Just a quick one to say a massive thanks to everyone who has commented, watched or shared this video. I never thought it'd get any traction so I'm really glad it's resonated with a lot of Stalker fans. Following some feedback I've gotten a much better mic setup & will be getting some decent editing software, probably looking to make some more Stalker videos in the future covering mods, Stalker 2 news & giving some opinions on some other things within the franchise - I just need to figure out a schedule & would love to hear some topics you'd be interested in being spoken about. Not to shill myself too much but I have been busy streaming over on my Twitch www.twitch.tv/milkfingers458, and I'd be greatly humbled if anyone interested would head over there to check me out. I'll be streaming all sorts of survival horror games, I've just completed Darkwood & will likely be playing Dead Space next, so if that's your cup of tea I'd appreciate a moment of your time if you'd like to come & hang out, chat about video games, movies or whatever's going on in your life. Again thank you all, much love. Milk

I love seeing more and more creators making videos about OG STALKER these days. A far cry from the flood of total conversion mod videos of a year ago.

They are offering stalker on console now. I was reviewing videos before I buy the game. Your video is the best I've come across so far. I saw where it was your first video. I hope you continue making videos. You seem to have a real knack for it. Wish you well. God bless .

jumping into the OG stalker trilogy is pretty solid entry into stalker

Fhey just shadow dropped on consoles today.

I've played this game since it came out. Got the two follow up games that came later, and just love the franchise. Its awesome seeing new content for a game that's as old as it is. Have subbed man, and all the best.

11:45 General Kenobi! 😄

nicely done mate; keep up the good work

Thank you for mod recommendations, helped

it was a good, straight to the point video man, and I am glad to have entered recently the STALKER franchise because i find such amazing people making awesome videos about a really awesome videogame :D It was fun watching your video even though i have already played the whole series xD . good hunting stalker!

hey man i’ve have about 90 hours in soc and im pretty new to the community. seeing something geared towards new players is really cool to see and inspiring.

Please more of this. What a fresh video I love it ❤

I think having seen the Tarkovsky movie it also adds some depth to the feel of the games. For some reason whenever i was near the plant-Southern side where you always find the Pseudogiant/s and the Chimera in Anomaly under the open sky near the irradiated buildings it always reminded me of the movie which made me feel a connection to the other stalkers. (which are ofc. npc-s but never mind) It's probably because the radiation makes my chainsmoking habits surface which reminds me of the movie for some reason and i was there a lot making money out of the mutated parts. I played the original games when they came out but then dropped them and only got back to them a few years ago through Anomaly myself. The hype was real around the games but i had other games to play (the time the OG Stalkers came out was a real golden age of games if anyone remembers)wasn't that much into its kind of horroresque genre at the time, it's an acquired taste. (controllers still give me heart attacks-in fact even just seeing the psy light effect did in Anomaly still, i especially love the bush camo ones :D) But yeah, Anomaly is pretty empty and at some point right at Lab X-18 the game bugged out for me-the disguise system was bugged as well, a lot of wasted potential in that game from a roleplay perspective and i just wasn't interested in playing the story further as i experienced all the weapons i was interested in and finally got bored of sniping around the Cement Factory and its vicinity. Will probably give Gamma a try at some point whenever i have nothing else to do. I agree Anomaly is probably not the best for new players even just simply because of its emptiness which can make you bored fast. I remember a Bloodsucker attack at night from the OG games while i was hunting for parts for Sakharov and it felt way more intense at the time than everything i experienced in Anomaly combined, i really don't know what made me stop playing it at the time because i also liked the mystery of the games back then-especially the Wish Granter lore which we knew virtually nothing of at that time.

You rule man, I believe it is the right thing to make videos about things you like, footage's nice too.

Im jumping on now so I can say I was sub#3 when this channel gets big. Great video!

No critiques. Cheers for the mod recommendations!

