Reviewing and Ranking every S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Game in 2024

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Background Info 0:00
Shadow of Chernobyl 5:02
Clear Sky 50:02
Call of Pripyat 1:26:35
Series Ranking 2:02:34

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  • @yourmanjimbo1302
    @yourmanjimbo13025 ай бұрын

    >Stalker retrospective >Isn't running 50000 mods We will be watching

  • @monolith4653

    @monolith4653

    4 ай бұрын

    I hate it when people upload a Stalker video like "Stalker is the best game" or "Why i love stalker" and then show a Anomaly modded into oblivion to a point where it looks as colorful as Borderlands. Or just GAMMA people..

  • @yourmanjimbo1302

    @yourmanjimbo1302

    4 ай бұрын

    @@monolith4653 shameless self promo but I did a video on vanilla SoC m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIyus7Jqmc2xibw.html

  • @enzomuller1490

    @enzomuller1490

    4 ай бұрын

    @@monolith4653 Don't tell me you're that Fedora guy from Reddit Otherwise you guys really have copy pasted opinions Why do you "hate" when people like the same game as you do? When two fans of Skyrim meet each other, do they wank each other on how unmodded their game is? SMH...

  • @raccoonman957

    @raccoonman957

    4 ай бұрын

    @@monolith4653what’s wrong with gamma

  • @chkntndy7727

    @chkntndy7727

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@monolith4653it's one thing if youve played the games. But the modding community has taken Stalker to new heights, and has kept it relative today. Anomaly and CoC to say a few, Gamma and EFP being mod packs for anomaly are great for your gunfighting style or zoner life. But if anything the modded stalkers are great and can almost be an entirely different game.

  • @Archer63270
    @Archer632705 ай бұрын

    Yo we taking it to rostok with this one. I have no idea who you are but I’m always happy to see someone doing a Stalker video. Keep up the good work dog man.

  • @danne8797

    @danne8797

    5 ай бұрын

    Same here. I find new quality niche essayists by checking almost every english speaking videos bout the stalker universe be it roadside pic, videogame or movie related content!

  • @kristiyanivanov3017

    @kristiyanivanov3017

    5 ай бұрын

    This man is based as hell doesnt mod the games to a point it changes the game great job going through all vanilla games

  • @Dropsey818

    @Dropsey818

    3 ай бұрын

    we making it out the red forest with this one

  • @shardell
    @shardell5 ай бұрын

    I’m like 100% sure you can zoom the map using the scroll wheel, it’s just the opposite direction of what you’d expect. It trips up everyone lol.

  • @Roblessed722

    @Roblessed722

    Ай бұрын

    That was added into anomaly.. unusual but yeah

  • @benjaminnickerson3961
    @benjaminnickerson39615 ай бұрын

    1:44:06 10.00kg "The gas weighs ten pounds" peak America moment

  • @jiaan100

    @jiaan100

    5 ай бұрын

    I knew meters and yards were exactly the same, but kg and lbs too? What a coincidence

  • @kcjcusbc5004

    @kcjcusbc5004

    4 ай бұрын

    Let people make mistakes, help them instead of making crude remarks.

  • @benjaminnickerson3961

    @benjaminnickerson3961

    4 ай бұрын

    @@kcjcusbc5004 @owenkung5000 sorry if I came across as crude. Hope you keep learning the little things that are different between cultures, the big things that are the same, and of course, learn to laugh along the way.

  • @ChristoffRevan

    @ChristoffRevan

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@benjaminnickerson3961Tbh, the US is literally the only true world superpower, so Americans don't really have a real necessity to "conform" to anything other people do outside the country. They're literally the New Romans, they dictate the terms of the world...not the other way around. I know Europeans especially like to cope and deny this, but it's true and everyone knows it even if they try to use anything they can to dump on Americans for this or that

  • @Ghorda9

    @Ghorda9

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jiaan100 meters and yards are not the same.

  • @AwolSlayz
    @AwolSlayz5 ай бұрын

    1:03:25 In regards to the Clear Sky MG nest at the entrance to The Cordon, it IS possible to get by the military outpost alive, but you have to keep jumping cover to cover behind rocks and trees before gunning it down the round, which can still leave you open to get shot up. Took me like 15 attempts, but it is in fact possible

  • @hamishblair7504

    @hamishblair7504

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, Clear Sky made me laugh my ass of @ being punished for having the gall to try & continue the game. Like “yeah I’ll go speak to Sidorovich. I miss my old..OMG WTF they have an MG42 now WTF?!?!” Made me use my binoculars and plan my path before trying 2 more times, both of which were white knuckle, toe curling-ly terrifying. Made the Zone feel like a forbidden place fr.

