S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: A look back at the ARG's Story & Documents
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- In this video, we take a deep dive into the story of the ARG/Cypher and the documents it provided.
Main sources:
miro.com/app/board/o9J_lYygTDk=/
docs.google.com/document/u/0/...
/ for_sircaa_and_everyon...
www.moddb.com/groups/c-consci...
All soundtracks are from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:
00:35-02:07 Wasted to the Zone
02:07-06:50 The End Credits
06:50-12:33 Cypher
12:33-14:59 Storming
14:59-17:34 Amb02
17:34-20:12 Mass
20:12-22:25 Wasteland I
22:25-23:24 Official Trailer Theme
23:24-26:57 Zone Dreams
26:57-29:58 Sinister Screens
29:58-34:30 Ghost City
34:30-38:33 Hospital
38:33-40:58 Swamps of Despair
40:58-42:51 Radwind Pt.1
42:51-44:16 108 Bit of the Zone
44:16-47:03 Cypher
47:03-47:50 Come To Me Trailer Theme
47:50-48:33 Skif Teaser Theme
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Alternate Reality Game
02:07 Decks of cards
06:50 Cypher
12:33 The plot thickens
14:59 For SIRCAA and everyone relatable
17:34 Defectors
20:12 Final puzzles
22:25 ReadMe
23:24 Venya's archive
34:30 Recap
38:29 Speculation and theories
40:58 Problesk
42:51 The Stranger
47:50 Conclusion - Hry
Please don't share leaks in the comments.
All soundtracks are listed in the description.
Additional ideas and theories:
- The "Object" could be the TOPAZ device which Herman and Skif might have stolen;
- Noon was depicted as a squad doing dangerous missions and helping the SIRCAA back in 2013. When Strider said "we used to be puppets" he may have been referring to being used by the Institute rather than being a former member of Monolith;
- The Stranger could also be Cypher, however it is unclear if Cypher and Venya are the same person.
babe wake up Anomalous Dugout made new video
_* Puts earphones in to listen to vid and goes back to sleep *_
This one's going in my sleep-playlist 😴👌
Yes.
😂
The legend himself 😎🗿=@@anomalousdugout9557
The fact that this is all basically unknown here in the States is so tragic, how did I not know there was an ARG for STALKER 2 just a few years ago
Damn, this video showed up sooner than I expected! Great job collecting all the information. It's a pity that the ARG topic wasn't popularized in the western community when everything was actually happening.
It's good to see explanation of some of the vague facts mentioned in the trilogy, and various references to events of the "prehistory'"of the Zone, like mentions of Suslov and Kaymanov. No matter what Stalker 2 turns out to be, the lore will certainly be interesting to explore, even if it conflicts with what has already been established.
I worked hard to deliver, and I am happy with the result :)
But you know IT IS fiction right? O.o
Hello, Anomalous Dugout! I am Ukrainian, I recently found your channel and subscribed. You have very interesting content, keep it up! Now I'm watching all your videos about lore. I would like to offer you some topics for the following videos: topic 1 - a detailed analysis of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the game and its comparison with the real station, because this location is very important for the Stalker universe, or you can generally compare all locations and objects in the game with their real prototypes; topic 2 - find out why in the Shadow of Chornobyl at the locations Dark Valley, Yantar, Radar, Pripyat and CNPP the weather is always gloomy and you can never see dawn, morning, evening, night and sunny weather. In general, Yantar has a unique weather with a kind of white sky, there is no such weather in any other location except Yantar. In my opinion, this is an interesting feature of Yantar;
topic 3 - find out why in the Shadow of Chornobyl, after turning off the Brain Scorcher, the stalkers immediately got to Pripyat and the road to the city was known to everyone, and in the Call of Pripyat, where the events take place after the events of the Shadow of Chornobyl, the road to Pripyat is already for some reason is unknown and no one knows how to get there, although stalkers, Freedom, and Duty with the military were there before. I think these would be pretty interesting topics to discuss in your videos. Thank you again for very interesting content on my favorite game!))
man im more hyped than with gta 6
Naturally.