Just stumbled on this game and I can’t believe I haven’t played it yet, I’d be interested in seeing a seasoned player’s play on it

Good video mate. Agree with pretty much every point you made. Seeing as the OG Stalker trilogy has just been released on consoles (with mods to come later this year), might be a good idea to make more content like this. Capitalise on it.

hey man great video! always wanted to know the differences between the stalker games and the mods like gamma!

It was helpful! Thanks man!

nice video it helped a lot even tho im now planning to play cop idk if its just me but i feel the voice is a lil bit low

Great video. Subbed

I started with GAMMA and I don't regret it, that mod pack allows me to customise my experience to roleplay how I want. I've watched a boatload of lore videos and even gave my guy a background & motivation to be in the Zone (which I later learned has some similarities with the book's protagonist.) And while I never played the originals, because in 2007 I was on a console stint, I did follow development and I solely blame them for me wanting to and actually visiting Chernobyl back in 2011. I despise gatekeeping behaviour, if I'm enthusiastic about something I'd want to share that with as many others as I can. I'll probably play the originals at some point (I do have them on steam already) but for now I'm too engrossed in the 80 hours of my own story.

For your first video this was great! my only complaint is that your audio was really quiet, but other than that i liked it!

Hello. Nice video. I'm on my first ever play through of SoC using the Starter Pack mod which updates the graphics, weather, fixes bugs and makes the game more siutable for playing on higher definitions and modern aspect ratios, without changing any of the game mechanics or story. I have to say I'm thoroughly enoying it.

COP and SOC both have Gunslinger now. Clear Sky has to wait a little longer

Good video. As an oldfag who did indeed start with the version 1.0 of SoC way back in early 2007, I find it just insulting that so many people home-in towards megamods like Anomaly or Gamma, not even giving the vanilla GAMES a shot. They're absolutely timeless masterpieces all (patched) vanilla. I do recommend some bugfixers, like the ZRP and SRP, for SoC and CS though. One thing though: I noticed that you were playing SoC on the "Static Lighting" (DX8) mode. Was that on purpose, or did you not even know that there is a much, much prettier DX9 mode? DX8 is essentially 2003 mode, pre-baked lighting and no normal mapping. It looks kinda nice, but the fully dynamic DX9 mode really makes it look like a borderline 2010s game.

I agree that Shadow of Chernobyl is definitely a must play if you want to get into the series and haven't played it at all. Not only that but why wouldn't you? I'm playing it Right now on PS4 as it was recently brought to the console and I'm having a great time. I will agree that the shooting may seem clunky at first but as you play the game you can see that the developers did put a lot of work into the ballistics of weapons as you can see that bullets do drop and don't just go on forever and not hit scan. Moreover the condition of your weapons also matter as the more damaged/used your weapon is the less accurate and useful your weapons will be. And yes you cannot repair weapons without mods but at the very least with the use of special artifacts that you can collect throughout playing the game you can use them to repair your armor, which will matter much more for you later on as it will save you from believing you have to replace your armor instead of repairing it which will cost you a hefty sum especially for the high tier armors. Not that it's hard to make money really, it's not. If you know what vendors to use you can make a killing but I just don't think it's necessary to spend money unnecessarily especially when you can repair your armor and save thousands.

Very good video especially for being your first !

Whoa, apart from the mildly muted editing style, I wouldn't had guessed that this was your 1st video. So not bad I mean to say. And about SoC, 17 years and counting and it just doesn't get old. Sure, we've spent time apart, but I find myself returning to it from time to time, maybe years apart. Also the modding side is a whole world of its own.

