S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - ZOMBIE voices - English subtitles

[@anomalousdugout9557]

This has to be one of the worst fates in the Zone.

[@meysamghahremaninejad6809]

yup! this and being brainwashed by the Monolith.

[@hassansong7630]

This remind me of the zombie headcrabs in Half Life 2, when you put the voice lines in reverse you can hear and understand their agony screams... Creepy 😨*

[@waseem2762]

One of ur biggest fans over here , respect , stalker 🔥❤

[@M_Alistair]

A fate worse than death

[@halolime117]

@@M_Alistair I was going to write this, it’s said everywhere that this fate is worse than death, and indeed :/

[@Tookan69]

All the other zombies: **tragic stuff** That one zombie: *"I'M LISTENING TO YOU COMRADE MAJOR!"*

[@LaserTractor]

Looks like it's the most automated reflex from his past

[@hyperthalamus9278]

Army PTSD

[@gabork5055]

'Good soldiers follow orders.'

[@tayfunemirdemirel8617]

It must be painful to shoot the military zombies for Major Degtayrev,considering he's shooting his own men.

[@BSKPlays]

It's still emotional bruh

[@infinitificator4629]

That's why Lukash says in Anomaly the people come more shaken from fighting the zombies than the monolith. These guys are hurting 😥

[@graffjunk1]

Yeah and before that Lukash says something along the lines of "Ah you didn't recognise any of the zombies? Good"

[@GeneralTantzu]

Imagine having to shoot a barely conscious staggering man calling for his loved ones as he tries to mercilessly murer you.I'm not surprised people get fucked up after fighting Zombies.

[@LyghtOak]

@@graffjunk1 probably due to the fact that they may b family

[@teslashark]

They're people who didn't qualify for Monolith

[@LivonianGuy]

@@GeneralTantzu If you be lucky to not have brains fried by duga or controllers-you will be less lucky to unsee the fates of unlucky.

[@cellulanus]

You know what makes it even more tragic? They're calling out to half remembered loved ones, but even if they did see them again they'd try to kill them.

[@manexie]

i died too much to these zombies i dont care anymore

[@skell6134]

​@@manexieSkill issue,they are easiest human enemies . -. They have accuracy of potato

[@logi3622]

​@@skell6134say that to the one wielding MG's, I fuckin' hate the MG wielding ones, after playing Clear Sky, whenever I heard that sound, it's like a terror for me.

[@AndreiTrader]

​@@skell6134 heh... *no*

[@manexie]

@@skell6134 stalker shadow of chernnobyl mfs headshotted me from 100 km

[@N0rbertas9]

the lines talking about how their daughters have grown and how they'll be back soon were so damn heartbreaking :C

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Man, I legit got teary dude. This exact thing happens to men in War.

[@sonitrok2499]

if that can cheer you up, there is a chance that they might be delirious and have no daughter at all, but there's also a chance they do...

[@ProPatriaRO]

Actually it's an easter egg from STALKER the movie, the protagonist leaves his wife and daughter to go to the zone.

[@austinwhite3132]

My heart truly hurts for these poor souls, for even they are monster there are still men trapped in there

[@rvh1999]

Man it almost made me tear up. Soul crushing to end like that

[@njva228]

Every time a dying soldier cries out for their mother in any game/ movie/ war footage... Man... It hits like a train

[@calanon534]

In the final moments of our lives, we seek only the warmth and comfort of the one that nurtured us the most.

[@LilPistachiofr]

Dude same

[@daviddavidson6289]

No, it's just a videogame.

[@njva228]

@@daviddavidson6289 literally said game/movie or real war footage. Learn to read

[@daviddavidson6289]

@@njva228 Oh no, I read what you said, but I don't give a shit about fiction or dudes who enlist to blow up brown kids.

[@koloraider]

After seeing their translated suffering, I must put an end to all zombified stalkers I see rather than quietly bypassing them.

[@dankovac1609]

It's loot, and it's humane. Both good things so do it, yes.

[@coolsceegaming6178]

@@dankovac1609 not even for the loot. Just to end the suffering.

[@zherean42069]

@@coolsceegaming6178 I need bandaids, meds and foods

[@arya31ful]

@@zherean42069 Don't let their demise come to waste.

[@rahuldoes]

Yes, that is my mission from now on.

[@lebitelexie9350]

I always loved the STALKER version of zombies more than most other media. The way they are clinging to small splinters of their past lives. Banding together out of instinct, huddling around campfires. I even caught a few using binoculars to gaze into the distance. Fooled me good cause I mistaken that one with a proper stalker. Knowing there is no way back for these pour souls, I prefer to quickly put them out of misery. Unless there are too many of them and I Need to give them a wide berth, heh.

[@keyboardstalker4784]

That kind of sounds like the zombies from George Romero’s dawn of the dead.

[@dimsum3329]

@@keyboardstalker4784 yeah, but STALKER zombies are worst in my opinion. They more like mad dogs with rabies, still very much alive, and wanting their old life's back

[@deli9437]

Dying light does this. Some zombies retain a form of consciousness but their brain forces them to attack humans.

[@keyboardstalker4784]

@@deli9437 the hybrids from system shock 2 are very much like this too. Except they’re fully conscious the whole time, and sometimes the control lapses, like when you hit them and they shout “KILL ME!”

[@kabob0077]

@@keyboardstalker4784 If you're unlucky enough the same can happen in Halo with the Flood, I mean it happened to Jenkins. There's also the Infested Terrans from that one mission in SC2.

