Completed all of them

[gman1034]

I guess I'm ready for STALKER 2 and some mods, any recommendations?

[Chizzit]

Call of Chernobyl / Call of the Zone / Anomaly (and all their mod packs) are good if you enjoyed the sandbox of the zone and want to "make your own story".

For focused experiences I would have to defer to others, but I've heard that True Stalker and Spatial Anomaly is good.

There's a lot of mods that reinvent the OG games or have their own story. Other will most likely provide their insights as I'm still new to the different mods myself.

[PsyWarVeteran]

OGSE
Wind of Time
SGM
True Stalker
Goldsphere
Last Stalker
Chernobyl Chronicles
Fotograf
Incubator
Thorny Way
Voice
The Way to Pripyat

[Chizzit]

PsyWarVeteran a écrit :

OGSE
Wind of Time
SGM
True Stalker
Goldsphere
Last Stalker
Chernobyl Chronicles
Fotograf
Incubator
Thorny Way
Voice
The Way to Pripyat

There's the list I thought was coming.

Mind giving a small explanation of each one?

[Wei]

Spatial Anomaly, Vector of Alienation, or alternatively, Oblivion Lost Remake 2.5.

Most mods for Stalker are great, and despite many being machine-translated, you'll still have a lot of fun with them. In my opinion, the ones you should absolutely avoid are those based on Misery, as they're usually bloated with 'no-fun-allowed' features added to the game solely for the sake of realism. I mean, just imagine how fun it is to actually have to loot individual bolts just so you can use them to travel safely around invisible anomalies, or having to swap batteries for electronics like your PDA or night vision, or even worse, not being able to carry food with you because radiation keeps spoiling your kobasa.

[PsyWarVeteran]

corey a écrit :

I should of read this before playing Anomaly. I hate the crafting and repairing system. Why do repairs cost 20 to 70k rubles? I'll try out all of these you guys recommended, thanks!

Misery, anomaly, basically every mod that people can't stop gushing over are extremely overrated. There are tons more out there that not only accomplish much more impressive things than those mods, but have many unique aspects too.

If you're looking for something specific let me know. Mods about zombies, mods about cut content, exploration heavy mods, less shooting more talking / wandering mods, short one sitting mods, extremely long filled to the brim mods etc.

Just ask and point you to the right direction.

[Wei]

corey a écrit :

Wei a écrit :

Spatial Anomaly, Vector of Alienation, or alternatively, Oblivion Lost Remake 2.5.

Most mods for Stalker are great, and despite many being machine-translated, you'll still have a lot of fun with them. In my opinion, the ones you should absolutely avoid are those based on Misery, as they're usually bloated with 'no-fun-allowed' features added to the game solely for the sake of realism. I mean, just imagine how fun it is to actually have to loot individual bolts just so you can use them to travel safely around invisible anomalies, or having to swap batteries for electronics like your PDA or night vision, or even worse, not being able to carry food with you because radiation keeps spoiling your kobasa.

I should of read this before playing Anomaly. I hate the crafting and repairing system. Why do repairs cost 20 to 70k rubles? I'll try out all of these you guys recommended, thanks!

Possibly because that's the only way to keep people playing the mod. Stalker just isn't made for sandbox play, so when you lack motivation, such as story quests, to explore the zone, it can get pretty damn boring. Anomaly/GAMMA's clumsy solution to this problem is to prolong the 'hobo-phase' far beyond what you would expect, so the player can get a longer sense of progression. This is achieved by crippling the economy—making even bandages expensive—and by rendering weapons dropped by enemies useless as soon as they hit the ground, among other stuff.

[Chizzit]

corey a écrit :

Wei a écrit :

Possibly because that's the only way to keep people playing the mod. Stalker just isn't made for sandbox play, so when you lack motivation, such as story quests, to explore the zone, it can get pretty damn boring. Anomaly/GAMMA's clumsy solution to this problem is to prolong the 'hobo-phase' far beyond what you would expect, so the player can get a longer sense of progression. This is achieved by crippling the economy—making even bandages expensive—and by rendering weapons dropped by enemies useless as soon as they hit the ground, among other stuff.

