Some the GSC team have gone on to a new project, Survarium, a free-to-play MMOFPS which is the spiritual successor to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Whether this leads to hope or ruination is open to debate.

Only played the first one, but it's well worth it. Install the Complete Mod for it, though.

If anything, that movie really pissed me off a bit. Only the story about Braid and Jonathan Blow's was up to pair, and I must say, that's the only good thing about the documentary.

The rest was just bad, showing only one side of the two additional stories. Especially noticeable with Fez and Phil Fish's story. He was presented as an angel, and his former 'business partner' as the devil himself. The makers didn't give him a single second to express his side of the story and why they both really split apart.

I liked the first one despite its many flaws. I never got round to finishing Clear Sky because it's ridiculously poorly optimized; I've got an i5 2500K (3.3GHz) and a GTX 560 Ti and I can't run the game anywhere near maximum settings. No idea what I should tune down, and I can't be bothered to experiment with it since you have to restart the game after changing pretty much anything, so you'll wind up loading games a lot. Takes ages.

That movie was ridiculously flawed, but I loved it all the same.

I know it has it's flaws, but I still enjoy a documentary none the less. I do know the story behind Phil and Edmund a bit. But still, I enjoy the film.

@jefequeso The cheesiness of the Stalker movie is part of it's charm to me. :P

I wasn't thinking of that at all, actually. I'm thinking more in terms of the ways that it failed as a story--especially where pacing was concerned. Having one 5 minute panning shot of nothing happening could have been an effective device for creating a mood. Having the entire movie made up of that sort of thing just ended up feeling far too arduous. It didn't help that the entire plot was either unexplained, or was so wrapped up in archaic symbolism and abstraction that it might as well have been gibberish (it's worth noting, though, that I'm REALLY not a big fan of symbolism to begin with).

It really nailed the most important area, though: it had soul. It had an abundant amount of soul and personality, beautiful visuals, and a great atmosphere. It was a treat to watch, even as it was also a chore to watch.

This is, er, kind of related: I just picked up CoP, does anyone know if there's a good Complete-style mod for CoP (though I'm not sure if my comp can handle significantly improved textures. It struggles slightly with SoC and OH GOD THE LOAD TIMES)? I hear CoP Complete isn't very good.

Stalker isn't post apocalyptic (and that is actually a good thing).

My mistake. Yeah, you have some good points. I like some really weird movies, though. Eraserhead, Tetsuo the Iron Man & Body Hammer, THX 1138, Soylent Green, Freaks, etc... I agree it did have heart. I would love to see a remake of the film though, I mean, I'm not usually big on reboots of films, but sometimes they can be good.

Really?

O_o

Never heard that.

I've read that it introduces a lot of bugs to the game and that there are better alternatives, that's the scope of my knowledge about it though.

EDIT: Looking around, the top non-Complete mods seem to be SMRTR and Misery, but they both change too much for a first play imo. I'll research Complete more and then decide between it and vanilla.

Post nuclear disaster in Chernobyl FPS.

Better now? :D

The Complete mod for SoC is the best imo. CS Complete and CoP Complete can be skipped for something else or vanilla. Especially CoP Complete, since it introduces a game breaking bug towards the end of the game and as far as I know it affects everyone.