S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lore - Limansk & The Radiowave Institute

Let's talk about Limansk and the Radiowave Institute. Will they appear in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2?
00:00 Intro
00:39 Developers' Input
03:38 Forester's Input
05:36 Story of Limansk
08:08 The Antenna
09:54 Limansk in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
12:44 Connecting the Dots
15:38 Outro

[@lebedev7153]

Limansk is one of my favorites places in stalker. Would be a shame if they dont add it in stalker 2.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I agree.

[@blazeitmichael5094]

Im pretty sure its gonna be. In the gameplay trailer you can see the player running through a building kinda like those in limansk and looking up at the duga radar.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@blazeitmichael5094 This is the real Duga, which is not located in Limansk.

[@Hrimstal]

A beautiful and charming city. I wish it was built to be less linear, with more corridors and shortcuts, less invisible walls. Interesting urban exploration opportunities, and a good place for some missions.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes, it would be nice to fully explore it.

[@chekkibrekkiv1.245]

Man i love limansk brings back memories of monolith grenade barrages and f2000 gunplay

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Absolutely.

[@MarcoChurchH]

@@anomalousdugout9557 grenade spam at its finest. And I have to say, I've enjoyed it, it's not often that you get a similar treatment in other single player games.

[@critical_0327]

Limansk is a beautiful city: overgrown bushes, trees, abandoned and haunted houses, schools. I quite liked its similarity to Pripyat, yet it is distinct - the antenna was indeed probably the most interesting part of Limansk for me, its similarity to Duga is cool as well. What Forester had to say about Limansk was very interesting and the antenna is very tied to the city. The Soviet government always wanted to create obedient, unquestioning and unthinking populous which would adhere to the party line with no problem - the Homosovieticus. So the city of Limansk could have been used as a city of experimentation by the Soviet government on mind control. But this is just a theory! Great video as always anomalous, always worth the wait! Keep it up and as loners would say: "Thanks bro"!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks for the comment friend.

[@generalrevelation8923]

And cities that aren't officialy documented are a staple of communists governments either for propaganda purposes or for other far more sinister reasons, such an unnetical experiment would certainly need to be kept in extreme secrecy

[@loader2755]

chunky here, what is the name of anomalois dugout podcast

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@loader2755 We will see when JAMMED decides to make it.

[@loader2755]

@@anomalousdugout9557 i hope he makes it soon

[@RahatTheKiller]

As much as i am glad that GSC now has the tech to more faithfully recreate The Zone as it exists in the real world, places like Limansk and the Dead City have their own charm. For that reason I hope that they will be featured in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 or at least mentioned in some capacity.

[@dededede9257]

But Dead City exist in real life no ? (Poliske )

[@RahatTheKiller]

@@dededede9257 does it? I did not know that, but that's amazing!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@dededede9257 I think it's a different city.

[@grenader819]

What about Limansk basements? they are pretty huge rooms containing a lot of boxes and other stuff

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes, there is also an easter egg there but I think it did not really fit in the video.

[@snaker9er]

There are basements in Limansk?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@snaker9er Two of them, in the buildings surrounding the square.

[@Zone_Survivor]

and I think in one of them theres a teleport device (that doesnt work)

[@randomguyingasmask]

From what Forester said about headaches and from photos in CoP that Degtyarev found, it could easily be implemented as an experimental Psy-device. Especially since it was heavily guarded by monolith, they might have already been around before they had to stop Clear Sky from proceeding. Edit: Interesting mod idea too.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Definitely possible. Actually I thought of something, perhaps going through Limansk allows to bypass the Brain Scorcher because the antenna in the town was supposed to cover this area, but for some reason it stopped working.

[@randomguyingasmask]

@@anomalousdugout9557 That would fit the hologram guy's lines too, since there should be more to make a full coverage.

[@reckfuly]

Hey Dugout! Always a pleasure to listen to your theories and thoughts, thank you!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Nice :)

[@taylorindustries]

limansk was my favourite area in stalker. It felt completely different from the rest of the game, and it felt alot bigger than the rest of the maps even though it wasnt. It felt so cool having a built up area with tight spaces and a big overgrown city. What was even better is that the city it built on a big hill and not flat ground, it just makes it feel bigger and better. I love this map

[@specnaz_commander]

Great video. I will be happy when Limansk will back in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thank you.

[@JuliusKrieger]

Good video one of my favourite places in stalker next to pripyat

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks.

[@commanderhubert5659]

goddamn i love this channel, keep up the amazing work!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks a lot!

