S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Screenshots

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  Care to elaborate on what is so "meh" (God how I HATE that word!) about these screens? : noleh8r
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    the fact that they look a generation behind half life 2 comes to mind. i mean the single player not the ... : painangel
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      Don't be ridiculous. : moshman
      • that's a tall order when people are critiquing screenshots : jvox
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      http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/oblivionlost/S.T.A.L.K.E.R:+Shadow+of+Chernobyl/1/121806/121806_stalke... : skankcore
      • i was referring more to this shot: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/oblivionlost/S.T.A.L.K.E.R:+Shadow... : painangel
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        even with those two shots I would still give the win to half life. The lighting is way better on the hal... : painangel
        • oh for fucks sake. if you like one over the other because of the time of day and weather conditions in th... : eskimo spy
    • the buildings do look the same now. doesn't stalker have real-time day/night? : thebigbeefsandwich
  • MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH : playerhater
  • I prefer pleh to meh. A good meep also sometimes does the job. : silentw
  • for an "all about the gameplay" game, seems kinda pointless showing some boring poor-man's City 17 screen... : Klebold
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  I agree. This shouldn't even merit the major news headline it's got here (and often gets). The constant d... : Silent Sorrow
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    Your post amuses me. With all the "god I'm sick of graphics only games" attitude that is thrown around yo... : avatar_58
    • their "tossing it to the wind" is an unintentional side effect of the delays not because they're working ... : painangel
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      Sick of graphics? That's just the Shack's Wii mafia towing that line currently. I think good graphics are... : Silent Sorrow
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        I personally feel graphics are a very small part. Far Cry proved that to me by being very terrible but lo... : avatar_58
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          Well, I think you're separating graphics from gameplay in an undue way. Graphics is elemental to what mak... : Silent Sorrow
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            Political? That doesn't even make sense. I know graphics need to be there, but now you are confusing art ... : avatar_58
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              No, I'm not confusing art design with overall quality. Put it this way. You have HL2. Would you prefe... : Silent Sorrow
              • Dude, go play Angband and then tell me gameplay and immersion can't happen without graphics... : maxmc
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      LOL, dude, I just re-read your post. "Tossing it to the wind'? You act like the developer did this intent... : Silent Sorrow
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        If it wasn't intential they would have delayed another year to use the Doom 3 or UE3 engine. Instead they... : avatar_58
        • Actually, I think we're now agreeing on this point but we came at it from opposite ends of the spectrum. : Silent Sorrow
        • that's not really the case, they DID do a huge engine overhaul at the time far cry/ doom 3 came out and t... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    So, Virtual Console/Xbox Live should shut down since the games have dated graphics? Prices are differe... : Derringer
    • How are you comparing old games to current ones? At least keep everything in context and compare apples t... : Silent Sorrow
  • Those are real-time shadows. Half-Life 2 uses static lightmaps. : ferraro

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  There was, before science stopped. : sgtsanity
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    I can't even think about that Bioshock trailer anymore without laughing. : Stoned Gargoyle
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      uh? : gjspear
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13468417 : zehh
• There's that and a lot more. They actually did an interesting job recreating Chernobyl right down to the ... : jrock
• http://www.chernobyl.in.ua/en/ghost_town/20 : jccalhoun

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• Aliasing on purpose? ;) : avatar_58
• What are you talking about? It looks good, real even. : maxmc
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  Stalker uses a tech called deferred shading/rendering, which doesn't allow for MSAA, so they basically ha... : SilentDirge
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    yup, lack of any AA is gonna suck : moshman
    • Meh - I couldn't play Double Agent with AA anyway, so what the hell do I care. ;) : avatar_58
• tbh i'll still buy it , just disapointed with some of the recent screenshots. Seems like it used to l... : higround
• That's just your mirror. Hi-ohhhhh. Zing! : coyoterys

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• Well, it all depends on what the delay was. If it was the programmers and the tech guys holding them... : hawke
• I was thinking the same, but the windows apear to be solid texture and not modelled at all. Sure, it coul... : mrflamey
• That is my main concern, I want to be able to explore everything. : shortbuscaptain

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• maarten, what's up with the crappy jpg compression? : SlamDunk
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  DNF and TF2 were announced almost twice as long ago. :p : Speedy8
  • Yeah, except they were from renowned game studios and were the sequels to highly desirable IPs. Big diffe... : silentw

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  Maybe not visually, but it still sounds interesting gameplay wise. Of course I simply *can't* wipe away t... : avatar_58
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    i thought codename venom was incredibly fun. The thing about this game, well as far as i know from bac... : aokev
    • err, Venom: codename: outbreak i mean. : aokev
    • I really enjoyed Codename Outbreak... the co-op was a blast. : happynoodle
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    http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/1572/Codename:+Outbreak+Demo+v1.3 actually, download it if youve got t... : aokev
    • Maybe I will, I want a reason to be hyped about Stalker. Although I like all the RPG elements added, to m... : avatar_58
• At the very least, that second shot linked from the main page would kick ass if it weren't compressed at ... : kungfusquirrel

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• me too.. i've been wanting this for a long time. : happynoodle

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  At least they have set a date...March 2007. : MaxPete82
  • They've done that before. : fuji-juice
• You realize though - if TF2 and this come out as planned then DNF is the only 'DNF' game around. I don't ... : avatar_58
• STALKER is going to 0wn. : CrustaR
• Actually I think it may be on the level of Half life. : stgdz
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  DNF has screenshots? : GloriousCow
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    hell yeah http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/duke4/Duke%252520Nukem%252520Forever/ mad new : jvox
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      DNF was started over 3 times since those screenshots came out. There are no screenshot of the current DNF... : melt_core
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        sarcasm meter broken alert. : moe6
        • They was started over 3 times since those screenshots, no bs : melt_core
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      Damn, I remember when I thought those graphics were top-notch.... : SatansFist
      • Still doesn't look bad for a PSP or DS game though. : deathofrats
  • Yes, it does. : Fpsnut

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• FEWC != FEAR : wendigo
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  I thought FEAR had unbreakable crates. : the archvile
  • M. Night Shayamawashisname's 2 unbreakable 2 break : Mad Brahmin Disease