S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky DX10 Tech Trailer

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• Me2 :( Oh well... Gonna have to cave eventually... : IHATEDUST
• I kinda feel the same way, but I'm going to eventually, and this might convince me to do it. : deject
• I bought Vista, but ended up going back to XP because the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. played like utter crap ... : airmaus

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• Amen! : jazz_uc
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  Why would they? I don’t understand why people seem to say this that doesn’t have Vista? Do you pla... : valcan_s
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    When you need 1GB more ram, have to pay $150+ for a new OS, and still get worse to equal performence(with... : Skyburst101
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      Oh a gig more, oh no! Just to be clear I own Vista Ultimate 64bit and used to have an XP partition (dual ... : valcan_s
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        Yes, you need good hardware to run Vista well, but why would anyone want to run Vista when that same hard... : synapse19
        • agree bottom line is that forcing people to buy VISTA to have DX10 is like forcing people to buy new c... : laki01
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    Wtf?! Has anybody, anywhere, ever claimed that Vista was remotely as stable as XP? Has anyone ever claim... : IHATEDUST
    • Vista is as stable as XP ever was on my hardware. I only reboot to install stuff when files are in use, j... : nudel
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      Man again I doubt you have used Vista. I have had so many Blue screens in XP it is not even funny and I b... : valcan_s
      • I've been using XP for 7 years and have never had a bluescreen. In fact, the last bluesceen I've ever had... : synapse19
    • Overall stability isn't really an issue with any desktop OS these days and that's still the case with Vis... : synapse19
  • Yeah. Like EVERYONE jumped on Windows ME when it came out. You guys are out of touch. : jayacheess
• Same : timaste
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  They can't. Not all of it anyway, without turning XP into Vista. There are some good MS developer blog po... : nudel
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    Then I'll wait for windows 7. Fuck vista. : windowpane
    • yeah, fuck vista. ive been running windows 95 since the day it came out and im never going to "upgrade" (... : abovedefault

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• you say that like it's a bad thing : deject
• I tried and it crashes every time I try and save. I blame Vista. : Dynotaku

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• My favorite part of Vista is when browsing my own home network and it basically hijacks my router and cau... : synapse19
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  Vista haters? I have vista and its a fucking pain in the ass when it comes to older games. Can't get game... : dozerking
  • vista is not that bad is got alot of really annoying things like sound card issues and problems moving fi... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  <sarcasm> Yeh, I'm really going to be moving to Vista for a few new graphics effects, it's definitely wor... : Mystery0000
  • now wai! I'd never call XP a 'perfectly working OS' :-) but fcuk vista : laki01
• It's not the media that denounces Vista, it's the professionals and power-users, not to mention Microsoft... : Jobos

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• Dioesn't matter to me when you crank up the resolution. : DM7
• Considering the first one already does with one of the patches, I'd imagine yes. : timmie
• I didn't know they were going to have aircraft!? : much2much

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• Stop saying that! : much2much

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• exactly my thoughts as well. : re4ctor
• couldn' have said it better myself :) : Jockiboy

