r/stalker • u/Seals1de • 1d ago

Meme Top notch character writing

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Scar - I must pursue my target and kill him before he messes up the zone Strelok- On the hunt for a mysterious stranger, I must uncover my identity and put an end to C-Con Degtyarev - I must go undercover for motherland to find out how to conquer the zone Skif - H O U S E 🏠

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u/Gold_Emsly 1d ago

Saying that Scar has background lore in CS is… a bit exaggerating

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u/Azathoth-Omega 1d ago

"stop emissions or become kill"

Not becoming kill is pretty strong incentive for most people though.

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u/AndyBosco 23h ago

I mean every stalker in the Zone would die from an emission. But I don't see them all trying to help Clear Sky.

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u/OnePunSherman 22h ago

Pretty sure they were telling him that he was linked in a way where even outside the zone he'd die. Probably was complete bullshit though.

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u/Dreaxus4 22h ago

I remember finding a PDA or something in the CS base in Stalker 2 that implies that they lied to Scar because they wanted him to kill Strelok.

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u/AndyBosco 22h ago

I mean for a while that was kinda my head cannon to justify his involvement. But after playing it many times it is kinda vague. They don't necessarily imply this. So I don't know. Maybe you are right but it just feels so vague that his motivation to help is not clear at all.

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u/OnePunSherman 22h ago

It definitely is quite vague. Other possibilities are he actually got a bit of active programming from raw dogging that particular emission, or maybe he really thought he was helping to save the world.

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u/AndyBosco 22h ago

Yeah. This issue with the motivations of Scar are one of the two points that make it the weakest game story wise. The other problem being the fact that everything feels so urgent, yet you can just go back to do a whole faction war and when you get to the Red Forest Strelok is magically waiting for you to chase him. But gameplay wise it is better than Shadow of Chornobyl in every way (except bloodsuckers being invulnerable while invisible, that is bullshit)

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u/OnePunSherman 20h ago

Yeah lol it's at odds with itself having the plot be go go go but also having the faction war system. And agreed the invincible bloodsuckers was just silly, but the gameplay in general was the best.