S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Master plays Heart of Chornobyl - Day 1 - Welcome to the Zone

[@monolitwoods]

I noticed a very interesting sight which confirms one of your theories about working lights/machines in the zone. A rotting car has its light flicker in sync with a nearby electro!

[@crpy-ld7tm]

It could also be the same code reused. We see the same scenario happen in half life 1 and quake 1 where they have the same flicker pattern due to the goldsrc being a modified version of the quake engine. Heck they still even have the same flicker pattern in half life:alyx!

[@mcfeddle]

​@@crpy-ld7tmonly difference is the truck in STALKER has no working power source short of the Electro.

[@gmodplayerxd6886]

The best thing about the game is that the stalkers still play the OG guitar tracks, absolutely amazing...

[@NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT]

Old school sound effects too. It induces nostalgia.

[@BababooeyGooey]

also tickles me when I hear OG mutant howls in the distance.

[@birdmanblack4441]

Haven't seen a single video about this game until I watched you put this up on KZbin. First thing I did was pull up your channel when the game dropped. I was only disappointed that this episode didn't come sooner. There is no one else I would rather watch play this game, because you're able to capture immersion and provide it in such a relatable manner. Appreciate you, thank you for giving us something ALWAYS worth coming back for. - Sincerely, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.Z roleplayer, fan of every one of your videos.

[@kyro4270]

^^

[@jordantabakov1644]

Haha who are you on StalkerZ

[@the.innkeeper97]

15 years and it is finally here. Been reccomending your channel where ever I could.

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

15 years and it’s still game breakingly broken and unfinished.

[@the.innkeeper97]

@rifleshooterchannel208 Just like I remember when I was a kid with a shit second hand PC and SoC bought from a guy that definetly didn't pirate games and sell them in his shop. Perfect.

[@captainblastems3367]

@@the.innkeeper97 Its better than just a good triple A game its our beloved zone with EVERY quirk the old ones have

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

@@captainblastems3367 It’s literally unplayable. People who bought it literally got scammed 😂

[@--shaman--]

I was hoping for a playthrough from you, because you're one of the few content creators who will catch all the tidbits, references and will be able to analyze lore elements. Good hunting!

[@hasturdrone]

this is the channel i was most excited to see cover this game

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@@hasturdrone Same

[@attezirux]

FR

[@hanneshampel3303]

I’ve been browsing KZbin for let’s play of this game since I’m interested by myself lots of guys I’ve just rushing through not reading anything and not paying enough respect to the game. In my opinion. You seem to be the only one until now that really takes time explain everything and really tries to immerse himself and enjoy the game. I’ll watch your gameplay now. Thanks a lot for your time, Mr.

[@LoneWolfFromEast]

I completely agree. I watched one guy yesterday very early streaming while I was downloading my copy. He rushed so much, not reading anything,zero observations, complaining literally about everything, died 50 times in 2 hours and then rage quit...Then I started to play, I'm 46 years old, and felt like a happy little child.

[@LethalKicks]

@@LoneWolfFromEast Yeah, if you just rush trough the game you literally miss the whole point of the Stalker games lol. But immersion is not something, that the average Ubisoft-player is accustomed too lol

[@bernhardbadenhorst3325]

You found the Dugout, welcome home, stalker

[@dmtrippin47]

Best STALKER channel on youtube, nobody gives us the commentary like you do or the insight on how the zone and all aspects of it coexist together, learned alot from this channel on STALKER games. Best of luck on the playthrough

[@spritecash]

It's an honor to see you play Stalker 2. We are all going to enjoy this, good hunting stalker!

[@andresrodriguez623]

Im gonna miss all the notifications of the trivia bit evrey day

[@Venoxium]

Can't wait to watch your entire playhthrough! Will be nice to hear your opinions & speculations on information as you play!

