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Once again I was right with my assumptions about this game...
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:43 Post subject: |
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I'm surprised by how poorly this game runs. At 1680x1050 with everything on full I was getting about 20 - 25 FPS on the very first area that you start off in when you speak to wolf. I turned off the grass shadows which suck anyway and now get 25 - 50FPS. Mostly at the bottom end of that scale though. My specs are
AMD 64 5400+ X2
2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 667
MSI 8800 GTS 640MB
I would think that I could run it better than what I can. It's still playable though but it's not exactly great. I might add though that I think that this game looks pretty good. The trees and foliage are really nice.
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:45 Post subject: |
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| BearishSun wrote: |
There is obviously good AI at work here (or at least a good idea behind it, can't really tell if it has been implemented well), wildlife fights eachother, you do missions with other stalkers, and they behave fine. But it feels too much like overhyped Radiant AI from Oblivion.
, this game is like Oblivion when you take away the skills and stats, experience and levels. Imagine playing oblivion without those, is there a point? I don't see one, and I ask myself why should I ever stray from the main quest, which brings the point, why make it open ended at all?
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That was my first impression as well.Basically this game is like the FPS version of Oblivion with less RPG elements.I have played for about 45 min and i cannnot say that i'm impressed so far.I don't know where the comparaisons with Deus Ex came from but they don't really have anything in common other than both having some sort of RPGish aspects.
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:48 Post subject: |
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| RMFX wrote: | I'm surprised by how poorly this game runs. At 1680x1050 with everything on full I was getting about 20 - 25 FPS on the very first area that you start off in when you speak to wolf. I turned off the grass shadows which suck anyway and now get 25 - 50FPS. Mostly at the bottom end of that scale though. My specs are
AMD 64 5400+ X2
2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 667
MSI 8800 GTS 640MB
I would think that I could run it better than what I can. It's still playable though but it's not exactly great. I might add though that I think that this game looks pretty good. The trees and foliage are really nice. |
Wierd...I got a similar system, a bit better, but not much, and it runs fine, except for major lag when loading the area. HD is obviously the bottleneck here. Might be a problem with loading, try defragging.
@Parallax - don't be a child. If you don't agree with me I really don't care. I know the best, and I'm sure you think you know the best, and it's same with anyone else
EDIT: @S.S.S
I actually tought Deus Ex at one point when I played it, but again, this game would be so much more fun with some skills to upgrade.
Last edited by BearishSun on Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:50; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:53 Post subject: |
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The game was supposed to ship in two versions, though. Like two graphically different levels - one that could run on lower-spec computers. They explained that they could do that because of the extra long development time. Have you seen an option anywhere like that?
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 22:54 Post subject: |
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| RubberChicken wrote: | Would be nice with vehicles though?
Havent tried it yet, but i think they left them out. Think it was supposed to have vehicles about 15 years ago, in the plannings?  |
| evil_commie wrote: | vehicles where taken out because the AI characters would always drive into anomaly's
they also had problems with getting the vehicles to behave realisticly with the terrain.
but they left in the vehicle code in on purpose so that modders can try to make it work properly. |
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spajdr
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:01 Post subject: |
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can anyone get AA working with 8800GTX? even if i select it ingame, it dont work.
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:02 Post subject: |
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| BearishSun wrote: | I played for about an hour and a half, and for now I have to say: nothing special. I knew the hype was too much so I prepared myself for the worse...
It's just an open-ended FPS game...I'm still in the starter zone and there were three "real" quests in total. All other quests are randomly generated, and you can typicaly choose from "Clear camp", "Kill stalker", "Bring artifact", "Bring item". Killing wildlife is absolutely useless ,as I found for now, they drop nothing, except perhaps 1 or 2 of those random quest items (which I doubt anyone will play), and they're just a waste of bullets.
I like that you have to learn by your mistakes, for example it's hard to tell who you can, and who you can't kill, unless you tried it before. For example, army is blocking the entrance out of the begginer zone and they have much better weapons than you, plus there is no place to hide = you're dead.
Anomalies are everywhere, you gotta be really careful where you step. Like 3 of them on screen at any given time.
Artifacts are wierd, and they stupid bonuses like +2% radiation resistance, or 4% physical resistance. You can put them on your belt, but only for a short while, because they radiate you, and you lose health. You can have 4-5 on the belt at a time.
