Stalker Clear Sky

[ralinn]

Originally Posted by TheANIMAL

i've heard what seems to be a bad forth coming review from pcgamer, they seem to think the game is pants

It scored 68% or something (definitely in the 60s) in PCGamer UK.

To be honest, this game has never looked any good to me.

[nutcrackr]

Well it's gotten a few reviews so far. Here is a summary couresy of Highway Chile @ steampowered.

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Summary of reviews (SHOC score in in [])

CD Action: 85% [Did not review]
PC Zone UK: 88% [85%]
Games Master UK: 88% [89%]
EDGE: 7/10 [8/10]
PC Gamer: 68% [87%]

Average: 78.5% [82%]

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Kinda sucks, might have to change my avatar to some boobies or something

[CaptNKILL]

Originally Posted by nutcrackr

Well it's gotten a few reviews so far. Here is a summary couresy of Highway Chile @ steampowered.

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Summary of reviews (SHOC score in in [])

CD Action: 85% [Did not review]
PC Zone UK: 88% [85%]
Games Master UK: 88% [89%]
EDGE: 7/10 [8/10]
PC Gamer: 68% [87%]

Average: 78.5% [82%]

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Kinda sucks, might have to change my avatar to some boobies or something

I wonder why PC Gamer gave it such a low score. That really sucks.

[Destroy]

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

I thought it was reported that the game was delayed in the US due to manufacturing problems?

Yeah, his buddy must of really pulled some strings to get the game already??!!

Originally Posted by lightman

Hmm. Doesn't look to me like AA is enabled in those screens. Check out the lamp post in the first one, and the antenna in the last one... If it's enabled, I'd say it's no more than 2x...

That, or I have to have my eyes checked

Yup, its on but definitely looks only 2xAA. The game must be really messed up for AA and DX10 in general.

[Crow_Nest]

Is that PC Gamer review the UK or US one? In either case, cant believe they gave it such a low score...

[LordJuanlo]

Original Stalker didn't receive great reviews, and it was a great game imo

Originally Posted by LordJuanlo

Original Stalker didn't receive great reviews, and it was a great game imo

that's the thing... my two favorite games last year were STALKER and Witcher... and neither got much good press initially.

I ordered it, I'll let you all know how it is.

[Unstable_Hero]

Clear sky has been Delayed another "few days",

some idiot forgot to put cdkeys in the cases....

so they had to be recalled... Not gsc's fault but OMGWTFBBQ>FAIL.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54494

steam version may not be delayed. http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?...pId=9390&cc=US

[ATi]

Originally Posted by Unstable_Hero

Clear sky has been Delayed another "few days",

some idiot forgot to put cdkeys in the cases....

so they had to be recalled... Not gsc's fault but OMGWTFBBQ>FAIL.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54494

steam version may not be delayed. http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?...pId=9390&cc=US

BOOOOOOOOO!

[TheANIMAL]

Originally Posted by Crow_Nest

Is that PC Gamer review the UK or US one? In either case, cant believe they gave it such a low score...

PCGamer UK's top end computer is a bit of a laugh, i think it has 2 8800gts's and everything else is mid/high end.

Impressive enough for most games but hardly pushing the frontier of gaming, especially for a game with performance problems. (i havent read the review yet)

[Skinner]

Runs jerky for a few seconds, but mostly I'm at 40 fps average (dips 20 highs 90) in DX10 1600x1200 16xAF allmost everything maxed out with MSAA (totally jaggie free, much clearer then the SS here, looks like 8xAA or higher)
Only one slider an one checkbox can't adjusted.

Some SS's:













Settings:



2 things I couldn't change:


I expect silky smooth gameplay after one or two patches and will buy the game, it's looks beautiful. In fact it play's quite smooth after all the loading is done

This is my user ltx:

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[TheANIMAL]

wow, look at all the shades of brown