[@LyghtOak]

“Кровь… Кровь… Мамa” the way he said that, it’s just, i can’t explain how he said the words Mama, he said it in such a way, as if he was being hanged and saw the light of heaven, it’s just. The way these people speak, makes even a grown man cry.

[@rahuldoes]

Yes. I cried. 46 years old.

[@Blue19324]

Always makes you feel guilty when the last words of a dying enemy is mom

[@commoncriminal923]

Shut up

[@LivonianGuy]

@@rahuldoes 1:26

[@PentaSquares]

true. I'm literally crying right now

[@FloydPinkerton]

the line at 1:08 makes me think the zombified stalker is remembering what turned his brain to goop. It sounds like an emission, how beautiful yet deadly they are. Bright like the sun, but at night, they emit no heat.

[@hazode]

I'm fairly sure, canonically, emissions do turn STALKERs into zombies. That and the brain scorcher. I could be misremembering, but I believe that's also how the C-Consciousness recruits new Monolith soldiers. The ones who don't get their brain totally fried by the emission or brain scorcher become a part of the C-Consciousness, make their way to the NPP and become true Monolith.

[@legion3408]

@@hazode Yep, this is actually how it goes, it's sad.

[@esequieltrindade9244]

@@hazode correct, i aways theorized that they expand the zone in this way

[@johnvena72]

@@legion3408 close its not the normal emissions but the psi storms that fry their brain iirc

[@zajim_yaytsami]

Not certainly in that way. Emissions, being pure and uncontrolled energy of the noosphere, sweep through the human nervous system like a lightning strike. Then it all depends on how strong the nerves of a particular person are. For some, the whole nervous system is shattered, the brain dies and the person too, it turns others into zombifieds, and for someone, for example, Scar and Degtyarev after the achievement, don’t give a shit at all. The Monolith troops is recruited in a slightly different way. His fighters are not zombifeds, their nervous system is not burned out and 100% fine, but their memories and beliefs changed for complete submission, while they retain all their intelligence, ability to handle weapons, think through tactics, and so on. For comparison: the zombies cannot be cured, they already have porridge instead of brains, while the Monolith fighters can be rid of influence and return to their former personality, as was the case with the Rogue's squad.

[@kyleaubreydelmundo7021]

Ooohhh damn, been playing Stalker for awhile and I never knew how sad and tragic these guys are. Especially some of them are loving fathers.

[@monolithsoldier3427]

And remember that counts towards any other stalkers you kill it doesnt matter if they are soldiers, monolithiens, duty, freedom or even bandits many of them just thought they make some cash and go back home to theyr family

[@Mukuta_Pavlov]

Nice try ,Monolith Soildier.

[@davidgruzin8269]

Tehnicaly, motolithians are not really evil - just brainwashed and controled by monolith.

[@davidgruzin8269]

Not to happy killing them, but necesary.

[@kyleaubreydelmundo7021]

@@davidgruzin8269 Indeed necessary, just put them out of their cruel misery.

[@Mau_Paladino]

"Dear daughter, dad will be back soon". Man, that breaks my heart... I've played this game so many times and this is the first I realize that zombies have feelings, even if they're fucked up in their minds.

[@The_GuyWhoAsked4]

I'll never look at a zombie the same way ever again

[@triptechable]

The last one got me right in the feels. They're all very sad but damn... Mom....

[@Supernautiloid]

Even the toughest man wants his momma in the end.

[@Daddy_Dagoth]

In stalker anomaly everytime I kill someone be it a bandit or mercenary or something and close to death they say mama... mama... Rarely do I feel anything in video games but that shit... jesus...

[@GeneralTantzu]

@@Daddy_Dagoth I think that is just a testament for how good STALKER games are.

[@dmitrijpaulauskas4426]

In russia its more of a language thing to say "mama" when youre scared or shocked

[@RKAW]

It's interesting to think that every human when reach our own personal limits we tend to call for our mom as only way to try to comfort ourselves, like we did when we was a kid, that hits different

[@hishamaziz764]

I like how no matter the faction, monolith, zombie, stalker, etc, they all enjoy the warmth of the campfire

[@notactiveanymorelolxd]

it is one true comfort in zone

[@notactiveanymorelolxd]

besides vodka

[@DJFreshJuice]

@@notactiveanymorelolxd Vodka makes you feel the warmth of the campfire within

[@snoopdoggo8596]

This video alone has made me adopt a self-defense mentality rather than a "suffer not the unclean to live" mentality in the zone.

[@ivanwickum6141]

Probably better for them to die anyway. Sad to think about but otherwise they just live a horrible existence forever, right?

[@thelightside77]

Yeah dude omg

[@NerfCrafter55]

Nah, it's better to be put out of your missery than stay like this.

[@snoopdoggo8596]

@@NerfCrafter55 that's true. Zombies are an exception. May they rest with their daughters and sons in the great big zone up above

[@30cal23]

man now i feel bad for just outright hunting zombies for fun after hearing this shit, this is how you humanize an enemy shut up im not crying *sobs quietly with wodka*

[@AiluridaeAureus]

This hurts so much more than the Half Life zombies... because the Half Life zombies are actually aware in their suffering and crave death, but these poor lost souls, they don't even know where they are. They mutter about their wives and daughters... their mother...

[@monolitwoods]

Stalkers, remember if your shooting them that your giving them peace from misery, don't feel too bad. But do try make it quick, aim for the head, these guys have suffered enough.

