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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has finally gone gold (to the cheers of none) photo

S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the next generic FPS that you'll probably forget about a week after having bought it, has finally gone gold, according to Shacknews. This is only monumental due to the fact that the game has been in development for more than half a decade, and that back in the early years of the new century, someone, anyone, might have cared about this title. Of course, back then we were all pounding rocks together to make fire and hunting pterodactyls for our porn.

We could be wrong, though. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. could be the next Halflife, but odds are, it won't be, and, hopefully, I'll never have to type that c****** title again. 

This game (whose name I refuse to type ever again), should be hitting store shelves soon, and The Robot will be shocked if it manages to break even. 








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Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 05:49
Mabec
Stalker is more likely to be the next Fallout, in 3d. Even if the game-engine reminds me alot of the HL1 from time to time. Only better textures and effects.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 05:51
ArrestedDeveloper
Yup, I care nothing for this game.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 06:02
Mabec
Apperently you did.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 06:03
bleep
Nex you're SO wrong this time buddy, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will without any shadow of a doubt become the next halflife (Except WAY Better) and then it will go on to recapture the hearts and minds of everyone that plays, sees or hears about it. This will in fact be the game that "re-writes the book" of video games. We have all been waiting for this one whether we knew it or not. All Gamers will want this game. This is the next big game. So Nex I can't believe you didn't see this one coming a mile away.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 06:21
bleep
You might need to use a bunch of those little people to attach the big cat. Could bel like a Lemmings clone.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 06:21
bleep
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Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 06:39
Milofo
Whats supposed to be different about this game anyway? Isn't it just another FPS?
Liz Alexander's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 07:12
Liz Alexander
I have to be excited about this title
its a kpi title at work
it's funny though because I started working at EB almost 3years ago and I remember putting up marketing for it's release then and having to take it down and tell customers it's release had been pushed back indefinately
I've been reading up on it though and maybe its just my russian blood but I think it looks pretty cool
Robbis's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 07:30
Robbis
Don't get me wrong, if this game had came out when it was originally supposed to it would have looked very purdy, but as it didnt, meh, it dun don't look too good. Still the gameplay should be good.... right.. right?!
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 07:34
Ignignokt01
We shall see in due time.
ohgr89's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 08:15
ohgr89
Wow, theres all sorts of d-baggery in this post.

Have you actually played the game? Oh no? Oh, alright.
OAKside's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 10:17
OAKside
"Wow, theres all sorts of d-baggery in this post.
Have you actually played the game? Oh no? Oh, alright."

I would hope so. Still lots of hatin', no good.
SP420's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 10:27
SP420
Yup, this game hasn't really caught my attention at all. I did read that it's unique in that you can go practically ANYWHERE in the game. I guess as in, if you can see it in the game, you can get there somehow. Sounds somewhat interesting; I'll pick it up on the torrents maybe.
yaesir's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 10:44
yaesir
I played the last beta.

And i agree with Mabec.

It's like Fallout in 3d, and that's why i am going to play it.
Dot's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 10:57
Dot
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the next generic FPS that you'll probably forget about a week after having bought it"
I really really hope this was meant as sarcasm.
STALKER has been described as "tactical Oblivion with guns".
If it's at least 1/10 close to what was promised, it'll be a great game.
chrisremo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 12:38
chrisremo
Good lord, what prompted such a snarky and bitchy post? Do you even know the slightest thing about this game? Even a few minutes of cursory research (hooray journalism!) would reveal why so many PC gamers are anticipating its release, and one reason is that it goes in an uncommonly nonlinear direction for the genre (in other words, whether it is great or terrible, it's not going to be the next Half-Life). You haven't even pointed out what exactly you think is supposed to be so atrocious about it. I'm not even saying these things as somebody who can't wait to play the game--It's unlikely I'll pick it up. That doesn't mean that as somebody who writes about games I can't be halfway informed, however.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 13:41
Aaron Mxy Yost
I was anticipating this game's release about four years ago. Now my thoughts are "Oh yeah, that game. Huh."
Morca's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 14:31
Morca
"the next generic FPS"

Please tell me that's sarcasm.
filthy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 14:46
filthy
So this game sucks based solely on it's long development time and it's slightly dated graphics? So much for gameplay...
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 18:00
Jordan Devore
I played the beta like a few of you and I'll I can say is that I hope the single player is much better than the multiplayer.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 18:17
brad drac
Nex fails for this post. The game looks brilliant, I like what it's trying to do a lot.
Ninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 18:20
Ninja
Well I think it looks cool. An open-ended post-apocalyptic FPS/RPG... what's not to love? It might not be great, but it definately has some potential. The graphics aren't too impressive, but for those of us (like me) with outdated PC's, that's a plus, not a minus.
digiwalsh's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2007 18:19
digiwalsh
I'm fed up of the "oh we don't care about graphics" arguement. We all know we do, and we all know it radically affects gameplay. So why hide it? That said. STALKER looks good for something thats been in dev this long.
Deus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2007 23:35
Deus
You shouldn't be allowed to criticize a game that just went gold pre-release for being unheard of after you make extremely enthusiastic posts about fan translations of decade old Japanese SNES games. That is just wrong.

I've been looking at this game for a while and it has potential. There are a lot of interesting features being implemented and the premise is solid.
lord floydo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2007 08:27
lord floydo
Yeah i love the way every says it has outdated graphics and its really old when its one of very few games compatible with intel core duo2??????????????????????????????

Go figure

Ps. Leave it alone its a lovely game i bought the collectors radiation edition a few days ago and i am hooked!
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