STALKER release date and countdown

[Furyo]

Originally (cough cough) March 16th 2007, this new countdown indicates it's more like March 21st...ok who cares anyway....

http://www.man-made-hell.com/

[Mazy]

Hehe yeah, don't hold your breath for it

[Pericolos0]

anyone still excited about it?

[⌐■_■]

depends wether my system is up for it or no, but i must say that the slow release pretty much got the exitement off of it for me... i guess ill wait and see what itll deliver...

[KungFuSquirrel]

I'm actually more intrigued by it after hearing that most of the bloated and needless AI/life simulation and all that BS has supposedly been trimmed down... had no interest in it initially.

Edit: er, rather, I had interest in it initially but as more details came to light about the kitchen sink philosophy they were building with, I quickly lost said interest.

[Izuno]

Actually it is 'definitely' going to come out in March according to my sources.

Personally I'm still a big fan and am hoping it still delivers on some of the original promises back when I was managing the US brand effort on it. I have heard buzz that the European market (particularly Germany, Ukraine and Russia) is very gung-ho about Stalker, much more than the US. The recent Russian/former KGB spy poisoning stories have also amped up the interest, again according to what I've heard.

Can anyone here from Europe confirm the level of Stalker buzz in your country?

[dux]

Kinda excited about it again now. Hope it isn't too much of a system ownerer. D:

[Furyo]

Can anyone here from Europe confirm the level of Stalker buzz in your country?

Joystick Magazine (French mag) had STALKER as their cover in the September 06 issue. However Jeux Vidéos Magazine is making a 15 pages preview of the hottest games to come out this year, both PC and console, in this month's issue, and the game is only featured on the very last page, with a rather small article about it....

In comparison, MGS4, Alone in the Dark 5, Assassin's Creed or Super Mario Galaxy are getting two pages. STALKER's article was shorter than HL2 Episode 2, and the buzz on that game clearly isn't big so far.

Also, the Stalker article had its release during the fall/winter of 2007

[Section_Ei8ht]

I'm still looking forward to missing a few days of school after its released

[st0lve]

I'm stoked on Stalker, I'll even buy it.

Have no idea if Norway feels like this, I doubt there will be any 24/7 open shops due to Stalkers release like there was on BC release

[Bic-B@ll]

they should get some russians to poison some americans to ramp up the hype over here

[Izuno]

I'm actually more intrigued by it after hearing that most of the bloated and needless AI/life simulation and all that BS has supposedly been trimmed down... had no interest in it initially.

Edit: er, rather, I had interest in it initially but as more details came to light about the kitchen sink philosophy they were building with, I quickly lost said interest.

that's basically true from what I'm told by my THQ contacts, so it is actually very playable.

[Nysuatro]

its delayed again

[Izuno]

its delayed again

from when to when? I'm hearing the March 21 release date is pretty solid. Are you hearing different?

[st0lve]

Maybe he is stuck in 05 or something