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  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R Remastered

    From Mr Rob@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 14 19:42:09 2025
    There must be something in the air this month.

    Legends of The Zone

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWkOx4Cj6g


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    Rob

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 20 19:15:01 2025
    It's nice that they gave this 'legendary' edition to existing users,
    but the general opinion is: skip the enhanced version and play the
    original with mods. It's definitely not worth /buying/.

    Agree on all points, alas. I played SoC through again recently with the XRP(?) mod pack and enjoyed it well enough, with a simple install howto from
    a youtube video. It was still the same ole game though, no remaster will change that.

    rms

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri May 23 11:18:57 2025
    On Thu, 15 May 2025 10:27:26 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    On Wed, 14 May 2025 19:42:09 +0100, Mr Rob
    <noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:


    There must be something in the air this month.

    Legends of The Zone

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWkOx4Cj6g

    I mean, you hardly need me to actually /say/ what I think of this (but
    I will anyway). I'm not a fan of remasters, and think all that energy
    is better spent towards making new games. ;-)

    But looking at the trailer, I have to say I'm rather disappointed. At
    best, it's hard for me to notice any improvements. But there are
    several areas (like the monster at the 39s mark) where the game looks >significantly worse; it has that plastic-like sheen that a lot of
    shitty remasters apply to early 2000s-era games. It feels like the
    developers did a quick-n-messy AI upscale and called it a day.

    Honestly, the fan-made remasters already available look much, much
    better. As much as I want to support a developer from Ukraine, this
    looks like just a lazy cash-in.

    I'll play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OG, tbh. It's simply not about the cosmetics.

    What a waste of time for whoever did it.

    --
    Zag

    What's the point of growing up
    if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri May 23 11:21:00 2025
    On Fri, 23 May 2025 10:21:46 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    As an aside:

    The enhanced versions of the STALKER games are also now free for
    anyone who already owned the games on GOG. They'll be automatically
    added to your library.

    This was an expected, but not absolutely certain, event. Often GOG
    lags behind Steam with getting these sort of freebies; sometimes they
    never arrive at all. So -whatever my feelings on the updated versions-
    it's nice to see that all existing users are getting treated fairly.

    Hey, I wonder if I send evidence that I own the original games on
    CD-ROM to "GSC Games" (the developers of STALKER) if they'll send me a
    THIRD copy of the enhanced versions ;-)

    I got the freebies, too. Maybe I'll play an hour or two out of curiosity.

    I remember when I bought a new video card for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s lighting effects, though.

    --
    Zag

    What's the point of growing up
    if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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