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@nero7okami 58 минут бұрын
Damn you i was doing so well at the game
@baldsquidgaming 27 минут бұрын
Bahaha
@batteryflaccid8189 5 сағат бұрын
Thank you
@ShaneRodrigues-jd9pd 7 сағат бұрын
Stealth is non existent? That’s horrible
@gothlord6131 10 сағат бұрын
Ok REALLY wanna download this mod, but and it's a big but I play this on a Steam Deck. Do you have any advice for modding it on a Deck?
@baldsquidgaming 9 сағат бұрын
@gothlord6131 Uh. Hrm. If the file system is the same you can replace the .pak files, but the game relies on a patched launcher exe. I’ve negligible knowledge of Linux to be able to give a more definitive answer.
@yallia6197 11 сағат бұрын
Starting with the game recently, I picked up vanguard, and I'm curious if anyone can explain the reasoning behind going with the combat knife instead of the chainsword ? From what I've tested the knife feels damn aweful when dealing with the small trash, and not even that better when dealing with the elites. I'm probably doing something wrong so if anyone wants to help me understand, thank you !
@baldsquidgaming 11 сағат бұрын
@yallia6197 the balanced knife is fast enough to staggerlock majoris when you combo, it has aoe disruption if you go for the shoulder bash, and the 50% wider parry window perk makes up for not using a fencing weapon 🙂 Edit: and you can beyblade around for hordes inbetween parries for armor regen and instagibs
@yallia6197 10 сағат бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming Damn that was a quick reply, thanks a lot for breaking it down ! I'll give it another try !
@shadowulfhedinn8261 Күн бұрын
Spreading the gospel of the Zone, yes, Monolith will be pleased! Still have to wait for A Life and stealth to be fixed but hopefully thats an early priority.
@Necro_Hexual Күн бұрын
It is pretty damn fun
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
Stream starts proper at 04:00 - Madness Descends at 02:20:25 and escalates through the end of the stream Kermit: www.twitch.tv/jorgamundr Gav: www.twitch.tv/gavalin17
@Dreg0 Күн бұрын
conclusion: гра місцями всрата по балансу, економіці, технічно але в неї хочеться грати
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
I think there's a phrase about spoonfuls of tar that fits re: the game. Except there's several spoonfuls in the barrel. ;]
@jorbu1423 Күн бұрын
The Game is on Gamepass so sont need to rush to buy it . Gamepass God!
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
The gamepass version stutters/performs worse for most people I know. Still check, because free is the best flavor after all.
@lukaslanger8077 Күн бұрын
Tbf my performance was suprinsingly good, but weird. I have a RTX 3800, playing on WQHD, most settings high - epic, and i have 100+ fps most of the time. Whats completely off, when i encounter hamster, the first trader in game, my fps drop to single digits, for no reason. Really crazy.
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
I've noticed there's grips of lighting effects that tend to get weird in that building. Wonder if that's playing into it. If I'm not streaming or recording I usually hang out in the 100-130fps range at 1440p, but interior areas with sunshafts and the software raytracing drop precipitously.
@AshKaye78 Күн бұрын
Meanwhile us console players 😢
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
You can join on PC players running the mod and get the weapon rebalancing and AI director changes. the mod's discord server and mine have LFG channels for people running modded lobbies
@blackiceYt09 2 күн бұрын
disaster lags ,worst launch of the year for sure.
@lukaslanger8077 Күн бұрын
My version runs almost perfectly fine, with a few frame drops here and there. Performance really seems all over the place, from person to person.
@LarryHotd0gss 2 күн бұрын
Your interpretation of this game is perfect for me as an older gamer who played all the series games. Thank you. 🙏🏻
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
@LarryHotd0gss Have to make the linear nature of time work for me somehow. If that's by remembering broader perspectives instead of how it just makes me old is the way I get there, ima call that winning. 😂
@LarryHotd0gss Күн бұрын
@ “is it a bug, or is the zone just messing with me?”
@Rangerdoom 2 күн бұрын
*cries in console*
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
Make friends with PC players and you can join on their lobbies ;)
@Rangerdoom Күн бұрын
@ I want the customization
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
@@Rangerdoom Ah, sry. Was trying to help find a silver lining there
@Rangerdoom Күн бұрын
@ is ok I really wished they gave us Mark 6-7 helmets very iconic helmets not a fan of the Mark 4
@Bormond 2 күн бұрын
Nearly decade of development? Man, the game is being developed since 2021.