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Been playing since release. I'm so tired and exhausted. 😴 But happy. 🤗

[@captainblastems3367]

This really does feel like I am learning the zone with an experienced Stalker, Great video

[@GumMonster1]

So great to see another addition to the stalker series after so many years. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you of this game in the future.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

I streamed this for a couple of hours. Was great until game crashed in the bar. :-( PC - MSI GTX 4070 Super, Ryzen 7800x3d, 32 GB DDR5 4600Mhz and on an SSD. I was on high and epic settings getting over 140 FPS consistently at 1440p (my monitor is 1440p and caps at 144 FPS). Went into the bar, got almost no frames, did the cutscene, and crash to desktop. Ahhh, it's still a STALKER title! Lol

[@yourmuma]

Yea the performance isn’t the best, hopefully a after launch patch fixes it

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@yourmuma I hope. I'll be playing and streaming it again today and every day for a hot minute lol.

[@Initial_Gopnik]

Thank You AD ive been waiting for this, i know you are going to actually play this game in depth, i hope this series has many many episodes coming

[@Mike45978]

Thanks for keeping the faith all these years. Your videos have been an awesome way to learn more about the games, even though I played them myself and been a fan for years. And for the rest of my life I'll only be able to read the word "blowout" with a French accent :)

[@МаркоРабреновић]

I love to see the diary and notes. It is such a nice way to add to the world in my oppinion.

[@atomcatz69]

Ahh this makes me super happy I was hoping we'd get playthrough footage And eventually the same treatment the trilogy got Your stash, and loot finding videos are THE BEST

[@Ibcanator]

IMO the mutants seem a bit too spongy from my first 4 hours of playtime on veteran. I'm fine with them killing me quick but it feels weird when it takes a few mags of 5.45 to kill a humanoid mutant

[@Dennis-ud2nh]

Do we know if difficulty affects enemy health?

[@LeSpongedeStardust]

Sounds the same as CoP, 5.45 is highly inefficient in killing mutants. You need a whole ass mag to kill a regular blind dog there.

[@davidolyott5503]

Always a win when there is a new Anomolous Dugout video... the definitive voice of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fandom

[@ElFacuPanterA]

FINALLY 😭 I waited so long (1 day) for a nice stalker gameplay, every other gameplay looked like a cod playthrough. You're saving my life tysm. Good hunt Stalker!!!

[@MrMightyZ]

You Are The Master! The game is beautiful even on my lowly XSX and creamy-smooth with VRR. I’ve only played for 4 hours but zero visual bugs. 1 audio bug once talking to Warlock. I get the complaints but to me the game is joyous. Such a buzz to see The Zone in such high fidelity! Feels familiar but new all at once.

[@faessle4067]

Dude I watched most of your lore videos for this game as I had not played the first games (too old for me sorry) and your videos are very good so keep it up your channel is a gold mine

[@TalkernateHistory]

I haven't played a STALKER game since probably 2014. But the release of this game as returned so many memories

[@attezirux]

Ohh god yeeeeessss. Finally a gameplay from someone who understands STALKER ❤. Thank you so much AD

[@starbrother4518]

I'm posting this to come back later to see if im right but I don't think we will get our first big lore video from Anomalous for three months considering just how much time and dedication he puts into his video's

[@_.joak00.__.Xelk._]

found your channel a couple of weeks ago, and as a stalker fan i really apreciate your work and dedication to this nieche franchise, love the content, keep it up dude, and good hunting stalker...

[@jakub_frohlich]

This is moment in history. Enjoy the experience Anomalous. I will come back and watch after I finish the game myself, because I want to experience and theorise about everything myself first. Then I will surely come back.

[@lboyadgiev8820]

I was expecting a janky nigh unplayable mess since it's day one and all. But the game was pretty smooth Only rarely did the game stutter. Rarely did textures not spawn in. And not even a single crash at least for me. Honestly only had 1 bug that made me restart which was the pda map not loading. Honestly, great work by gsc. Wish you the best and keep going to anyone reading this comment and tk GSC themselfs

[@eth8556]

There's a bug that lockes you out of very important side quests after a main one :(

[@elektro_knete792]

I really like the idea that you play the game like this. Looking forward to it.

