The new mega Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl mod Объединенный пак 2.1 is going to receive an update next year with the OP 2.2 version slated for release. This features a 64bit engine and new areas. This will also feature a new plot and older more familiar quests are redone. This will keep it very fresh. This hopefully will be a very good stalker solyanka for seasoned gamers. The progression will be the same at the start, but will be harder for players who start at the hardest difficulty. Hopefully it will still feature the caves. That is an essential part of solyanka gameplay. According to the VK post made by the dev, the progression of cheaters will now invite certain “easter eggs” and other surprises for them. That will be pretty funny. New territories would be good to see, this always keeps a game fresh. I wish the game would start out in the build versions of Cordon and Garbage. Like Lost Alpha, we need different maps instead of always playing on the same areas in every release. Some characters have been removed and replaced with others, this is a new way to keep the game play interesting, but I hope we still see Astrologer at the start of the game, make sure you talk to him before going to the garbage for the first time.
Solyanka is a very entertaining stalker mod, this takes a very long time to finish, but is a good way to slaughter countless human enemies and monsters such as Deathclaws, Ewoks, zombies and flying mutant rats. A heap of fun for everyone. They have stated that it should be out by the new year, so stay tuned to Stalker websites and you will be alerted when the mod is released. This will be a great new years present for all Stalker fans. I love playing OP 2.1, so I am looking forward to the 2.2 release. One thing that I would fix is the fact that some missions send you to a location, and you go there, but there is nothing there. I cannot find the person, or a stash that indicates where they even are. Or what to do, I guess I need to find a stash visible through a millimeter wide gap in a wall or something. I look everywhere and I cannot find anything. You need a good guide to finish the mod, it is practically a prerequisite for serious players. But there is the fun quest in Army Warehouses, where you clear the Merc camp and then 70 Mercenaries spawn and you have to fight all of them at once.
There are good moments in this mod though, like sniping from the top of the bridge in the swamps and killing controllers in the run down village. That is a lot of fun indeed. There is a quest in the swamps to kill a certain controller and bring his brain, but it is quite difficult, as he is a super controller and can kill you quickly when you are close to him, so you need to snipe him from a distance. The screenshot below shows what this looks like for the player.
You bet! Will get a new PC and learn Russian for this.