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
They’d been working on it prior to that, pivoted to other projects for a bit, and then brought it back out of pause in 2021. Part of why the port from UE4 to UE5 was a thing.
@argumentativelysound2001 2 күн бұрын
I run this game on High Settings, Quality Mode on 3070 Ti. Didn't need any troubleshoot other than dropping setting from Epic to High. And the only reason I went into Setting was the storm wich made my PC nearly stop... Until that I had no problems aside from radio-voice bug. The game picked Epic by default, though I expected it to recognise my hardware. Anyway, this is my first FPS and I am enjoying the hell out of it. Glad I'm not alone.
@tyga9766 2 күн бұрын
Just a heads up, I’m not sure if anyone already commented or if you have figured it out already, but you can actually double click items to instantly put them in your inventory.
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
Yepyep. Most of the footage here is from wayyy early in my time with the game. Trying to avoid spoilery stuff, y’know?
@MyWhyGuyShorts 2 күн бұрын
I love this video dude you've touched on things not everyone it talking about! but I must say one thing How the hell do you live with your self with that much weight in your inv? 5:47 bet your slower than a snail hahaha
@baldsquidgaming Күн бұрын
There was a moment on stream where I realized I had 36 grenades in my pocket. We became much more mindful of weight and my lootgoblin tendencies after that.
@8bitflea 2 күн бұрын
This game is fantastic. I love the stalker series and this is the best so far imo. I have more than 50 hours and I don’t want to stop playing lol. Yes they need to fix some bugs but I think this game is fun.
@brandonhorn3896 2 күн бұрын
The game is good, but fuckit man the optimization needs to get fixed, 50fps with a 7800x and 3070 ? Nah man.😊
@Cole_Zulkowski 2 күн бұрын
to me its really bad on the rtx 3060 rx6800h 32 gb ram becasue it runs perfectly adn with mods i get 111 frames but 2 hours in it starts hitting 14 15 soemtimes 1 frame adn my whole pc memory is being killed off on me
@TOMORROWSFRIDAY 2 күн бұрын
Finished the game 2 times and am thinking about going another I just want more it’s to good, real life can’t compete
@mattclements1348 2 күн бұрын
I can't stop playing it
@mikerobledo2750 2 күн бұрын
I had to stop playing cuz Alife and stealth. Mainly Alife
@snoulbora2050 2 күн бұрын
Running this with a 2060 6gb is rough decided to affirm a 4070 super ox 12gb so here’s hoping it improves
@BLU-MISFIT Күн бұрын
I run a 12G 4070 evo with 32GB ram Ryzen 9 5900 x on a 4K monitor running stalker in 2k. I have max settings with DLSS on quality and with frame generation You’ll see jumps between 60-80 in unpopulated areas, when around NPCs you’re looking at a down turn to 40-50 frames in towns and 50-60 in combat sometimes 40 fps if it’s a bigger fire fight
@SleepySniffer 2 күн бұрын
they need to tweak the economy, the loot, fix the AI, balance the mutants. And most importantly they need to add A-Life to the game. Right now its still a decent framework of a game, feels a lot like far cry right now as opposed to stalker. Your review definitely went easy on this game and glossed over some serious issues, but overall I understand that with the state of modern gaming, expectations have never been lower and the bar of what's acceptable has fallen with it. Compared to the other trash this is on top of the pile though.
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@SleepySniffer I feel like I was pretty blunt about performance in particular? One thing that gets lost in all the noise is that reviewers' systems vary wildly, so experiences and subsequently reviews vary wildly. I'm not experiencing gamebreaking bugs, so I'm not going to shout about that. I agree with you about the economy, and called that out in the video. There's patches on the way this week, they're eating crow publicly about A-Life not working correctly, and for me, Stalker has always been about modding, so that enters into my perspective for the review.
@AndrewLacarra 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming, I made my own stalker mods. I relatively understand the task facing gsc. Implementing a-life on a ue5 will be a nightmare, modders will not write it on their own, forget it
@brentacusmaximus6677 2 күн бұрын
Definitely delivered frustration and disappointment. Only a few aspects of unreal 5 the rest looks like 10 year unreal 4. Having to constantly try n shoot relentless mutant dogs everywhere and relentless invisible enemies that take for ever to kill is super fun for, I guess someone with mental issues. Not to mention it's on the boring side. Its just like starfield, an over all disappointment/let down ! Glad I didn't piss away over a 100 bucks for the ultimate disappointment addition.....
@Cenot4ph 2 күн бұрын
more internet BS, how long did you even play this?
