S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Underappreciated Classic

[@fjoergyn]

i want recite someone wise: "For slavs Stalker is a simulation of everyday life, surviving a harsh unforgiving place where there's noone to help or rescue you, human contact is limited and you are left isolated from the outside world."

[@lisbjerg123]

Hey hey people,

[@fjoergyn]

@@lisbjerg123 :D!

[@SwaggyG_2102]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R really does accurately capture what a day in Eastern Europe is like, regardless of the post apocalyptic nuclear aftermath.

[@darcinek]

Nah stalker is more like a poor neighbourhood in the west In eastern europe it's rather peaceful and seems more like a freedom outpost because of a 50/50 chance that the person you walk by is stoned out of his mind and on venus rn

[@esamsenpaiak74ss]

Nah it's not post apocalyptic, since it's just chernobyl and not actually all of Ukraine, as well that most stalkers are not stuck there, thay came to that place.

[@Shadow0-1thescopeisclear]

The fact that he said “the AI are smart” indicates that he has not played the trilogy long enough to realize otherwise. Although, in Call of Pripyat it significantly approves.

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

its more true to say that the AI is dumb in unexpected ways. Like when it glitches out and freezes, and you're thinking "hah, they're too smart to just pile through the door one at a time" when in reality the enemy is just staring intently at a crate

[@SpecShadow]

Westerners call Stalker post-apo game - but for people (like me) from the former soviet "union" country - it's quite colorful and cozy. Also don't see much RPG in there... better gear is in most action games and they don't have that tag.

[@angeloh58d]

real same

[@jurassicparkpolska]

I love this game. This is probably one of the closest games to my heart. Especially since I'm from Poland so it's very familiar, especially that walking through the stalker series really feels like your walking through your average polish village. Hope you will do more vids on the next parts in the series.

[@Ehrenfried2740]

Still one of the best games ever made. The different endings... I remember playing the pre pre pre alpha built on GC 2002 them back in 2004 with an pre alpha...

[@trisser39]

since i moved to another country cos of political reasons this is the only game that when i play it, it brings me back to my homecountry my hometown all my friends the place where i lived its like a mosaic of my life but i can actually play it and it has a special place in my heart

[@smaug9617]

Same.

[@sesad5035]

Suddenly, all of these western goobers started making videos about this game just before the release of S2, strange, isn't it?

[@burningsheep4473]

Yeah, it's predictable, yet still a bit odd. And even moreso when yet another youtuber says something about losing a lot of progress because they apparently are new to manual saving?!?

[@jesusrivera2970]

The fact this game is going to shatter DEI in gaming is going to make this aneven more epic sequel

[@masterterrorman]

no it isnt lmao

[@shumpiremadness2372]

How in the fuck is this even related to DEI????

[@jesusrivera2970]

@@shumpiremadness2372 lmfaooo you can’t be nieve and act like DEI is damaging gaming because it’s happening as we speak 😂 just look at AC and don’t get me started with CONCORD 😂

[@jesusrivera2970]

@@shumpiremadness2372 lmfaooo you can’t be nieve and act like DEI is damaging gaming because it’s happening as we speak 😂 just look at AC and don’t get me started with CONCORD 😂

[@jesusrivera2970]

@@masterterrorman lmaooo it actually is when you truly think about it. You think this studio is gonna go the Dragon Age-route and become the highest refunded game on Steam? I don’t think so lol

[@flock657]

>underrated no it's not

[@JanJansen985]

The people will say anything to get views

[@flock657]

it's the slop era we're in unfortunately. I wish we had video titles like "car sex" again, instead of this fucking dopamine nightmare

[@burningsheep4473]

If you never found Strelok you can't have been paying too much attention. ;) It's a linear story for the most part. There is just a little bit of story that isn't absolutely required to get to the end, which is how people end up with the "false" endings.

[@MrSw3rls]

My brother in the zone ,If your gun kept jamming then you never repaired it. If your gun was inaccurate then you never upgraded it.

