Zanderat1 wrote on Dec 16, 2021, 12:56:
Oh, boy. Wait until the gacha games (Genshin Impact, etc.) decide to adopt this............

Hey, if they offer an NFT of Lisa the Librarian in a bikini, I'm totally getting it.

Also, NFTs/Blockchains/whatever Technology else aside, what fucking person wants their face put into a video game, with "the highest possible level of realism" ? That seems horrific.

Oh, boy. Wait until the gacha games (Genshin Impact, etc.) decide to adopt this............

NFTs aside, I'll wait for release and reviews as normal.

I'm looking forward to this game. Hopefully it's as great (and open) as the first one was.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 22:27:
There are now over 100 different NFT steam threads.
That forum is a shitshow of fanbois, ignorance and teen angst all served on generic ritz crackers.

Don't forget the mayonnaise.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uFiX2EfkcFM

A studio on shaky financial grounds, adds blockchain to the mix, what better way to cook the books, avoid taxes and stuff the pockets of a few suits at the top while stiffing everyone else.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 22:27:
There are now over 100 different NFT steam threads.
That forum is a shitshow of fanbois, ignorance and teen angst all served on generic ritz crackers.

And fundamentally, there was not even a need to make this a NFT. What they want to do is just... a fan-bonus and could EASILY have been done like that, instead they wanted in that cheap crypto whale source and now they are whaling with an NFT meta-human auction

Also.. I really, REALLY hate the word metahuman

HorrorScope wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 21:51:
Is Stalker 2 leaving Steam? Didn't they make a NFT statement recently and that was a negatory?

Leaving Steam and falling into the wide open embrace of Epic exclusivity.

There are now over 100 different NFT steam threads.
That forum is a shitshow of fanbois, ignorance and teen angst all served on generic ritz crackers.

Blockchain is a solution to a non-existent problem. Plenty of other games have sold hats or skins or whatever before this, without blockchain. This is also not going to even be a 'real' blockchain, GSC Game World is going to control the blockchain at all times, and I doubt any customer can peruse the entire record. At any time they can render somebody's model or jpg or whatever utterly useless, either by shutting down the servers or just literally deleting it. Energy costs associated with this.. who knows. It will be additional energy wasted, additional servers used, in addition to the game by itself. Even assuming this is energy cheap, this is just going to be used for money laundering, most likely, with some skimming percentages off the top by GSC Game World in the marketplace they will control.

We're literally watching the dissolution of human civilization in real time; I'm only being slightly melodramatic here.

GG greed, you remain undefeated.

Darks wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 14:43:

Rhialto wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 12:55:
You are not alone... https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471148058708791308

Oh, Steam forums are lighting it up too. this is not going the way the devs hoped it would. They better do some real soul searching and rethink this, or it will be the end of this game. The sales will plummet and pirating this game will take on a whole new meaning.

Is Stalker 2 leaving Steam? Didn't they make a NFT statement recently and that was a negatory?

What everyone asked for. They went out to ask the customers they want and NFT's were at the top of the list.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 15:20:

Help Destroy The Environment

So you can own absolutely fuckall in a game

Derp, Derp and more Derp

Blockchain <> cryptocurrency. It doesn't use any more electricity than any other executable. I'm sure the graphics engine uses orders of magnitude more electricity to run the game than this Blockchain implementation.

Cutter wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 12:56:
And there goes any interest I had in this game.

Read the blurb before jumping to conclusions. Completely optional and no effect on gameplay. Blockchain <> energy wasting cryptocurrency. All in all, its just harmless promotion.

In any event they promise these blockchain items will not effect gameplay

affect the noun, effect the verb

Been waiting for years for this, not so much now and will not buy unless this idea is scrapped. Other than enablers like Floorpie, it is not going over well for many reasons.
BTW Chernobylite 25% off on GOG

FloorPie wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 15:15:

Darks wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 14:43:

Rhialto wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 12:55:
You are not alone... https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471148058708791308

Oh, Steam forums are lighting it up too. this is not going the way the devs hoped it would. They better do some real soul searching and rethink this, or it will be the end of this game. The sales will plummet and pirating this game will take on a whole new meaning.

Come on guys, its just for cosmetics! At least, for now anyway. The new loot boxes I suppose.

From the CM "SuperProphet" on the Steam forums:

"I can understand all the disappointment. That's why I'm here, checking the comments and reading all the arguments. At the moment, I'm trying to point out a few things:

- we are not breaking the Steam rules cause we are not a blockchain-based game
- the stuff you may choose is only cosmetics, which has no impact on the story or the gameplay"

In the end, this is cost them more money then they would have ever made from those NFT's
Not to mention how many fans they have now pissed off. I have never seen the forums in Steam so united about one issue like I am seeing now. This is going to cost them more then they could have ever made. and in the end, I still think Steam is going to delist them.

Help Destroy The Environment

So you can own absolutely fuckall in a game

Derp, Derp and more Derp

Darks wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 14:43:

Rhialto wrote on Dec 15, 2021, 12:55:
You are not alone... https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471148058708791308

Oh, Steam forums are lighting it up too. this is not going the way the devs hoped it would. They better do some real soul searching and rethink this, or it will be the end of this game. The sales will plummet and pirating this game will take on a whole new meaning.

Come on guys, its just for cosmetics! At least, for now anyway. The new loot boxes I suppose.

From the CM "SuperProphet" on the Steam forums:

"I can understand all the disappointment. That's why I'm here, checking the comments and reading all the arguments. At the moment, I'm trying to point out a few things:

- we are not breaking the Steam rules cause we are not a blockchain-based game
- the stuff you may choose is only cosmetics, which has no impact on the story or the gameplay"