  • @StalkerQtya

    @StalkerQtya

    27 күн бұрын

    Oh, you played with a version, when GSC put back the option to kill the gunner. Originally it wasn't meant to be the way and even if you somehow managed to kill the gunner, the MG kept firing on it's own. Then they received a ton of complaints so they make it possible to silence the gun by killing the gunner. Then another patch came in, seemingly from some team working on other issues what overwrote the earlier patch concerning the gun. Then complaints arrived again and they put it back. Then another patch came in, some guy noticed that the design documents said the MG should not be silenced and "fixed" it, causing even more people to rip off their hair. Then it got fixed again. I don't even know how it is in the final version, because most mods just give you the option to kill the gunner. The idea behind this bullshit section was, that you were supposed to sneak from cover to cover, without the gunner noticing you. But sneaking in Stalker is broken as fuck and never worked (AI either can spot you through the other side of the map or never see you even if you stand next to them), so instead you have to run from cover to cover and run away. The dear fucking ret@rds at GSC even put up this fence running next to the tunnel, to make sure you can't just turn left and walk away, while making the stalkers at the bridge instantly hostile to you if you want to circle around using the way recommended by most youtube vloggers (best option is sprinting as fuck, jump under the fallen tree, wait until the gunner gets bored, then run to the hills until the gunner looses sight of you). As I said, originally you were not meant to be able to silence the gun, you were meant to run away. This is just one instance of Clear Sky design being an utter mess.

  • @pod1803
    @pod18035 ай бұрын

    The "drone" sound in Shadow of Cernobyl during the doc cutscene is here because you didn't kill the controller during your first agroprom underground mission.

  • @halavich9672

    @halavich9672

    3 ай бұрын

    LMAO. Stalker moment

  • @sushirollthug

    @sushirollthug

    2 ай бұрын

    lmao i was wondering because when i backtracked the way to doc i remembered which manhole you leave the underground from so i could snipe the controller head-on

  • @Laurentina_enjoyer
    @Laurentina_enjoyer5 ай бұрын

    honestly, i was kinda upset when stalker won the instagram poles and not terraria, but while watching the video, i got so excited about the worldbuilding of this game, the kung never fails to deliver!

  • @mina7572

    @mina7572

    5 ай бұрын

    Who cares about Instagram polls?

  • @Laurentina_enjoyer

    @Laurentina_enjoyer

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mina7572 the owen kung community is mainly from his instagram page, so yea its relavent

  • @Flemingmullholland

    @Flemingmullholland

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mina7572the instagram poles decided what the topic of the video is, if terraria had won the video would be about terraria.

  • @rexross4847

    @rexross4847

    5 ай бұрын

    laugh at this nerd he likes terraria

  • @Laurentina_enjoyer

    @Laurentina_enjoyer

    5 ай бұрын

    @@rexross4847 oh yeah? how about uhhh the unmmmm yeah, your mom (i win the arguement)

  • @subrezon
    @subrezon4 ай бұрын

    "Dutyer" is probably a janky translation quirk. "Duty" is called "Dolg" in russian, and a Duty member is called "dolgovez". The "-vez" suffix works exactly like "-er" in english, so whoever translated the game to english just followed the same process - "duty" + "er" = "dutyer".

  • @ktk44man
    @ktk44man5 ай бұрын

    Roadside picnic is really one of the best books ive ever read and its pretty short so everyone should give it a read (or listen to an audiobook rip on youtube) . Its actually crazy how this book has inspired unique but still equally good pieces of media. like the book, the stalker movie, and these games are all some of my favorite works of art period.

  • @themainman2827

    @themainman2827

    5 ай бұрын

    Every STALKER fan must read that book.

  • @chillhour6155

    @chillhour6155

    4 ай бұрын

    The movie is also good

  • @soggysandwich112

    @soggysandwich112

    4 ай бұрын

    i really wanted so much more of roadside picnic the book was over too quickly :,( but a classic awesome book non the less

  • @subrezon

    @subrezon

    4 ай бұрын

    There is a whole series of official STALKER novels. Back when the games were new, GSC partnered up with a russian publisher to release dozens of novels based directly on the games. The quality varies, some are barely a step above fan fiction, while others are written by prominent russian & ukrainian sci-fi & combat fantasy writers and are thus quite good. None are canon, each author has their own separate "STALKER universe" (although there is some limited cross-referencing), and even the basics like how anomalies, mutants and artifacts work vary dramatically between authors. Still, I inhaled these things as a kid, I read like one of those per week. Dad still has ~40 of those novels in the attic. My favorite is "Firing Line" by Vasiliy Orekhov, a story that follows a veteran stalker Hemul through a frantic chase through the Zone, set in the 2020s. The only issue is - they are all in russian, with only a couple translated into german.

  • @tipoima
    @tipoima5 ай бұрын

    1:38:00 If you talk to the bandit leader, there's essentially a skill check, where if your equipment is good enough you'll intimidate him into not demanding interest (otherwise you just get attacked).

  • @mysteryguitarteen1
    @mysteryguitarteen15 ай бұрын

    24:20 "I could never get too far without getting spotted" -has headlamp on the whole time- gee I wonder why

  • @furynvm

    @furynvm

    5 ай бұрын

    I literally played through this couple days ago and it was the same for me but I didn't have my head lamp on. The stealth in SoC just sucks ass.