[@arya31ful]

Seeing them obliviously walking through thunderstorm is enough to make me come out of my shelter and end them ASAP

[@justusbladetooth]

Even as a tried and tested Merc, I don't hesitate to spare a round for these poor souls. They deserve rest. One clean tap to send them to their loved ones.

[@Blue19324]

@@justusbladetooth zombies pay back in bullets anyway... and bandages

[@edwardkenway8183]

True I always did headshots but now just headshots....

[@YeOleNerd]

I will make sure to put down the video game characters out of their misery

[@marcinhupaluk7422]

The crying soldier tears me up heavily, he lost all perspectives to normal life, and realizes it.

[@naeloopardayan538]

I mean ...it`s not like I`m such a sensitive guy but after watching the translation of their ravings I almost shed a tear...It`s like the inner core of their being is still preserved somehow, memories of the loved ones, good and joyous times in the sun, but they can no longer perceive reality as we do, can no longer tell friend from foe. Truly , a fate worse than death...

[@LivonianGuy]

1:26

[@r3zaful]

Friend or foe Yet, group together to gank me.

[@botisobshagy3573]

Imagine playing this being russian kid in 2000th. This game had been taken home from some bazzars or pirate stores, there was no internet and sometimes you were the first person who get this game in the village. So it was a total rethinking than you was playing it with friends (not many families had computers in the villages till 2010th, so it was only two may be three in the village and all the kids came to your house to watch your play and play with you). And after you was fighting zombies with friends you was playing alone one night and started to recognise their illegible voices, what they was speaking about. You cant check this fact from the internet, noone of your friend have recognized such voices. And it is like you alone understand these poor souls. God damn, i cant hear this voices again now remembering recent terrible events, knowing that this game was made by Ukranians, standing here in Russia and knowing that the coffin with my friend in it, who was one of thoose kids i was playing with, will came from Ukraine soon. And "Zombie" now only associeted with this curses first letter. Thousand of Ukranians and Russians have died for nothing. And i imagine, do they tell "I am bleeding, mom.." before the end and this thougths force me to cry.

[@LivonianGuy]

@@botisobshagy3573 That escalated into politics quickly. But honestly, no-one would've imagined kids who usually been playing this game in gaming clubs as dolg players would end up failing ЕГЭ(Russian Examination Board before reaching university-only thing that saves you from draft into army) and end up being involved in "active defence" of LPR and DPR.

[@AgentMk07]

How do you think the victims of headcrabs feel?

[@SpectreSigma]

the "im bleeding-mom..." wow. to see a man in his final moments, calling out for his mother, it hit hard. 10/10 video, even if it did make me sad

[@cap7648]

the ones that hit me the most is when the zombie said: ''I beg you, don't hit me... Don't...'' and ''I'm bleeding... I'm bleeding... Mom...'' the way he said it really makes me sad, i can't even imagine the pain that guy's going through.

[@ugurbegovic]

on a run of CoP, i've saved two stalkers by getting killed by a little hoard of dogs, one of them were injured already while i were running at gun shots. somehow we managed to kill those dogs before they kill the injured guy, or injure us. gave my medkit and we become friends after this, went Skadovsk together etc. after a couple days, i've been into a conflict with some Zombifieds.. while looting them... i saw his name.. my buddy either probably wasnt able to take shelter when Emission hit, or a damned controller done this, idk. but the Zone has taken them away from me there..

[@calanon534]

Funny, isn't it, that you can get attached to animated pixels? They really made magic with this game.

[@thenrgdrink7694]

Stalker really is that kind of game that they don't make anymore, im scared of stalker 2, im hoping it at least gets loads of mods

[@liljahjay]

Its interesting how, even though the game is not multiplayer, it still feels like it is because of how real the NPCs feel. Unlike regular game NPCs the STALKER NPCs seem to actually have some form of life. It is insane how much effort was put into making the game immersive.

[@ugurbegovic]

@@liljahjay exactly, my friend..

[@Kuro-UWU]

That's just a randomised name, in gane controllers and emissions do not create zombies, unless you are using Atmosfear.. But by lore controllers should be able to zombify

[@Tr8oR_V1]

Girls: "I can't believe he didn't cry during Titanic!" "Do men even have feelings?" Men:

[@GeneralTantzu]

Unironically this.

[@denisdenis3358]

Lol. None of them were forced to go to Zone. All of them went to risk their life for couple thousand roubles, because they are to dumb to find a normal job. So fack them. Especially the ones who have family and kids

[@LivonianGuy]

1:26

[@dedmos_drip]

666 likes

[@urthiti]

Bitches girl!

[@razvanpetrut9771]

Man, the third guy, talking about his daughter and how she's grown, got me teary...goddamn man😔😢

[@НагимаБекова-ъ9ь]

ууккккеееп

[@sanandreasjacob]

God damn. I've played through stalker so many times not even thinking about these guys. I've always thought they're brainless and beyond humanity. But listening to this fucked me up. Did I really have to kill like 30 of these guys to just get some tools for Cardan?

[@ToxicDreads]

I always heard familiar words coming from them like "mom" when they got shot. I felt bad for them thats why everytime I see one I try to put em down with one shot to the head uk...let them rest properly. Poor souls :/

[@kurogaming5259]

we need to see the positive side... we are doing them a favor by putting them to finally rest

[@FR4M3Sharma]

You did them a favor.

[@randomstranger_3]

....... Yes.