[@blonde-eyed-blueondie]

I think it make perfect sense for Limansk antenna to just be smaller mind-control prototype of Duga they develop later and perhaps simply abandon Limansk to its own devices after they make Duga, specially since is implied by Forester that people there are definitely brain-washed in some way I think it would also be cool to have Limansk and perhaps go there to uncover secrets of antenna tests or maybe new x-lab and maybe in way use that information for something grander in term of shutting off Duga or something similar

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes, absolutely!

[@cosmoinstant]

Sotsgorod district in Kyiv is the inspiration for Limansk. It was built by Germans after the WW2, there isn't much left of it nowadays, but you can still find photos online, it was a pretty cute neighborhood.

[@dededede9257]

Limansk is a good map he just need to be more open and not only for scripted mission against ennemies like what Pripyat become After SOC and also if Limansk is here is probably mean that the Clear Sky Red Forest another great map will be available i hope in Stalker 2.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes, that's right.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you covered this one my friend

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I'm glad as well.

[@wantedpwner]

I listen to your lore and other videos over and over during my workout lol, and then I go into the Zone.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

That's nice.

[@a3_oxide_0v]

your vids are worth the wait, love your channel ❤

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks a lot :)

[@TheAnimeSounds]

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[@anomalousdugout9557]

I'll check it out.

[@DreamerWasTaken]

Good video as always! I'd love to see more cities like Limansk in stalker 2

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks :)

[@YureiEko]

I've just started playing the stalker games and your videos have made me love it more, Thank you!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Very nice!

[@a3_oxide_0v]

love your videos, can you post an indepth lore video like this on the cordon or go over the darkscape like you did with sin cut factions (it would add to the cut series) and would be fun to watch as you go over the appearences of the darkscape in mods and talk about how it could be implemented into stalker 2, if not still this channel is one of my favorites, you deserve more than a million subs

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks! Perhaps I will make videos about locations in the future, we'll see.

[@footiecyclo]

Great video as always, well done

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Hey thanks.

[@oskwoz1147]

Great video! I was always creeped out when I had to do a task in Limansk (in well-known mods, CS version wasn't too scary in my opinion), especially when it was raining and at night, there's something really unsettling there for me.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I know what you are talking about, thanks.

[@srodgrikuxdrolorthoggsthud8789]

Bro ur videos are very good, i love your channel it made me even more in love with stalker you're great dude

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks a lot :)

[@Lankyblankman]

Limansk was quite wasted potential, due to the whole map being a looter shooter Call of Duty level that STALKER just isn't. In fact it reminds me of some of Oblivion Lost's running and gunning scenes, like Darkscape, a map just meant for action: you go through, you don't return. Maybe that's what GSC was trying to capture, that old feel that never made it into SoC.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I actually like the Limansk section, however it is indeed sad that it was only used for that.

[@mains8913]

It would be interesting to keep Limansk but somehow retconning it half-way by implying it's a very unique space anomaly generated by the radiowave institute from experimenting on the inhabitants that was created even before the c-consciousness generated the zone from noosphere experiments. With this I think it could be even expanded upon since putting things in such vague conditions as "part of a space anomaly" could give a lot of creative freedom to do something with it

[@d34d_m3n5]

By the way, you are near the 20K sub, keep up the good work man.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks, I know.

[@danieldimov8625]

Even though Clear Sky is always viewed as the black sheep of the franchise, I still think it's a great game, and it brought us some of the best locations in the games, Limansk is easily one of the best areas in the Zone.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Clear Sky should not be underestimated, and it is not inferior to the other 2 games in my opinion.

[@nick_toz]

Always loved this place for design. Really amazing.

[@mikibanic]

Z!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes.

[@theortheo2401]

Toujours aussi informatif !

[@anomalousdugout9557]

C'est le but !

[@Rell6000]

I think they might not have bothered with the unknown while making the game and said there is such a radar, let's add it to the game, but as you said, if I were you, I would have put it in a big way, maybe that radar is still working and is used by stalkers or members of the army or monolith, maybe it catches the signal of the emission and it is said that the emission is approaching.

[@user-qc6mb8wt6s]

This place was exactly like Grozny, fighting through it.

[@pooshkin6181]

I find Limansk more unnerving than Pripyat. Whenever I am there I feel like I need to get out of there as soon as I can. I feel like if there was an underground section we would find something sinister that existed even before the nuclear disaster.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yeah it has such a unique ambiance.

