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Fear · Post by **Fear** » March 24th, 2007, 17:31

I quite enjoy CAD, it's the best gaming comic I know of.

Tho what are "head nuggets"

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » March 24th, 2007, 17:34

Fear wrote:I quite enjoy CAD, it's the best gaming comic I know of.

Tho what are "head nuggets"

BLASPHEMY! try penny arcade instead, it makes no sense most of the time.

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 24th, 2007, 18:14

Mnnnnnngh! Stalker arrived today, but I wasn't here to recieve it so the bastard took it back to the post office. Now I have to wait until monday

Jediwannabe · Post by **Jediwannabe** » March 24th, 2007, 18:41

I'm struggling with this game at the moment. I seem to die a lot more than is normal for me, and mostly due to a few "unfair" glitches.

The first time I ran that first mission, it went without a hitch - but now, whenever I try to start over from the beginning (I missed something fairly obvious, and it wasn't to early to start over) I always end up as the last stalker alive, and get my ass handed to me.

After giving up on the do-over, I tried just running the normal missions. For a start, there's a bunch of mutants I'm supposed to clear out from a specific area, that simply... don't exist. And then as I'm trying out the story mission, I had the awful experience of seeing two bandits spawn out of thin air, right on top of me, and shoot me in the head. I didn't stand a chance!

I'm also having a fair bit of difficulty working out exactly what I'm supposed to be doing, but that's completely normal for me when it comes to open-ended games like this. If I can get over it in Oblivion, I'm sure I'll manage in Stalker, but my constant habit of being dead is seriously hampering my progress.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » March 24th, 2007, 19:12

Jediwannabe wrote:For a start, there's a bunch of mutants I'm supposed to clear out from a specific area, that simply... don't exist.

Just walk around that area and eventually you'll see some blind dogs, shoot them (or just chasing them off works I think) and repeat once or twice.

But this game is very frustrating, random objects will appear from nowhere, others will disappear, etc.

And I'm also very concerned I'm doing things wrong or missing stuff, for example I had to defend some camp from bandits then talk to some guy, I defended the place, talked to the guy, then a sneaky bugger popped up and killed the guy mid sentence, so I have no idea if he said anything important or what

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 24th, 2007, 19:19

Weird, I've not had any random appearances etc.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » March 24th, 2007, 19:20

Ah, that should have been objectives, not objects.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 24th, 2007, 19:25

ahh

often tasks will appear when you enter a zone and go when you leave (or get overridden by the main tasks) others will just time out after a day to confuse you.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 24th, 2007, 19:36

Fear wrote:Tho what are "head nuggets"

His head looks like an arse and butt nuggets (aka klingons). That was my interpretation anyway.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 24th, 2007, 19:38

spoodie wrote: His head looks like an arse and butt nuggets (aka klingons). That was my interpretation anyway.

That

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » March 24th, 2007, 19:49

Dog Pants wrote:Mnnnnnngh! Stalker arrived today, but I wasn't here to recieve it so the bastard took it back to the post office. Now I have to wait until monday

i had the same thing last week, i had to go three damn times to the post office, the first time it wasn't open, and i waited a half hour for nothing, the second time i had to queque for another half an hour, only to be told to return the next day. the worst thing about it all? i was home when they delivered it, but couldn't hear as i was on the toilet.

although you people are lucky they work on saturday, ours don't work in the weekends, deliver a week late or worse, and don't start working till 3 in the afternoon.

post=lazy bastards.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » March 24th, 2007, 21:09

Does anyone know what the little stories behind the purple treasure markers are supposed to mean? Most of them dont make sense at all, things like "I threw my bag here, better go pick it up before the commander relocates us" what?

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » March 24th, 2007, 21:15

Jediwannabe wrote:I'm struggling with this game at the moment.

i've been having a bit of trouble as well. Got to the second area and defended the hanger from the bandit raid and now i need to meet with Moles group. But the area i need to get through has a never ending amount of bandits that bum me into next week. Thought i'd try going back to first area, maybe find a better weapon or something

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » March 24th, 2007, 21:18

Lee wrote:Does anyone know what the little stories behind the purple treasure markers are supposed to mean? Most of them dont make sense at all, things like "I threw my bag here, better go pick it up before the commander relocates us" what?

i think you get this info when you pick up PDA's from dead bodies. Just somewhere that someone has stashed some loot or ammo or something

Jediwannabe · Post by **Jediwannabe** » March 24th, 2007, 22:23

I haven't completely given up on it yet, but it's not really grabbed me yet either.

Vampire: Bloodlines was a bit like this though. It was buggy as hell, but remains one of the most fun games to play purely because of its atmosphere, story, and fantastic characters. The atmosphere in STALKER looks rather plain at the moment, and I'm sure I'd appreciate the characters more if I could actually speak Russian - but judging from the positive comments people have given, I guess it picks up eventually.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 24th, 2007, 23:36

I'm enjoying it but I think I put the difficulty too high for my skills. On veteran I had to reload about 20 times to get out of the second "level". I took much pleasure in stabbing the bandits I'd left wounded after that.

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » March 25th, 2007, 13:14

Extra bonuses for the game, not quite sure what they are yet though:
Get to your main install directory, run file called setup-bp.exe, choose your install language, enter these BONUS UNLOCKER CODES:

pseudodog: Unlock code #1
snork: Unlock code #2

Press NEXT button and you got the BONUS content unlocked.

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » March 25th, 2007, 13:16

spoodie wrote:I'm enjoying it but I think I put the difficulty too high for my skills. On veteran I had to reload about 20 times to get out of the second "level". I took much pleasure in stabbing the bandits I'd left wounded after that.

Tis fun, buy I find standing over them and capping them with there own gun a lot more satisfying.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » March 25th, 2007, 14:03

M4niachicken wrote:Extra bonuses for the game, not quite sure what they are yet though

Its extra multiplayer maps and skins, I think its a stupid idea having bonus maps though, It just means not as many people will be playing them.

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 25th, 2007, 14:06

Lee wrote:Its extra multiplayer maps and skins, I think its a stupid idea having bonus maps though, It just means not as many people will be playing them.

Meh, they'll be all over the internet by now I expect.