[@Chobo077]

You should play S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky and Call Of Pripyat next. Great vid btw

[@vladkudrya9615]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. = Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers, Robbers

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Классика? Не, я б так высокого не ставил ТЧ. А вот ту же ЗП, например, можно смело вписывать в классику. Гойда, братья.

[@VintageMarine]

Now remember Stalkers, there are no bugs only anomalies

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

good video man! You're a good narrator, good sense of hmour and editing, subbed!

[@victorwaterfall1457]

10:45 It's actually explained by the lore why stalkers come into zone and stay there, despite dangers and low chances of survival

[@masterterrorman]

no it really isnt underappreciated

[@sergeantheavyass3471]

Yeah the title is a bit odd

[@StepalexUA]

12:01 LMFAO, he litterally said "Nahhh, mate, put your gun away, then we'll talk". In STALKER series friendly and neutral NPCs won't talk to you with your weapon unholstered. Nice video, btw, cheers from Ukraine! P.S. You can Quick Save/Quick Load in this game. Check the key bindings ;)

[@angeloh58d]

I love stalker sooo much

[@Strelokos666]

I never ever remember any westerner even mentioning STALKER before 2014 and moreover I believe the reason they do so nowadays while poking fingers at STALKER 2 is because of the fancy late 10s mods like Anomaly, Misery and Gunslinger what reached hype peak because of the slav memes, tacticool genres on the rise like Escape from Tarkov and rise of post-punk doomerwave stuff. That's why I just feel awkward seeing the hype and can't really grasp whether I was wrong all along and saw shit differently throughout the years.

[@LocalGunsmith]

Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers.

[@smaug9617]

Somewhere I had photo of Chernobyl’s giant catfish which was 5 meters long 😂. Pretty big fish in my opinion. But , let’s return to the game. S.T.A.L.K.E.R series were great. And the setting is legendary among all ex-Soviet countries. There were so many book series written in S.TA.L.K.E.R. universe and It was and is so popular, that at a time like from 2007 to 2015 it was as popular as Harry Potter. I have 3 bookshelves filled with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. books. In terms of popularity it was closer to Lord of the Rings, maybe not that popular, but for some time it was surprisingly close to it. More recent fact about Chernobyl Zone in real life: in 2022 Russian army tried invading through it. But quickly retreated because they were stupid enough to dig trenches there and that granted them radiation sickness. Not so many years have passed since the explosion to dig there or use heavy machines(like tanks for example) that would dug into the ground with their tracks and throw irradiated dust and ash with dirt into the air. Also they choose really bad location to stay there, the Red forest(2nd most irradiated place in Zone in real life).

[@vaughnforsberg656]

Good shit man you deserve more subs for sure🙏🏻

[@judsongaiden9878]

