So much of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fandom itself forgets that outside of the Zone the world is pretty much normal and most Stalkers voluntarily entered it.
Makes the setting and factions way more unique and interesting than just plain old "whol worl is a fuck" setting.
@ChrisVoiceman
How have we completely 180'd on late 2000s/2010's color correction in games.
People shat on it for like 10 years and now people are defending it in retrospect.
Personally, I don't think it looks good, there's better ways to convey a dark/sickly tone beyond a filter.
Howdy, I used to be on this as Dimi/Slim-Charles, re-created twitter as a place to put some of my older 3d artwork/any occasional new stuff I make in my free-time.
@Cooper15Trooper
It ties into a few really cool details about the factions.
Like a lot of the bandits are from gangs in the outside world and went to the zone as a way to get away from the police/prosecution of crimes they've committed.
@MutualAidFox
I played the games but have not read any of the Metro books outside of 2033, but irrespective of what life is like outside of Russia in Metro I would still pick STALKER.
You can have your normal life but also go risk it all for adventure and some cool rocks if you want!
Halo TV show looks like it's gonna suck eggs.
Also the rebels having an AKM is stupid and lazy prop design end of story.
Cortana's design is awful esp considering they already have a good frame of reference.
And to cap it off the marine & elite designs look genuinely terrible
@allon_johnny
I agree, the concept of there being a fucked zone full of mind bending anomalies and mutants is severely underutilised.
Off the top of my head I can only think of the Tarkovsky Stalker film and annihilation (both great and worth checking out).
@Cmdr_Overseer
In a way I think it makes the games more immersive.
It's almost believable that maybe in a far off place there is a isolated zone that goes against our ideas of reality and normality.
I wish guntubers on youtube wouldn't constantly insert their weird ideologies and politics into their otherwise educational & entertaining videos.
For this reason, forgotten weapons & in-range will always be goated.
@AvwonZero
Nah the Metro series is a completely different universe created by Dmitry Glukhovsky and later 4A Games.
Unlike STALKER, Metro is post apocalyptic.
I love Temura but bro had no idea what to say ahaha
I've got some boys with me, all dressed up, with an array of missiles and weapons- IT. LOOKS. FOR. A. VERY. EXCITING. GAME.
@dillardslk
It's not done well because Artyom doesn't fucking talk lmao.
I love the metro series but Artyom not talking is the dumbest decision, he is an actual character and not a stand in for the player.
@hermitdeak
It’s been so bizarre to see Marty O’Donnell turn from chill older game dev who advocated against crunch and for workers rights to schizoid alt-right politician in the span of what feels like 6 months.
Everyone’s got to have a hobby I guess…
Is there anyway to stop Halo debate twitter appearing in my feed?
I don't care for it, it is like half of feed lately, it is very annoying.
Genuinely, debate over something that actually affects your life and your real community.
The Fallout TV show is great and tells a better story than the Bethesda games ever have.
I do wish it was set in the black-isle/obsidian style Fallout where societies have actually emerged and rebuilt rather than pure post-apocalypse
But they were never gonna go for that.
@DocStrangelove2
@pajamalongjohn
I think BRCC is cringe as fuck. But you do realize, just like any demographic of people, veterans can have a diverse range of opinions & political views.
I am mindblown by the absurd amount of bots there are on this platform now, they're practically 80% of the posts in any big thread?
And Elon/the site are just chill with it?
Halo TV show looks like it's gonna suck eggs.
Also the rebels having an AKM is stupid and lazy prop design end of story.
Cortana's design is awful esp considering they already have a good frame of reference.
And to cap it off the marine & elite designs look genuinely terrible
@TheIshikawaRin
It's just lazy prop design, you can easily sci-fi an AK up (e.g. titanfall 2)
Also it's 2500+, AKM is from like the 50s - the closest rl equivalent is if u were out here in Iraq/Syria/Ukraine using a fuckin handcannon from the 1400s.
The outrage levied against SDA is unwarranted. But this "gung-ho" attitude towards the actual events contained in the attached photo is disconcerting.
I've never known anyone who was there or had friends in other units there to talk about it in such a manner retrospectively.
@TGuy817
Some other people mentioned it but nah, it doesn't post SoC because of the canon ending.
Although CoP has blowouts they're baby versions of the big blowouts from SoC/CS that did expand the zone.
@Rally_Armaments
@HarkenZeke
I agree. Although the game is set in the 2010’s, it started development in the early 2000’s. So the art direction for the characters is very much based off late 90’s/early 00’s military gear and scifi.
It’s why the Mercs look like 90s Seals or SAS.
@TheIshikawaRin
One of my fav video game goon designs.
Tho with this piece I wanted to give them a bigger variety of cold war-era gear than they have in the games. I think it makes sense considering they're recruited from several different militaries/armed groups.
@VersedFlame
That's fair. I think it looks really cool.
I appreciate the enguinity of old SF units when it came to unorthod gear to achieve a kit for their specialised use with the limitations of the time period.
Navy Seal VBSS commanders with flight crew helmets are another great example.
Just finished the World War Z Audiobook again.
God, it is criminal that it was not turned into a HBO/Netflix miniseries and instead we got a movie that shares absolutely nothing in common with the source material, that also bombed?
@TheIshikawaRin
Dude literally - different strokes aside, I have no idea why people pay attention to anything outside of the original games.
Games which weren't meant to have particularly deep narratives or character studies either.
Halo has so much potential as a franchise. I don’t know why multiple studios / teams don’t work on separate projects.
PVP, PVE, Campaigns, anything.
You could do so much..
@maggruber
@TheIshikawaRin
Something that even vaguely resembles the visual cliches of like every human gun design in the halo setting?
Bullpups, carry-handles etc.
I know there's even older looking designs of the halo rifles seen in the lore & concept art.
@Soulburnin
Bro I swear there's part of the Halo fanbase where if you don't like something that was officially released by 343 they act like you killed their dog and vice versa.
Eldewrito existing is like an afront to that.