[@Overlord99762]

I always try to shoot as many as I can, the poor things deserve some rest

[@Ian_Paneque]

I've never played S.T.A.L.K.E.R, yet this made me cry. How is this series so underrated?

[@playerunknowen7965]

Only in USA in Russia this game very popular

[@Ian_Paneque]

@@playerunknowen7965 well, it's set in russia, so maybe same thing with 171 the brazilian gta

[@serhiy-serhiiv]

@@Ian_Paneque it's set in Ukraine

[@Ian_Paneque]

@@serhiy-serhiiv oooohhhh

[@Kuro-UWU]

@@playerunknowen7965 the game is mainly popular in Europe

[@Kh1m3ra]

It may be sad to finally realize what they've been saying all this time, but.. let's be honest, we were doing them a favor by putting them down. They were never going home..

[@Linxie777]

i see you have a protogen pfp :3

[@kabob0077]

Sometimes there are fates worse than death, and sometimes someone comes along and frees one from such a fate... This is one of those fates.

[@bloocarracer333]

@@Linxie777 Shut up

[@cortex8239]

Even if they come home. The only way they or anyone could enjoy it if someone found a cure. Knowing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R universe though. There is none, and even if they didn't murder their family the second they saw him...You can't accept the former shadow of a husband. That's what makes it the most sad for me. There is no return. No way back, just suffering and misery from the current

[@AgentMk07]

@@kabob0077 yeah, another horrible fate is being a victim of a headcrab

[@SvoiChelovek988]

Вот чем хорош «Сталкер»! Создатели сотворили не просто тупых зомбарей! Нет! Они создали ЛЮДЕЙ, а не просто куски мяса для отстрела! Это всё были (а может и остались) люди! Настоящие! Кто то пошёл в Зону по семейным причинам («Скоро папа вернётся»), кто то был простым путником и искателем артефактов! Но их судьба ужасна! Если к обычным зомби массовой культуры не испытываешь ничего, то эти… Пусть они и компьютерные модели, хочется сказать: «Боже! Дай им небесный покой… Отправь их души в рай, ибо в аду они уже побывали…»

[@MrGrey-mj1eq]

Я хоть и не верующий, но "пусть господь упокоит их души". Это действительно ужасная судьба. Единственный способ их угомонить - свинец в лоб. Это печально, ибо ни кто не хочет такой судьбы.

[@captainlongdongdizzle6560]

This is beautifully said

[@UsaKen_PMC]

Uh... As a father... I have mixed feelings. Sometimes when I play Stalker (CoC, CoP, maybe Anomaly someday) my daughter wants to sit on my lap watching her dad shoot zombies (which are getting more and more after emission). We didn't understand what they were saying at all, because we didn't understand Russian/Ukrainian, and no subtitles. Ironic because I had my daughter on my lap while shooting at the zombies who wanted to see their daughter. My wife will definitely scold us if we get caught playing Stalker. She said, this game is not for her age (and I can't argue about this) 🤣

[@lukasgroot]

Don't play Anomaly it will consume you. Oh, and after that give A.R.E.A. a try lol.

[@MarcoAdventures]

I can just imagine you sucking air through your teeth in an "Ooooh shit" after realizing what they're saying and its so relatable and funny.

[@UsaKen_PMC]

@@lukasgroot I've tried it, but my old laptop can't handle Anomaly. For now I just tried Lost Alpha and CoC. My son also just started middle school this year, so I wanted to buy him a PC. Maybe one day when I get to play Anomaly, they'll release Stalker 2. 🤣

[@UsaKen_PMC]

@@MarcoAdventures Well, at least I'm not in their position rn, so I can laugh. But idk what happened to the 'me' in the previous playthrough who died from being swept away by emissions. 😂

[@SoIDubTheeUnforgiven]

Wow, the same thing with my little niece. She’s six years old. She loves watching me playing, walking around the zone, shooting zombies, mutants, “bad guys”. She doesn’t want to play any video game or watch something more kids friendly. Instead, she asks me to play this game, says “it’s so interesting, like a movie”. 😂

[@ovs8691]

1:26 I have a childhood memory of me gighting a zombie with this soundclip, I was in some tunnel somewhere and I shot him, he ran away and started making this noise...I thought he was just randomly groaning like a normal zombie

[@jcodym13]

Remember, Stalkers. You are doing these poor fellow Stalkers out of their misery when you hunt them. Their brains are physically damaged beyond repair, and every second they live, they suffer. Don't let the Zone take you, friends.

[@shockchill]

The most hurtful thing that they're attacking you against their will and there's still no way back for them, but to die by our hands as a sign of mercy. Poor guys.

[@foxnightrunner]

Это реально очень больно бьёт по сердцу Особенно "Скоро папа вернётся"

[@23komnata37]

Что то в глазах мокра.....

[@ВалерийПроскуряков-е8з]

​@aldiyar618 Into Sunset из игры Metro 2033 Last Light

[@Bloodhoven]

13 years ago while playing Call of Pripyat I once stumbled upon a pack of zombies sitting around a campfire and one of them was mumbling out a joke to which some of the other zombies reacted by laughing. I really hoped to find these lines in your video^^

[@egonieser]

This so much reminds me of late stage dementia sufferers. My wife's mother passed away in such a manner, it's so painful to watch :( What made you human has been lost. You retain some motor functions, muscle memory and a few, few memories and even that slowly fades until nothing remains. Mumbling incoherently but with an odd phrase or sentence that's an out of context memory which the person doesn't even know is from, it's just the only thing they can remember.

