STALKER info ...

[Paddy the Wak]

mikeh ... check your PM's.

[thechemist]

Here's another preview at bit-tech. Looks like the game is very close to done, but is still a little buggy. Let's hope between now and the end of March they can clear out the bugs and optimize the game a bit. There's a few screenshots in the preview, so it's definitely worth a look.

[Paradigm Shifter]

Yeah, I just read that. Stalker still looks impressive, but I might wait for a couple of patches, rather than pre-ordering like I was thinking I might...

[Gecko]

Aren't that bad? Come on, those graphics are STILL sweet. No, they're not OMFGWTFZOMG like they once were, but given the evolution of technolodgy, they'll be easier to run than previously, and they still look waaay better than Half-Life 2.

I'm looking forward to this game.

Yeah man, that's what I'm sayin' - I like 'em!

Plus, chances are good the game will be able to run maxed on decent gear - i.e. like in my sig - instead of having to lien my car for a PC upgrade loan... :lol:

[STAK3D]

Just to let you all know, there was an excellent update on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. posted to eurogamer a few days ago.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=72636
Among other things they point out it'll run great even on older machines, and is actually a fun game already. It certainly sounds like one worth playing given some of the descriptions.
(I've had the game preordered with amazon since 2003..!)

[qaz89qaz]

Ive played a MP leak of STALKER with some friend of mine, it wasnt breathtaking or anything like that, i really hope they improve the graphics on this game so that i can rest my eyes on something :P

[Paddy the Wak]

Beta keys available on File Planet ... if you have an account ...

http://www.fileplanet.com/betas/verify.aspx?b=14816&u=http://www.fileplanet.com/betas/stalker_auth_key.aspx

[Paddy the Wak]

Pants ! ... it is Vert- ... and no way to alter the FOV that I can find ... :( ...
It looks a great game other than that.

Screenshots later ... I don't have time now ...

[emanuel.en]

Pants ! ... it is Vert- ... and no way to alter the FOV that I can find ... :( ...
It looks a great game other than that.

Screenshots later ... I don't have time now ...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo :cry:

[maherie]

Played the multiplayer beat last night, not sure if I'm impressed, the game it's self seems to be good, but I just didn't get into it. I'd say the single player will be sweet!

[thedeadguy]

game no play good on widescreen monitor. i got 9800 it run on high, but have to run on 800x600 that make me mad. struggle on 1024 and 1280.

[g00seberry]

THQ today announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is now Gold. Developed exclusively for PC, the game is scheduled to be released on March 23rd in UK

Not far off now.

[FramerateUK]

Cool, looking forward to it. It might look a little outdated compared to the likes of Gears of War and such, but im sure it'll still be a good game :).

[emanuel.en]

Cool, looking forward to it. It might look a little outdated compared to the likes of Gears of War and such, but im sure it'll still be a good game :).

I don't think the graphics are outdated. Look at the third picuture here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=86180&page=5

The textures and lightning are awesome imo. :o

I can't wait to play the game this month!!! :D

[FramerateUK]

They certainly dont look bad thats for sure! The shadows are very nice, i just dont think they're quite up to some of the better looking titles availible at the moment. The models are quite a bit blockier than Gears of War too... (then again, everything looks bad compared to gears of war :)).

[Paddy the Wak]

Oh no ! ... bad news guys ... STALKER seems to have StarForce ...
Jonelo posted this video proof (about 25MB) over on the nVnews forums ... http://members.chello.nl/g.vdweg/Proof.avi
The proof is right at the beginning of the video ...
It is the Russian release of the game but ... who knows if the rest of the world will have it too ... lets hope not !!!

[ctrlsteef]

Well, that's just stupid. :?

[Paradigm Shifter]

StarForce BAD! :evil:

Oh well, one game I won't be buying if this is true...

[FramerateUK]

Thats terrible news, i was really looking forward to it :(.

[Cabezone]

Most of the time games have different publishers and copy protection methods in different countries of distribution. No way to tell what they'll use out here, they used securom in Germany for Stalker.