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

[Jelc]

GSC Game World's made no secret about the need to be prepared for new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. announcements, but news that a full new irradiated shooty adventure in the pipeline is set to release in the first half of 2008 will likely raise an eyebrow or two. It's back to the Zone as we meet and greet S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

Revealed in the latest edition of PC Zone magazine, Clear Sky is a prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl. Without giving away too many plot for fear of spouting spoilers, it fleshes out the origins of one of the main characters in the first game who, stepping into the boots of a stalker from a rival faction this time around, you're out to kill.

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According to GSC, the Zone we stalked in Shadow of Chernobyl was one of relative peace - really? - but a year earlier when Clear Sky is set the environment is far more hostile. The developer describes the area as being "agitated", with anomalies "extremely active and the landscape is vastly different to what you've seen before."

"Even the air isn't as pure as in the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - with these 'spatial bubbles' which are like confusing Möbius rings that whole expeditions of Stalkers simply can't find a way out of.", says project lead Anton Bolshakov.

PC Zone explains that Clear Sky's game world consists for 50 percent new territory and 50 percent twisted renditions of what you've played before.

Sitting comfortably with the main storyline is an AI-driven stalker war. Players will be able to ally themselves with any of eight factions and work with them to seize control of important locations and ultimately assault enemy faction bases.

Even though you may think you're a stalker god, the factions think otherwise until you prove your worth. So, you start out as a rookie and have to climb up the ranks. At the top of the ladder you'll be handed missions more intrinsic to winning the war.

It's explained that players are not forced into joining factions, but apparently the destruction of one of the primary groups is necessary to open up the main 'path' to the heart of Clear Sky's main event.

On the fixing/tweaking side, work's being done on the interface and the PDA (they need it), with AI receiving a general overall buff too to boost immersion along with physics. New monsters are a definite, and GSC's even said to be slaving away to provide a DirectX 10 version of the game, although it's not promising this will actually materialise.

The first half of 2008 then. We'll have first screenshots shortly.

Further details on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, and exclusive screenshots, can be found in an extensive preview of the game in PC Zone magazine issue 184, which goes on sale on July 19.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...67570&site=cvg

[Problem]

lijepo zvuci

[tor]

?????? Svašta, ali ajd.

[Jelc]

Dečki-pa treba dignut malo para na istoj igri
Pogledajte samo kako to Valveu dobro ide...

[E.T.]

Ma to je bzvze... Trebaju se na simse ugledat ^^

[death13]

oce opet trebat 6 godina da je zgotove

[Tekla]

posto ce ova bit nova bolja i grafika i sve to trebat ce da je zavrse 12g.

[buljo]

Taman se izlazak očekuje kad se najavi DX 11 ^^

"Can('t) wait..."

[Xenomorph]

Bumo vidjeli

[Jelc]

With the German Games Convention being made up of so many recycled demos from this summer's prior trade shows, it's particularly gratifying that GSC has taken the time to show us some of the new things they have in store for their STALKER prequel, STALKER: Clear Sky. We sat down with the developer to find out just what has changed since we last saw the title at E3.

To begin with, they're showing a brand new level that really highlights the graphical improvements to the 1.5 version of the STALKER engine. Normal mapping and parallax mapping add tremendous depth to even the flattest of textures. Small rusted out pits in sheet metal, intricate bark patterns on tree limbs, and weave patterns on uniforms that all respond realistically to light sources are just some of the small touches that the new mapping system allows for.

The light itself is particularly amazing. There are absolutely no light maps anywhere in the game. Every single light you see, including the sun, is a dynamic light source that functions exactly as you'd expect it to in real life. Better still, the game makes use of volumetric light effects to create shafts of light through clouds, window panes and even the dense and intricate foliage of trees. The still screenshots really don't do this feature justice.

Geared to run even on older DX8 machines, the game will have the same system requirements as the original STALKER. Still, players who have upgraded their system since then will be able to take full advantage of DX9 effects that look every bit as good as some of the DX10 effects we've seen on the show floor.

The new mission starts in a broad, marshy field. You're hiding in the tall grass from an attack helicopter when you suddenly get a message that some other nearby STALKERS are under attack from bandits. You, predictably, decide to help. The AI knows when to rush and when to sneak, when to hide and when to break cover. We saw the AI using cover very effectively in the first firefight. When you see both your friendly units and the enemy units doing it together as they shoot it out, you'll really feel like you've dropped down into the middle of a battle.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/815/815807p1.html

[Lud76]

O produkciji Stalkera mi se neda opet čitat, otišla skoro mladost na to

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