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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Trailer Is Volumetric

by Aaron Linde, Jul 03, 2008 11:51am PDT

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A new trailer from GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC) has arrived by way of publisher Deep Silver, showcasing the new technology, effects and environments contained in the upcoming shooter prequel.

Clear Sky is due out August 29. For more information, check out the recently released details of the game provided by the publisher.

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Are they going to include the features they cut from the first game? Got pretty hyped for the first one and then the chopped the game in half. Didn't feel finished for me after that.

This game was originally going to be fallout meets morrowind. A nonlinear first person rpg with vehicles and a skills system. The way they gated into canyons for the loading screens between zones was really annoying. Side quests generated MMO style, Trade wasn't useful. Didn't witness the living world, myself. Stealth system broken in places.

On the flip side, the set pieces were absolutely fantastic, the shooting model my favorite of any game thus far, and the pacing a nice change.

How high do we set our expectations?

Jul 07, 2008 1:45am PDT

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- Hopefully quite high -- a lot of the stuff they originally put in was left in but disabled. The mod comm... : holaareola

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Stalker had BAD lighting. I'm sorry but it just wasn't good enough. Overcast daylight is soft and diffuse and fills all areas and it will make everything look drab and grey, which is how stalker looks, but there are still shadows even in those conditions - STALKER basically didn't shadow models at all for most of the time, characters and the viewmodels almost completely relied on its projected shadows and ligthmaps, which didn't often come into play (again because they were muted and thin) - therefore everything looked extremely flat, which is an undesirable thing.

BUT, Clear Sky has ambient occlusion - which is an excellent and easy per pixel shading technique that would be PERFECT for this sort of thing. What AO does is basically fill all the little closed in areas with shadows, which is incidentally exactly how shadows look under diffuse light and overcast outdoor sunlight conditions such as those in the original stalker - that's why I'm looking forward to seeing this in action, and that's why I want this feature in the original stalker as well, because in terms of how the game looks it would make a massive difference.

Jul 05, 2008 7:58am PDT

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Stalker had BAD lighting. I'm sorry but it just wasn't good enough. Overcast daylight is soft and diffuse... : SpaecKow
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      Stalker, with the DX9 renderer enabled, used 2 lightmaps (one ambient for reflecting the light from the s... : holaareola

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This is gonna be awesome!

Jul 07, 2008 8:26am PDT

This is gonna be awesome! : TDBird

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I don't understand why they keep releasing trailers that essentially amount to feature lists. I loved... LOVED STALKER. But I loved it for its unbelievable atmosphere and living world.

These trailers are like a woman's personal ad that consists of shots and feature lists of her uterus and ovaries. Yeah, cool, I'm glad that stuff is there and that it all works, but it sort of ignores the big picture.

In closing, I hope I've won the Analogy of the Day contest.

Jul 04, 2008 7:53am PDT

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That looks really nice, but what does it look like in DirectX9 as those shots are from DirextX10?
DirectX10 needs to be ported to XP.

Jul 03, 2008 1:03pm PDT

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DX10 = Vista. Vista = not good enough. Yeah yeah, there's a DX9 mode too probably but I will not enjoy the game to it's full. PASS.

Jul 04, 2008 12:36am PDT

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fuck all this dx10 vs d9 shit....
i just want a refined version of stalker (bug fixes/gameplay tweaks) which this looks like it is

on my face pls

Jul 05, 2008 7:21pm PDT

fuck all this dx10 vs d9 shit.... i just want a refined version of stalker (bug fixes/gameplay tweaks) w... : papaskot

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I never got into the first one, but always wanted to. I'm going to start watching for cheap deals on STALKER so I can get in on this action :) Trailer looks pretty neat.

Jul 05, 2008 1:30pm PDT

I never got into the first one, but always wanted to. I'm going to start watching for cheap deals on STAL... : retarded talking dinosaur

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STALKER is so good, and it's so PC, and thus it's the perfect example of why PC gaming will probably never really die.

Console publishers need to stop trying to please everyone 100% of the time. I'm looking at you Nintendo.

Jul 05, 2008 12:39am PDT

STALKER is so good, and it's so PC, and thus it's the perfect example of why PC gaming will probably neve... : Boxelder

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Holy crap that looks amazing! Eat that shoddy old HL2 engine : ) I am very impressed. So is this standalone or will it function as an expansion? I'm wondering if I should bother with getting the first one now...

Jul 03, 2008 5:52pm PDT

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Holy crap that looks amazing! Eat that shoddy old HL2 engine : ) I am very impressed. So is this stand... : Athlon7
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- NVM, saw below that it is standalone! : Athlon7
- In my experience, Source has always run flawlessly. Stalker, at least for me, ran hideously. : Sturm08

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Time to get scared out of my mind and quit the game. Oh yes, I'm looking forward to it. :D

Jul 03, 2008 12:18pm PDT

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  - Did you skip System Shock ? I could only play that in coop. : dafugg
- Haha. The first "dungeon" scared the shit out of me. Loved it. Such great atmosphere. Simply can't wa... : ezanga

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It looks nice but the engine does seem to be chugging along slowly for just a fly-by...what happens when it's populated?

Jul 04, 2008 12:35pm PDT

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- Unless you found a frame counter in the vid, I'd be inclined to say that you can ascribe the "chugging" t... : TerranUp16

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Well even if I had a hard time getting into the first one, I mean, how could I not buy this anyway.. just look at it.

Jul 03, 2008 12:29pm PDT

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    - Because of the dark areas. : lsc78

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Which is the preferred 9xxx Nvidia card as far as price/performance goes? I've got a lowly 7800 in mine right now, and can barely run the original stalker at medium detail. I decided to skip a generation as I'm no longer able to afford, nor have any interest, to partake in the constant GPU upgrades. Diablo 3 will also likely require an upgrade.