Угонять тачки конечно круто. А ты пробовал убегать от своры разъяренных мутантов, при этом бежишь то ты вовсе не от них, а от выброса в укрытие попутно ловя пули над головой. Эти ощущения на другом уровне.
Problesk - Light that suddenly appears and disappears through a gap or other obstacles.
The developers stated that the Stranger's appearance was a formality and his appearance would be different in the game.
They also stated that Duga will not play a large part in the story which is very much doubted. We will soon.
Great Analysis. Also, I am real thankful for the shoutout ❤
They better go subscribe to you!
@@anomalousdugout9557 already subbed!
47:16 I spat out my drink this makes so much sense I HATE it. If this was true I’d be shaking and crying it’s the ultimate STALKER lore nerd theory and it WORKS REALLY WELL. He says “The Zone gave me a life- a NEW life”!!!!! NEW LIFE. NEW. LIKE A CLONE. AUGHHHHHH I’m screaming and hissing and sobbing IT WOULD WORK
Yes!!!
Clone or the real one. Both would be dope because you see how worn out Strelok looks like before and how youthful he looks there if that's him. Many people are longing for the fountain of youth
This video was SO necessary... Thanks for delivering it so flawlessly!💪
That's right!
I'm always so hyped when I see you upload new videos!
Nice.
3:58 This story is just like the Dyatlov Pass incident!
Which IRL is an insufferable BS, but given the same story has been put in a CAZ setting - well, it works
Anomalous dugout cooking us a 25 minutes video about the new trailer with feeze frames analyzing the different types of grass we see and how it will afect lore, i cant feel it, and i'm all for it
YOOOO ANOMALOUS DUGOUT VIDEO !!!
I never knew there was an arg??
Oh boy, you are in for a ride then!
@@anomalousdugout9557 this is my new favorite arg, it isn't too complicated and it reveals stuff hidden before, you out did yourself, dude!
So happy you decided on covering this. Thank you Dugout!
El nivel de calidad y produccion de tus videos es una locura. Muy bueno
I think the real tease for Heart of Chornobyl was the HD image of bread waay back in the early 2020s. I still remember the subreddit going insane over it.
Edit: It was a leaked image of HD bread for those that dunno. There was a lot of leaked stuff for Stalker 2 prior to trailers.
I remember that.
10/10 youtuber
10/10 fella
guy helped me with my chemistry work 🙏
ive been watching your videos for a few months now and i love every single one of em
Awesome video, Anomalous! Really interesting stuff
Thank you Dreamer. Strength to you!
Tasks for september:
Find Cypher (in any condition)
Help Problesk and Monolith
Break Dalin's plans
Help Korshunov bringing it to Dalin for lying about sircca's purpose
Defeat bandits
Say hi to the Doc
Meet the sidor if he's still there
Spend a night in the flower field
🥹👍
And many more!
Thanks for covering the ARG. o7
My pleasure.
I LOVE your channel, no one else has as many in depth videos. I keep watching videos just to get me hyped for Stalker 2
Very nice!
super vidéo c'est super intéressant se que GSC a fait merci d'avoir expliquer tout le délire :)
👌
Phew! Excellent video as always
Thanks.
I feel like the stranger isnt strelok, i think its one of the corporate guys seen in the trailer, his "new life" coould be all the money the business is making from the zone
Respect, tu fais un super boulot ! Merci pour tes vidéo 👌
:)
So cool you made the vid !
Yes!
Amazing video Anomalous. I had not known before that a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. ARG ever existed/was held. Thanks for your work ❤
Very nice!
This is some of my favorites videos of all time ❤❤
Very nice!
First... Outstanding video! Very well done, and for us English speakers, lots of information we have never seen before
Second... I think the mysterious stranger is actually Ghost... He "died" next to the miracle machine... But while wearing a suit that can heal him.. maybe once the machine is shut down by strelok... He was more or less .. resurrected after a time?
Nice, interesting theory that I've never seen before!
It was the Strelok, after he killed the Doctor.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS NEW VED FROM THE MASTER HIMSALF
nice work g :)
:D
Critical amounts of technical data. My brain PCB went brrrrrr. Must order new one straight from C-Con distribution networks.