  • @jerbear938

    @jerbear938

    3 ай бұрын

    Nah I just don't ever try stealth in the Stalker games...shits jank man

  • @GingerBabyVoodoo

    @GingerBabyVoodoo

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@jerbear938 Trying to be stealthy is only good for a jumpscare when you get one tapped

  • @AKKK1182

    @AKKK1182

    2 ай бұрын

    Lol yep. But it's a shit section to stealth through as well. You don't really have access to silenced weapons at that point and doing melee only is fucked. I managed to do it once, but once you reach the files I think it always triggers the alarm.

  • @JV0923
    @JV09235 ай бұрын

    How will this video affect Owen Kung’s legacy?

  • @GreasyMonkey7576
    @GreasyMonkey75762 ай бұрын

    Somewhat big news fellas: the 3 stalker games is now on console(PlayStation and Xbox) so now if you like stalker you can play it on console

  • @s2a1d
    @s2a1d4 ай бұрын

    Speaking of savescumming, back when i played CS (it was the first stalker game i had EVER played) I used to save after each individual kill in a fight so youd scroll through my saves and see: swamps fight 1 kill swamps fight 2 kills swamps fight 3 kills swamps fight 4 kills swamps fight finished

  • @0condolences
    @0condolences5 ай бұрын

    glad i found this channel this is the content i need

  • @kikyoism

    @kikyoism

    Ай бұрын

    glad i found parker fitzgerald this is the owen i kung

  • @shardell
    @shardell5 ай бұрын

    Stalker doesn’t stand for anything btw, it was literally just to avoid copyright with the film. The acronym was fan invented.

  • @grrizzzy7

    @grrizzzy7

    3 ай бұрын

    No

  • @sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236

    @sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236

    2 ай бұрын

    @@grrizzzy7 He's correct I'm afraid ... use your logic, it's a backronym. The studio DID come up with it but afteer the fact.

  • @micksenser2516

    @micksenser2516

    Ай бұрын

    @@sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236why did you fake pretending to be another person when you clearly are the same person @shardell and hopped on an alt. You literally hopped on an alt to pretend that you were someone else defending the original post 🤣🤣🫵🏾

  • @sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236

    @sci_ent_ificsui_neg9236

    Ай бұрын

    @@micksenser2516 Firstly, you absolute coping mecchanism addled f*ckwit, ... If I have something to opine? I WILL do so ...I have ZERO concern whether you have the limited cognition to comprehend so. Secondly, I use THIS account and have only done so since before your mother gave up injecting milk into your prebuscent sounding mouth. Have you had your fill of less than heterosexual cope now? .... I should I now take off tthe training gloves?

  • @donovanmorris8130

    @donovanmorris8130

    Ай бұрын

    But didn't the movie maker die long before the game were made

  • @howmuchmorecanItake
    @howmuchmorecanItake5 ай бұрын

    This is absolutely stellar my man! I'm not even halfway, and I'm very happy with it. STALKER is such a interesting series, and I'm glad to see a review that's this long and isnt just basically restating the plot!

  • @jacobburzumato4164
    @jacobburzumato41645 ай бұрын

    It’s still hilarious to me that I found your KZread channel as a 23 year old grown man completely independently of when I was like 17 shitting my pants laughing at your meme account (I haven’t had social media in years now)

  • @autismofinn3144

    @autismofinn3144

    4 ай бұрын

    brother for context I was older six years ago than you are now. You stop calling yourself grown man at some point and try to find the little things that bring you childlike joy and wonder, it's too easy to lose.

  • @VampiricBard

    @VampiricBard

    4 ай бұрын

    @@autismofinn3144 Too true

  • @jacobburzumato4164

    @jacobburzumato4164

    4 ай бұрын

    @@autismofinn3144 I’m not saying anything negative or anything, just distinguishing between the two very different points in my life I discovered and enjoyed his kungtent

  • @sneedle252
    @sneedle2525 ай бұрын

    It's so moving and beautiful. It's like a snapshot of a time just passed.

  • @SzymonPusiolski
    @SzymonPusiolski5 ай бұрын

    The freeroam you mentioned Shadow of Chernobyl is only included with ZRP I think, because i dont recall it being in vanilla. Anyway great vid. Earned a sub.

  • @sushirollthug

    @sushirollthug

    2 ай бұрын

    yea vanilla sends you back to the main menu

  • @NotThatJonesShow
    @NotThatJonesShow2 ай бұрын

    I appreciate you playing these with very minimal modding i see too many people get turned off from the game for being too hard and i find a lot of that comes from the mods they get recommended that are meant for vets to play with once the basegame isn't enough anymore

  • @NotThatJonesShow

    @NotThatJonesShow

    2 ай бұрын

    Also the persona plot joke got me good 😂

  • @Heli0s891
    @Heli0s8915 ай бұрын

    Fr the most underrated KZreadr rn. Entertaining AND your vids are in depth/interesting? Yea, get this guy a million subs rn.

