S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

[EastCoasthandle]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
is do out during the 1st quarter 2008. It suppose to be a prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Anyone interested in this version? Suppose to use DX10.

A group of stalkers has for the first time reached the very heart of the Zone – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. An immense blowout of anomalous energy changes the Zone. There are no more reliable and relatively safe roads. The entire levels vanish in the outbursts of anomalies. Stalkers and even expeditions die or end up sealed on the lost territories. New areas, which remained unknown since the time of the Zone emergence, appear on the Zone map. The Zone continues to shake with blowouts. The Zone is unstable. The anomalous activity is at its maximum.

Game features:

* Atmosphere of the Exclusion Zone
* Research of new depths of the Zone – Red Forest, Limansk, Pripyat Undergrounds and more.
* A-Life-driven War of the Factions
* Possibility to play and lead any faction to victory
* Advanced A-Life system
* Varied behaviour of NPC stalkers in the A-Life world

* Advanced spectacular storyline scenes
* Improved AI of computer-controlled characters
* Skirting around dynamic obstacles by NPCs
* Use of grenades by NPCs

* Fast Travel
* Improved concept of detectors, artifacts and anomalies
* New system of upgrades for weapons and armor
* Weapons and armor repair
* Reworked HUD and PDA

* New version of the game engine - X-Ray 1.5.
* DirectX 10 renderer
* Improved DirectX 9 renderer - parallax bump, soft particles, depth of field, motion blur, eye adaptation effect.
* Cutting-edge and detailed game graphics (normal map)
* Inverse kinematics
* New animation engine

 

[Ketxxx]

Not interested in the slightest as its just a game using all the removed stuff from STALER, and when you consider my Twilight K.E.T. mod is going to add 70% (maybe more if we ever see the SP SDK) clear sky becomes somewhat pointless. That said, no doubt people will expect me to make some kind of uber mod for clear sky like I'm doing for SOC.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Actulay I think it looks kool, looking forward to playing this.

Is it an expansion that requires the first game or is it a whole new game of its own?

 

[Ketxxx]

Its a whole new game. I wouldnt have anything against it if GSC were smart enough to release clear sky as an add-on putting everything in that didnt make it in time for the retail of STALKER. If you have a good look at that list of "new features", then look at the mods available for STALKER, you will see those concepts are already done. Did GSC steal them from the gaming community? No. The fans of STALKER simply fixed \ re-enabled the features that are ALREADY in STALKER!

 

[pt]

this is a different story
and that faction war seems cool, kinda like gta san andreas i hope

 

[Jess Stingray]

It's already in SOC, in a way. Duty vs Freedom vs Bandits vs Military vs Mercs, Military vs Bandits vs Loners vs Mercs.