There is obviously good AI at work here (or at least a good idea behind it, can't really tell if it has been implemented well), wildlife fights eachother, you do missions with other stalkers, and they behave fine. But it feels too much like overhyped Radiant AI from Oblivion. Sure, NPC's are smart, and know how to hunt and eat and crap, but who the hell notices when someone goes to take a crap or go eat, they could have just made them wander aimlessly around the town and I don't think I'd knew the difference. Same thing with STALKER (possibly, as I really need to play more). Personaly I think making an advanced AI is the easy way out, because you can't make it as advanced as people would like it (human-like), but instead you could script each character and certain events, which adds much more human touch, and definately adds to realism.
It is certainly a little buggy, I noticed about 5 very small bugs, mostly graphical for now.
Basically, I see no point in exploring stuff around the main quest...Artifacts are pretty crappy (for now), you get new weapons during main quest missions, and money for other shit too. And what else is there to do? Progress main story, kill stuff, gather artifacts and weapons. That's it... Now... Only progressing the main story and killing stuff would be okay for a linear FPS, because you can do it much better in a linear game, and here...it's just silly.
So, this game is like Oblivion when you take away the skills and stats, experience and levels. Imagine playing oblivion without those, is there a point? I don't see one, and I ask myself why should I ever stray from the main quest, which brings the point, why make it open ended at all?
Game looks nicely modeled, zones are large with a few interest points in each, all in all pretty well done. Character/beast/weapon models could have been done much better, especially the llow-res texture on the weapon models.
I didn't proof read this so don't flame for spelling/grammar/logical mistakes plz, and also realize I only played for hour and half, basically just the starting zone so ALL of this might change later. |
humm...
is it just me or this game sounds and looks just like Riddick?!
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:08 Post subject: |
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It is just you. Did you actually play the game or you are just basing it on the dude's review? Riddick had a lot of stealth missions, in STALKER even though if you run-and-gun you will die, you dont have to sneak around. And it certanly doesnt look like riddick.
Sig too big. -Nothing is too big for Fedor. Expect a nasty armbar.
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:10 Post subject: Performance |
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When I got the public beta, the performance was crap next to the old leaked alpha.
I found the difference was the dynamic lighting. Turning that off fps went from ~40 to ~150, same as the old alpha. It still looked pretty good.
If you want to get some performance, turn off the dynamic lighting. Should still look decent (same textures and whatnot, just less moving shadows).
The lighting engine is quite a thing though, with it on it can have hundreds of lights. It's no wonder current PCs have a bit of a problem with it.
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:11 Post subject: |
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| mark322 wrote: | | Once again I was right with my assumptions about this game... |
You just made me cancel my download, thank you oh great one!
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spajdr
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:12 Post subject: |
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| [sYn] wrote: | That would be cool, I'm actually kind of looking forward to at least trying this game. I will post my opinions later tonight.
oh. and while i'm here.
NO REQUESTS, NO DOWNLOADS, NO CRAP! |
Same.
-JB
NO REQUESTS, NO DOWNLOADS, NO CRAP!
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:18 Post subject: |
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Anyone playing the game on a low to mid range system? Ive got a feeling it will run like ass on my AMD 3400+, 1GB DDR, 6800GT :/
Going to upgrade to a 3800 X2 AM2, 2GB and at least a 7900GT in a month or so!
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:22 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:38 Post subject: |
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verdicts then ppl please?
good?
bad?
average?
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:40 Post subject: |
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So is this game worth spending time on for someone who's not pertinent to fps but likes games like Dues Ex and System Shock?
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:47 Post subject: |
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the game is most certainly not as bad as some here are saying... It's actually quit impressive, gfx look fine, gameplay is good and the environment setting rules!
Strange there are so many performance issues with poeple who run this game on high spec hardware. I run it on my shuttle with AMD athlon64 3500+ and a geforce 6800GE without any problems in 1280 *1024 medium quality (high is possible but give some stuttering sometimes)
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:50 Post subject: |
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I just posted a tip on how to help the sluggishnes that some of us are having in the pc games technical about stalker, i cant guarantee it will work for u guys but i got 15-25 more fps!
It has to do with page files!
Of all the things i've lost, i miss my mind the most!
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Mar 2007 23:50 Post subject: |
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| mark322 wrote: | | Once again I was right with my assumptions about this game... |
Mines too, It sucks.
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| Posted: Mon, 19th Mar 2007 00:04 Post subject: |
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Not good first impression, the first guy's voice you encounter in game is horrible out of sync, allready here i knew it was a piece of unpolished shit.
Not very impressed so far
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