  • @kikyoism

    @kikyoism

    Ай бұрын

    clearly you are not into the owen kung lore

  • @microgoji4238
    @microgoji42385 ай бұрын

    That was a really good video, going through the original games in great detail, super high quality, keep it up

  • @holo7070
    @holo70704 ай бұрын

    I want to thank you for this review. You got me to actually play the games and I can’t stop (I won’t lie Shadow of Chernobyls ending almost filtered me). I played them all back to back over these last two weeks and am currently installing Anomaly to give me more of the Zone. I have not been this inthralled by a game and it’s world since I played the og Dead Space on its release.

  • @holo7070

    @holo7070

    4 ай бұрын

    P.S fuck Rail Guns and fuck the wish granters dialogue looping LMAO.

  • @zephurwallace9560
    @zephurwallace95605 ай бұрын

    Just wanted to say this review was extremely well done, and I love your upbeat delivery. You've earned yourself a subscriber.

  • @GhostGum
    @GhostGum5 ай бұрын

    This is a kung classic (the vids are really good keep posting them)

  • @owenkung5000

    @owenkung5000

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much man! You're one of my main inspirations big dog

  • @ericwilliams477

    @ericwilliams477

    2 ай бұрын

    Ghost gum wtf 👋

  • @FuumetsuPhoenix
    @FuumetsuPhoenix2 ай бұрын

    I just found your channel by youtube algorithm and it’s been a while since it recommended me a channel so worthwhile, loved your cometary, loved your gameplay, thanks for such a great video

  • @ViktorBerg
    @ViktorBerg5 ай бұрын

    Bless you for bringing up the popular myths about difficulty levels in Shadow of Chernobyl. As someone who personally dug around in config files for hours, I tried to convey this simple fact multiple times, but a lot of people just ignore the proof right there in the code.

  • @beckettfordahl5450
    @beckettfordahl54505 ай бұрын

    Great video man, love your Insta page and its cool seeing you do this longform content. Your scripts are getting better with each video, too!

  • @NerzJansch2
    @NerzJansch25 ай бұрын

    Funfact about that stalker that saves your life after the death truck crash. He´s modeled after the Stalker from the original movie. Reddish hair, similiar face a calm and mellow saviour. There´s tons of therories about how he might be scar, or later on might´ve become Charon (the monolith leader in prypiat) due to his relatively rare VSS which only appears on like three people in the whole series.

  • @Sniper_XPEHOB

    @Sniper_XPEHOB

    4 ай бұрын

    Scar looks even more like the Stalker than the guy that saves you in the intro does

  • @MrEvans1

    @MrEvans1

    3 ай бұрын

    Scar is confirmed dead or turned monolith.

  • @newhank21

    @newhank21

    Ай бұрын

    He looks more like Redrick Schuart from the original Roadside Picnic novel

  • @bloodangel19

    @bloodangel19

    28 күн бұрын

    Why would Scar save you tho? If he was alive he would just cap you again

  • @azamat6765
    @azamat67655 ай бұрын

    Really nice vid. CoP is my favourite OG S. T. A. L. K. E. R game. I played SoC and CS when I was like 7-8 y/o and just couldn't understand wtf was going on. Then when I was maybe 11 I randomly bought CoP at some local games shop for like 150 rubles and fell in love with the game. After playing trough all vanilla games I can say that CoP has the most interesting side quests and side characters in the series. I also love attention to details and the world kinda reacting to your actions. Like how Topol's group becomes a cool science research group with top-tier armors if you keep all of them alive during ecologists' quests. Another example is how you can mention lots of things to Zulus when you're drinking with him(like how you've found the Oasis, cleared the bloodsucker nest and etc. Although some things in the game feel really undercooked(I really don't like that most of unique guns are just ordered from Nimble and aren't used as a reward for quests or loot from named NPCs). I also love Anomaly and Anomaly modpacks because they can provide the "some random stalker living in the Zone and doing some chores for Sidorovich" experience (peak Anomaly for me is literally hunting mutants, cooking their meat and going on artifact hunts).

  • @anymo3120
    @anymo3120Ай бұрын

    I’m digging many of your videos. Your channel will become huge!!!

  • @thedemonfoxofficial
    @thedemonfoxofficial5 ай бұрын

    Phenomenal video friend! Keep it up🔥 i love this type of content

  • @FiresilverTV
    @FiresilverTV5 ай бұрын

    Definitely enjoyed watching this, it was well paced and had thorough coverage of each of the games. Hope you do a GAMMA review and one for STALKER 2 someday.

  • @jorrogboe
    @jorrogboe4 ай бұрын

    Love your style of commentating. Keep up the good work, brother.

  • @skillo6399
    @skillo63994 ай бұрын

    Your video is very enjoyable. You talk about a good game in a clear and interesting manner. You deserve more subs :)

  • @UncleDan_
    @UncleDan_5 ай бұрын

    Only a short while into the video, but as a Stalker veteran, thank you for actually explaining for new people how the difficulties work. Used to think that master made bullets do more damage, until I actually heard other people discussing it and realised for myself that it's total bullshit.

