S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shots, FAQ

this game gives me a good feeling.. lol. it has this whole adventure appeal to it... makes me feel like when i would be in big trainyards or walking through some abandoned factory/overgrown area as a kid... these shots, and the way the levels are, with lots of obstruction and no flat clear horizon, dips and turns in things, makes you want to know what is just beyond that bridge or in a tunnel, or behind some big silos.

http://www.stalker-game.com/download/gallery/screenshots/sb_xray_11.jpg

For some reason, this screen right here makes me skeptical. Those leaves on the groud look fake. I dont know...something about them is...off. I will be pessimistic about this game until it is shipped, and looks exactly like that on my machine. Even though I doubt it will.

2004 called, they want their engine back.

The coolest thing about a game that looks this good is that unless someone posts some full screen high res video showing off environments and gameplay, we'll all still be surprised at how good this game looks in motion when we see it running on our computers.

Gameplay > Graphics, but still, Graphics are really important. The only time that Graphics won't be a factor at all is when every game out there (every fist person game that is) is perfectly photorealistic and never drops a frame.

Hopefully this will happen within the next three engine generations. (10 years?)STALKER looks totally sweet, but it still looks like a game. I'm talking about perfect AA on everything, perfect lighting models, raytracing or renderman quality, <--(This is probably the most imporant factor) and textures that don't get blurry no matter how close you get to them. Some kind of fractal texturing method I guess.

I just came...... to write this stoopid comment, that is.]

I just can't remember the last time I've been this excited about a friggin video game coming out. I guess it was when they released that long blink video of DN4E...man why did I have to open that old wound. Anyhow, I guess since screenshots make me giddy, that means I'm some sort of graphics nerd/fanboy/wanna be?

They've greatly improved the v_models, I love that chunky pullover texture.

I hope they emulate the "gritty" feel of the combat in Codename: Outbreak, it was the best thing about that game. "I see noone!", "Vere are dey shootink from?!"

seeing how the light from the sky falls on the player model is fucking awesome.

I can't wait to see the media from E3, with the new engine features real time shadows and self shading I mean, it already looks beatiful.