#RAY OF HOPE STALKER MOD#

I'll be keeping an eye on its Mod DB page, and I suggest you do too. It's not clear when Ray Of Hope will be opened up to non-testers, and after nine years in development it's obvious the team are patient. GSC Game World, the studio originally behind the Stalker games, recently insisted that Stalker 2 is still happening, which does raise the ugly possibility that they'll take exception to a project that hews so close to their own eternally resurrecting sequel and borrows so heavily.

All that lovely (terrifying, miserable) world to hobo around in for days while everyone else is playing efficient nerd soldiers. The bit that I really like the sound of though: two very large maps. Explore, go on raids into anomalous zones and. Form a squad of loyal comrades or survive on your own. All this is created 'using a modified version' of the X-Ray v1.6 engine developed for Call Of Pripyat. Ray of Hope is a multiplayer project set in a post-apocalyptic setting, based on the legendary В«S.T.A.L.K.E.R.В» trilogy.The must survive in a vast world, shaped by a man-made catastrophe - a mysterious, volatile and most of all deadly place. A new user interface, roleplay servers, better AI, a reputation system affecting prices and NPC behaviour, with said NPCs being more interesting - 'every NPC will have unique dialogue options' is a big project in itself but they're saying it anyway.

I almost invariably wander off into the night alone in any MMO to do my own weird thing, but they promise more than just bolting more people on, some of which can be seen in the video. Ray Of Hope developers Infinite Art promise a free, standalone FPS/RPG with the same dynamic world and and vodka-soaked horror you'd expect, with seamless transitions combining all the areas from the original games, plus the bits in between. What I've seen of this standalone mod is enough to turn my head. 'Multiplayer Stalker' is such a pipe dream that it took ten minutes of uninterrupted footage to convince me there was more than a slim chance this will deliver. I've just now realised this is why Ray Of Hope is so named. The Ray of Hope modification is the dream of the most in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s community, its like the name says. Despite mods, abortive sequels, and spiritual spin offs, the promise of 'like Stalker, but x' never quite comes true.

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