never get back to finish 'em (something that I also want, for the collector inside me). Currently changing through these however I see fit.

[MoonerSK]

What are you, eh? A tester? Got an exclusive look at some new title coming out? Please tell.

Nah, just lucky to get access but it came with a non-disclosure agreement so I can't tell a thing

[Vow]

Been in a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mood lately so I reinstalled Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat.

Got Autumn Aurora for the first and Misery for the other one.

After I'm done with both of these I might play Lost Alpha before moving onto Call of Chernobyl.

[windebieste]

What's in the Call of Chernobyl mod?  I feel like it's about time to revisit The Zone.

By the way... Does anyone know whatever happened to the 'Stalker' TV show that we saw promoted a few years back?  Did it die..?  How about the more recently announced 'Roadside Picnic' TV series..?  Does anyone know if that is still in production?

...and what about 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2'?  Has there been any word on that title - or if it's even going to happen, ever?  (GSC Gameworld just released 'Cossacks 3' so I'm kind of expecting some kind of announcement sometime, I guess.  Hopeful, I know.

-Windebieste.

[Randomizer]

What are you, eh? A tester? Got an exclusive look at some new title coming out? Please tell.

Nah, just lucky to get access but it came with a non-disclosure agreement so I can't tell a thing

Too bad I can't interrogate you. 

Been in a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mood lately so I reinstalled Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat.

Got Autumn Aurora for the first and Misery for the other one.

After I'm done with both of these I might play Lost Alpha before moving onto Call of Chernobyl.

Woah, I've been in a STALKER mood as well ! Fortunately I never reinstalled them because everytime I do I get sucked into the series for another month and a half.  Good thing I got stuck in the Monolith Control Room on my last playthrough - that should keep me away for some time.

Please tell me what you think of Lost Alpha and whether or not should I try it before Call of Chernobyl (never played it). Aside from the awful plot (got myself spoiled, again) I'm interested in gameplay.

What's in the Call of Chernobyl mod?  I feel like it's about time to revisit The Zone.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl

It's a sandbox mod - play all factions on all maps seen in previous games (even deleted ones). Even if it says standalone you're still going to need Call of Pripyat installed and run at least once to prove you have a "legal" copy. 

By the way... Does anyone know whatever happened to the 'Stalker' TV show that we saw promoted a few years back?  Did it die..?  How about the more recently announced 'Roadside Picnic' TV series..?  Does anyone know if that is still in production?

Not sure about that although the Roadside Picnic TV series has been announced fairly recently and it's still running.

...and what about 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2'?  Has there been any word on that title - or if it's even going to happen, ever?  (GSC Gameworld just released 'Cossacks 3' so I'm kind of expecting some kind of announcement sometime, I guess.  Hopeful, I know.

Official? No. People are hopeful even if Cossacks 3 got mixed reviews on Steam. I just hope they'll have the money to do another one, start a Kickstarter even. There's no shame in doing that. They've proved themselves before.

This should keep you occupied. Several people managed to take documents before it was cancelled and translate them. GSC even got some basic map work done though I can't find it. Could look inside that subreddit for example:

Spoiler

STALKER 2 Translated Map
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/4yljfl/stalker_2_design_map_translated/

STALKER 2 Weapon List
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/4z17nm/stalker_2_list_of_weapons/

STALKER 2 Quests
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/4zidny/stalker_2_quests_part_i/
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/504kmb/stalker_2_quests_part_ii/
https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/52l7ky/stalker_2_quests_part_iii/

[close]

And then there's this guy who wanted to recreate Shadow of Chernobyl on Cryengine. It's been a while since he last spoke although there's a lot to work on; highly likely it's not dead.

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/4v9wap/stalker_shadow_of_chernobyl_remastered/

Speaking of other things, I'm trying to find one of their older games - Codename: Outbreak.

[Vow]

What's in the Call of Chernobyl mod?  I feel like it's about time to revisit The Zone.

Call of Chernobyl is, like Randomizer said, a sanbdox mod. Gives you plenty of room to play in.

It's basically for when you're done playing all the regular story-related content in all three games and just want to play around with no definable goal.

Please tell me what you think of Lost Alpha and whether or not should I try it before Call of Chernobyl (never played it). Aside from the awful plot (got myself spoiled, again) I'm interested in gameplay.

The way I was told, Call of Chernobyl is something to play when you've exhausted everything else from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods.

Gonna be a while before I try Lost Alpha though.

[Randomizer]

What's in the Call of Chernobyl mod?  I feel like it's about time to revisit The Zone.

Call of Chernobyl is, like Randomizer said, a sanbdox mod. Gives you plenty of room to play in.

It's basically for when you're done playing all the regular story-related content in all three games and just want to play around with no definable goal.

Yeah, although I hear it can get boring at times and also has several weird in-faction relationships, like Clear Sky and Bandits allied to Freedom.

In other news, I found Codename: Outbreak available on GOG for 9$. As much as I want there's no way I'm making another account just for that.

[MoonerSK]

In other news, I found Codename: Outbreak available on GOG for 9$. As much as I want there's no way I'm making another account just for that.

GOG is DRM free though, so you need the account only to buy and download it. No need to log it in order to play.

[Randomizer]

Yes, but Steam seems to have more games to offer (I am aware what GOG stands for). I just hate splitting my collection in half, you know? DRM or no DRM. GOG only has a few exclusive titles that I'd like to use. Ignoring mainstream stuff like Team Fortress 2, CS:GO, DotA 2 or Warframe.

STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl is 16$ on Steam, 18$ on GOG.
Oddly enough Clear Sky is 1$ cheaper on GOG
                     Call of Pripyat 2$ cheaper
Thief Gold is 7$ on Steam, 9$ on GOG
Yet System Shock 2 is 2$ cheaper on GOG

EDIT: f**k this, I guess there's no choice but to choose both.  Which one do you personally use?

[MoonerSK]

I use Steam, GOG, Uplay, Origin all of them of course most of my games are on steam but that's mainly because they require steam to play.