[@GeneralTantzu]

You just had to go and make this more painful . . . But it makes Zombies seem scarily realistic, even if they are created with science fiction mumbo jumbo.

[@egonieser]

@@GeneralTantzu I know, but that's the first thing that struck me the first time I encountered zombified's. I didn't have an immediate "shit, zombies - fire!", to me it was "Damn, this feels oddly familiar..." (Minus the guns lol) I immediately picked up their mumbling speech since I can speak fluent Russian too.

[@agustinblanch8618]

I'm sorry man

[@0pt1m1sm]

damn hit right in the feels,sorry for your loss bro

[@TheThingInMySink]

Alzheimers too, lost two grandparents to that shit.

[@LitChainSaw]

2:01 This is just really heartbreaking

[@warlogaful]

When I found out what the zombies were actually saying and met them in the game, I hesitated in pulling my trigger on them. Then, they started shooting me and I had to put them down. I actually found myself whispering "I'm sorry" after the battle dust settled. Well, that screwed me up. It's just a game but it hit me hard still. Stalker is awesome because it really makes you reflect and think hard about what you're doing.

[@lorax8172]

Hunting them is a priority of mine, to stop their misery

[@warlogaful]

@@lorax8172 Putting them out of their misery is definitely the right thing to do. We just have to deal with our own misery doing so, I guess. I know, this is just a game, but still..

[@0pt1m1sm]

like other people have said, this just shows how good stalker games are

[@constanze2008]

@@warlogaful It feels so sad for me and this video literally made my day

[@NcrXnbi]

This is why I joined the MERCS. I have a black hearth, it's just business in the end. *BANG*

[@jackcutter2]

That mom one hit hard. Purely because no matter if you speak Russian or not. The word sounds the same as it does in English. You might not know what they said before that, but you know they're calling out to their loved one which hurts a lot

[@ViroRads]

Is kind of interesting how the word "mom" is similar in almost all languages

[@Bondrewd__21]

@@ViroRadsmost of the first sounds that newborns are make is mix of “umm, am, ama, ma” child not even have any traces of mind, but already study world around itself. And since mother is the closest thing to child most of the time of his first year of life, sound “mama” or “mom” just become the identifier to a child. And since culture and country of origin can’t affect a newborn word “mom” sound almost the same in almost any language.

[@ViroRads]

@@Bondrewd__21 Curious fact, in Spanish we have the word "mamá" (mom) to also refer to other things, such as. Mama (without the emphasis) means breast. it's also the conjugated 2nd person (singular) of the verb "mamar" (to suck, but used in the context of babies being breastfed) for example "el mama" (he sucks) Kinda cool.

[@diegojaque8597]

In Spanish too

[@OriginalMice45]

I wonder if they have completely lost their healthy minds, deluded in the illusion of being home or somewhere safe and comfortable or still have their sentience but a bit crazy for being want to be home and is just scared that they might get shot on sight for being the Zone's abomination so they shoot other stalkers out of self defense

[@NoName-bl7ot]

They mostly have thier memory, but brain is falling apart and being controlled....

[@dannylojkovic5205]

I think they’re more like the zombies from the Last of Us. I.E. they don’t have control of their bodies, they’re still technically alive, and they’re in constant pain.

[@OriginalMice45]

I guess it's up to us to end their misery huh?

[@peterparleecarr4516]

@@OriginalMice45 yeah... true pilgrim, true indeed.

[@LewisB3217]

I think it’s the last thing they remember before their brain got scorched

[@fawkes7601]

Приятно видеть как сообщество пытается узнать больше о любимой всеми нами игре

[@Lands33R]

God this hit me hard, I used to hunt them for sport just to practice my aim, I know that killing them is a mercy but now I will always have a hint of regret when I pull the trigger, rest in peace stalkers, you deserved better...

[@TheThingInMySink]

No regret for me, death is preferrable to whatever they're going through, not a doubt in my mind about that.

[@Lands33R]

I agree that killing them is doing them a favor, but still, that hollow shell used to be someone's father, someone's husband, someone's brother, someone's son

[@raven22at]

Dont make them suffer

[@yar0lot05]

"SHOOT BOSS YOU HAD TO!"

[@mniakan3544]

@@yar0lot05 somehow this was worse

[@MrDeyvid34]

Man...hits different. I used to feel little pity for these guys, just thinking 'damn, must be hard that you turn into that' but they still feel, and there's still a little bit of consciousness in them, like the zombies from Half Life

[@egonieser]

A few lines have been missed, especially at death. But it's just a variation of others such as: "больно, так больно..." - It hurts, it hurts so much.. and he keeps saying it until he fades which doesn't happen instantly..

[@cosmicthrillseeker]

that reminds me of melting from nt and his phrase "everything hurts"

[@Gass0208]

"it's just a game it's not that deep" the game :

[@AurelionSass]

**looks at video title** Hah, zombie voicelines, shouldn't be that interesting. I'll watch it anyways, could be funny even. **finishes watching video** **remembering the countless zombies i've killed in my many playthroughs** What have i done? **sobs uncontrollably**

[@jessicaenjoyer7272]

i mean you put them out of their misery, is better that way.

[@peterparleecarr4516]

Relax, you did the right thing by giving them an easy trip to heaven, atleast then they can meet the lord and know it wasn't their fault.

[@justjill.8965]

it's better that way at least then they can go home...

