Things That Would Make S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Perfect

242 on 7/5/2009 at 08:33

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Instead of playing the packaged STALKER with its patches

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It certainly made STALKER a more enjoyable game and slightly more random than it was before.

So how you can compare if you didn't play original ?

The Black Axe on 7/5/2009 at 10:15

Sorry about that, I generalised that post a tad. I did play some of the unmodified STALKER for some of the early game. It was buggy and slow and crashed my computer numerous times because it couldn't take the load (which it didn't show until you exited the bunker you begin in).

When I installed the Mods, I did not take into account that you needed to start a new game for some of the changes to occur (like random anomalies, Burnouts, cars, new monsters etc etc). I played through much of the game like this until I realised I wasn't experiencing some of these new changes. When I started a new game, it was very different and in my opinion better than what I started off with.

Yes it's true I didn't play the original, unmodified version the entire way through. But from what I've heard, read in other forums and this one the problems voiced are ones that are fixed in the mod.
Thus I deduct that Oblivion Lost is the better version of STALKER.

Thanks for pointing that out 242.

Koki on 7/5/2009 at 10:24

AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK AMK

Just my 2 rubles.

steo on 7/5/2009 at 13:32

You do have to watch out though, because oblivion mod does make an awful lot of changes to the game, some of which heinously unbalancing (artifacts being the big one). I also detest the OL weapon config changes and the 80kg carry weight turns you into a bit of a tank.

It's all up to you of course, but a lot of us here would advise you to avoid massive gameplay changing mods for your first run.

The Black Axe on 8/5/2009 at 11:36

Quote Posted by steo

some of which heinously unbalancing (artifacts being the big one). I also detest the OL weapon config changes and the 80kg carry weight turns you into a bit of a tank.

While this is true, it does fix some problems with the original; like buying and selling weapons since you could just get a perfectly good rifle from any corpse you'd find, being able to fit scopes to any rifle, random burnouts (which I thought was really cool) and enemies being able to throw grenades.

But I would have to agree with you Steo, the artifacts really make you a walking tank. I think by the end of the game I had about -900% bleeding (which meant as soon as I was hit and started bleeding I would REGENERATE all my health) and having unlimited stamina in addition to being almost bullet proof, chemical proof and radiation proof.

Finaly, what is AMK Koki? A gun?

mothra on 8/5/2009 at 12:40

AMK is the most popular russian mod collection for STALKER SOC and enabled many cut features and then some more before Clear Sky or Call of Pripyat were even thought of. many "features" of the expansions are directly lifted from this mod.

e.g.:
enabled AI-life (animals and stalkers will travel over map boundaries)
grenades
AI will loot bodies and change weapons/armour
blowouts will occur (need to find safehouse)
news system (map shows you were to help out / find jobs )
artifact activation (create your own anomalies)
artifact cooking (create new artifacts)
freeplay
and many, many more

it's highly recommended besides Priboi Story for complete change of STALKER story and gameplay.

steo on 8/5/2009 at 13:50

It's the mod which OL took all it's ideas from.

mothra on 8/5/2009 at 14:20

Do I sense OL hate ?
OL is an ace mod and most of the fixes have been done apart from the AMK mod, not even using their assets and even then: WHO CARES ?
Are we pissed off russian AMK developers that didn't get enough e-respect so we need to wine every 10 posts ?

steo on 8/5/2009 at 14:24

Funnily enough, I'm just going on what I've heard around here, I haven't actually played AMK.

mothra on 8/5/2009 at 15:12

then you can carry on :)