Koki on 16/8/2011 at 05:57
That's pretty cool. Too bad they went for the "wasteland" Pripyat in the games.
[Edit]Heh, I think you can see the "Apartment housing" and the building you get in for the sniper mission :D
Dia on 16/8/2011 at 14:09
Truly awesome indeed! Rather scary to see how close the Chernobyl plant actually is to the town. The first time I entered Pripyat in SoC I was blown away by how realistic it appeared compared to actual photos of that city. I agree with Koki though; too bad the devs made all the Stalker maps so desolate - the photos I've seen show that, radiation aside, the area's becoming beautiful forestland again (if not a tad deadly in some areas).
Vernon on 17/8/2011 at 00:46
Quote Posted by Koki
Too bad they went for the "wasteland" Pripyat in the games.
Especially considering Red Forest was one of the major in-game areas.
Apparently they're going to scrap the Duga-3 woodpecker array. :( Would have liked to have seen it (even from a distance) irl at some point. Would have done a more manly pose than this:
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Quote Posted by Vernon
Apparently they're going to scrap the Duga-3 woodpecker array. :( Would have liked to have seen it (even from a distance) irl at some point. Would have done a more manly pose than this:
It's you? Did you visit the zone?
Vernon on 17/8/2011 at 12:05
Lol no I wish. :(
Apparently you are not currently able to visit the zone - some Ukrainian government agency has deemed it to be off-limits. I plan to visit when I am done with uni, so I hope it will be open for tourists again by then
Dia on 17/8/2011 at 13:36
I was checking out websites for tours of the Exclusion Zone and found this one; check out the four videos on this site - those guys are
CRAZY! I cringed big-time when one of them crawled out from inside a piece of machinery and there were (
highly radioactive) flakes of rust covering his shoulders.
(
http://tourkiev.com/chernobyltour/)
Vernon on 17/8/2011 at 15:07
*Aims geiger counter at old tank*
"It is not killing but pretty high"
Nice link Dia - lot of places I've not seen documented before. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfzUHeH4Eg) They actually climb the Duga-3 array! :o
Dia on 18/8/2011 at 12:02
I knew you'd like that particular vid, Vernon. ;) The whole series is pretty impressive, imo. I lost count of the number of times I said 'o.m.g.' while watching those four videos. I think my favorite part (as in serious 'O.M.G.!!!) was where their geiger counter stops working because the rad levels are off the scale. I was also amazed at how many people still work at the plant; talk about a high-risk job! Glad you liked the link.
PigLick on 19/8/2011 at 04:17
man, those guys have some serious cojones.