[@gen-zboomer]

@@jessicaenjoyer7272 bro but like, they clearly talk and maybe think though

[@jessicaenjoyer7272]

@@gen-zboomer Its like system shock 2 enemies, they can think and speak on their own but their bodies move alone

[@KolateralXC]

Great writing like this made this game so much better, these characters didnt feel like pixels on the screen but people with their own lives and their own stories

[@Blitz-0012]

Some of these feel like ramblings, others feel like the wishes they'd ask of the wish granter, or of the last thing they thought before being zombified.

[@nope8996]

I havent played this game, havent even heard of it. But these voice lines really made me emotional, I dont usually get so soppy over stuff like this and it's a rarity when I cry. But damn even though their zombies, they didnt want this and what makes it more emotional is that they're so human. They have more humanity then any games dialogue. The humanity and character these guys have make it so emotional especially the fact you have to kill them, but it's more of a mercy killing. Holy fuck this is really sad. I'm gonna have to check this game out. It's like all of them have so much emotion some sad, some angry, some kind like a child or a kind hearted person. They talk so human all different, all looking for something. I didnt mean to write so much but damn, just the fucking words of a couple of "npc"'s brought more humanity then half the shit being made now combined.

[@ToxicDreads]

I've always wondered and thought about the translations it's interesting to see what their saying...continue the nice work 🖤💪🏾

[@CP-jk3tc]

Same. I've been wondering about the translation since 2013.

[@grubwirld]

If your psy meter reaches zero and you manage to kill yourself before time is up it reads something like “you have escaped a fate worse than death” a very nice detail to such a sad story

[@onuryilmaz6243]

"Im bleeding, mom". Why is this the saddest one to me?

[@burningsinner1132]

"The Zone! The Zone, bitch…" is actually the reference to the "Roadside picnic" book. Shuhart freaks out when he learns that his partner on the raid (The one for "filled" dummy artifact) died from heart attack and starts his rant with that phrase.

[@jesusmartvya]

My god, I've been playing stalker for so much time and I didn't even thought about these guys. The level of attention of these details is awesome.

[@YUH-UH-NUH-UH]

1:21 Damn, This stalker before his brain was fried might’ve been abused, hence why he ran to the zone, only to become a poor husk of a human. Quite sad if you think about it that way. Got himself twisted up into something he didn’t intend on getting mixed up in…

[@DeezProtector]

found your comment!

[@joehill4094]

I think its more that he is somewhat aware enough to feel pain from being shot, so he it might be he is genuinely terrified begging you to stop hurting him, but not understanding that you are defending yourself.

[@midtown3221]

"I'm bleeding...bleeding...mom..." I never knew what they were saying. Now it makes sense. They truly have the worst fate and the best thing to do for them is to put them out of their misery. Truly living a fate worse than death. It's like only a tiny sliver of their humanity remains, but they're unable to perceive reality. Like being trapped in a cube of fogged glass only able to make out vague shapes and light, you're trapped within yourself and it's so damn surreal; completely unaware you've been robbed of yourself and now shamble like the dead even using guns. It truly is a fate worse than death.

[@talkingbenladen7975]

the victims of the cut-out group "Sin" can only compare with them, it's better for you not to know what they did with the stalkers caught...

[@midtown3221]

@@talkingbenladen7975 "Don't look up blue waffle" they said, so I looked up blue waffle. "Don't look up what Sin does with caught Stalkers.", now I'm gonna look that up too.

[@AgentMk07]

Yeah. Just like the zombie headcrabs, I feel bad for the victims.

[@woolsoxxvods]

I’ve often asked on streams what these guys were saying, and got some of this from chat. So sad. This video is so well done! Good job.

[@numbfinger7137]

Their brain might be disabled, but deep inside these lads still remains human. I'm crying for those zombified Stalkers. T-T

[@JPKILLER.]

1:55 this make broke on tears.... mama

[@VrrVolcano]

Damn, this video hit me like a train

[@greyson042290]

these poor Zombies still thinking about obligation as a loving husband, a father longing to his Daughter , and a Son who miss his mother, even on his last breath calling his mother

[@diel6755]

They sort of like hl2 headcrab infested zombie where actually they were talking and ask for help but the word was just too inaudible by normal means that we cannot understand it. Once i learn what they really said, i sometimes hesitate to shoot. But i know killing them was the quick way out of their suffering. The same was true for stalker

[@mosf1lm824]

Even though it pains me to pull the trigger, you must remember, Stalker... They are suffering, and the only thing you can do for them, is give them the only cure. The freedom. But the only way to give them that, is to pull the trigger, and end their suffering.

[@GeneralTantzu]

Wow, I was not prepared to get heartbroken by a video about STALKER's zombies.

[@syldude992]

Played and modded the first stalker obsessively when it was released, never knew how tragic the zombies were. That last one calling for his mom got me misty eyed...

[@TheSuperColonel]

Wow, these translations are 10/10, never knew all these Stalker factions were this depressed...:( Thank you for doing them,

[@PantherCat64]

Honestly the some of the best zombies in media, hits a lot classic notes: Waves, feels like there's a never ending of them, slowly making their way towards you, the transformation can happen to anyone because of poor luck, and that less than an animal acting on instinct. While also doing subversions I really like: they're not even dead, they can shoot you (All be it with poor aim), and the thing no story I've seen do right: actually humanize them. They're trying to grip on their humanity and wanting to go home with both being futile. It becomes a mixture of wishing you can help them, not wanting to cause any more suffering to them, but also realizing the best option for their (and your) sake no matter how you frame it is to kill them. They can't be cured, they're suffering because of what's left of their memories, if they make it out of the zone somehow they'll just attack someone else, and while not biologically yet they're already dead. They're humanized yet at the same time framed in a way where you still should kill them. Not even in a "Putting down a sick dog way", no this is something else entirely. The Zone is one screwed up place.