[@BD-SW-YT]

I switched my resolution from 144p to 360p

[@RealMajora]

I've been waiting to find a playthrough to watch from someone who actually knows how to play a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. Thanks for the upload 👍

[@Ibcanator]

Gonna watch you play while I do my own playthough. Always fun to see how other people do the same sections

[@ivanstrahinjic66]

Waiting for your Play of the game and all of your lore videos after like crazy

[@BFG-rr9cv]

So happy with this game, absolutely amazing. I'm also glad the day one patch delivered. Haven't encountered any bugs so far!

[@nadhifgorgeo]

first stalkers here

[@FourTraxOutdoors]

"Hello stalkers and welcome to the anomalous dugout." Never gets old❤

[@prophetthelast7849]

I will watch this sometime later.I will play the game tomorrow and i don't want to get spoiled.Good hunting stalker!

[@disgorgingconsciousness2250]

Been hoping you'd do soemthing like this for quite some time! Thank you, anomalous ✌️ I can't wait see whats next, good hunting stalker.

[@qwertyboi5167]

Thank you for giving us a gameplay video. I can't afford Stalker 2 and i could not even fit in my laptop storage cuz it's too big. There are already some streamers that have played it but i have been avoiding them because im waiting for you and Life of Boris to play game lol.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@@qwertyboi5167 It's different depending on who plays it. I streamed this last night but I'm also a returning STALKER. I've played all the OG titles (Clear Sky is my favorite, fuck you lol) since they released numerous times except SoC.... No mods, that I can find, to fix the weapons. But random streamers who ain't STALKERs won't play it "right."

[@greepanormus887]

im so curious to see which choices you will follow, been following this channel for 2 years now, and im so hyped for this

[@BenEllison-j7k]

Im glad ad got to experience the moment he has always been waiting for

[@SatongiFilms]

got killed by bloodsucker immediately on my first playthrough. was scary as hell. 10/10

[@MrMightyZ]

My only complaint about the game is that the day/night cycle feels too fast for me so far. Maybe I’ll get used to it but I’m just beginning to get really immersed in the night and the sun comes up and vice-versa. Much too fast imo.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@@MrMightyZ They should've given us more options for tweaking things like how long it takes 24 hours to pass in game, how long daytime hours are, disable headshot sounds, and other immersion breaking shit that was added for whatever reason.

[@MrMightyZ]

@@SonOfTheDawn515 Maybe they’ll give us some in time. I make a respectful request in form of a help ticket. They responded within 36 hours said “thank you” in a very respectful way but said they can’t guarantee any changes but it depends on how many people ask.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

@@MrMightyZ My faith is in the modding community. These decisions hurt the console people more than PC players.

[@MrMightyZ]

@@SonOfTheDawn515 They did promise that consoles will be getting mods but with 5GB limit I don’t know if overhaul type mods will be available. But we do get huge overhaul mods on Fallout 4 so…🤞🤞

[@mcfeddle]

It feels like STALKER 2 was originally the headcanon of a STALKER fan as the originals came out, the devs picked and chose what did and didn't work in the original trilogy. Lore and (mostly) gameplay wise, it all works so well as a STALKER title.

[@Zakxaev68]

Loremaster Anomalous Dugout takes a crack at the Zone 2.0. Wondahful!

[@Helipshon]

My 1660 super was crying for its life, game was essentially just wallpaper

[@eXodusArise]

This game got me feeling like a rookie all over again, and the death counter is there to rub it in my face.

[@redmasamune1]

I'm a good 20hrs in myself, but I've been waiting for this.

[@SOLIDO-PS]

Yeeeeeeees! I was waiting for this! Thank you

[@michaelleckie232]

Good to have you back mate

[@AJCherenkov]

SoC Protag: Solve Personal Mystery CoP Protag: Rescue Comrades CS Protag: Bit of Both HoC Protag: House exploded, need money for house.

