So yeah I got a new GPU and I'm ready to dive straight into my old love, Stalker.
First thing I did was to get CoC, with Arsenal Overhaul, Dynamic HUD, Outfits Addon, Dynamic Factions, Dynamic Anomalies and a few more. I don't have the latest version as it seems it's still beta and most addons are not compatible as of now, so I'm using 1.4.22.
Can you switch factions in mid game?, I'm really interested in a Bandit character..., because it reminds me of that time in STALKERSOUP in which I turned the entire Loner faction Hostile for some reason, and it was AWESOME!, but will probably switch to Loners if possible.
Sneaky cheeki breeki bastard.
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Quick run and I've already had my Stalker moments. Random spawn as Loner took me to Pripyat itself, to that apartment where the big green anomaly moves around (Don't blame me, never been to Pripyat before, never actually completed CoP at all). Went down to find a couple of Loners with an Ecologist or something, walked around for less than 15 minutes when someone opened fire on us. I got hit, I completely forgot this game had bleeding and I almost died, I went for cover and patched myself up. Weather was bad so I only saw the flashes from the guns, the squad moved up a little and I "supported" them for afar with my Makarov, very clever Dimitri.
I was badly wounded, the firefight goes on and I move up a bit, to a bus. I received a message, something about "He's wounded, kill him!" and the Squad moves up to a wounded man laying in the middle of the street. I get closer to the now dead Monolith, looted his half-broken G36 and some ammo. I proceed on my own, leaving that squad behind. In front of me appears to be a mall of some sort, move to the left to find an empty building... slowly making my way, scanning the inside for possible flashlights indicating humans, but I saw something by the window, memories came rushing back, memories of total darkness and two small white dots floating around, I froze..
(zoom in)
I know what it was, a STALKER vet like myself would immediately recognize these things as eyes, and eyes look, despite all my years playing this game I was still dead frozen, staring at it, was it staring back? was I spotted?, I didn't make any sound, I was just walking, thinking that Monoliths were inside so I was making sure to be as stealthy as possible. He didn't spot me, I raised my G36, aimed carefully to have a better look, to confirm if it was what I think it was. It was. Pulled the trigger, blood, the thing dropped. Turned back, ran as fast as I could to the street where the dead monolith was, my hard was beating fast (really), I felt insecure, I felt someone was watching me, I scanned my surroundings, pointing my gun at every possible place from where a thing would come rushing at me, fired a couple of shots at the building from about 100m, don't know why, but I did it anyways.
Closed the game, gotta to go bed, but before I had to share my little story.
Oh STALKER, I fucking love you so much. Less than 10 minutes of gameplay and I already had two bits to tell, not a big deal you see, but this is MY little bit of a story to tell.
This game is a fucking masterpiece, excuse the language.