boiler March 20, 2007 Share boiler Member March 20, 2007 I just read this review of STALKER. I didn't know much about the game until a month ago or so, looks pretty interesting. If someone gets it, post up here what you think. I'm on the fence right now as to whether or not to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom March 20, 2007 Share discom Member March 20, 2007 I thought this game was vaporware.. I heard about it in 2002, and it looked really cool. After they kept delaying it, I just forgot about it. It looks like it's probably worth a try cause it tries not to be a "normal" fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom March 20, 2007 Share discom Member March 20, 2007 The only demo that is released right now is the Russian multiplayer demo http://files.filefront.com/STALKER+Russian...;/fileinfo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 20, 2007 Share anonymo Member March 20, 2007 Yes...it's about time isn't it? Supposedly it doesn't actually come out until Friday (weird release date) but I've seen my fair share of forum posts about people playing the game in North America so it is on store shelves somewhere...I'd run out and buy this game if I thought my 9800 would stand a chance (which it probably will, after reading the reviews, but it will look so ugly!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler March 20, 2007 Author Share boiler Member March 20, 2007 I could sell ya my 7800gt, mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller March 20, 2007 Share Leveller Member March 20, 2007 I've been following this game since it was first announced 5-6 years ago. I really want to get it, but doubt my current hardware will do it justice, it'll have to wait until I've finished my relocation etc.. At which point Crysis will probably be out, so that'll be top of my shopping list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler March 20, 2007 Author Share boiler Member March 20, 2007 I KNOW I'll be getting Crysis when it comes out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 20, 2007 Share anonymo Member March 20, 2007 Supposedly this game runs fine on a 9800 on all low settings...it's when you crank up the settings that it kills even SLI'd 8800's I could sell ya my 7800gt, mo newwink.gif Is it AGP?...yeah...I know...I'm waaaaaay overdue! HI DUKE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller March 20, 2007 Share Leveller Member March 20, 2007 Mo, if it was a 7800 GS it'd be AGP, that's the card I currently have, good card, but yeah, I'm way overdue for an upgrade as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler March 20, 2007 Author Share boiler Member March 20, 2007 Supposedly this game runs fine on a 9800 on all low settings...it's when you crank up the settings that it kills even SLI'd 8800's kills SLI'd 8800's? That seems a bit of a stretch, from what I've read the graphics aren't the best ever seen for dx9, although they're still very good. I'd bet my 7800gt would perform admirably at 1280x1024 at least Oh, and if you're still running AGP, I'll chip in $2 for the "buy Mo some new parts" fund! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 20, 2007 Share anonymo Member March 20, 2007 Supposedly this game runs fine on a 9800 on all low settings...it's when you crank up the settings that it kills even SLI'd 8800's kills SLI'd 8800's? That seems a bit of a stretch, from what I've read the graphics aren't the best ever seen for dx9, although they're still very good. I'd bet my 7800gt would perform admirably at 1280x1024 at least Oh, and if you're still running AGP, I'll chip in $2 for the "buy Mo some new parts" fund! I've heard that it isn't that graphically breathtaking, however people are saying that even with 2 8800's in SLI they can't run it completely smooth with everything on high (with the PC to back it up of course) Now that in no way means it's really GPU or CPU intensive, on the contrary it's probably just poorly coded...<glares at source> I'll accept any donations but it's really not necessary...every time I start thinking of upgrading the next great thing is released and I lose my nerve...I expect to upgrade this year tho (full on new PC, still need my old one for music...thank god music programs aren't as hardware intensive as games anymore) Also my 360 still hasn't fully amortized... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox March 20, 2007 Share appalachian_fox Member March 20, 2007 Supposedly this game runs fine on a 9800 on all low settings...it's when you crank up the settings that it kills even SLI'd 8800's kills SLI'd 8800's? That seems a bit of a stretch, from what I've read the graphics aren't the best ever seen for dx9, although they're still very good. I'd bet my 7800gt would perform admirably at 1280x1024 at least Oh, and if you're still running AGP, I'll chip in $2 for the "buy Mo some new parts" fund! Sheesh, if it's simply having an AGP video card that gets you a new parts fund, I'ma gonna apply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashad March 20, 2007 Share Rashad Member March 20, 2007 been following this game for a while, glad it's finally released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracid March 20, 2007 Share Tracid Member March 20, 2007 I have the game yarggg . Its pretty fun but can get very frustrating because this game is very RANDOM. Every action that you do there is always a negative effect, and from what I've played so far, you can undo them. Take a quest from this faction and next time the opposite faction will shoot