I suggest taking the big psi-brain 😅
I think it’s worth pointing out that Zenith occurred just around 7 years before SIRCAA caught their latest lead on the object. It could be that the object is somehow related to Zenith - perhaps it’s goal, since turning off the Generators was apparently only one partial goal. My guess is that they could be looking for the… “heart of Chernobyl”
Also, the object seems a lot like the Bioartifact from S2 2011, which was seemingly capable of destroying the Zone or expanding the Zone to the entire planet. If they’re using that idea I hope Problesk carries some of Omega’s DNA, I always wanted to see those guys
Yes, that could be the case.
I guess it's very likely that they revived this Heart of Chernobyl artifact thing as they did many more things from cancelled Stalker 2. But i guess it has nothing to do with this ball shaped device from Call to me trailer, because looking at the room it's in, it could be inside one of the Reactor halls (1 or 2) of CNPP. It could be Wish Granter main power/illusion generator (which is then connected to the room we saw in Shadow or Chernobyl), it can also be device which acted as connection between Monolith and c-consciousness (experimental noosphere connection device which allowed later to build generators) or maybe device keeping teleports over the area of the CNPP (they are only seen there), it was never explained what keeps them there. Also there was some kind of "Installation" in cancelled S2 game that Freedom wanted to use to expand the Zone or we could use it to destroy it, but this was in the endings of it and i don't think they would do endings as same as there.
The heart of Chernobyl is a proto-artifact that will help stabilize the zone. We will use this artifact in the laboratory under the Generators. After that (in the true finale) The Skiff will lie down in a С-Consciousness capsule and wake up at home. p.s. his house was destroyed by an anomaly.
there is no Omega and the concept of bioartefact. The plot is completely new and uses only the little things from previous sketches.
but the new plot is much cooler than the previous sketches of S2 2011. the plot has become more dramatic and sad. And more detailed in the details.
A Problesk is a group of Scars.
@@TheMoToRF I guess it's not good to spoil the finale or the plot before release, i have seen much of new S2 documents, concepts etc., but i don't wanted to open the endings or plot files to still be able to play and enjoy the story. I know much more about the game, but i don't want to say it, to not ruin things before release for everyone. So i'm writting speculations which are close to what will be in the game, but not directly.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I know you, guys, can't possibly be familiar with all the fanfic literature on STALKER that exists (not that it's even necessary as 99% of it is an absolute BS), but in the past 15 years we've had plenty of it circling around here in Ukraine, Russia etc. The more info on the ARG I get & the more fan theories and analysis about the CIRCAA's probable activities I see - the more it all reminds me of Victor Nochkin's "The Mutant Skull". Back in the day it was quite a popular read amongst the so-called "CIS STALKER community", which is why it was also one of the very first STALKER-based/inspired fanfics I've read, and the idea introduced in it sounds as follows: the artifacts are actually not a "blessing for humanity", but rather a trap, a time-ticking bomb planted under the "normal" world waiting for certain circumstances to set the disaster in motion. The artifacts, by Nochkin, only need to be placed in the extensively irradiated areas (such as ones left after a nuclear explosion) to turn themselves into anomalies they were born from. Once transformed into anomalies, those could probably (in fact, highly possibly) create another Zone within the aforementioned areas in different parts of our planet (and it's an established fact within the STALKER universe that artifacts are constantly being sold to an outside world by dealers). In the same book Nochkin also provides an idea of mutants being unable to survive for long outside the Zone, bcuz they need all this anomalous radiation/energy/emissions, whatever you wanna call it, as much as humans need an oxygen or water for living. The plot of "The Mutant Skull" itself is basically an evil corpo planning a local nuclear disaster in a small town to expand the Zone, that corpo already has accumulated spent nuclear fuel from the NPP nearby + explosives & some artifacts beforehand, as well as got some pairs of mutants transported in there in cages ready to release 'em into the newly-created Zone and yadda-yadda-yadda, you get the point. Maybe CIRCAA's activity would resemble something like that in the new game's plot, who knows 🤷🏻♂️
Ahh, I can't believe I missed all this.
Anyone else remember when GSC did the clothing line?
