what exactly is the goal in call of chernobyl?

[gs]

I know you can play as all of the factions and stuff but what am I supposed to be doing if i play as a loner with story mode off for example?

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Whatever you want? Go kill somebody, go hunt something, go search for artefacts, wander around, try to get better with other factions, go and hunt hostile factions. I don't know, there is plenty to do if you like freeplay

[Heresy]

Nothing its lifeless. Most people use it to cheat or experiment. Even with DOC X questlines its still completely lifeless goal less mindless free roam.

Sure there is plenty to kill and lots of places to explore but nothing drives you to any of those areas other than exploration. Which means the only people who like exploring COC never even played the original maps or games....

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

I never played CoC base, but I am loving Anomaly (which is based on, and latest in a line of CoC iterations) and I've played and beaten all 3 of the OG games. It has a few storylines as well but they're not as deep as the OG games of course, being made by indie dudes for fun, but it is still incredibly fun to play and there are actual objectives alongside the usual radiant quest stuff.

Outside of that, it's essentially just...live in the Zone as a STALKER. That's about it.

Once it is complete I will probably edit some files to make the difficulty more in line with Misery (my favorite CoP mod by far no matter how many people bash it for being "too hard" and unbalanced, which it isn't). But as it stands it's awesome already.

I'd keep an eye on it if you want to hold off until it's finished though (current version is 1.5 - 2.4 beta, but soon 1.5 - 3.0 beta will release, development is pretty active on it) - there are a few issues that a buddy of mine has recently come across that seem pretty common among a lot of players, such as a couple mutant types having missing damage checks for an anomaly in Wild Territory, which can crash the game if they enter it. Most of the crashes listed seem to be able to be solved by waiting until the next respawn so the affected mutants are replaced before re-entering the map (in other words, if a map is crashing your game, come back to it later) so not gamebreaking but still likely annoying to put off going to those maps for a game day or whatever.

[Heresy]

Thats exactly what im waiting for. Doesnt matter how long it takes either. Hope Anomaly is completed some day in an end state. Anomaly is the maximum amount the X-ray engine can be pushed and i look forward to it. If it ever is completed all those other stand alone mods will become obsolete.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Oh without a doubt, especially with how easy it is to edit. I know you're a Misery fan like I am and I know CoM exists, but Anomaly will be the best and some addons are already made that make it more difficult - beyond those like I said, easy to edit as well.

I also can't wait man.

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by Heresy:

Thats exactly what im waiting for. Doesnt matter how long it takes either. Hope Anomaly is completed some day in an end state. Anomaly is the maximum amount the X-ray engine can be pushed and i look forward to it. If it ever is completed all those other stand alone mods will become obsolete.

Yeah because all standalone mods are "HARDCORE" grindfests.