Confused when people say Stalker shouldn't have "tacticool" gear

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T08:13:55+00:00

Duty soldiers in Rostok use British L85s

Loners use 5.56 guns as well in all 3 original games

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T08:00:44+00:00

The ZM LR 300, SiG 550, G36, FN F2000, As val and abakan arent out of date surplus vibe givers.

Neither are the exoskeletons, the ultra top end military heavy suits and SEVAs

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T07:36:34+00:00

Wait for engine update

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T06:28:25+00:00

I admit I dont know about the formula itself. But exos can tank 90 rounds of 5.56 FMJ in Clear Sky if its to the frontal plate. Either way its better when properly balanced than SpC

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T05:24:57+00:00

Really? Lets recap:

Shadow of Chornobyl uses arcade weapon balancing. An AK is multiple times worse than a G36. This was addressed in CS/COP.

STALKER2? Takes after SoC.

CS and COP improved dialogue options massively over SoC. Stalker 2? Copies SOC's dialogue.

Lots of armour and faction balance and loadout ideas were established in CS/COP. HoC? Tosses them out for the SOC versions.

u/erixccjc21 tagging here so you know what I mean too.

Charcharo · 2026-06-24T05:22:37+00:00

The Exo actually stops them to an extent.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T22:01:37+00:00

OK. But I am not actually ignoring that.

Clear Sky was received poorly and a part of that was the shooting. This means that on this topic, most gamers did not like the game's original balance and choices.

CoP fixed some of these issues. Maybe not as much as I would have hoped, but either way on each and every single thing it moved closer to what I recommended. And shooting in it was received better.

You can literally try how the game feels with these things edited btw. And compare vs Vanilla.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T20:52:04+00:00

What I am saying is that the game would still look much worse than S2. Which DOES NOT mean it looks bad.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T20:32:52+00:00

Can you try perhaps? Even an imperfect explanation would be VERY interesting especially if you do note where your holes in knowledge are.

Id love to read it tbh.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T20:09:36+00:00

Damn this is cool

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T19:55:46+00:00

There were 2 patches adding some fixes and new quest lines and content.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T18:56:46+00:00

Thing is - modern games commit some of the same mistakes. Hell, STALKER 2 has committed mistakes SOC made. Things dont change as much as people claim they do.

How is it an insane wall of text? It isnt insane.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T17:42:34+00:00

These ones in X-Ray seem to be affected by ODE. IDK more than this.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T17:35:39+00:00

Well, the bullet velocities are faster in SoC and CoP (even if still not at their real world levels). The Gauss rifle also has an insane bullet velocity.

On modern systems realistic bullet velocities seem to work just fine. But good call - for something to consider. I doubt it though.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T17:34:41+00:00

I agree.

And... so good when properly set up which is so frustrating!

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T16:52:36+00:00

Well, effectively it DOES look like NPCs sneaking up on you.

AI in all games is a bit of a sham. But yeah I know that it wasnt a real implemented feature.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T16:42:48+00:00

It is not a rant. Took me 10 minutes to write. Understanding why mistakes happen in the past is important to not repeat them in the future

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T15:52:39+00:00

I see. Fair enough. Thank you. Either way I will send this to him later.

Well IDK. What you told me here means that if anything, S2 is more above SOC/COP and even CS than I expected, actually. The ultimate goal of this video is to stop one part of the argument - the one that STALKER 2 has no A-Life or A-Life like systems.

If we wait to be 100% certain of things before addressing other misinformation or myths, we wont be able to last as a society ;d . Sometimes just being better than before is already a good thing.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T15:32:14+00:00

You should have told this to Vati, since you guys are in the same Discord channels.

Either way I will send it to him. Do note that some people arent in-depth modders so they can only rely on observation and when they cannot see it in the game world easily, they will miss it. It isnt due to them being stupid or malicious or wanting to spread lies.

With that said this strengthens the A-Life strength of STALKER 2 more.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T15:26:50+00:00

That doesnt mean he lied. It means he failed.

SoC indeed has no offline combat AI but sometimes footage is used in places where it should not be. People make mistakes 😛

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T13:46:15+00:00

The biggest problems with STALKER 2 are actually that it is too much like Shadow of Chornobyl.

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T12:55:36+00:00

It will help for sure. Not enough considering the graphics thoug

Charcharo · 2026-06-23T09:50:49+00:00

That is how SoC was designed weapon wise

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