  • @autismofinn3144

    @autismofinn3144

    4 ай бұрын

    I feel you I fell for it too. After over 10 years of stalkers I found out it was just bullshit :D

  • @user-ky5ps9lv4z
    @user-ky5ps9lv4z5 ай бұрын

    "... and review them the only way I know how poorly" This got me good 😂 No, bro, its quality! Keep it up

  • @AmereTO0o
    @AmereTO0o4 ай бұрын

    Im glad that someone take a journey to Sralker series imo its one of most unique games u will ever play the atmosphere while of this game is topnotch , i watched the entire video and bring me memories of this golden serie u did amazing job explaing and editing through the video. Btw u finished the whole series and not knowing that there is quick healing shortcut and peeking mechanic in the game which it will make ur engagement way easier by pressing "E" and "Q" .

  • @seanvanputten2337
    @seanvanputten23372 ай бұрын

    Dude you made a very good video! Thanks for this and I subscribed 😊

  • @Cee-rn4xb
    @Cee-rn4xb5 ай бұрын

    Love to see it keep up the great work kung ball!!!

  • @starfish1834
    @starfish18345 ай бұрын

    Great video, wish NFL iceberg didn’t get nailed by KZread. I liked it a lot . Merry Christmas Kung!

  • @biker4188
    @biker41885 ай бұрын

    came from the ironic instagram account and didn't expect such a great video from it. Very nice stuff mr kungle keep it up

  • @Dropsey818
    @Dropsey8183 ай бұрын

    Love all 3 of these games, thanks for the video

  • @Jessie-vk7oo
    @Jessie-vk7oo5 ай бұрын

    I ain’t even watched it but I know it’s gas, keep it up mr kung 👍👍

  • @officedullard8722
    @officedullard87224 ай бұрын

    Quite an enjoyable video, Mr Kung.

  • @Mayface
    @Mayface14 күн бұрын

    Playing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R for the first time because it came to the xbox, ive made it to the 3rd game and i just love this world so much! Good video!

  • @user-wc1cb4tm7o
    @user-wc1cb4tm7o4 ай бұрын

    Very fun and cool video. Good job ! liked and subbed

  • @gastonibarlucea
    @gastonibarlucea2 ай бұрын

    The realization that there is a 2 hours long video of one of my favorites series from all time, and almost 230 k people had seen it before me, its part of what makes me hope about our world. cheers. Great Vid, seen it in three sits. Im jumpting right know to the oblivion video.

  • @mercy9487
    @mercy94875 ай бұрын

    GLORY TO MONOLITH! Good video man, im subbin. Also I HIGHLY recommend playing GAMMA. Its basically an even more open world version of STALKER. Im currently running a Mercenary run and its just so fitting.

  • @jam6000
    @jam60004 ай бұрын

    Ill never forget when Shadow of Chernobyl came out. It was the answer to the itch left since the original Resident evil PSX Trilogy. It got me into hardcore FPS and Action RPGs. Its hard to believe its nearly been 20 years since then. Im still playing with my Steam Deck

  • @jerbear938
    @jerbear9383 ай бұрын

    Great video dude, as someone who likes to think themselves a stalker aficionado, this is very well edited and compiled. Enjoyed it greatly:) thanks

  • @jerbear938

    @jerbear938

    3 ай бұрын

    Also your sense of humors got me cracking up 😂😂 good shit dude 🤟

  • @villemononen5303
    @villemononen53035 ай бұрын

    Aaahhh you Cheeky Breeky! Well done with the highly entertaining reviews! I played the Stalkers first time this year, and they easily became one of my favorites! The setting is very interesting and unique, the gunplay / challenge is top-notch. I heard lot of praise for them back in the day, but missed them. Perhaps my PC was lacking etc. My other favorites include Fallout & Fallout 2, Disciples 2, Silent Storm games, Seven Kingdoms etc. When it comes to the gameworld / story / ending being reactive to player actions and choices, Fallout & Fallout 2 rank extremely high here. When it comes to gunplay, around those times F.E.A.R. was highly regarded and probably is today. Legends then, legends still i say. I haven't played it, though. Ok, back to the review. I wonder is there mods to nerf the AI grenades and squish bugs for Clear Sky? I'd like to think so. Regarding Call of Pripyat; First time i remember "cheesing" through the sleeping bloodsuckers by standing behind my fellow buddy / corner / something and just throwing grenades like crazy at them and shooting like hell. Very tough, and very memorable! Regarding the room with 4 hooded big guys, same strategy there. Lots of grenades and shooting. In Pripryat, there was one certain big complex. Aften completing the game, i went there for some aftergoodies. The complex would be eather occupied, or soon to be. So it great strolling with my boys there, often they would end up there. If the complex was occupied, then clearing it and keeping the complex as ours was challenging. If it was empty, then holding the line and keeping the complex as ours was fun too.