I still have the hoodie, it's what I wore in my icon's photo.
Love it, just wish I'd had bought the pants and/or jacket too; seems it's all impossible to find now
Oh yeah, I hope they will do more stuff like this after the release.
Awesome video my man.I had the same theory about Stranger.But no matter who he is and what he's up to,i'm with him 100%.Protecting the zone,our only home at all costs.Can't wait to see all those little details we read in the files.But i like to mention this in 24:00 : The test subjects who escaped and never be found had "unexpected psy resistance".So maybe my wish will finally come true?The LA vesion of Sin will be in the game???....The hype is just too much! :)
Who knows what will happen, but I know it will be good!
@@anomalousdugout9557 And i just remebered a GSC member once shown a list of mods that S2 inspired from and Lost Aplha was on that list. Now my hype just got worse! lol
That Stalker iceberg just gets bigger and bigger every passing minute.
incredibly informative video. I'm sorry I missed the ARG now! I am American though so I doubt I could have read any of the documentation anyways haha
The charge is super interesting because it calls back to Tarkovsky's Stalker just like Doc's speech in one of the S2 trailers.
Yes!
I think I agree with the theory that the "device" is the experimental charge lost by the military. Perhaps the TOPAZ is related to it somehow, but the fact that the planned use of the charge was brought up in these documents makes me think it is more directly linked to the search by SIRCAA.
Yes, it would make sense.
I don't think the Stranger is Strelok himself. Strelok looked older in 2012, and was already balding. I don't think 10 years later he would be in such a good shape, especially after all he's been through in the Zone.
I don't buy that The Stanger is Strelok... His hairline has been too iconic and noticed throughout the years... They wouldn't change it
Understandable.
This guy could be a placeholder for him or he got himself younger using power of some kind of Anomaly (Oasis like) or healing artifact. Even Strider looks different.
Отличное видео
I don't know why but i have a feeling the Stalker 2 is a open windows for massive new blood to jump into the zone & become a stalker this year
Absolutely, the port on console was just a foretaste!
Amazing
🍿 Anomalous Dugout video. Let’s go. I don’t know much about the ARG so this will interesting for me.
Nice.
This just shows how dangerous the zone is, i've changed my mind that i would like to be a stalker haha howhever this gives us a lot of background lore. Thanks for sharing this with us
Indeed!
Today 4th atempth to watch to the end 😂 best asmr greetings from slovakia
Ooh my gawwd I can't wait for this game
This sounds like it was such a cool event.
Yes, release will be something to behold.
I'm so glad this is out!
I don't think the stranger is actually strelok but it could be. I think the person he ordered to be killed is probably Doctor, since he knows the most about the zone and helped Strelok reach the centre of the zone. I think Doctor might be captured by SIRCAA and has to be executed to keep from giving up secrets. Weither or not the stranger is Strelok, the figure mentions being saved by the zone, given a new life that they devote to protecting it. So, this must be someone who was well, saved by the zone somehow.
Yes, that could also be true, we will soon!
This is content right there. I had absolutely no clue this ARG existed, and even back in 2021 I was following STALKER 2 news quite closely. Not on social media though.
New 2 minute long stalker 2 trailer is out now. It's called "The time of opportunities."
Finally the “good” people of CRCR will know what I’m talking about when I reference arg stuff. Thank you AD!
Ah, a fellow crcr enjoyer
What is CRCR?
@anomalousdugout9557 chernobyl relay chat rebirth
Its a mod for stalker anomaly which allows different players who have it installed to chat with eachother.
Ти самий крутий блогер по Сталкеру))
Thank you.
Чому державною?
45:14 the zone gave Strelok his hair back then, obviously it would change his outlook on the zone
Or he found sid's super special hair restoration cream that was cut from Clear sky.
i want more of these... flickering... screens.
more... more!
Hi man, could you please make a video explaining the new A-life 2.0 system that is going to be implemented in Stalker2? I understand that it is a very iconic mechanic of the saga.
Ladies and stalkers, this game is worth the waiting.
