Developer opinions on Stalker Anomaly & Gamma?

[CaptainBoogaloo]

Do you guys love the modding community? What are your opinions of it? I personally think its amazing. Do you (developers) think your game will surpass Stalker Anomaly's various features, and if so, where?

[PsyWarVeteran]

Ahh, Anomaly & Gamma, also known as the only mods ever made for STALKER.

Did you really ask, to the developers even, whether STALKER 2 will be better than a glorified fetch quest simulator?

[Khanjima]

I don't get the hype with Anomaly and Gamma, Sure they look cool but its just a collage of overhyped mods for an overhyped experience that gets boring after 4 days

[Ancient Do$hu Desu]

Don't think either of them will be surpassing each other tbh. It's basically like trying to compare Skyrim with a load of mods to vanilla Oblivion. Or comparing Gmod to Half Life 2. You can't compare the two.

[Mr. Du Bois]

Originally posted by Ancient Do$hu Desu:

Don't think either of them will be surpassing each other tbh. It's basically like trying to compare Skyrim with a load of mods to vanilla Oblivion. Or comparing Gmod to Half Life 2. You can't compare the two.

Yea, they "only" need to provide a good core in a shape of a solid world and gameplay (optionally good story) and make sure moddability is possible.

Then it will follow the way of the original trilogy, with anyone making their own version of the game with mods.

[Redrick]

There are other mods you know

[CaptainBoogaloo]

Originally posted by Redrick:

There are other mods you know

Yes, I am aware of that. This mod has received significant attention though, and I am curious of the developer's perspectives on this.

[Schuetze_Klaus]

yeah bc one youtube dude makes videos and many ppl watch and play... like sheeps.

[[GSC]Super_PropheT]

Originally posted by CaptainBoogaloo:

Do you guys love the modding community? What are your opinions of it? I personally think its amazing. Do you (developers) think your game will surpass Stalker Anomaly's various features, and if so, where?

I can only say about myself. Back in time I've used mods only for graphic improvement and new weapons. Other mods are just not my cup of tea.

[Meias]

Originally posted by Schuetze_Klaus:

yeah bc one youtube dude makes videos and many ppl watch and play... like sheeps.

So legit question : why so many people get butthurt by someone making this game known ? If you like stalker wouldn't you want it to get popular ?

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by ZerooTwoo:

So legit question : why so many people get butthurt by someone making this game known ? If you like stalker wouldn't you want it to get popular ?

Because they are making anomaly known, not STALKER. I want STALKER to get popular, not some extremely overrated, pointless walking sim that's nothing like STALKER in any shape or form.

If people will come from fad following Youtubers looking to exploit the new cool thing they know nothing about, then let them stay. I'd rather have a tiny community that knows the ins and outs of the game in question, enjoy it regardless without needing to change and beat it into a completely new thing to like it. To hell with the popularity.

[Serpiko82]

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[Khanjima]

People are still commenting on this thread christ

[Balder]

Anomaly is great. You get all the STALKER maps, including a few unofficial ones from GSC. The thing is the amazing work done on the visuals and gunplay, as well as all sorts of improved QOL stuff.

The guy who makes the Space Screen Shaders addon is brilliant, he has really transformed the game visually. Then there are excellent weapons addons, better A-life and AI (like no see-through bushes) and various other stuff.

The story is rather bare-bones, but the immersion factor is great.

[BOT Cecil]

I don't think the devs will even try to surpass Anomaly in any way. Anomaly is a great standalone mod focussing on the sandbox simulation. It's been worked on for over 10 years afaik by many people.

If I was to do a comparison, I'd do it with another standalone mod called True Stalker. That one is a lot closer to the original Stalker, and has a proper story with voice acting, cinematics and branching paths.

[Extreme]

People expecting STALKER 2 to be like Gamma or Anomaly will be really disappointed, none of the original three games are like that, instead they are mostly story and lore focused games with a few survival mechanics that are ultimately very simple and I'm sure that STALKER 2 will be more like this too than Gamma and Anomaly.