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Gameguru Mania News - Jan,08 2006 -

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. finished - briefly
(hx) 12:41 AM CET - Jan,08 2006 - Post a comment / read (25)
Several sites have written that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl has gone gold, referencing the recent news by stalker-world.com.ua:

We got some information that GSC had recently finished its work on Stalker. The final build has the whole storyline, 20 levels and all of the features. With other words final version. The only thing missing are the videos, they will be made by THQ with the balancing of the game. Along with it we expect the PR campaign to begin. This means that everything is in THQ hands and S.T.A.L.K.E.R should be released in 6-8 months.

What the site tried to say, is that the game has reached beta stage. The release is still scheduled for "When It's Done", and as THQ has previously stated, this will not occur before Fall 2006. (thanks Oblivion-Lost.com)

last 10 comments:

Nosferatu	(12:01 PM CET - Jan,08 2006 )
Well, that means all left to do now is minor balance, bug-fixing etc. I just can't get why THQ desided to postpone the release date as far as fall 2006. WTF? To make it look more outdated? I think there will be lots of beautiful games coming out within 8 months. :(

crazyskills	(12:20 PM CET - Jan,08 2006 )
oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god.

yessum	(01:10 PM CET - Jan,08 2006 )
:shock:

Anonymous	(01:37 PM CET - Jan,08 2006 )
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lmer	(09:59 PM CET - Jan,08 2006 )
This is gonna be the biggest disapontment of the year. The should have awards for that IMHO.

Jelster

(02:32 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )

This does stink of Soldner all over again. Damn I played the leaked Beta on that and thought, a bit of polish, 6 months and the game will have potential, but that beta seemed to be where they stopped developing.

Again many people say, let them develope, give them time, its all your fault for making them release it early. But I honestly think that some developers are just not capable of putting on that polish. Why publishers don't have a seperate team to do this I don't understand.

Did anyone play a beta of STALKER? What was it like?

devilhood	(07:05 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
Jelster, that is an interesting idea, publishers could work more closely with the developers and introduce a seperate team towards the last few quarters or so of development to fish out any problems and refine things to the point of release quicker. I still remain optimistic about this game though.

Chode	(07:29 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
Jelster: The leaked beta was HIGHLY polished. A couple of crashes here and there, but overall a nice product that needs only a minimal of work to make it markettable.

Anonymous	(07:44 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
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devilhood	(08:48 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
Chode, I hope you're not referring to the dodgy 2215 beta leak :lol: It was nice to see a sneak peak of STALKER from that build, but it felt way too retro. That leak was a year and a half old though wasn't it?

Nosferatu

(10:04 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )

The leaked 2215 build a year and a half old? Nope, you saw what developers had back in 2001 (maybe 2002), just a torn bit of what they had. No weather change, no shadows, no ragdoll, it's obvious that was antique, it IS retro.
And there was another leak I guess, but I chose not to see it (I felt a bit guilty when I played HL2 leaked build) :) That's probably the one Chode spoke of.
Well, up until now Russian or Ukrainian devs haven't released a single solid FPS, lack of experience the reason I guess. Though HL1 was Valve's 1st game ever and they did make a legend. We'll just have to wait and see. Though I don't have too much optimism myself.

Chode

(10:55 AM CET - Jan,09 2006 )

I think you's are mixing up build numbers.

There are 4 leaked builds (to date)

Build 1089, which was from the old "Oblivion Lost" concept. Aztec city, robots, etc.

Build 1096, most recognised build. Leaked around Christmas time 2003, had two maps, crashed if you shot the rats, etc.

Build 1154, not very well known build. Buggy, had basic vehicle physics, could also shoot crows dead.

Build 2215, which was playable at E3 2004. Multiplayer "demo".

Build 2215 was an amazingly well polished build. It had shadows, lights, a day-night cycle (with some quick modding to re-enable it), shaders, a buy system, radiation, anomalies, rag-doll, basic object physics, 4 maps, etc.

Nosferatu	(01:04 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
Ok, let it be so. I didn't really know a lot about these builds, I probably stumbled across 1096. Well if the 2215 was so polished, good for old stalker then! I still have a little hope deep inside that Stalker would be a revelation in FPS genre and will bring innovative gameplay. Ah, dreams...

lmer	(03:58 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
So Chode, based on your experience with that "feature rich leak", is the game worth the hype/wait?

Anonymous	(04:42 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
No need to panic ... sorry hx but the info is wrong. See here: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/679/679691p1.html cheers seth

Nosferatu	(07:58 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
What info do you refer to as wrong? I noticed nothing wrong at all. HX quoted oblivion-lost.com and up until now nobody claimed the news about stalker reaching beta status aren't correct.

	(08:15 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )
quote: nobody claimed the news about stalker reaching beta status aren't correct. exactly, thank you Nosferatu :) The release is still scheduled for "When It's Done", and as THQ has previously stated....

Jelster

(11:21 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )

Chode> Jelster: The leaked beta was HIGHLY polished. A couple of crashes here and there, but overall a nice product that needs only a minimal of work to make it markettable.

That cool then, I do hope the year plus of polish is on the level of Valves attention to detail then and we'll all be stunned when its released. Just seem very rare these days that delays = better quality rather than fighting a losing bug battle.

Jelster

(11:32 PM CET - Jan,09 2006 )

Bill Gates> Seperate development and "polishing" teams is an idea that sounds great but doesn't work in real life. Think about it -- you put heaps of effort and hours into developing a game that you know best, then some idiot from the publishing changes your idea and adds less-than-optimal code. You will be REALLY upset, and as such, this doesn't work in the real world.

I agree with you but then again some developers don't know how to polish a game either and thats worse. I lose count of the number of games which just don't hit that mark and feel of quality and it really detracts from the end product.

To put my red cap and tash on again. :) Nintendo games on the whole seem to have a solid consistant feel to them despite being headed by different teams. I'm sure this is because there are dedicated producers there who know how to polish up and tweak a game to be that bit more.

I guess what I'd like to see is Uber QA and Playtesting before a game is release but hey, we're not even at the point where a patch isn't required 5 minutes after release. :/

devilhood	(01:01 AM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
Chode, I guess you're right in that respect, but I couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed when messing with it myself.. then again beta's usually do that to me anyways, same with demo's :lol:

Chode	(01:30 AM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
lmer> So Chode, based on your experience with that "feature rich leak", is the game worth the hype/wait? I am a biased fan-boy (I know the truth :lol: ), but I say yes. It met my expectations, and blew me away.

miglaugh	(03:17 AM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
why hasn't anyone mentioned anything about THQ's in-game ad engine? think they'll put that bullshit in stalker? if so i'm not buying it, or otherwise. THQ can suck a fat one.

v1m	(04:11 AM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
It would be a larf if THQ decided to McDonalds-up the game with corporate ads. By now, they've sunk so much into Stalker that the suits are probably dying to do so. If only they can figure out how to get a post-nuclear McDonalds in, they probably will.

Anonymous	(08:20 AM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
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devilhood	(02:50 PM CET - Jan,10 2006 )
Bill Gates> > If only they can figure out how to get a post-nuclear McDonalds in, they probably will. Shouldn't be hard. The last Big Mac i ate looked like it came from Chernobyl... :lol: hehe!

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