[@notactiveanymorelolxd]

a fate worse then death

[@Matin-o1b]

Started playing Stalker recently and damn I'm getting more and more close into the Stalker universe. Didn't thought I will enjoy this much playing the game in these hard days of my life 😁.

[@roubinnick]

"I am bleeding.. bleeding... mama.. ma.." There's a babushka out there who'll never see her boy again.

[@krispinwah2784]

fuck, man

[@Mantheon]

dayum this is dark as fuck, STALKER really nailed its atmosphere like no other game did with that attention to details

[@TiernanWilkinson]

Holy shit these have to be the most depressing zombies in history. Like, this isn't disturbing, it's just heartbreaking. I was expecting something akin to the HL2 zombie translation but no these are so sad! They just want to go home to their sweethearts and families and can't find the way anymore.

[@MareWT]

When i first started playing stalker my Russian/Ukranian wasnt the best But once i heard one zombie crying and calling for his mother behind a corner. It was really sad. It sounded so real. Worst fate of zone is to fall victim to brain scorcher made by C-consciousness.

[@egonieser]

It could be worse, you could've turned into a Monolith. Which are basically zombies just not deteriorated yet, but as you can see, many of them are in a worse state than others which implies they all eventually become zombified. Anomalous Dugout covered this pretty well. Zombies and Monolith are the same result, just one is mild - other severe, but even the Monolith brains are damaged beyond repair and once they outlive their usefulness they most likely just turn into zombies. They might be acting human still, but all their higher brain function has been washed. They're basically just more agile zombified's

[@zezek75]

@@egonieser How about Strider and the guys then? From this perspective, it looks more like Monolith are under active mind control, not permanently damaged/altered.

[@GeneralTantzu]

@@zezek75 I think they still do have some brain damage, because Strider and his men cannot remember their past life at all. Monolith fighters turning into zombies (eventually) does seem like it could be how some of the Zombies are created.

[@xXRealXx]

@@GeneralTantzu And they may have some brain damage because they can only speak in a monotone voice? But there's no way they would turn to be zombies, cuz they're too human. Hell, they are human

[@BababooeyGooey]

@@GeneralTantzu It also begs the question to how Strider and his men escaped the mind control. Even though the C-Consciousness is destroyed, there were still plenty of Monolithians that were still devout to their Monolith despite not being under direct control anymore, actively trying to find it again. These are questions that might've been answered in the STALKER 2, but......

[@krychur4956]

Jesus... during my first playthrough, I got spooked and just fired at them. now I understand my panicked killing of these guys was a mercy. this is even worse than most zombies I've seen, as these men are seemingly fully conscious, yet unaware of their illness. the worst thing you can do is leave them alone.

[@The_D_ray]

And I thought that falling in an anomaly was the worst thing that could happen to a Stalker.

[@sovlfvr]

The way the last guy said Mom made me shed a tear. After watching this, it hurt seeing zombies every time I encountered them in the zone, knowing I had to put them down to finally end their miserable suffering, even though they just wanna see their daughters and sweethearts again. I at least know that I truly am sending them to a better place.

[@LostBear.]

Damn I speak Russian but besides the last quote I never really listened in to what they had to say. That made me lowkey sad now

[@hazode]

I thought they spoke Ukrainian?

[@CeizoBro]

@@hazode they’re very similar

[@hazode]

@@CeizoBro To a degree! The Ukrainian alphabet is different from the Russian alphabet (although afaik the written words in the world of STALKER are mostly in Russian, due to the fact that Ukraine/Belarus was part of the USSR at the time of the CNPP meltdown - and IRL Pripyat is still pretty much the same as it was in '86, except with a load more trees and overgrowth). And I know that some letters are pronounced differently. Then again, I did read something that stated they share 62% of the same vocabulary, which isn't exactly a small number in terms of language similarity. I also thought there were a lot of differences in their words. Main reason I say that is because after learning a bit of Russian, going to then learn some Ukrainian was a pretty big headache for me. But, я идиот. It kinda seems like the similarities between Portuguese and Spanish. I guess you could sorta work out the general gist of what someone is saying, but to get the nuanced context, I'm not so sure. But with all of that being said, I'm fluent in neither, and OP says they speak Russian. I'm not doubting they understand, more just... idk, I guess just word vomit/stream of consciousness. I'm tired. Thanks for coming to my sleep-deprived nonsensical and probably atrociously incorrect TEDTalk This essay has been sponsored by Dunning-Krueger

[@LaserTractor]

@@hazode ingame npcs all speak russian. And in this video too

[@hazode]

@@LaserTractor ahhh, I wasn't aware of that! Thanks, I take back both of my previous comments 😂

[@raymarinas2107]

Imagine a zombie apocalypse where the zombies were just like the ones in the game. It'd suck to have to put down a zombie who's quite literally crying out to their mother. It'd break my heart.

[@CurvinProductions]

I can feel my heart sink into my chest and grow cold, this was a absolutely horrible but enlightening experience.

[@a.fuentes1891]

I've never played STALKER before, but this made me (almost) cry. I've never seen this kind of feature in a game. So sad, and gruesome.

[@cosmicthrillseeker]

You should play it. NOW!

