S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in 2006? [May 06, 2005, 11:31 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Oblivion-Lost.com has a story up speculating that the release of
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl has slipped until 2006, offering the
following quote from THQ responding to questions about the game's absence from
their recent financial reports covering releases through the middle of next
year: "We have no definitive release date yet for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. We do expect to
have some announcements, including a public demonstration this summer. More news
to follow." In an amusing side note, the THQ's
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Website (thanks
Rhialto) actually lists the game as "now available," much to the amusement of
those who frequent the
GSC Game World Forums.
It doesn't seem that ambitious to me really. It's almost like taking GTA:SA making it bigger, forcing a FPP and giving it a better AI and giving it a change of setting. GTA:SA worked fine, why not STALKER?
It's the AI that's the issue, I believe; from what I gather as well as the expected intelligent fighting behaviour (flanking, taking cover, all that rubbish), they're trying to get all the NPCs to function as if they were entities in an actual ecosystem; hunting, hiding, sleeping, etc.
AFAIK GTA:SA never had that sort of independent interaction between NPCs; they'd meet, travel about, but they wouldn't actually go and search out stuff to do, for example.
I'd imagine it's an absolute bastard to test a system designed to simulate individual interactions, because it's potentially completely unpredictable.
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