[@TypicalBlakk]

Need 5 vids of this a day

[@kristiyanivanov3017]

The master stalker posted a video

[@KusanagiRyuji]

All those mutants are quite of bullet sponges you need to burn more ammo just to take down one of them 😅

[@zenki_fn2s14]

I knew you would do this justice. ❤

[@emanuelarriaza3710]

i heard about u in the camp fire storys glad your having fun

[@stritvagen]

Thats a cold intro

[@anthonychase6906]

Weird, there was no electro anomaly in the tunnel at the beginning for me and I did not see a soldier die. Just the one that was already dead there.

[@anthonychase6906]

Really, I was walking and wondering why there was two paths there, it seems it was to evade the electro.

[@viper6022]

Same thing happened to me. Maybe it was a bug on release day that got patched out later.

[@willpuvids3523]

Great thanks for all your work! 🙂 Im fan of your channel for about a year, and long-time STALKER fan, and there is simply NOBODY on the internet, who has THIS much love and care for this remarkable franchise. (well, maybe DJ Peach Cobbler, but he is crazy) 😀I have a little sugestion: will you ever try to make a gameplay video with authentic voice-acting? 🙂 I don´t speak ukrainian myself (I´m from Czech Republic), but hearing all of this NPCs speaking "perfect US english" in the Zone suddenly feels... Strange. For me, the HUGE part of the atmosphere was use of the ukrainian language, occasionally "spiced up" by piece of really broken and heavy "slavic accent" english. Anyone feels the same? 🙂

[@LAURKAMY]

Waw! 😮 You didn't say anything in the broadcast... Is a really good idea! 🎉 I want to see what I missed 😂 and how many times you will be lost to the Zone! 😂 Let's go! ❤

[@namadepannamabelakang6084]

Welcome back to the zone!

[@MaineMotman]

I have been waiting for anomalous dugout and cheeki breeki to make videos for stalker 2

[@CaeridLock.]

It sucks they still need a bit of work and we got a bit of a cyberpunk release situation on our hands, but it's not all bad, the games not so hard if you go clear sky style and put a bunch of upgrades into your suit and gear ASAP, penetration and quality weapons really make a big difference out here now, but its not without faults the mutants being so spongy is bumming a lot of people out, the mutants, and dogs especially, theyre taking cover if you jump on objects trying to avoid them, idk where they got the idea to program that, i used to think the dog ai in the originals was dumb as nails, but i cant believe they upped the ante, then made everything take 3-5 point blank buckshot shells, then the bloodsuckers take "most of your ammo" according to online feedback, unless theres a trick im missing so far the random spawns behind you everywhere, cause guys only spawn within a set range, is kinda hit or miss for immersion, sometimes some other stalkers help out against some mutants, most of the time, hostiles are spawning on your 3 or 9 oclock blind spots Here's an anecdote from tonight, in the garbage bandit camp I had everyone glitch out in a circle standing still after a random bloodsucker chased me into camp, then randos spawned in an alley behind the building and aggroed on me, but if I shot back, the whole bandit camp would attack me, so I had to reload the save and run away There's some good stuff out here, and the game looks great, and you can have some fun gunfights, but most of 8 hours I've spent so far have been walking around enjoying the scenery, revisting old locales, looting, so much looting, compared to the original trilogy, pretty much every single building is full of food, booze and ammo, so you're never struggling for anything, which kinda goes against the theme of it all, or having to run like hell away from the 8 random spawn boars that just spawned cause i dont feel like using the 8 medkits i just collected, just praying i had my spaz or eliminator Also *minor spoiler alert* inadvertently finding and having to shoot leshy as youre exploring before you leave the lesser zone felt flat out wrong and like a slap in the face Tldr; we got a cyberpunk situation here boys, it happens, theres some good and some bad, but i bet in like 1-3 years itll be one of the best games we've ever seen

[@bulletface-se6cv]

Been waiting for this :)

[@anthonychase6906]

Thank you for the lore because I forgot that Hermann was from CoP in fact I didn't even have the names on in subtitles so I didn't particularly know his name

[@NavrajThapa2002]

Currently not in a situation to buy the game just yet. But I'll be watching this series here, re-learning the Zone with you all.