@brentacusmaximus6677 2 күн бұрын
@Cenot4ph long enough to know it sucks lol how's that ?
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@brentacusmaximus6677 Hey, it sounds like the pacing of stalker games isn't your flavor of fun, which is totally fine. It's also ok to say "eh, not for me" and move on. You'll generally spend less time angry that way.
@jsmith6368 2 күн бұрын
Agreed, this game is overhyped…. I want to like it, but it needs a better melee cqc options especially against mutants…the graphix aren’t this games biggest problem, IGAF about frame rate!! Would be cool to be able to craft rudimentary weapons, spears, bows, clubs… you can throw a bolt but can’t swing a bat, axe or machete?? Lame…they could have done better.
@brentacusmaximus6677 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming lol not angry. Its actually kind of funny because that's what happened with starfield. I was being sarcastic when i said it sucks. There's cool things about it but its been hyped up a lot. One of a couple of games that I think are great are dead space remake and resident evil the village...
@2CuteToShoot69 2 күн бұрын
Reviews I’ve seen say the game is a walking simulator….sounds boring
@Baldbabayaga 2 күн бұрын
i might be the only one thinking this but i wish theyd add like little abilities to chapters like rage ability for blood angels or something
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
The dev has cool things in the pipeline; much is going to depend on what kind of access the official modtools Saber releases in December give.
@AlmissaGaming 2 күн бұрын
Human enemies sucks,their AI is so bad,stealth is non existant,it really sucks and kills game kind of.
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
Yeah, I'm hoping they can sort out the A-Life thing soonish, or at least get to a point where modders can tweak it. Human enemies who are obviously not wearing armor can seem weirdly tanky vs bodyshots sometimes, too.
@Cenot4ph 2 күн бұрын
their AI isn't that bad, but the issue with the near perfect shooting is definitely annoying next to the spawning problems. They cut corners here to get this game released and now many patches will be requried to fixed this
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@Cenot4ph Just heard about a mod that adds deviation to NPC aim at medium and long range. I think one of the streams this week might be tinkering with mods to see just how much we can fix without waiting for patches.
@Cenot4ph 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming ill be waiting for the first patch to see how it is. Then i may add mods to fix these kind of things on a case by case. I prefer to play vanilla as much as possible
@Someguy6571 2 күн бұрын
If you can accurately shoot as enemies, then they should be able to do the same thing as well. Use cover.
@scottnapkori4758 2 күн бұрын
I know needs to optimized little better and couple bug fixes, this is the most immersive, difficult but fun, intense game I have ever played!!! I also think about it when not playing and can’t wait for next session!!! It’s like tarkov single player campaign but with a detailed story… my audio has been great, gunplay excellent, actually tactical!easy 9 out of 10 even as is… I personally have had no issues besides pop in on series x
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
Glad to hear it's doing ok on Series X. Downside of the game is how long the workday feels now 😁
@Sniperdude0121 Күн бұрын
Tarkov and metro pull heavily from the stalker series for inspiration
@AlexZaglushaka Күн бұрын
@@Sniperdude0121 Tarkov is Russian garbage that is fundamentally stolen from other games because they can’t do it any other way.
@terryspalding3765 2 күн бұрын
I think it does. I think it did really well about staying true to the what made it so beloved in the first place I think these devs could of sold out. They could of watered it all down and sold out this franchises SOUL to make a ton of money. Like so many other franchises have. But they didn't. They stayed true to what they are and for that I can only applaud GSC. For doing what they did as rough as it can be its still an amazing game in my eyes. With great AI, a immersive and living world, and just all the things that made me love Stalker to begin with. Do I think maybe they made the game a wee bit to easy, YES I do. I been playing on normal mode and tbh its just not that hard as long as your grinding hard for good shit. As long as you play it slow and loot everything, you will eventually get to a point where your just not worried about anything. Ammo, money and all that shit is honestly a little too easy to come by IMO. I do think the mutants are a bit too bullet spongy but I think the abundance of ammo and supply makes that irrelevant. I understand WHY they wanted to make the mutants sp9ongey but IMO they shouldve just made ammo and resources more scarce. I think normal mode is too easy. My second play through will undoubtedly be on the hardest difficulty. But all in all, I think stalker 2 delivers and I think GSC deserve praise for giving us what they gave us. I think its awesome, I think they did their best, I think it has just as much to offer if notmore than previous stalker games. I am really enjoying my time with it.
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@terryspalding3765 Not sure why YT decided your comment needed to be held for approval; well stated. I think I might try the harder difficulty plus the mods which reduce mutant health and a couple QoL changes for a second playthrough.