Im beginning to think that the man with the long hair from the trailer may be the journalist? He wants to protect the zone that "gave him a new life", as the journalist had to find after fleeing and faking his death? He has similar features as well and that would make him a brand new character. My opinions at least.
Edit: apologies I didnt finish the video but I will still leave my comment up haha
Wow! I was thinking about that few days ago, and now there is a video about arg) are u mind reader ?)
The Noosphere can make such things possible :)
Stranger is actually marked one who kills strelok 🙃
Complex!
Wait there's an ARG for this game? Neat
Yeah, it got solved by the more fanatical Eastern European fans I guess
Incredible, isn't it?
If you ever get a chance with VR, you should try Into The Radius, I bet you have been told about the game multiple times, but it's a very good game with similarities to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
The story about the missing students reminds me of the Dyatlov Pass incident. Or as I call it the Blyatlov Pass
If arg is this good, imagine how beautiful full story will be😮😮
Indeed!
I wonder if the seventh student is important at all or just meant to emphasise the harsh reality of the Zone. Anyway, the theory about the two opposing Streloks is intriguing.
Yes, it could go both ways.
i think enemy factions will be: (factions that you always fight like monoltih or bandits in soc , renegades , military , some mercenarys)
start of the game: probably bandits or renegates
mid-game: SIRCAA (mid game mercenayrs type of enemy)
end-game: SIRCAA , monolith or noun (probably there will be a choice of being on one side)
We will see, although the player will be able to choose sides.
Dalin and the stranger stalker who protects the zone are the same person
Perhaps.
You still remember my theory, right? About the stranger :kek: !
I have a feeling that monolith recruits zombified stalkers (i believe that the damage caused to the zombified stalker's brains are a simple "twisting of the cables" and not microwaving it literally)
Maybe, who knows.
@@anomalousdugout9557 the stalker series will likely keep it a secret. Its much more thrilling when you dont know whats going on
Very cool video amazing work as always. But this guy being strelok doesnt add up. I mean the scars an element but look at bros hairline and add 10 years lol
I wish i could play it, I only can play S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly without gamma mods.
The World would just be an even more boring and much worse place without the Zone considering the potential of the artifacts though sure the Zone would stop spreading.
The 'Zone's disappearance' choice could be interpreted as an attempt to 'hack' the C-Consciousness (this must be one of the theories someone else probably already thought of but i just didn't bother to check :D)through the Wish Granter to incorporate this thought in itself and eventually destroy itself, i don't think it makes much sense otherwise as it's just a bad choice but one which might carry the most influence as the Wish Granter turns out to be fake in one of the games.
I wonder if Strelok/Degtyarev (i don't remember which)chose an option that would kill him, would he become a part of the C-Consciousness?
Or the C-Consciousness isn't changing and cannot be changed anymore since its creation?
Go check it out it has gameplay
TSC this posted a new short they posted a short I mean
Kinda a stupid theory, but would it be possible for the charge to be the heart of chernobyl itself?
What's going on with this video in the Pripyat underground?
What do you mean?
Does this video come from any official source?
this isnt strelok his hairline is to good
Who knows O. O. Dobrynin? 🤭
I don't remember.
@@anomalousdugout9557 there's a book series about Stalker. I had 8 books from it which were translated to German. I recently read the first 3 again and I really enjoyed them to read. They were written or translated by Bernd Frenz (as far as I remember). If they are available in your language, I highly recommend them.
Dobrynin was the main antagonist in the first 3 books
will gtx1650 be enough for stalker 2?
Stalker 2 minimum requirements
OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | Intel Core i5-7600K
Memory: 8GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Storage: 150GBAdditional notes: SSD
Stalker 2 recommended specifications
OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | Intel Core i7-9700K
Memory: 16GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Storage: 150GBAdditional notes: SSD
I'm not sure.
ты говоришь по-русски, мой друг-ютубер?))
Not at all.
@@anomalousdugout9557 haha fair enough. honored to get a reply from the man himself
fist!
Nice
Shush. No naughty talk in the presence of The Zone, no fisting, no nuttin', she dislikes gossip.
43:39 Leon Kennedy looking ah anyone?
i come from military service and i firstly looked to this channel keep working bro
Thanks!