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  well its a good game that certainly has its faults. the combat is not very easy and most folks hate the m... : Hoax
  • I'd add to this the fact that it's sort of like an open-ended FPS RPG, only not really. It's not as wide ... : Schnapple
• I think it's because it's not the game that blow you away at first sight. If anything, the bugs have the ... : zehh
• It didn't catch on as much as it should have because it doesn't take you by the hand and walk you through... : mourningstar
• I loved the atmosphere, but after a couple days of playing it I was getting frustrated with it, the gamep... : tunis5000
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  terrible performance even on high end machines, lots of bugs (important quest npcs spawn dead inside of f... : mega man
  • I had the opposite impression. Bugs were annoying but not showstopping, performance was ok, I wasn't hype... : zehh
  • Everything you said is the opposite of the truth. How can you say SOC had terrible AI? It's like the benc... : SovietOrchestra
  • While I agree they should spend their time more on a quality release than more eye candy, I have to disag... : carbontree
  • Terrible performance? It runs like silk on my year-old machine (granted it has an 8800 in it). : nudel
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  Do you want to talk about Stalker? Ok: Stalker is the GOTY from 2007. Bioshock is a good game but n... : Turin Turambar
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    As for FPS's, last year for me it was Stalker GOTY, but that's just me. Bioshock was pretty meh for me. C... : timaste
    • Same here. I've played through Stalker 3-4 times, while I have zero desire to play through Bioshock again... : carbontree
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    Seconded, by far GOTY 2007. : SovietOrchestra
    • Yeah, honestly. Same for me. : zehh
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  Wasn't finished when it shipped. Lots of performance problems for ATI, 8800 and vista users. Game breakin... : fen boi
  • they don't spawn in barrels, they just get so piss drunk they fall in there and the other stalkers take t... : Drakoniac
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  Good: atmosphere, weapons, and RPG elements. Okay: graphics, controls, story. Bad: bugs, save syste... : sasoi
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    you are insane. save system bad? wtf? It's a standard save anywhere. The dialogue is great for where they... : Fredrik S
    • No really, the save system (rather, the *loading* system) is still borked. Save+load resets some stuff... : zehh
    • i love how you progressed from "you are insane" to "arguing on the intarweb" in your own reply. lol. : sasoi
• At the time I was on an x850xt and a single core 2.2ghz AMD proc, the game ran at maximum settings with A... : Zolneirz
• It's very rough around the edges and I would have made different design choices in some areas, but it was... : bamb

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  Nothing like trying to go through a zone with >:E off to the side just staring at you. O_O Those thi : DM7
  • Even on a replay through the game, when I knew there was a bloodsucker lurking in some area, I would stil... : VinnieTheSquid

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• probably not going to happen. "There's no Xbox 360 development announced at this point." they consider... : Hoax
• And thank god they didn't. Last time I checked, just about any game that has been released for both PC an... : carbontree
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  It's way too complex to work well on a console. : timmie
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    hahahah what. : Milleh
    • Gameplay was slow, you had to keep track of a bunch of stuff at the same time with your PDA, you had to c... : timmie
  • Gfx wise yes, but they could always lower the res and detail. Gameplay would probably have to be eased a ... : thewindcriesmary

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• Thanks a lot, I can't buy this now because it's going to be so crazy scary to play. : melkore

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• the wet surface plus rain drops splash is awesome. : italiano3d
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  No. Bloom is the lens flare of this generation. 'lens flare' is a cheap piece of tech that people add t... : deathofrats
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    while it can certainly be argued that lens flare has no actual real use in the real world UNLESS you are ... : AroundTheFur1380
    • i thought bloom was a gimmick, HDR is what occurs in real life since its dynamic. I dont think bloom is d... : ballystix
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  That smoke/fog is fucking awesome. I want to run around in it with only a fan as my weapon! : nudel
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    Did you ever play with the Smoke Box from nVidia? (8800 series 'required', I used it in a 7900 once, only... : ZaldronGG
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      smokebox ftw, runs on 8500GT, 10fps : unholydonuts
      • for those that can't http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByHzOMWB3SA : unholydonuts
    • Oh yeah, about a year ago when I built my 8800/Vista machine. I forgot all about that. It's taken too lon... : nudel

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• theres nothing better than having the people who bought it play it for several months to fine tune thing... : cell9song
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  Can you link me to this post? I want to play through Stalker again after this, if there are some fun stat... : quadeh
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    Here you go: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16708176#itemanchor_16708176 : Spoetzl
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      Do the mods work with the Steam version? I need to try this out : Judecca
      • I haven't had any problems with them yet. A few of the mods could do with better installation instruction... : pulse2115

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• pretty sure for one of their wall textures they just turned around and took a picture of the wall in thei... : Drakoniac

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• Float32 doesn't alter the looks greatly, mostly it improves shader speed/framerate. : fen boi

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• Because you live under a rock? : IHATEDUST

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• While gameplay is important, one of Stalker's strong points was its incredible atmosphere. I'm so glad t... : jazz_uc

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• Yeah, it took them a lot of time to have the bugs cleared out but their perseverance was worth it. : razlebol
• so awesome. : Fredrik S
• True, I used to laugh at the Q&As but now I really want them to succeed. : zehh

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• understatement : thewindcriesmary