[@pod1803]

For the bolts they switch the mouse click, now it's left click to charge the throw.

[@nword9239]

*GSC when Anomalous Dugout posts a video* WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!!!

[@jackasalexander9918]

Anomalous be like: Bleeding? Never heard of it, bandages are for being sold.

[@matearosie]

Right? Good thing he's such a great STALKER analyst and explains stuff so thoroughly because that one thing was bothering me more than a sober Freedomer ^^

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

The Jesse Ventura way

[@-Rens01]

My first death and subsequent 2 other deaths were caused by that bloodsucker in a cave

[@CaeridLock.]

My 19 are for every random bloodsucker encounter don't worry you'll get there What's the trick in this game, what am I missing, why are we all dispensing all our ammo to no avail

[@Junkers2137]

Anomalous looks soo nervous, i never seen him making gameplays

[@lordfairway]

Awesome intro!

[@discordinmymind6565]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Losttothezone]

Wish you could pull up details in the PDA ? Maybe they can implement more stuff into that PDA because it didn't actually take up the whole screen but and operation that way

[@ThePranabuniversal]

Hey Anomalous Dugout, its been a while. Good to see you again.

[@hamzakhalil-gs7oc]

i want to see a comparison of the maps in the original and how they look like in stalker 2, will be cool to see them in high quality graphics

[@LifeEnjoyer463]

Anomalous Dugout is rank #1 stalker in the zone

[@MRSwifter-TheOriginal]

finally REJOICE BROTHERS AND SISTERS

[@csehszlovakze]

thanks for this playthrough! I don't have a PC that can run this, I'm also a linux user, and while the old trilogy can be made to run just fine, but there's no chance this will run on it for a few years.

[@reinaldassulskis3663]

Been waiting for you

[@krakenonesixgaming6061]

Welcome home, S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[@nonamewarzone]

Nice video man wish i can afford this

[@Losttothezone]

Hey bro 👋 thought I heard of rumors of the master out in about in the zone 😮 Be careful things went to hell 😅

[@TypicalBlakk]

“Just a few hours” lol

[@malcontender6319]

IT'S GO TIME, STALKERS.

[@andrewwasabi7474]

Absolute cinema

[@angelothehistoryguy1803]

I wanna watch but im in the zone myself brother, ill have to check later. ... one second i think i hear something in the bushes

[@jonasduchateau8619]

Im pretty sure stuff dissapeared from my stash

[@gabe0rion205]

I managed to SOMEHOW get this running on my 4 year old rig at a semi stable fps, crying tears of joy

[@joshuadavids7683]

Dugout uploaded today, all is good

[@TRIIGGAVELLI]

I started on veteran but no it's WAY too broke right now for harder difficulty

[@LAURKAMY]

I found a different artifact in the tunnel with the burning 🔥... Why ? Are they random? 😮 I didn't know they have a animation to look at them 😮

[@reinaldassulskis3663]

I like that you aint using curse words

[@killyvv]

Based

[@fo1scher]

Ty for all the work you put into the stalker games Anomalous

[@ITSSIRWAN86]

finally brother

[@Zimntw]

Finaly it come🎉

[@noksi2001]

Dude don't worry about the graphics, we don't care that much, some of us are freeloaders who won't buy the game so we can't be critical there, some of us watch the gameplay cuz we're too much of a pussy to play it for ourselves. Just focus on the gameplay and the commenary and don't forget to have fun.

[@noahforester7715]

I find the combat too easy even on veteran. Ended up clearing the sphere of soldiers with skif's pistol during the mission. Out of 9 deaths so far 7 of them have been from falling lol. One from an anomaly one from.. a group of flesh..