@terryspalding3765 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming Its probably because it frequently blocks shit I say on other types of subjects.
@bennja010 2 күн бұрын
"I think it did really well about staying true to the what made it so beloved in the first place " lol where is alife? "I think these devs could of sold out. They could of watered it all down and sold out this franchises SOUL to make a ton of money. Like so many other franchises have. But they didn't. They stayed true to what they are and for that I can only applaud GSC" lol they litterally took xbox money and made a console game with a bad pc port for a prior to that pc exclusive franchise you clearly enjoy the game and im happy for you that you do but what are you even talking about my guy
@terryspalding3765 2 күн бұрын
@@bennja010 I think your being a bit too hyper critical. If it weren't for Microsoft we would of likely not gotten ANY stalker 2 at all. As far as Alife, I been seeing the same type of random encounters as I amused to seeing in anomaly and other stalker games here. Squads roaming around, getting in fights with mutants. I mean wtf do you mean "where is alife", it is constantly showing that its there. Hell just the other day I was on there I stumbled on a building bandits were held out at, got in a fight with them and while we were fighting a whole other group of freedom stalkers just happened to walk by and started helping me kill the bandits. Its there dude. I run into AI just walking around all the time, fighting mutants and other stalkers just like in older games. Granted the world does feel a bit more empty at times, but it is there.. You want all this shit and you want it to not have optimization issues. Something has to give.
@bennja010 2 күн бұрын
@@terryspalding3765 the cognitive dissonance is astonishing here You cant have seen the same encounters you have in anomaly because the alife is nonexistent in stalker 2. Or you must have the only version with working alife 😂😂😂 You cant hear or see something going on in the far distance and go investigate because of the fact that other than scripted events nothing spawns outside of a fixed radius around you. Look at yourself exposing yourself as a blind fanboy claiming youre having experiences even the devs say are impossible lol. Alife was one of if not the biggest unique selling point(s) of the stalker franchise but sure im hyper critical for reminding you that the game releasing without it directly contradicts your claims. Keep up the cope buddy
@codywilliams3073 2 күн бұрын
I deleted this game, it was fun for 2 weeks until the content got boring and repetitive. The bs that enemies would randomly do such as repeatedly spamming unblockables or the parry doesn’t work right even though you know you hit the button multiple times. zoanthropes and nuerothropes are just plain cunts and the devs released a garbage ass gear piece that didn’t even look cool and locked it behind lethal like it was something worth getting lol it’s a scratched to shit helmet… cool lol looks so good it’s almost like it has nothing special about it other than the scratches (sarcasm). Stop feeding us a plate of shit and labeling it a chocolate eclair. Fucking sick of the gaming industries lack of creativity and innovation.
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@codywilliams3073 I know I'm a broken record about it at this point...but if you're on PC, legit try the Astartes Overhaul Mod. Completely renewed my interest in the game to play something that respects fun and having multiple viable options for every class.
@codywilliams3073 2 күн бұрын
@ yeah I may try it Ive heard alot about it, hats off to modders for always coming through when game devs dont.
@cardz279 2 күн бұрын
Solid review as ever.
@davidmarshall7390 2 күн бұрын
I have to say, I very much appreciate the Warhammer Workshop crew changing the class names to a more universe specific/centric flavour. My immersion and inner lore nut approve.
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
Agreed. Now I have to break the muscle memory from what Saber called them though >_>
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
My largest complaint with the game is the impact on my productivity IRL. What're y'all's thoughts?
@feelsgoodman420 2 күн бұрын
The A Life is missing
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@feelsgoodman420 We'll see if they actually deliver, but: www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/stalker-2-devs-reassure-players-yes-a-life-2-0-is-in-the-game-no-its-not-working-right-and-yes-fixes-are-on-the-way/
@SleepySniffer 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming A Life is not even close to complete. The system is basically there only in name right now. This will not be a quick fix.
@mattclements1348 2 күн бұрын
yup , I can't stop
@feelsgoodman420 2 күн бұрын
@@SleepySniffer all i want is a message from the devs explaining what exactly went wrong and how long it'll take to fix
@manhoenguy6104 3 күн бұрын
FYI you're a bit off around the cleaving stat (though as with all weapons, the displayed ingame stat means nothing) - it relates to how many damage actors the melee weapon has, that is to say how many max targets you can damage (your hits will always "hit" and knock things back but weapons are capped to how many enemies end up with the damage calculations with some abilities/stances increasing/decreasing this further). so balanced hammer has 10 damage actors while fencing hammer only has 6 - practically speaking you will only ever notice this on heavy slams and jetpack slams with the reduced radius perk (which as far as i can tell also reduces damage actors while the normal jetpack slam increases them so go figure :/)
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@manhoenguy6104 ty for the info; always a fan of having correct perspectives on things. When did this change? There were grips of testing from multiple people early on after release which didn't support this. I suppose it's possible we all made the same error independently, though that seems improbable?