What about Antology? I heard it lets you experience the first 3 games stories on the Anomaly base

Very good video

It’s on console now which is sick hopefully the cult following grows

I’m a 20 year console peasant but I’ve watched quite a few hours of content about these games and have always wanted to play it. Now it’s on consoles and I have to assume they’ve polished the game at least somewhat and the age old difficulty argument seems to not apply. I started playing on novice and it was very easy, now I’m playing on Master and it’s very hard so I think they’ve “sanitised” the difficulty setting for us simple console fools. It has lived up to my expectations being a very immersive, very gritty and extremely fun game. Mods are coming to consoles “later in the year” but I’m hoping I finish at least the 1st game before they arrive because I know I won’t be able to resist them but the game is truly excellent without them. I’m finally a Stalker and I’m loving it🤓

Step 1: Enjoy the older fallout games Step 2: Have your balls drop and get and unhealthy obsession with acoustic guitar, vodka, and russian made firearms

also call of Pripyat is a must play along with soc while the overall story is not as good as soc but the side quest and the way GCS rote the character's 100% makes up for that and i would say the side quest are on par with the one's from the Witcher and that says a lot the fact that you're effecting the story thought-out the entire game and that you well likely not realize that show how well made call of Pripyat's narrative is and that is something most games even today do not do well also the character's i would say call of Pripyat does a great job at making the characters entrusting two examples being cardan and vano overall it's an experience not worth missing and while it only has 3 maps i don't think that brigs down how great the game is and how much effort GSC put in

Great video man. Most stalker creators have bad mics and annoying voices

Would you recommend playing SoC on Master difficulty? I started my first playthrough on it based on recommendations but I can't say I'm having a good time as enemies tend to be bullet sponges, even when I try to go for headshots as much as possible. Last night I just threw my hands in the air and quit after I unloaded five AK rounds in some dude's face at point blank range and he didn't even flinch. Watching your gameplay footage here makes me wonder what I'm doing wrong. 🤔 It could be that I come primarily from retro FPSes, so I'm not used to this sort of gameplay. The only Stalker-like I played and adored was Chernobylite. As far as pure tactical FPS goes, I'm also experienced with Counter-Strike 🤪 Great vid btw. Appreciate it.

Good video, agree with most of the points, only critique I have is about the video itself, your voice is extremely quiet, bump up the volume in editing next time around, also the aspect ratio giving the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen is a little off putting but its a minor nitpick.

Best games ever

Some feedback, as requested. It would be nice to see your uploads in their true aspect ratio, as opposed to a stretched ultrawide and crank up the volume a little bit please 😄 Another thing with audio, if you export your voiceover track by itself and process it through Adobe Enhanced Speech you will get surprisingly good denoising and mastering, to avoid it sounding too processed I usually just sync it up with the original audio file (instead of just replacing it) in the video editing software. Welcome to the STALKER sphere of content creation... it's great and strange, but mainly great!

I started with Clear Sky and now I’m going through Shadow of Chernobyl.

First video? It did not seem like that, well made. I really like GAMMA & I've never played another stalker game ever, I'd never even heard the term outside the stalker 2 trailer, But that seems like release is far away.. There's something about running 540 mods on top of a modded title that I really like. They did a good job on it.

Absolutely love seeing videos related to the og trilogy. especially ones like this where its telling the viewers to start with the trilogy. the stalker youtube space has been absolutely flooded with gamma players who only care about gun porn and graphics and also tell people to not play the trilogy and only play anomaly and its modpacks. great video keep it up mate

Thanks for the vid. I’ve been wanting to get into stalker and tried anomaly but I just don’t know what I’m doing. I will definitely try out the actual games

Wanna try yer hand at some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges?

Subscribed ...

the only critique i have for this vid is its quite quiet for me in comparison to the rest of my yt but really good otherwise

I am playing cs for the first time I heard it was a prequel to soc. I’m at the part where I have to get my stuff back in the swamp. On one hand I have to escape a pack of dogs on the other hand I’m going to be surrounded by zombies with guns.