  • @johnpot
    @johnpot5 ай бұрын

    What a great video on the STALKER Series, Marked Two. Keep up the good work. Gonna Subscribe to you to see another video from you.

  • @okaqe
    @okaqe4 ай бұрын

    great video man

  • @r0ckatanskay942
    @r0ckatanskay9425 ай бұрын

    Insanely good video man. You should play anomaly, and make a review of you want. ❤❤

  • @samehedi
    @samehedi3 ай бұрын

    hi there... old timer here. first off, good video, always love it when someone covers the genre. some notes; - difficulty, also affects loot found in crates - it's "si-doro-wich" or "si-dro-wich", not "sido-rowich" - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - the acronym is widespread, but made up, it doesn't stand for anything - the bridge in cordon; most common rookie mistake. fps trained us to "shoot first, ask never" - but in stalker there are some situations when talking to the enemy is totally an option - probably a bit more, but i just started the video and don't wanna be too picky if you want to explore the series further, i highly recommend the lost alpha from dezowave, it is a standalone game and tries to recreate the game as original intended with lots of cut content like the Sins faction or driving vehicles, another ending, etc.

  • @Tylus_G
    @Tylus_G2 ай бұрын

    I just got this on my Xbox and it’s like far cry meets fallout and metro. That is the best way to describe how the game feels to play

  • @CharcharoExplorer
    @CharcharoExplorer4 ай бұрын

    I would not say that STALKER is based on Stalker (movie) and Roadside Picnic. Those are for sure inspirations for the series, but the game world and story are way different to those stories. Themes too. In fact, the reason the NPCs mention Klondike so often is because the Klondike Gold Rush is another massive influence on the game world too. The AK is an AK 74 variant so it is 5.45, not 7.62. You missed a Stalker suit and Fast SHooting AK in Strelok's stash. For Clear SKy - use the Sky Reclamation Project bug fix mod. For the machinegun in Cordon - it is possible to get the high-end Clear Sky armour before going there. It is even better than the Berill. You need max Clear Sky reputation for it but it is a life saver. This makes it easier to pass the machinegun. Anti-Radiation artifacts in Clear Sky are super powerful. So you can ignore that damage type with 1-2 high to mid range ones. And stack lots of other ones for combat. I personally like CoP but the least out of the series. Its a good game but I dislike its map design. Call of Pripyat has the most mods.

  • @hubertmendel4587
    @hubertmendel45874 ай бұрын

    01:03:38 It is possible to get past the military checkpoint without getting killed although, you have to be quick about it. You basically want to run towards the second rock down the hill and crouch until they stop shooting. Then, once they stop shooting, make sure that you fully regenerated your stamina and run to the left. There should be a gap between the barbed wire and a bush, once you make it past that, then you just run for it and hope you won't get killed. It took me a while but eventually made it past them.

  • @s2a1d
    @s2a1d4 ай бұрын

    1:53 I had no ammo in any guns but my pistol at this area, so i just sprinted ass-first into the controller and spammed right click with the knife and spammed F1 to heal

  • @MachineSpirit101
    @MachineSpirit1015 ай бұрын

    Gread video! If you do play Anomaly, I highly recommend the Boomsticks and Sharpsticks mod, just adds a bunch of cool weapons, and weapon attachments.

  • @itsmecrosby4723
    @itsmecrosby47232 ай бұрын

    Shout out big man Kruglov Dude is the only guy in SOC to genuinely ask you how you're doing Everyone else is a hello or some superficial how's it going. Kruglov asks "how's life" He a real one.

  • @mustpaike
    @mustpaike2 ай бұрын

    Listening to your narration in this video on the background and reading my zone-influenced fiction (I posted it in r/stalker a while back - "Stories from the Lost County" by mvmikehammer) gives me some new ideas and directions where to take my writing.

  • @maturingreen6456
    @maturingreen64565 ай бұрын

    In 8:35 they all just say to you to holster your weapon if you want a humane talk except the second last guy who was saying at the moment something.

  • @brandonhussey1665
    @brandonhussey16655 ай бұрын

    This guys gonna be huge mark my words. Wish he had more content.

  • @tipoima
    @tipoima5 ай бұрын

    1:03:30 It's been a LONG time since I played Clear Sky, but I don't remember having any issues with the machine gun section. IIRC you either were supposed to do it at night, or use rocks for cover. But it was definitely intended for you to get through the machine gunner.

  • @Tman1052
    @Tman10525 ай бұрын

    After checking out these games myself like you did, I had an insatiable itch for more and Anomaly and Gamma definitely scratch that itch that I'm sure you're having right now. Definitely do anomaly first, then gamma second. There are a LOT of changes to the gameplay made in Gamma which I and many other find to be enjoyable, but it's an experience in its own right. Make some videos on them, I'm happy to sub and wait for them!

