Comments on: Uh-oh: “Take This, You Nazi!”

By: Erlam

Erlam — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:33:22 +0000

Really? I’m constantly going back and forth. I think what people are seeing/feeling is that they (in the first game) only had a main questline, and everything else was up to the player. Now you’re given more quests to do that aren’t related to the main quest, and it feels ‘less sandbox.’ What was in the first one that isn’t in this one?

There are many problems with this game (as with the first one), but I’d say I like them equally. I love helping expand whatever my group is, I like modding my stuff, I like listening to (particularly in Freedoms base) guys talk about the zone, their experiences, etc.

This game is as linear as you want. I’ve been playing for 11 in game days and I just hit Red Forest.

By: cyberdaemon

cyberdaemon — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:26:50 +0000

Half of the things these guys tell you arent even in the game :( You can see all the enemies on your PDA map and monsters/enemies only spawn and move to or between few fixed locations.Almost nothing unpredictable in there.They also closed down too many areas , rooftops and places that i could explore in original game.And mostly when you finish main quests in maps (often you are rushed trough them) there is nothing left to do in these maps.This game is linear game disguised to look like sandbox game.

By: x25killa

x25killa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:48:50 +0000

I shall be looking forward to this game, no matter what if it’s english or russian talking (perfer russian due to isolation in the area)

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:12:53 +0000

I speeeeell my dreenk.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:33:34 +0000

TAKE THIS YOU NAZI

By: Leeks!

Leeks! — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:50:57 +0000

While the music was bad, I think I’d want to do one or two fights with it on, so I could feel like I was an extra in a Timur Bekmambetov remake of a Tarkovsky film, which is basically what purgatory looks like for me.

Also, “wood shouldn’t look like it’s been shit on by the Vaseline demon” are words of profound wisdom. Thank you, Shawn Elliot.

By: Berntsen

Berntsen — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:50:41 +0000

The music…

I think I just died a little on the inside.

Glad to hear there is a petition on GSC’s forums to get it removed, though. The original game was perfect with its atmospheric soundtrack.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:19:43 +0000

oh christ it looks awesome!

By: No Problem

No Problem — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:32:45 +0000

Thanks for the link Steve.

Watching the video myself, I have to say the english voice acting isn’t half bad.

By: Cooper

Cooper — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:48:18 +0000

Within a couple of days of release someone will have uploaded the Russian voice files to download and replace the English ones.

Also, chances are, someone’ll have the original game’s music available to replace the new crap.

Here’s hoping the modding possibilities for Clear Sky outstrip the original. I hated the bright nightimes of the original, a well as the loss of some features such as sleeping – hopefully they’ll be easily added to clear sky.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:06:38 +0000

Don’t you know you could just watch the same gameplay video those muppets did instead of second guessing their opinions?
It’s available here: http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/19902

Separate download available but its about 450mb so… in case you didnt feel like showing up a summary of changes that i can see are:

Mission and direct friendly NPC speech is in English and very comprehensive from the looks of things..

Ambient speech is in Russian. (Horray)

NPC’s loot bodies too and it looks like they also sell armor.

Inventory is improved.

You need a detector to find artifacts which are invisible untill you are on top of them.

Anomalys are invisible.

The map actually appears to work. (wow)

Combat music… Oh my, the horror is real. ear bleach is needed.

Blow-outs are in the game but may be scripted.

The guy playing it is rubbish.

Personally my spidy senses say the music will last all of a second before being removed and there is already a petition on GSC’s forums to that effect.
Also I’d guess that some of the better modders like Bac9 will be rather quickly making blowouts a real time ‘oh my god, run away!!’ type thing within a few days of release.

So… All good then.

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:40:50 +0000

Well if Clear Sky is as moddable as the original then you don’t need to worry about these issues – i’m sure there are hundreds of people out there with the same worries who’ll be clever enough to mod in the russian/ukranian banter and take the wank music out instead of wingeing.

Oh, and guess what? I like 1-up. About 99% of you will not like that will you?
:edit: Kadayi put it better than me and pretty much summed up why I like 1up.