[@pooshkin6181]

@@anomalousdugout9557 In OGSE/OGSR Dead City is controlled by a bootleg Miracle Machine called The Master. It is mostly filled with Zombifieds and Controllers, but the most unique thing about that place is that at some point in the day it becomes a pseudo Space Anomaly, because of that Big Brained Bitch. Not to mention, it contains some really interesting quests/items, like finding anomalous kitchen appliances or the infamous Midas artefact. If Limansk is in Stalker 2, I wish it had something similar - artefacts that are only found there that may/may not be a trap, unique quests and something that is still alive and using the city as its playground. Because I feel the former residents of Limansk aren't all dead.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@pooshkin6181 Oh yeah, I know about Dead City in OGSE. It was a nice location to play through indeed.

[@XanderNiles]

Juicy lore stuff! Though Linmask wasn't fully explored in Clear Sky, mods help a ton in that regard, exploring the city in Call Of Chernobyl and Legend Returns is pretty fun.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks, it is!

[@francestheoverthinkingdoom6761]

It would be a sad thing to see Limansk retconned. Now, I'm of the opinion that a lot of the lore information in the original trilogy is contradictory and does need to be cleaned up a bit, but that's a problem predominantly faced by SoC, due to its chaotic development cycle. However, neither CS or CoP have had this problem, so let's hope the information from those games remains intact.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yes, I agree.

[@user-rs5ui5lg5i]

Need to see if stalker 2 will have a more real map layout like CoP, if yes they might remove limansk completely. The Duga prototype actually existed but was built in Kazakhstan if I remember.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Time will tell.

[@vladneacsu]

Yaaaay! New video! Hello to all the discord peeps!

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Hello friend!

[@milentanev7340]

One of the strangest and best places in the game(s) I love the video.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks friend :)

[@abehjalu5301]

what i love from This guy is the English accent he has

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks :)

[@abehjalu5301]

@@anomalousdugout9557 Always Wait for Your Upcoming Video Because it will also help Me Playing and Knowing about S.T.A.L.K.E.R!

[@lennic]

I think it's mainly as you said, game world space being important in the open world they're going for, pripyat being the major city is a given, limansk would kind of be an awkward smaller town further out or more likely not in the game

[@guidoferrari5415]

There is a secret door in Limansk with an easter egg inside, wierd you didn't mention it

[@Real_.]

If they add limansk would be interesting if they add like a faction it aswell

[@ORLY911]

I was always curious about some of the buildings you couldnt enter in Limansk, i never tried glitching into them. One looked like a sort of school or office building? you can see into it from the windows, wasnt sure what else was modelled in there. Not sure if that makes it clear which im talking about, but it was near that storage cellar with a bunch of boxes (not the time machine one, the shallower one with the shelves)

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yeah I would love to be able to enter some of these buildings, especially the Radiowave Institute.

[@acry4734]

I agree, It could have been more than what was in a clear sky, links is such a way more interesting area and its such a waste, great place to fight monolith, and it could hold so many mysteries and interesting things how sad you couldn't do more there

[@anomalousdugout9557]

That's right.

[@Oleksandr-snk]

I thought limansk was Chornobyl 2, because irl duga is near it. Duga prototype is good theory though

[@prophetthelast7849]

I had the same theory about Radiowave antenna being replica or prototype Duga it makes sense.Maybe they needed to be bigger for some reason so they build Duga.I really hope Limansk will be in Stalker 2. Now about Duga i don't want to talk about it yet because i have a theory that might prove to be correct and spoil something.I'll talk when i finish the game.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Alright, we shall see.

[@snipoxkillo1099]

It really would be a good place to visit, only if the game doesnt keep crashing in the town

[@jamieisjabba]

What's that background track in the video? also will you cover the stalker 2 leak?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Tracks in order of appearance: Wasteland I, Ghost City, Theme of Red Forest, Hospital, Ghost City (again). No, I will not cover the leaks.

[@kaifriedrich1763]

Maybe Limansk vanished into another Dimension for a few years. Maybe the Inhabitants vanished like the Dwemers in Skyrim

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yeah perhaps.

[@thatoneguy-nf7su]

Limansk the town with all the war

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Pretty much yeah.

[@gustavolemos5913]

my home town

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Nice.

