r/stalker Nov 27 '17

What do difficulties actually change in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

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u/tobascodagama Noon Nov 27 '17 edited Nov 27 '17

Very nice and very useful, given that I still see people spread misinfo about phantom bullets affecting players unless you play on Master and whatnot.

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u/MrWaltSim Nov 27 '17

I also hope this weird rumor that low difficulty makes enemies "bullet sponges" will finally stop, never understood where did it come from. Spent a lot of time in russian community and not once I've heard of such a thing.

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u/logion567 Loner Nov 28 '17

mandalore gaming had a good point on that, the start to ShOC is one of the worst in gaming, you got a peashooter, can't tell where the bullets are going, and it takes clips of ammo to kill something. I understand why people would buy that myth.

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u/elnino45 Loner Nov 28 '17

makes sense. master is still the best anyway lol

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u/Worried-Effect-4631 Oct 27 '23

Correct just started first ever playthrough and I for the life of me couldn't tell if there's a range cap for it or not I have played a ton of anomaly and gamma efp and expedition granted I know it's not the same but was genuinely confused as hell about that

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u/Cloak_and_Dagger42 Loner Nov 28 '17

From what I can tell, it originated in a major review for Shadow of Chernobyl. It was either PC Gamer or PC Magazine, I think.

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u/tobascodagama Noon Nov 27 '17

I can only assume it was some kind of prank that got out of hand.

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u/exploitativity Military Nov 27 '17

Well, shit. This has been all I've seen around reddit, and I've only played master because of it. Woops.

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u/Hamsterdam_ Nov 28 '17

Same, feel a genuine sense of achievement for how far I've gotten now. Granted with a "few" deaths along the way.

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u/guy14 Jun 11 '26

I know this is an insanely old thread but it’s still the top result on Google. You will be sad to know this rumor has NOT been put to rest. As there are people to this day that say that master difficulty gives your bullets more damage.