All we know, Stalker 2 is currently developing by GSC. As those are talking, there will be one large level, that will be dynamically loaded in process of discovering, like in GTA games. In CoP were 3 large open levels, but those were deserty - few interesting places and nothing between those, low amount of details, etc. + S2 will be relased on consoles too, that is one more reason, to expect poor game world D: Kinda double hit to level detalisation. Maybe it will be better, then in SoC, but we have no proof - nobody seen any videos or screenshots of S2.
Wonder, if S2 will be better then SoC xD Main GSC guy told "graphics will be looking like in SoC in atmosphere, and on current development stage it's better then in SoC. And GSC want to get back "right" Stalker atmosphere + new thing about sound surrounding - every entity will have it's own sound, every object/car etc, but GSC told but did not showed it... I thing, that is goind be very interesting feature - kinda creating ambient music in real time... Want to see it in LA, even in 1935 build, when one of the best MooZe's track was playing, on one moment dogs' "woof!" fited perfectly to soundtrack and made me creepy...
OK, we were watching some videos about CoP before it was relased, and when we've tried it, we found some minuses, those were not represented in videos ofc. I am quite disapointed in CS and CoP. Yes, CoP is really interesting and i spent few weeks in 4-8 hours per day intence gameplay with it, but after it became boring even with large global mods. SoC still be interesting to me even without mods xD And i can say i've played soc MORE THEN ANY GAME ELSE!
I depend on DezOwave team and their Lost Alpha more, coz we may explore some media about it, but S2 still be "cat in bag" - old russian saying. (In 100-900 years in old Russia cats were so dangerous, and were friendly only with few humans, those meeted citten in first days after it born, with all other humans those cats were so agressive - hello, cutted cats in Stalker xD).
Of course i hope S2 will be better then SoC, but it can't be better then LA to me, coz S2 is game for "I want more action" people, LA is for real stalker fans, who want to get game, that those were waiting for 10 years. Likelihood that GSC changed their minds or will change before S2 relase is very low, i don't think we will get the game we want to play from GSC. Stalker is not about dynamically loading spaces or something like that. It's about things, those were forgotten by GSC in 2004-2005. Dunno what THQ are doing currently with GSC... One more thing to be worried about "cutting out" and final product quality.
I always hope LA will be better then S2 for even "I want more action" guys, coz then GSC will think "OMG! We are loosing auditory, we need use our old forgotten design documents!", but probability of that is very low. GSC will get their money, like in 2008 with Clear Sky, and will change game world in right direction a bit in next addon.
OK. I wrote too much, you may discuss some things in this topic. And i hope "LA overwaiters" - guys those losed their hope about LA and now hate it will not spam here and cry "GSC's S2 will be 100000 times better".
P.S.: Post by Soap_mc.Coffee and fanatical fan KazakHD5770.
P.P.S.: Kazak just spammed to me too much, and i decided to make new topic and put in message some things, he wanted to write + i've added some my own thoughts. Kazak just can't log in dezowave forum - that's is the reason...
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