  • @-r1ch0-16
    @-r1ch0-16Ай бұрын

    I played all 3 of the stalker games the last year and I enjoyed all of them. Imo the best part about stalker was the exploration. Searching for items in an abandoned house while it's raining outside (in-game), was awesome. I am really excited for the new entry this year.

  • @lobotomite4468
    @lobotomite4468Ай бұрын

    for anyone wondering the console versions of the games are really good and rarely crash

  • @ethanglen4463
    @ethanglen44635 ай бұрын

    great video kung you gotta do a video anomaly/gamma next

  • @kaspersaldell
    @kaspersaldell3 ай бұрын

    Dude almost 200k views congratulations :D

  • @anhnguyenhoang210
    @anhnguyenhoang2104 ай бұрын

    You CAN crouch down, go under the fallen tree (break the box if necessary), hug the fence on the left and sneak through to the rookie village in Clear Sky. Scamorovich will be very impressed once you've done so. I got it first try when I played CS for the first time too. Didn't even think that I'm supposed to go through the other route.

  • @Assdafflabaff
    @Assdafflabaff4 ай бұрын

    Glad you finally gave these games a chance, if you're a fan of the first person shooter genre, or just gaming in general, the Stalker games will inevitably come up just like Half-life. CoP was my favorite of the 3, I've beaten it several times, and I also really love Anomaly. I've been playing through the True Stalker mod recently and it's another great addition to the series, as a standalone game.

  • @carcinogenical4389
    @carcinogenical43895 ай бұрын

    I miss how op shadow of chernobyl endurance artifacts are. infinite sprint

  • @crowsparrow7169
    @crowsparrow71695 ай бұрын

    absolutely play anomaly and then gamma, and deffinitally do a review, currently my favorite game of 2023 and has me more than hyped for stalker 2

  • @sammichfr
    @sammichfr5 ай бұрын

    let's goooo new owen kung video!!!

  • @monsterbox1308
    @monsterbox13085 ай бұрын

    The modder for stalker is truly some of the best wizard I’ve seen I’m constantly in awe from what they manage to do from a 16 year old engine, truly putting some triple A company to shame.

  • @vincenthoup
    @vincenthoup5 ай бұрын

    Great stuff, Keep it up

  • @AnonYmous-rz8xk
    @AnonYmous-rz8xk5 ай бұрын

    Long one! So hyped

  • @s2a1d
    @s2a1d4 ай бұрын

    19:17 Speaking of being left with your pants down, during my playthrough of SOC when i got right infront of the CNPP I went into my inventory, I looked at the stats of my exoskeleton (i was using it to get to and through the cnpp) and the stats were so low from durability loss that I had to ditch the exoskeleton outfront of the CNPP and foot it through the complex

  • @hyperturbotechnomike
    @hyperturbotechnomike5 ай бұрын

    Cool video. I played the games shortly after they came out and desite all of the bugs and glitches, it was still a great experience. Thhe bugs were fitting, a byproduct of the era, because the eastern bloc was struggling during that time. I'm from a Lithuanian family and during the late 90's, 2000's everything was chaos. Please do a video about the Metro trilogy

  • @OiCCaboose
    @OiCCaboose5 ай бұрын

    Awesome vid. Thanks for all the time you put into this. Also Sid-oro-vich** Gause pronounced G-ow-se*** and Magazine******, a clip is something a Kar98 would use. A magazine is, well a magazine...like what would go into a Glock.

  • @therealdommy9378
    @therealdommy93785 ай бұрын

    my brother of Yakub, play stalker anomaly gamma

  • @maus439
    @maus4394 ай бұрын

    Besides the audio and video being desynced, this is a good video

  • @clmirsh
    @clmirsh2 ай бұрын

    huh, watching 17:09 made me remember how I delt with them every new game I make , I always find a grenade and throw it in some direction away from the checkpoint . They'll all wander over to the sound and I can walk right by

  • @trentdd15
    @trentdd155 ай бұрын

    I've played the original stalker games + anomaly and gamma. I'd highly recommend both anomaly or gamma depending on how hardcore of an experience you want with your game but it'll be a pleasant surprise playing them. Anomaly by itself is a great experience that can still be enjoyed casually. Gamma is both beautiful and brutal. The amount of mods they have (I think current gamma is like 439 mods?) really brought a polish to the game you almost don't believe is possible. They've even added mantling to grab onto ledges in the most recent update. Whilst both anomaly and gamma I'd say are more hardcore versions of stalker they still have that sandbox aspect of them. Almost every option can be tuned ingame to find the perfect gameplay loop for you. By default they are pretty challenging to get good or serviceable loot but you can tweak it to be more fair for you. Gamma will never have the original games beat for the story since it's not it's focus but the overall experience of Gamma is something of beauty and I hope you get to experience it.

