On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:16:48 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

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Now if only it actually gets released. ;-)

I like that there's no leveling, skill trees, perks etc... Not that
these things don't have their place but they've gotten overdone over
the years and often ruin immersion in the process of trying to keep up
with the Jones'.

And no xray vision. I'll probably get it just for a change of pace.

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I did pre-order, partly to show support, which sounds depressingly futile
and feeble now. Hope it is good and not too consolized (just finished replaying Stalker1 a few days ago)

rms

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On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:16:48 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

So reportedly STALKER 2 has 'gone gold', that is, its reached its
final 'ready for release, no more features or fixes added' version. It
has a reported released date of November 20th of this year.

Will it really make it?

Onto a production CD from a gold master? I doubt it.

Wait, what were we talking about again?....

Oh yeah, I'm interested to see what STALKER 2 is about. Might even pay
full price for it.

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On 09/11/2024 16:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

So reportedly STALKER 2 has 'gone gold', that is, its reached its
final 'ready for release, no more features or fixes added' version. It
has a reported released date of November 20th of this year.

I'll wait for reviews to come out but I can see it being a premium game
that I'm prepared to pay for on release.

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On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 18:42:19 -0700, "rms" <[email protected]>
wrote:

I did pre-order, partly to show support, which sounds depressingly futile
and feeble now. Hope it is good and not too consolized (just finished >replaying Stalker1 a few days ago)

rms

War or no war, I want to support it for the simple matter that they
seem to want to stay true to their own franchise rather than cave in
to the syndrome that is becoming the downfall of many game companies.

They're saying "yes there's a story there, but you don't need to pay
attention to it at all to enjoy the game".

I would much rather hear that than "hey, we paid Kim Belair and Sweet
Baby Inc. a small fortune to go through our story,
validate/edit/correct it politically and make sure its a game that
will appeal to the woke and make white males cringe... so we thought
it was important to force the player to endure cutscenes and not
bypass the behavior correction experience that was so important to
Kim".

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I'll wait for reviews to come out but I can see it being a premium game
that I'm prepared to pay for on release.

Keep in mind its on pc gamepass at launch, so you could play the whole
game for a month's sub.

rms

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