Wish Granter Thread

[Vlad]

You made it inside the CNPP Sarcophagus, past the Monolith troops and irradiated corridors. You're in front of the big blue crystal. What do you ask from it?

I'll start:

I wish STALKER 2 was released without forced ray tracing...

[BTGbullseye]

Considering I'm running this on a 5700XT at over 40FPS on medium settings, and am physically incapable of doing any level of raytracing at that framerate, I sincerely doubt your wish is even appropriate.

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

the game version? i'd stay the hell away, seeing all the brainwashed and zombified people protecting it with their lives is a good indication wish granter would just ruin my mind as well.

the movie version?
there's no way to know if it actually grants wishes, it could be all superstition. but if it does actually work i'd wish for the death of all tyrants (hopefull putin, xi, kim, khamenai and maduro would be among them

[LMPT]

Originally posted by JolyJew СлаваУкраине:

there's no way to know if it actually grants wishes

It does, but that's not necessarily best for you.

See for instance the tale in the movie about Porcupine reaching the Room, wanting to wish for his brother to be brought back from the dead, only for the Room to make him insanely rich instead because that's what his true wish was ? He then went on to hang himself two weeks later due to guilt.

Also, remember the Stalker's speech about the impossibility to use the Room in a controlled/selfish fashion, because no one can be certain of what they really wish.

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

Originally posted by LMPT:

Originally posted by JolyJew СлаваУкраине:

there's no way to know if it actually grants wishes

It does, but that's not necessarily best for you.

See for instance the tale in the movie about Porcupine reaching the Room, wanting to wish for his brother to be brought back from the dead, only for the Room to make him insanely rich instead because that's what his true wish was ? He then went on to hang himself two weeks later due to guilt.

Also, remember the Stalker's speech about the impossibility to use the Room in a controlled/selfish fashion, because no one can be certain of what they really wish.

these are all 3rd hand stories though, there is no way to know if it's real because nothing is shown in the movie

[LMPT]

Originally posted by JolyJew СлаваУкраине:

Originally posted by LMPT:

It does, but that's not necessarily best for you.

See for instance the tale in the movie about Porcupine reaching the Room, wanting to wish for his brother to be brought back from the dead, only for the Room to make him insanely rich instead because that's what his true wish was ? He then went on to hang himself two weeks later due to guilt.

Also, remember the Stalker's speech about the impossibility to use the Room in a controlled/selfish fashion, because no one can be certain of what they really wish.

these are all 3rd hand stories though, there is no way to know if it's real because nothing is shown in the movie

Sure, but one of the protagonist is carrying a 20kt bomb to destroy the room, meaning that people with access to such weaponry are concerned enough about the Room being rral to warrant its destruction using tactical nuclear weapons. This ain't something that is done on a suspicion basis.
Granted, we never *see* the room granting a wish in the movie, but that's more of an aesthetical choice than a statement about the Room itself. One of the main topic of the story is faith, in the Room itself and in the true nature of the wish one comes with in said Room.

[MeltingPotOfFriendship]

Originally posted by Vlad:

You made it inside the CNPP Sarcophagus, past the Monolith troops and irradiated corridors. You're in front of the big blue crystal. What do you ask from it?

I'll start:

I wish STALKER 2 was released without forced ray tracing...

The Wish Granter is a monkeys' paw. So yeah, you can wish for a game to be released without forced ray tracing, but the wish will be twisted into forcing the game to run in 1080i with only bloom available!

[🚛 Akehiko ⬛️💀🟧]

Yeah that's not how it works

[Mack]

big tiddie goth gf who is also rich

[MeltingPotOfFriendship]

Originally posted by Mack:

big tiddie goth gf who is also rich

Wish will be twisted into yeah, she's your gf, but you are in an "open" relationship.

[Mack]

Originally posted by Andy Wankski:

Originally posted by Mack:

big tiddie goth gf who is also rich

Wish will be twisted into yeah, she's your gf, but you are in an "open" relationship.

\That's still one more big tiddie goth gf than I had before the wish tbh.

[76561197961275394]

I wish in one hand

[MeltingPotOfFriendship]

Originally posted by Mack:

Originally posted by Andy Wankski:

Wish will be twisted into yeah, she's your gf, but you are in an "open" relationship.

\That's still one more big tiddie goth gf than I had before the wish tbh.

I mean, if you are into being a cuckold, then sure. Whatever gets you going.

[lekayrnthon]

Originally posted by LMPT:

Originally posted by JolyJew СлаваУкраине:

there's no way to know if it actually grants wishes

It does, but that's not necessarily best for you.

See for instance the tale in the movie about Porcupine reaching the Room, wanting to wish for his brother to be brought back from the dead, only for the Room to make him insanely rich instead because that's what his true wish was ? He then went on to hang himself two weeks later due to guilt.

Also, remember the Stalker's speech about the impossibility to use the Room in a controlled/selfish fashion, because no one can be certain of what they really wish.

I had forgotten about these. Wild.

[MeltingPotOfFriendship]

Originally posted by lekayrnthon:

Originally posted by LMPT:

It does, but that's not necessarily best for you.

See for instance the tale in the movie about Porcupine reaching the Room, wanting to wish for his brother to be brought back from the dead, only for the Room to make him insanely rich instead because that's what his true wish was ? He then went on to hang himself two weeks later due to guilt.

Also, remember the Stalker's speech about the impossibility to use the Room in a controlled/selfish fashion, because no one can be certain of what they really wish.

I had forgotten about these. Wild.

Yeah, iirc it's one of those "slow burn" art movies. It's fairly obscure. I heard of it from Mandalore, who spoke about it a bit on his review of the series. So I mean, the game wasn't wrong with it's interpretation of the wish granter. It's a monkey's paw. Yeah, it WILL grant your wish, but not in the way that YOU want, but what it senses that you want for yourself. Mind you, SoC makes it do something else for it's narrative. But the idea is still the same. Ask for something, the thing does it, but in a way that is detrimental. It's basically a glowing Djinn monolith.

[Rhophius]

Originally posted by Magpie:

I wish this game wasn't made by this hack developers. I wish the 'Heart of Chornobyl' (The NCPP) was actually a location in game you could visit. I wish it wasn't a dogwater xbox game lazily ported to PC. I wish it had Alife and I wish the developers didn't lie about it only to see the 'fans' eat it up and make excuses for them. I wish it didn't have pre-order or multiple teirs of purchase (deluxe etc). I wish it launched with MP deathmatch it is a FPS afterall. I wish it ran well on mid-range rigs build in 2023. I wish it wasn't on gamepass. I wish the fans would hold the developers accountable to ANY sort of standard. I wish tourist timmys would go away forever and keep their opinions to themselves. I wish gaming wasn't mass media entertainment for the unwashed masses and still a niche hobby that appeals to english-speaking white people in 1st world countries like it did in 2000. I wish it was "overwhelmingly negative" on steam until the developers fixed it and included basic features from the original games. I wish people had standards (again).

I refunded. Still mad.

~actual STALKER fan that had a gaming PC in 2007

and no one cares, bye bye now