[@bobbinette3368]

To be fair you kind of have to sneak up on them to hear them speak. 95% of my encounters with zombified stalkers is them spotting me, yelling and mag dumping their gun at me.

[@adlerstrohkirch6191]

Jesus christ never realized they had that much left to them. Those lines are so sad 😞😔

[@theoldtree2595]

Don’t leave a fellow stalker as a husk of their former selves don’t let them wander endlessly in the zone it may be difficult or time consuming but they deserve rest they’ve been through enough and maybe if luck finally abandons you stalker someone will do the same for you

[@rahuldoes]

This made me cry! Edit, 24 hours later:- I have watched this video 6 times; twice drunk and 4 times sober. Everytime, the exact same effect! I even dreamt of the many times that I had heard these sounds but did not know or care to find what they meant. I did comprehend "Baba", many a times, in the last 5 years with STALKER; but, this time, it is heavy, Man, it is damned heavy! I again have tears in my eyes as I write this.

[@GeneralTantzu]

Same here dude. I'm drunk and tearing up because of pixelated virtual Zombies. STALKER games just keep getting sadder.

[@joseaxellsatriawibowo3505]

The line "The spring is coming, so warmly, like home" sounded like the zombie was crying.

[@ugandanknuckles3900]

So they are technically "alive", just completely screwed up. Like walking dementia patients. Singular minded and most of all cognitively atomized.

[@averagemumeienjoyer5498]

Thats what happens when they are caught outside in an emission

[@ugandanknuckles3900]

@@averagemumeienjoyer5498 I always thought they were "gone" but just like on repeat like a record. I wasn't aware they were actually "conscious" lol

[@MrDarkOptik]

mind-controlled under monololith by emissions or by reaching the "wish-granter", such is the fate of Strelok 👈🏽

[@GeneralTantzu]

This video has made me think they are living in some sort of waking nightmare forever, without any ability to wake up and end it. Remember to end a zombie Stalker's suffering when you see one . . .

[@iminsideyourwalls9432]

Unlike zombies from any other games,the zombies in STALKER still haven't fully lost their glimpse of humanity.

[@реальность_эрика]

I feel so, so very sad for these poor souls, despite it only being a game. I truly hope they find peace in the end.

[@sillkthashocker]

I'm so glad we live in a world where we're actually getting Stalker 2

[@strange_0ne535]

This is one of the saddest things I've heard. I have to look at zombies differently now

[@JingaJing-g2q]

Okay... I did NOT NEED THIS🤨☹! I was doing just fine with my language barrier. Congratulations! Now my playthroughs will never be the same again👏😒!

[@oneofakindconner7224]

You're welcome

[@mon0light]

these games are 10 years old and people still don't know about things like this, interesting

[@xistakos2159]

"does my sweet heart love me she doesn't" enough to make a man cry

[@hoppegypuma2343]

After I have watched this video, zombies didn't exist... Instead, I would call them sleepwalkers. They are in some kind of basic vegetative state. Their brain isn't functioning in a way a healthy brain would, but instead it seems like they are just... Sleeping. But still, we don't know if they could be ever awaken from that state.

[@Axl4325]

Would be nice if there was an ecologist quest to capture zombified stalkers to see if they can be brought back

[@boilingman4357]

Their brains all fried up so healing them almost impossible

[@ryszakowy]

there's no cure for scorched brain the only cure for them is death

[@Вгостяхугеймера-м1к]

@@Axl4325 In designers documents of Stalker was quest about it

[@briankaka7332]

@@Axl4325 There Quest In Mod Called Road to The North Where The Ecologist Trying to Cure The Zombie And Its Start to Talking Instead only Mumbling like in this Vid But the Plot Twist is There Controller Controlling the Zombie

[@GoreTorn16]

Holy shit! I’ve been playing this for years and I’ve never known what the zombies have said. What’s even sadder is that the words they are saying are the last things they said before they died. The zone is indeed at cruel place.

[@RidhRidh]

Rita,we'll coma back soon,dont worry ,sweetheart,okay? Poor rita....

[@MilitaristTurkcu]

bro this got me fucked up. Esp the ones where they said "I'm bleeding,bleeding mama", "I beg you,Don't hit me, don't" and "Daughter,you've so grown,papa will come back soon"😢😢😢

[@Varius18]

Damnit man, I legitimately tear up finally knowing what they say, god I just wanted to be badass man clearing the zone, giving me the feels for these poor men, damnit man…

[@dietzel8988]

There are no badasses in the zone man. Its just the Zone, and the Stalkers. And these guys here, are now part of the Zone.

[@TheA1ternative]

Thank you for this, I could’ve sworn I heard them speaking but couldn’t make it out (I understand most of the other Russian npc dialogue).

[@taxidermypolarbear1724]

Nah the last one 😢 I hope there’s an afterlife for these guys so they can see their loved ones again

[@randomcat9314]

Wow, this is extremely emotional, I felt more emotion in these 2 minutes than I felt in a 1 hour full of emotion movie

[@stalkergamesful]

Now I'm feeling kinda guilty to hear this from a zombies, I mean, they are humans after all, after this disaster what happens at zone ... And this giulty is because I just shoot at head of zombie, like finish him, finish your suffering you know... This change my thinking about the zombies, spassiba bratan...

[@noscrim]

omg... i laughed at the *moaning* sub cuz it was so obvious but after that it turned so dark so quick. through 15 years i never knew how hearthbreaking things they say. thank you for the vid