S.T.A.L.K.E.R- Anomaly is amazing!!

Josey Wales · 30 Jun 2021 at 19:19

This game is amazing, it combines the maps of all 3 stalker games together. Chrenobyl, Clearsky and Pripyat. It has lots of mods and fixes and tweaks. Ive not stopped playing this for over 1 month non stop. Its a survival game with solid gun mechanics and decent enemy AI. Different to the old stalker games.

I cant seem to embed this one below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbkk_Ec10BY&t=111s

Here is the guide i used to get started...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTrlsXKAe1E&t=1123s

You can also add further mods to this called Call of Pripyat
https://github.com/Minotaur21/Escape-From-Pripyat/wiki/Escape-From-Pripyat-Homepage

Stalker Anomaly Mod site for even more individual mods, dead easy to install, download and drop in folder.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly

This game is better than most AAA games today and its free!!

Josey Wales · 30 Jun 2021 at 19:27

Malevolence said:
Freudian slip?

Whats that mean?

Josey Wales · 30 Jun 2021 at 20:50

Raz said:
Your spelling of the mod name is just ever so slightly different to the actual name...

Oh yeah sorry i only just realized, ill ask a mod to change it.

Josey Wales · 30 Jun 2021 at 21:19

I messaged a mod, should be changed soon. Anyhow the game is great.

Josey Wales · 30 Jun 2021 at 21:19

montymint said:
fixed for you

Thankyou

Josey Wales · 1 Jul 2021 at 11:06

Malevolence said:
Why not change it yourself? Just use the 'Thread Tools' drop down.

I didnt know that you could, thanks anyhow!

Josey Wales · 1 Jul 2021 at 16:52

arc@css said:
Provak's mod is another good series of addons (not sure if it's listed in the above vids).

Yes its quite good, a lot of those mods in Provaks i have installed manually. Provaks mod is more of a compilation of mods, there are a few of these mods. The most recent one is call of pripyat which i linked above. You have to go onto there discord to get the download link for it.

Josey Wales · 2 Jul 2021 at 21:15

arc@css said:
I may check it out though I haven't really found Discord and easy thing to navigate (don't ask).

Its alright, they have threads for other mods and a good community. Once mods are put into the game it transforms it literally into something amazing. Ive not stopped playing in almost 2-3 months almost all day on somedays.

Josey Wales · 10 Jul 2021 at 13:21

arc@css said:
Yeah, I've been playing Stalker with mods for God knows how long. I've not played much if anything that can really scratch that semi-open world FPS/RPG itch like Stalker can.

Yea im on it now, only game i play even pushing RDR2 aside along with all the other AAA games lol

Josey Wales · 10 Jul 2021 at 18:18

I don’t know I think you need Pripyat to play this mod.

Josey Wales · 14 Jul 2021 at 20:46

tyke_ said:
no you don't need any stalker game to play stalker anomaly its a free stand alone game.

ok i couldn't remember if you did, im just about to fire it up again now!

Josey Wales · 19 Jul 2021 at 11:19

tyke_ said:
it is widely recommended you play one of the other games in the series first before you tackle anomaly, just so you have an idea what youre doing. theres no hand holding in anomaly.

Yea i know but i been playing games since the early 1980s. As for stalker im at NPP now have all the best weapons and have the game difficulty set to scanvenger so its rather difficult when playing. Have lots of mods installed too too many to list here that make the game much more difficult but more immersive.

Josey Wales · 19 Jul 2021 at 11:20

tyke_ said:
just shows how well a game can do when the devs co operate with the community. cant wait for april 18th 2022 stalker 2.

I still think stalker 2 will have its work cut out as anomaly heavily modded is a tough game to crack gameplay wise.

Josey Wales · 20 Jul 2021 at 01:04

tyke_ said:
I think youre more skilled than me at stalker, i fired up anomaly after not playing any stalker for years, and got nowhere. So i'm playing through the a bit easier SoC now to ease myself into the games.

It will beat it graphically obviously (the game footage released looks great) but yeah gameplay wise well thats another matter.
With it being on console i wonder if it'll be moddable too like the original stalkers, hope so.

Its difficult at first but after a while once you get a mask (to stop radiation) and decent gun its ok. You only need one decent gun for the whole game tbh. I run with a shotgun and sniper, switch between the 2. Ive just finished the game on story mode. Going to reinstall with some new mod packs and play again without story mode option and play as a mercenary or bandit. Play purely for the faction wars. I also finished the game with 2.5m credits

I use this guide that shows you what settings to use for all the ingame settings, remember you can make this game as easy or as difficult as you want.

Josey Wales · 20 Jul 2021 at 01:07

tyke_ said:
I think youre more skilled than me at stalker, i fired up anomaly after not playing any stalker for years, and got nowhere. So i'm playing through the a bit easier SoC now to ease myself into the games.

It will beat it graphically obviously (the game footage released looks great) but yeah gameplay wise well thats another matter.
With it being on console i wonder if it'll be moddable too like the original stalkers, hope so.

I remember seeing a video and devs said Stalker 2 will be modable on PC