[@Strelo]

I believe "Duga" and "Rainbow" are referring to the same thing. It may be a mistranslation by the developers since it doesn't mean "rainbow" in Russian, but it does in Ukrainian and some other Slavic languages. You refer to the "Rainbow emitter" as the brain scorcher at 14:40 , but I think that is in fact the Duga. But maybe the Duga is actually the Brain Scorcher (thought we don't see it in SoC), since that map is also called "Radar" and the Duga served as a radar in real life, and the Limansk one also seemingly was able to affect people's minds in a similar way to the Brain Scorcher.

[@deadset15-hrvavik17]

Can you make a video about the roof tiles in Stalker?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Why?

[@deadset15-hrvavik17]

@@anomalousdugout9557 roof tiles...

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@deadset15-hrvavik17 Yes :)

[@nicaalex6062]

nice lore. i hope they add this city in stalker 2 cuz i really wanna exlplore it. and also i know this loction from 0:08. i know there's an secret door but i need a code. do u know where to find it?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks. The code to the door is found on a note left in the building above the bunker.

[@nicaalex6062]

@@anomalousdugout9557 oh woaw. thanks. i dunno how i missed that. maybe cuz i think i was in a mission or cuz of those mf zombie soldiers that was shootin at me

[@chiffmonkey]

Yeah I think the two locations that would make the most sense as DLC would be the Pripyat-1 Underground and Limansk.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

That could work.

[@BSKPlays]

Sadly, my pc would explode even if I were to even start stalker 2

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Like many of us.

[@LilTachanka]

so if the residents of limansk loved the ussr and the antenna hurt your head, couldnt it be possible that it was already being used for mind control?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Definitely possible.

[@d34d_m3n5]

If they wanna add Limansk they have to fully remake the city, so with that two large cities I don't think Limansk gonna make it to the game, small chance for DLC tho.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Yeah we will have to wait and see.

[@IMJUSTABANANA]

the limansk part from clear sky felt like that devs want a cod level intense shoot out ,and it works for me i absolutely love that part

[@alyctro8158]

Nobody talks about one thing. There are rivers and ponds. But never any neck deep water in stalker. Thus no swimming, why?

[@m1l068]

i have a idea for a video about all suits in stalker

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Alright, I'll keep it in mind.

[@m1l068]

@@anomalousdugout9557 ok

[@S.T.A.L.K.E.R_fan]

Finally a city with no purposes other than going to the CNPP

[@anomalousdugout9557]

At least for now.

[@sawiich7558]

One of me personal favorite maps. I like how it was designed and the connection to the Antenna. What do you think about it's name, Limansk-13. Why the 13 in it?

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I believe this name was never used in the games, only once in a design doc. I'm not sure what it means though.

[@sawiich7558]

@Anomalous Dugout In the Ussr, numbers in names of ceratin things were widely used. I think it might've been more than a City. A Top Secret project, maybe mainly because of Antennas.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Linear maps and mazes suck gameplay wise.

[@sawiich7558]

@SonOfTheDawn515 I don't know how Limansk is a linear map or a maze, but even if it was a linear map, I'd still like it due to its surrounding design, you won't even feel it's linear from what it has.

[@daskraut]

limansk is a beatuiful place. it's a shame and a sin that it basically was endgame content. they should have placed the point of no return after limansk, not at its entrance.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I guess.

[@3ure]

increase ur bitrate while recording to get rid of some of that artefacting in your videos brah

[@anomalousdugout9557]

What?

[@kaifriedrich1763]

I could never explore it because the game always crashed there

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Sad.

[@loader2755]

Laat comment imma leave on this channel most likely: ChunkyRatsUnited

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Why last?

[@loader2755]

@@anomalousdugout9557 i dont really play stalker anymore

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@loader2755 The Zone will call you back eventually.

[@user-lw5cd1dv6x]

доволі незвичайний акцент у диктора, відео цікаве

[@anomalousdugout9557]

Thanks.

[@donkongre9026]

I don't really like this place,for me it doesn't make sense(Gameplay wise,not talking about the lore).I mean it's a city full of invisible barriers and even though some might call it a maze,it is pretty much a linear map.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

It was designed to be linear indeed.

[@donkongre9026]

@@anomalousdugout9557 But why not make use of the various houses around the map?That can push the it to a next level.

[@anomalousdugout9557]

@@donkongre9026 I don't know, maybe ask the developers.

[@vinportobg]

the entena is HAARP thats how hararp looks

[@anomalousdugout9557]

I think HAARP looks different.

[@wightclaudia]

Grok is a fascist and Stalker 2 will drown him out 🎉

[@anomalousdugout9557]

That has nothing to do with the topic of this video.