S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - coming September 5th

[Curratum]

Feel free to go to the "Is gaming officially over" thread and drop a "yes".

 

[Tacgnol]

Sounds like they're getting around the steam rules by not actually offering any future NFTs once the game launches.

All the NFTs seem to be sold/activated pre-launch.

Scummy as fuck either way. Stalker subreddit, /vg/, Anomaly discord and official discord all seem to be in full uproar over it.

Sad thing is, Sergiy probably thinks he'll make more money from NFT whales than any negative impact on sales from bad PR. He may well be correct with how retarded the current NFT market is.

 

[Curratum]

That's exactly it.

At this point devs know that they will make more money from loony whales than they would if they sold a good product to thousands more people, but at just $60. And this is how gaming ends, not with a bang, but with a brainfart.

 

[HoboForEternity]

honestly, i care about a good stalker more than NFT hatewagon. there Is still a big IF the game is actually good i might consider buying it, but the marketing so far just remind me of plethora of troubled AAA release. no real gameplay/screenshot 4 months just before release, tons of bullshots, """gameplay""" trailer, etc.

 

[Riskbreaker]

Explain this to me as if I was five. I don't understand how it works, except it creates some kind of unique digital link or whatever for ownership?? But how does this translate into gaming? Been reading that UBIsoft want to do it too. How do they expect to earn money from this?

I don't get it either. Makes me understand just how outta loop I am when these terms pop out almost overnight and all outta sudden everyone uses them with ease that implies understanding.
But mayhaps it's fine being outta loop when others are en route to ditch (not that they won't drag you with them).
I don't even see the difference between this and the tradable items in Valve's games that so enriched Gabe's ample person. And those are already like a maximally distilled commodity fetishism.

 

[Tacgnol]

honestly, i care about a good stalker more than NFT hatewagon. there Is still a big IF the game is actually good i might consider buying it, but the marketing so far just remind me of plethora of troubled AAA release. no real gameplay/screenshot 4 months just before release, tons of bullshots, """gameplay""" trailer, etc.

The fact they're focusing on cash grabs, and not even regular cash grabs but NFT scams, before even releasing real gameplay footage shows their priority.

I dunno what anyone expected with Sergiy being involved. Sergiy who previously bought a Ferrari rather than pay his devs the wages they were owed.

 

[JDR13]

Let the overreactions begin...

nice troll account

Says the guy with 40 posts who joined this year.

 

[lametta]

Says the guy with 40 posts who joined this year.

you dont say....

 

[lycanwarrior]

That's exactly it.

At this point devs know that they will make more money from loony whales than they would if they sold a good product to thousands more people, but at just $60. And this is how gaming ends, not with a bang, but with a brainfart.

When you consider the socio-economic phenomena that's been occurring over the past couple of decades:

-decline of the middle class
-increasing concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer of hands
-massive inflation

I'm not surprised to be quite honest that this is happening. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

I'm not at all into 'forced redistribution' (aka Communism) but not sure what else can be done at this point.

The above factors are a major reason "free-to-play" games, where "whales" essentially subsidize the players who pay nothing, are hugely popular now.

 

[perfectslumbers]

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471620399997886472

"Based on feedback we received we've made a decision to cancel anything NFT related in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2"

 

[Dishonoredbr]

we did it reddit

 

[Ghulgothas]

Lmao I think that's the fasted turn-around on an NFT-initiative I've seen.

 

[Ghulgothas]

"Based on feedback we received we've made a decision to cancel anything NFT related in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2"

There may have been another reason.

TL/DR, No Blacks Allowed.

 

[JDR13]

The game is suddenly good again now.

 

[lametta]

The game is suddenly good again now.

nice troll account

 

[RobotSquirrel]

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471620399997886472

"Based on feedback we received we've made a decision to cancel anything NFT related in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2"

 

[JDR13]

The game is suddenly good again now.

nice troll account

How cute. I've got my own little stalker now.

 

[Tacgnol]

"Based on feedback we received we've made a decision to cancel anything NFT related in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2"

There may have been another reason.

TL/DR, No Blacks Allowed.

I know the NFT shit has been cancelled, but this does confirm one thing.

STALKER 2 won't be woke at least.

 

[Terenty]

When RetardEra gets the hold of these screens and finds out the real reason NFT was cancelled

 

[Tacgnol]

When RetardEra gets the hold of these screens and finds out the real reason NFT was cancelled

They don't really seem to care much about STALKER 2. They've had a couple of threads on it which haven't had many posts.

It's probably too obscure a franchise for the kind of "people" that populate Resetera.

 

[JDR13]

STALKER 2 won't be woke at least.

God I hope you're right about that.

 

[Curratum]

Do you guys even have the hardware to run this thing properly?

 

[jebsmoker]

I'm seriously considering making the jump from an HDD to an SSD just for STALKER 2 lol - but that's *if* I buy it

 

[Curratum]

I'm seriously considering making the jump from an HDD to an SSD just for STALKER 2 lol - but that's *if* I buy it

I did that to play Tarkov, but Tarkov ended up being autistic shit and now I'm just enjoying the additional benefits of having a SSD to play games on :D

 

[jebsmoker]

I play EFT on a HDD just fine lol