No. You don't really loot parts or other crap. It's more about the world and story. Some mods make the loot more like EFT I guess. Also, you can already download Stalker 2 and try it out if you have a good enough PC for Unreal Engine 5.
By default, no, it's an immersive semi open world story based shooter set in a sci-fi exclusion zone.
I'd highly recommend playing Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl.
If you want something more Tarkov-like though, you might want to try Anomaly.
>Is stalker like EFT but single player?
No.
It's more like Far Cry 1, mixed with System Shock 2, with a hint of Fallout.
More of an FPS than RPG, but still an SP campaign. You got freedom to proceed and act as you please and the world reacts to in realistic manner, but you always got the ultimate story goals.
STALKER also inspired pretty much ALL the 2010's "survival shooter" games, but next to none of them have the similar design and approach. Too many other games just provide pointless sandbox, where you survive for sake of survival. That gets boring very quickly.
Meanwhile, I've put 10k+ hours to each of the 3 STALKER games, with and without mods, and still get an itch to revisit them every passing year.
If it'll be your first time playing STALKER,
consult this STARTING guide, grab the vanilla SoC, and play it through with minimal mods / bug fixes.
Ignore these homosexuals.
The Analmeme and Gaymma are the new wave of MEGA mods, that indeed are nothing but EFT in SP, with tons of bloat and no purpose.
Zoomers latch on that shit because the mods were made into standalone executables, meaning they no longer need the base games, which is why there's now a ton of kids who've never played a single official STALKER GAME before.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others.
it is only tangentially similar to tarkov, but you should play it anyway. it's one of the great pc classics, a true aesthetic masterpiece. The vanilla game is great but if you really want it to play more like tarkov the AMK mod is fantastic.
Have you ever asked yourself how STALKER infected the entire internet effortlessly, raised a generation of /k/ slavshitters and even produced real STALKERs that take you to the zone illegally, if it's not currently raided by the Russian army?
All freeplay mods are shit.
The proper way to play SoC is >ZRP >RMA >Original voices with subs >Absolute nature >Absolute textures >Atmosfear >AMK ballistics >Stashed >4gb patch >fov switch
You don't need anything else
>Photographs >Mutant meat >Diassembling tools >Maintenence equipment >Crafting tools >60 different kinds of snacks >Recipes >Upgrade kits >Materials >Gun parts >Scrap metals >Electronic parts >Gun oils >Sewing kits >Artifact containers >Medical items >Old ammo >Bad ammo >Ammo parts >Drug kits
Ah yes, this is what STALKER was always about
Early misery mod was loads of fun, but the final iteration just felt too bloated and unnecessary.
I think 2.1 was where it peaked if I’m remembering correctly
When it came out it was novel in a silly way, but I remember preferring its predecessor I Work Alone, which I'd already been playing since it didn't make everything look like chocolate
No. You don't really loot parts or other crap. It's more about the world and story. Some mods make the loot more like EFT I guess. Also, you can already download Stalker 2 and try it out if you have a good enough PC for Unreal Engine 5.
>Also, you can already download Stalker 2
What?!
By default, no, it's an immersive semi open world story based shooter set in a sci-fi exclusion zone.
I'd highly recommend playing Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl.
If you want something more Tarkov-like though, you might want to try Anomaly.
I like more casual stuff vs tarkov
I've never played tarkov (1.0 never came out). Is it any good?
They're still only on version 0.13.
1.0 is never coming out.
The GAMMA and Escape from Pripyat modpacks are what you are lookng for. Autismal tarkovised slop made for people who just want SP tarkov.
>Is stalker like EFT but single player?
No.
It's more like Far Cry 1, mixed with System Shock 2, with a hint of Fallout.
More of an FPS than RPG, but still an SP campaign. You got freedom to proceed and act as you please and the world reacts to in realistic manner, but you always got the ultimate story goals.
STALKER also inspired pretty much ALL the 2010's "survival shooter" games, but next to none of them have the similar design and approach. Too many other games just provide pointless sandbox, where you survive for sake of survival. That gets boring very quickly.
Meanwhile, I've put 10k+ hours to each of the 3 STALKER games, with and without mods, and still get an itch to revisit them every passing year.
If it'll be your first time playing STALKER,
consult this STARTING guide, grab the vanilla SoC, and play it through with minimal mods / bug fixes.
Ignore these homosexuals.
The Analmeme and Gaymma are the new wave of MEGA mods, that indeed are nothing but EFT in SP, with tons of bloat and no purpose.
Zoomers latch on that shit because the mods were made into standalone executables, meaning they no longer need the base games, which is why there's now a ton of kids who've never played a single official STALKER GAME before.
>2014
Can't you homosexuals in /vg/ make a better infographic already instead of jerking off each other about not playing Anomaly?
All the info is still relevant today, and this was made long before /vg/ was even a thing, tourist.
It's not relevant, half of that shit doesn't work anymore or it's old.
>tourist
Black person
Yes it does work you double Black person, I just finished CoP with this shit.
Stop lying homosexual
How is GAMMA bloated?
what the frick is a EFT ?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others.
I think I need this because I'm 40and basically dead.
Escape From Tarkov. Full of cheaters.
Its an extraction shooter that doesnt known if it wants to be a milsim or a mag dump simulator
Anomaly + mods made by EFT gays, yes.
Vanilla (SoC, CS, CoP) not at all.
You probably wouldn't enjoy Stalker 2 either, I played the demo at an event but it was much closer to vanilla than heavily modded modern Stalker
Is EFY still riddled with hackers? I guess they still use unity too?
I tried it out again last month and yes, you will notice some obvious cheating in every other match
it is only tangentially similar to tarkov, but you should play it anyway. it's one of the great pc classics, a true aesthetic masterpiece. The vanilla game is great but if you really want it to play more like tarkov the AMK mod is fantastic.
zoom zoom
Have you ever asked yourself how STALKER infected the entire internet effortlessly, raised a generation of /k/ slavshitters and even produced real STALKERs that take you to the zone illegally, if it's not currently raided by the Russian army?
If yes, try it.
All freeplay mods are shit.
The proper way to play SoC is
>ZRP
>RMA
>Original voices with subs
>Absolute nature
>Absolute textures
>Atmosfear
>AMK ballistics
>Stashed
>4gb patch
>fov switch
You don't need anything else
voices with subs
souless
Well I don't understand a single word of ukranian, how do you expect me to play?
You play the fricking original dub as god intended
>dub
holy cringe
YOU'RE CRINGE
>Photographs
>Mutant meat
>Diassembling tools
>Maintenence equipment
>Crafting tools
>60 different kinds of snacks
>Recipes
>Upgrade kits
>Materials
>Gun parts
>Scrap metals
>Electronic parts
>Gun oils
>Sewing kits
>Artifact containers
>Medical items
>Old ammo
>Bad ammo
>Ammo parts
>Drug kits
Ah yes, this is what STALKER was always about
I have never played a freeplay mod.
People will get mad but it's pretty much a broken version of Far Cry 3 albeit with more soul, but honestly, just play Far Cry 2. Stalker sucks.
I liked Misery despite everyone on here being a gay about it.
Early misery mod was loads of fun, but the final iteration just felt too bloated and unnecessary.
I think 2.1 was where it peaked if I’m remembering correctly
When it came out it was novel in a silly way, but I remember preferring its predecessor I Work Alone, which I'd already been playing since it didn't make everything look like chocolate