Old guy with bad eyesight, terrible reflexes, and...well old. I hated SoC after my 3rd death in 5 minutes. So I modded the snot out of it. And then, I could pay attention to the world around me other than just "where is my next non-irrradiated anomaly free cover".

thanks bud

Links below: My Twitch: www.twitch.tv/milkfingers458 Mods ZRP: www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/index.html How to Install: www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/3d4re8/newbie_here_how_do_i_install_zone_reclamation Photo Realistic Zone: www.moddb.com/mods/photo-realistic-zone-2/downloads/photo-realistic-zone-21 How to install: www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/3cbyag/need_help_installing_photo_realistic_zone_2/ Autumn Aurora 2: www.moddb.com/mods/autumn-aurora-compilation-mod/downloads/autumn-aurora-21-by-autumnal-wanderers How to Install: steamcommunity.com/app/4500/discussions/0/37470848469755854/?l=german STALKER Complete: www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009

So what tips do you have when theres no mods? (Playing on PS5)

FYI: Volume is really low.

My question is thus... Can a man without knowledge of prior stalker games, read 'Roadside Picnic' and jump straight into playing anomaly, considering his newly found obsession, and deep understanding of its concept? Can he survive? Will he learn how to become a true stalker; Regardless of the challenge, if the book alone has made him invested? We know the book does not contain account of mutant activity, but will he adapt to the zone's new threats?

Good video and now we have console players to convert hehe.

A lovely video! Well done brother. I will say, my only critiques are that 1.) anomaly does have a story! It's not just a larp. There are 3 chapters. Now, whether they are good or not are up for debate. But they exist! 2.) Can you turn the mixing for your voice up a little :)

The trouble is the current generation have been brought up by the internet to be entitled little bitches ... not by their parents. They believe the only relevance is media created NOW, and disregard video gamings rich past as if gaming only came to prominence in their time ... they're oblivious to the fact I was ten when gaming began to first gather steam, I've always been a gamer ... still am, currently in GAMMA but I loved all of the originals as they came out. And of course you're correct ... the only place to begin is SoC ... just ask Mary Poppins. Thankyou for championing the originals (rightly so).

I played Stalker way back in 2007 when was launched... Today I installed Anomaly and wanted to try GAMMA, I could not download GAMMA, always getting - Check Internet connection

I always suggested Complete for the dedication to the original ambience. I am inclined to think now that Radiophobia 3 is the way to play SOC now...a bit difficult but fun.

But like Gamma has a story mode???

Is there perhaps a mod that not only improves the gameplay but also adds more quality hand animations while also keeping the entire story of SoC completely vanilla? I've been asking many people for that and they offered quite a few mods, but just couldn't get the hint that I *don't* want any missions that aren't included in the base game. I only wish for a mod that STRICTLY improves the gameplay. It doesn't tamper with any mission, ever, doesn't add any new missions, ever. The story stays completely untouched and the only thing that's been tampered with is the gameplay.

good video. turn yo damn mic up tho dayumn

cannot hear a thing

👂👂🔊🔊

Stalker dropped on console. It's definitely jank as all hell, and could have been better ported, I feel. But I keep wanting to play more, despite that.

Stalker Anonaly did it for me, i recommend it to everyone AND is free. Watch stalker videos to know the story of the first three games and the lore and then play Anomaly. Its awesome. (Or watch the content as you play through, its awesome)

Just... don't.

STALKERS FINALLY ON CONSOLE BRO!!! THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS TOO! Been hoping a day like this would come 🥲🥲 Yo USO, Luv From DownUnda 🇦🇺💙🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

I started with GAMMA and I don't regret it, that mod pack allows me to customise my experience to roleplay how I want. I've watched a boatload of lore videos and even gave my guy a background & motivation to be in the Zone (which I later learned has some similarities with the book's protagonist.) And while I never played the originals, because in 2007 I was on a console stint, I did follow development and I solely blame them for me wanting to and actually visiting Chernobyl back in 2011. I despise gatekeeping behaviour, if I'm enthusiastic about something I'd want to share that with as many others as I can. I'll probably play the originals at some point (I do have them on steam already) but for now I'm too engrossed in the 80 hours of my own story.