Also, are any of these graphical changes going to make it into the original game via patching?

Jul 03, 2008 2:00pm PDT

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- Where have you been? ATI is the new price/performance champ. 4850/4870 is the way to go. : treefingers1
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Will an 8800GT be ok for this?

Jul 03, 2008 7:21pm PDT

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- lol that's like asking if the sky will be blue tommorow. : psycho100
- i'm thinking its time for an upgrade, seriously. I want one of those new $650 cards. : nandu666

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First Stalker showed lots of promise, wasn't exactly a triple A title. Hopefully for this new release they will round off some of the rough edges the game design had. Definitely a must buy - they nailed some keys elements that most FPS games miss these days.

Jul 04, 2008 6:19am PDT

First Stalker showed lots of promise, wasn't exactly a triple A title. Hopefully for this new release the... : HeathV

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Funny, I just read about the Duga missile warning system a while ago and saw it's included now in the game, the brain schorcher from the original, really amazing

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=1882

Jul 04, 2008 12:08am PDT

Funny, I just read about the Duga missile warning system a while ago and saw it's included now in the gam... : shack_konto

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No matter how hard I click on the game's link on Steam, it won't let me buy it yet :'(

Jul 03, 2008 7:16pm PDT

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No matter how hard I click on the game's link on Steam, it won't let me buy it yet :'( : zehh
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- you know, I'm having that problem with many of the links on the Steam game window. in particular with som... : cell9song

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I hope this one is optimized better, the last one was quite a resource hog. I'm sure I can handle the game but I just don't want any unexpected "surprises".

Jul 03, 2008 8:04pm PDT

I hope this one is optimized better, the last one was quite a resource hog. I'm sure I can handle the gam... : psycho100

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Looks good - gameplay more of the same?

Jul 03, 2008 4:00pm PDT

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- From what they said, yes, just expanded/polished. : zehh

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August 30: Send wife & kids to inlaws. Play Clear Sky all day.

Jul 03, 2008 11:59am PDT

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August 30: Send wife & kids to inlaws. Play Clear Sky all day. : Spoetzl
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- Only one day? : jtthe2nd
- Keep them there a week. : Athlon7

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Fantastic modelling and level design, definitely a must-buy from steam on release day.

This will be the best game of 2008/2009, you heard it here first!

Jul 03, 2008 12:38pm PDT

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- Best game? Aren't you forgetting Peggle Nights? : CrabsJarrard

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Will this expansion convert S.T.A.L.K.E.R into DX10 and add the graphical features to the original game?

I wonder if it updates the graphics engine or replaces it?

Anyone know? If so this will be freeking awesome.

Jul 03, 2008 2:06pm PDT

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    - Hmm thanks, thought it was an expansion. : valcan_s
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  - Cool, hope they do. : valcan_s
  - If they do take the time to implement this shit when they didn't have to, I'll buy em both as I have neve... : CrabsJarrard

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oh god yes

Jul 03, 2008 12:10pm PDT

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- Oh daddy might just have to do a lil upgradin to vista for all of those nice goodies. STALKER was a hell ... : desevil

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fucking amazing, with maybe the exception of the character faces not being as some more recent titles. the environments in STALKER were stunning enough back then, these updates are icing on the cake.

Jul 03, 2008 2:53pm PDT

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Trailer Shows Partly Cloudy Skies

Jul 03, 2008 11:55am PDT

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- haha nice one! : RogerDandy

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that looks like it'll run even slower on my computer, stalker was playable on my 8600gts. Hope they also improve the interface from the original.

Jul 03, 2008 1:30pm PDT

that looks like it'll run even slower on my computer, stalker was playable on my 8600gts. Hope they also ... : ballystix

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Wow that looks so much more detailed than the original. Everything looks denser, with no blank space. That was a gripe of mine, the last city in STALKER was really empty. The effects look mind blowing, of course.

Im scared already.

Also, "available in stores"? How bout "On Steam"! "boughten'd"

Jul 03, 2008 12:31pm PDT

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STALKER:SOC was by far my favorite single player experience of last year, and I fully expect Clear Sky to be my favorite of 2008. And that's even taking Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2 into consideration.

Jul 03, 2008 12:54pm PDT

STALKER:SOC was by far my favorite single player experience of last year, and I fully expect Clear Sky to... : carbontree

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I really can't wait to play on that playground!!

Jul 03, 2008 12:40pm PDT

I really can't wait to play on that playground!! : ADSliv

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Looking forward to it.

Jul 03, 2008 12:37pm PDT

Looking forward to it. : project13

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Sure does look pretty.

Good thing i have The Way Nvidia It's Meant To Be Played graphics card.

Jul 03, 2008 12:32pm PDT

Sure does look pretty. Good thing i have The Way Nvidia It's Meant To Be Played graphics card. : Snuffles-

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This is the kind of game you have to play at night with all the lights turned off.

Jul 03, 2008 12:32pm PDT

This is the kind of game you have to play at night with all the lights turned off. : Jobos

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This is looking amazing. The town environment they showed near the beginning (complete with playground) looks like it'd be a blast to combat in. It's too bad they didn't show any gameplay but alas, you show your strengths...

Jul 03, 2008 12:32pm PDT

This is looking amazing. The town environment they showed near the beginning (complete with playground) l... : wviperw

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needs more x-labs...

Jul 03, 2008 12:23pm PDT

needs more x-labs... : dedgecko

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PIMP! damn that was nice.

Jul 03, 2008 12:14pm PDT

PIMP! damn that was nice. : valcan_s

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