Wanna try yer hand at some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges? 5:35 The equivalent Western term is "tracker" (as in "wilderness trackers"). 7:35 In other words, you have to be less like John Rambo and more like John McClane. 8:18 Pistols are only good for hunting snorks for sport, and that's only if you enjoy the sport of hunting snorks with a pistol. The idea is to go for headshots. It forces you to train your precision with iron sights. You can also do it with rifles. I call it "safari style" (but only with iron sights which is authentic to safari-style hunting since it keeps your peripheral vision open and your focus unobstructed so you can adapt on the fly). 9mm pistols, whether Makarov or Parabellum, might take two headshots to down some snorks, whereas a .45 will always put them down for the count with one headshot. At least, that's how it works in 'nilla ShoC v1.0006. Most rifles will down a snork with one headshot, but the AKS-74U is an exception. As with 9mm pistols, it usually takes two. This can differ with mods. 9:14 Try it with iron sights. It's more intuitive. Granted, I use a trackball, so tactile sensation definitely plays a part. It has to be a symmetrical trackball or it won't feel right. 9:18 Buckshot is the cure for pseudogiants in 'nilla ShoC. In the other Zone games, and in mods based on CoP (including but not limited to Anomaly), it's 40-mils. 9:30 Some of us old-school zoners call them "fleshpigs" just to remind ourselves that they're pigs. 10:40 Where most see chaos, some see opportunity. 11:37 Bes's philosophy is the most practical, and his micro-faction of fellow vigilantes fights for a true People's Justice. They're idealistic yet pragmatic "men of balance," avoiding the dual extremes of Freedom's licentiousness and Duty's rigidity. 13:09 In my headcanon, that story continues with the Marked One being found by scientists and taken back to Professor Sakharov where he agrees to have at least one of his eyes transplanted with the bulging eyeball of a fleshpig. And yes, Professor Sakharov does talk about that, mentioning that fleshpigs can smell with their eyeballs (and that their eyeballs can regenerate), and he does ask if you'd like to be "the recipient of this amazing organ." 14:14 Homage to a scene from Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker'. 14:31 There are mods that have a debug mode/spawn menu. They're perfect for creating insane Zone Sportsmanship Challenges of demented do0m a go go. 15:34 Most mods fix the LR-300's sights so they actually line up right. 15:43 Combine any bubble-head sci-guy suit with two Crystals and you're good on radiation protection. Add two Moonlights and you'll have unlimited stamina while not encumbered (and rapid stamina regen when encumbered). Add a Slug or Mica and you'll have rapid wound-healing for bleeding control. 17:32 Nos is the best-tasting energy drink. Imagine a Zone-themed energy drink with a fleshpig as a mascot. And it turns you into a fleshpig if you drink it! 🙃 Did you ever watch a movie called 'Street Trash' (1987)?

[@burningsheep4473]

I do think that having only a few instances of Bloodsuckers, Controllers and such was a good design decision. There are also a few that are not part of normal progression. One Bloodsucker eventually shows up in the Cordon and a Controller can eventually spawn at the Bloodsucker village. Cutting down on the combat vs humans on the other hand wouldn't have hurt. Clear Sky is even more extreme in that regard and Call of Pripyat then basically just throws that out for the most part. The series took a rather interesting path.

[@kraizerxthesimp46]

Nahh i like my pseudogiant spawn on cordon, the old version of stalker anomaly did spawn on the train tunnel on the east iirc

[@trentdd15]

Got your wish of getting in the youtube algorithm

[@kingscrump]

I disagree that it is under appreciated. I think we all appreciate it.

[@herbion6117]

I read somewhere that you always get "i want to zone to dissappear" wish on your first playthrough, if you get to the wishgranter of course.

[@smaug9617]

Spoiler: It’s an illusion. Wishgranter never grants you any wishes, except it kills you, makes you blind etc. the real ending is destruction of C. Consciousness(the mad scientists who created the Zone), main hero of first game kills them, not believing their words and then flees from the Zone next big growth, that kills our main character from second game. Ta da 🎉.

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

mind you, when you realise you can just quicksave by hitting F5 I imagine you'll be kind miffed

[@valeriisukhonosov8457]

12:00 "Nah, hide your gun and then we're talking."

[@Romanian901]

firestarter is actually an arena horde shooter

[@ShadeAshe451]

Now that's a real underappreciated game right here. It may has flaws, but damn it's a hella fun one.

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

Why would you say such a word like "underappreciated" in the same sentence with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

[@warlord3327]

hell yeah

[@Rohrkrepierer]

Underappreciated? You are off your shit if you think that lol

[@__mindflayer__]

S cavengers T respassers A dventures L oners K illers E xplorers R obbers

[@snaredrumm]

Get out of here stalker!

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

I remember someone bought me this series I don't talk to them anymore

[@perteks7639]

More like overapprieciated. It is not under for sure

[@Nekros-t9e]

Well Stalker 2 being made would go against it being an underappreciated hidden gem. Seems mighty convenient too that you're just so happening to cover this series right when the new game is about to release. Are you grifting mate? Nothing too special about your review either it just repeats what everyone else has said over the last decade.

[@nicko7939]

middest game of all

[@angeloh58d]

worst take ever