you on site! That's very harsh because the main plot sometimes places you in the vicinity of either faction and its annoying trying to dodge bullets while talking to NPCs. Then there are anomolies (radiated areas) THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, sometimes you will get electrocuted by just walking through the wrong part of the zone. Heck when the game loaded me in a new area this mini tornado formed out of nowhere and almost killed me! The only plus side to this game is your counter strike skills do play a good part since most of the enemies take about 2-3 shots to the head to finally let pwn them. This game reminds me of the Fallout games in FPS perspective lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan March 21, 2007 Share JackieChan GC Alumni March 21, 2007 my only gripe is that the AI spots you way too easily, even if you're not making any bit of sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 21, 2007 Share anonymo Member March 21, 2007 my only gripe is that the AI spots you way too easily, even if you're not making any bit of sound. I miss teh jc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom March 21, 2007 Share discom Member March 21, 2007 It's hard for me to say if this game is any good while only getting 1 frame per second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan March 22, 2007 Share JackieChan GC Alumni March 22, 2007 my only gripe is that the AI spots you way too easily, even if you're not making any bit of sound. I miss teh jc I miss him too, mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC March 22, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member March 22, 2007 When you first start the game is runs horrible, but after a minute or so when the area is actually loaded it starts to run better. My FPS also drops in half every time it is dark and lightning strikes, which is annoying. I think the graphics aren't too bad, the textures are nice and the shadows/lighting is REALLY nice. My only real graphical beef is with the character models, they look low poly and poorly proportioned (skinny little ankles). And yes, those anamolies are EVERYWHERE. A few hours into the game you get some nice armor suits that pretty much let you walk right through them without getting injured or receiving some massive radiation effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik March 26, 2007 Share Vovik Member March 26, 2007 Yes, I'm on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 26, 2007 Share ZeroDamage Member March 26, 2007 Yeah, Source has some issues for me, always has. After an hour maybe, my frame rate will become erratic and the only way to fix it is to completely reboot the machine. I am not sure if it is the game or if it is my system needing a reinstall of XP. I am waiting on that until I do my upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik March 26, 2007 Share Vovik Member March 26, 2007 I have issues with it too. Aside from occasional mission bugs there's hanging and engine crashes. I reinstalled my ATi drivers to like 6.4 which never hang any other game for me, including GTASA which used to hang after hour of play on newer drivers. So I guess hanging is due to the game itself not being polished. I hope there's a patch coming soon to address some of these issues cause it's a sweet game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC March 26, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member March 26, 2007 I have issues with it too. Aside from occasional mission bugs there's hanging and engine crashes. I reinstalled my ATi drivers to like 6.4 which never hang any other game for me, including GTASA which used to hang after hour of play on newer drivers. So I guess hanging is due to the game itself not being polished. I hope there's a patch coming soon to address some of these issues cause it's a sweet game. I had pretty much the same problem. I have a x1900xt and was using the 7.2 drivers and had constant crashes and freezes. I couldn't even get the game to run more than 10 seconds with 7.1. So now I am using 6.12 and they seem to be ok. I don't think STALKER likes ATI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik March 26, 2007 Share Vovik Member March 26, 2007 I have issues with it too. Aside from occasional mission bugs there's hanging and engine crashes. I reinstalled my ATi drivers to like 6.4 which never hang any other game for me, including GTASA which used to hang after hour of play on newer drivers. So I guess hanging is due to the game itself not being polished. I hope there's a patch coming soon to address some of these issues cause it's a sweet game. I had pretty much the same problem. I have a x1900xt and was using the 7.2 drivers and had constant crashes and freezes. I couldn't even get the game to run more than 10 seconds with 7.1. So now I am using 6.12 and they seem to be ok. I don't think STALKER likes ATI. I think since AMD bought ATi total idiots are in charge of making drivers for vid. cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC March 26, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member March 26, 2007 My game runs alot faster with 6.12 too. I used to have to run the game on medium to get reasonable FPS, now I am running it on max with no problems. I think AMD did something to ATIs drivers too, with 7.2, even without STALKER, the CCC was constantly crashing and performing illegal operations when I started games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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