@manhoenguy6104 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming no clue if it honestly changed, i noticed the difference when i switched to fencing and then switched back to balance (very specifically around the jetpack slam + standing heavy with the hammer and how annoying the fencing power sword was for me - the light attacks have 1 friggin dammage actor...) and then somebody found the melee files in a datamine session (there's a few PSA's on datamine data dumps, i assume you saw the weapon table in a steam post from some of your comments - there is a recent comment in there displaying all the other data dumps and those results are in line with my testing) P.S. not sure how you could test more damage taken? visually everything in whatever aoe gets knocked back so the only thing noticeable was how much died when it theoretically should have (at least that's what i paid attention to) + noticed the jetpack slam wasnt softening up all of the majoris that it should have (e.g. ruthless/lethal ranged nid majoris get downed to 1 jetpack + 2 lights with the 100% + 20% perks and your weapon tree with the 5% swapped with the 10% nid damage but when using fencing and jumping into crowds i found that some majoris to not have taken any damage cos they just needed too many melees compared to the primary 1-3 targets and it happened too consistently to just be lag)
@baldsquidgaming 2 күн бұрын
@@manhoenguy6104 I'll doublecheck that steam thread for the comment with other dumps, thx for the heads up. As for testing melee interactions, that's a problem I've kinda stopped trying to solve because it's effectively impossible to eliminate confounding variables without a firing range or testing dummy. *cough* Saber. *cough*
@manhoenguy6104 2 күн бұрын
@@baldsquidgaming yea, wish we had a dummy (though with the convoluted damage modifiers per enemies, not sure how much a dummy would help other than baseline numbers) and also like a trial chamber to learn some fights - i had to go through hell to learn how to fight the stupid hellbrute...
@UtfKorg 3 күн бұрын
Oh fun fact for those that don't know console is able to join in these moded lobbies. But the pc Host must load in to the operation 1st...
@baldsquidgaming 3 күн бұрын
Stream starts proper at 01:47 - Played with Jorgamundr from the Astartes Overhaul Mod Server, check him out at www.twitch.tv/jorgamundr
@fruge222 3 күн бұрын
Is the mod pc only
@baldsquidgaming 3 күн бұрын
Yep, although you can crossplay join from console onto a pc player running the mod and get the majority of the benefits, minus custom weapons.
@qjoselp71 4 күн бұрын
hope you all mod abusers gets perma ban
@baldsquidgaming 4 күн бұрын
community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/blogs/114-mod-support-a-message-from-the-game-director 😉
@tranzorbrad3292 4 күн бұрын
I used Vangaurd through all Lethal levels. I felt it was the only option to deal with the hordes. Bolt Pistol, Chain Sword, and Melta.
@baldsquidgaming 3 күн бұрын
@tranzorbrad3292 Hey! Glad you’re a fan of the Vanguard. This video is wayyy out of date. There should be a link to a comprehensive video in the description with updates for the most recent patch, check it out 🙂
@limefish865 4 күн бұрын
I hope that consoles can get access to some sort of mod workshop
4 күн бұрын
Loved how clear and straight to the point this was.
@LandonTristen 5 күн бұрын
Game reminds me of a game I used to play as a kid. Can’t wait for them to add more to the main story
@baldsquidgaming 3 күн бұрын
@landontristen I’ve not had time yet to check out the new zone that came with 1.0, how is it? Space Marine mods, Stalker, Mechwarrior, and Veilguard have been black holes of time to keep up with. 😅
@zedarkenigma 5 күн бұрын
I play this on console but I'm excited for this anyway
@baldsquidgaming 4 күн бұрын
@zedarkenigma You can join on a pc player with the mod installed and get the benefits of the weapon rebalancing and AI director changes 😉
@baldsquidgaming 5 күн бұрын
Stream starts proper at 03:10 - Surprise visit from WarHammerWorkshop 01:48:40 (voice chat audio bit out of balance unfortunately) - Big Jim idea 02:26:05
@HungLe-hy4fm 6 күн бұрын
this mod illogical