Shame too. I actually really liked the shootouts in Anomaly and I can manage everything else but the crafting/repair system is just entirely luck based or searching for one certain weapon so you can repair your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ one, all because how jacked up prices are in Anomaly for no reason.

For Anomaly I like the Old World Addon Redux. It guts a lot of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ parts of Anomaly and makes it play more like the OGs.

Also there's always Call of the Zone for the sandbox play. Dr. X, before his passing, made CotZ to give his version of a sandbox mode with his quests and whatnot, and it is one of the most similar to the OG games out of any of the Call of Chernobyl / Anomaly ones.

As the others have said though, unless sandbox is your cup of tea (Mount and Blade, Dwarf Fortress, etc.) those experiences won't retain your attention for as long as a proper story based mod.

[Eleksio]

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[Chizzit]

Eleksio a écrit :

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[Ayyoue]

arottweiler a écrit :

You just see your own superior opinion which from what I've seen doesn't count for much around here.

Oh, the irony.

[Wei]

arottweiler a écrit :

Your self serving list of mods isn't much use without descriptions or URLs to trusted downloads.

Most if not all of these mods can easily be found for download on MODDB, along with a brief description of what each mod is all about.

[Chizzit]

Wei a écrit :

arottweiler a écrit :

Your self serving list of mods isn't much use without descriptions or URLs to trusted downloads.

Most if not all of these mods can easily be found for download on MODDB, along with a brief description of what each mod is all about.

This is true for some, but for others it is a bit more confusing on how to get them set up. True Stalker and SGM jump to mind for this, as the files aren't on MODDB but on the rus site.

...but yes, 95% of Stalker mods can be easily installed by finding them on MODDB and following the instructions.

[Wei]

Chizzit a écrit :

Wei a écrit :

Most if not all of these mods can easily be found for download on MODDB, along with a brief description of what each mod is all about.

This is true for some, but for others it is a bit more confusing on how to get them set up. True Stalker and SGM jump to mind for this, as the files aren't on MODDB but on the rus site.

...but yes, 95% of Stalker mods can be easily installed by finding them on MODDB and following the instructions.

I understand that this might be the case for obscure Russian mods, but True Stalker has a Google Drive link on their MODDB page, and you can also find SGM on MODDB with the English patch already installed in the files section. It's named 'SGM 2.2 English all-in-one'.

[Kaezeribato]

If you want to see video of some of these mods there is a dude on Youtube that made review on some of them, he's called Cheeki Breeki. He reviewed quite a number of story based mod.

corey a écrit :

I should of read this before playing Anomaly. I hate the crafting and repairing system. Why do repairs cost 20 to 70k rubles? I'll try out all of these you guys recommended, thanks!

Repair and upgrade cost a lot but you can easily make a lot of money with mission.

PS : Stalker 2 will be a mess, people should to stop having hope for a game that was continuously pushed back for half a decade, if not more. Two exemple of game that did this are Anthem and Duke Nukem Forever.

[Chizzit]

Kaezeribato a écrit :

If you want to see video of some of these mods there is a dude on Youtube that made review on some of them, he's called Cheeki Breeki. He reviewed quite a number of story based mod.

corey a écrit :

I should of read this before playing Anomaly. I hate the crafting and repairing system. Why do repairs cost 20 to 70k rubles? I'll try out all of these you guys recommended, thanks!

Repair and upgrade cost a lot but you can easily make a lot of money with mission.

PS : Stalker 2 will be a mess, people should to stop having hope for a game that was continuously pushed back for half a decade, if not more. Two exemple of game that did this are Anthem and Duke Nukem Forever.

Just saying another example of a game that was constantly delayed / pushed back was Baldur's Gate 3.

The game will come out when GSC believes it is ready. It will be good, or it won't.