  • @kraizerxthesimp46

    @kraizerxthesimp46

    5 ай бұрын

    and if you dont like the grindy aspect of gamma escape from pripyat aka EFP is your friend

  • @Lake_Claire

    @Lake_Claire

    5 ай бұрын

    Shadow Of Charnobyl is still the best game out of them all - best vibes and no tacti-cool cringe

  • @autismofinn3144

    @autismofinn3144

    4 ай бұрын

    I slapped better drop conditions for more experienced stalkers with masters having mint gear, made the midgame flow less grindy to me and I think it fits well having serious stalkers taking care of their shit, and rookies trying their bestest with broken toz's

  • @autismofinn3144

    @autismofinn3144

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Lake_Claire the tacticool stuff is what I hate the most about gamma even though I like it a lot. I wish you could just outright disable BaS without breaking everything. And I started with shadow of chernobyl on my first gaming laptop sporting ati x600 graphics, managed to run that bad boy with surprisingly good settings but man was it rough. Then updated my computer and went down oblivion lost -> amk -> lurk pipelines and so on so forth, was hooked. No need to go all monolith and make stalker fans fight eachother

  • @chaseorr6978
    @chaseorr69784 ай бұрын

    Great vid love the channel. Curry was unanimous MVP in 2016

  • @ruperterskin2117
    @ruperterskin2117Ай бұрын

    Cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @JenyaIsJustChilling
    @JenyaIsJustChilling3 ай бұрын

    33:39 - "Sahar" part in Saharov's last name literally means Sugar. So i guess you can call him Sugar Daddy.

  • @ballacaust
    @ballacaust5 ай бұрын

    For anyone interested, both the book and the film are really great. Especially the film, which also has a ton of interesting (and sad) history surrounding its creation.

  • @GugureSux
    @GugureSux4 ай бұрын

    I always find it a bit mindboggling that literal post-CoD4 kids are now old enough to make YT video documentaries. But I'm still glad that more people are finding out about the wonders of the Zone... and NOT using a pile of mega-mods right off the bat (looking at you, Anomaly kids). I personally have been blasting digital foes since the original DOOM, and STALKER still is one of the most memorable, most unique and engaging FPS games of all time. And for the longest of time, they were some of THE PC exclusives people raved about. Also, is it just me, or did you play SOC on the DirectX8 mode, the "Static Lighting" setting? That instantly makes it look 10 years older than it truly is. Truly bizarre that so many newbies make this mistake. Also: ALL the three STALKER games run on the exact same X-Ray engine. CS and CoP only got minor DX10 and 11 upgrades; the differences really diminish if you switch SoC to DX9 mode.

  • @StalkerQtya
    @StalkerQtya27 күн бұрын

    1:00:15 They did the pistol zoom thing, because they saw Fallout 3 doing. No other reason. After they got a ton of complaints about it, they decided to put it back for CoP. That's it.

  • @mentosvagabond
    @mentosvagabond4 ай бұрын

    1:04:00 you can actually run pass the machine gun if you have ball big enough to zig zag between tree and rock and enough bandage to patch up few hole. My first time playing clear sky, I was too stubborn to go back and save scum brute force through and meet sidorovic right away. I swear they just summon grenade on your location instead of throwing sometime. But then in mid to late game I got the exo-suit, pimp it tf out and tank 3-6 grenade back to back until they throw the extra hurt grenade then my body flying out the window.

  • @Calyrekt
    @Calyrekt5 ай бұрын

    i enjoy your yapping thank you Kung

  • @yoyo.dealer757
    @yoyo.dealer7575 ай бұрын

    Im ngl i forgot you had a youtube, was not expecting to find you in my recommendations tho congrats on catching some steam in the algorithm man. Idk parker Fitzgerald or something

  • @jmallas984
    @jmallas9845 ай бұрын

    Ngl when i first played stalker shadow of chernobyl for some odd reasone i manage to made duty and freedom green on my map so i was friend to both. I do not know how i did it iwas very random. Same thing happen in stalker call of pripyat i wasnt able to replicate it consistently very random but thats the beauty of the game and the zone

  • @-pressxtostart-
    @-pressxtostart-Ай бұрын

    Loving this game on Playstation, making my way over to X-18 in SoC currently after doing a bit of busy work, like getting a neat collection of artifacts, guns and loot 😊 its so much fun, had one bad part where it crashed 10 seconds after loading without fail, but loaded save from 5 mins earlier and not had a single crash since, its so weird 😂

  • @fr0gh800
    @fr0gh8004 ай бұрын

    i watched the whole video and i gotta say its very good.

  • @TicketLicker
    @TicketLickerАй бұрын

    Good one as this as the one on anomaly, played them in eastern European classical pirated copy bought at the bazaar way in 2007 an so on, it straight caught me that well the zone, from a fence pole to concrete slabs and rail ways is just as were the post soviet slums most of us grew up roaming young and unaware of the approaching evils of the capitalist hellscape. Well done mr K, and a lil addition Strela means an arrow, so strelok is marksman or an archer, as well as shooter yes, jus a bit of protoslavic lingo fun fact so you dont bring a longbow to a gunfight one day, but the way you pronounce brittish language makes me think you are more familiar with guns than a brighton uk police officer. Peace.

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