Can You Beat S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Without Taking Damage?
7It's finally been completed. This run was once deemed impossible to complete, but I can safely say that I've now found a way to complete this game without taking damage.
EDIT (10/07/2023): Some details have since been corrected or changed. See this video from me for details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhFmdtUDdY
During this run, I was able to perform a series of tasks based on my in-depth knowledge of the game world and past experience playing this game. From 5:19 in this video, I made sure to loot Freedom's armory and sell the suits that I found (keeping the Bulldog 6) to accumulate enough in-game money to exclusively buy armor-piercing rounds where possible. This will allow me to eliminate enemies quicker and reduce the chances of my character getting killed. Prior to this, skipping past Agroprom, the Dark Valley and the Bar through a common speedrun route (as shown in this video) prevents me from creating more unnecessary work for myself.
At 8:44 in this video, I had performed a trick that's been labelled as the "Brain Scorcher Skip". This was done on the Steam version of this game on patch v1.0006, the most recent version of the game. The aforementioned glitch essentially breaks the Brain Scorcher in the Red Forest, allowing the player to easily bypass it. Furthermore, it also breaks the in-game radiation, preventing it from damaging the player. This became more useful later on in the run, most notably when reaching the Sarcophagus. Without this glitch, this game would be impossible to complete without taking damage.
From 27:02, I was able to perform what is known as the "Elevator Glitch" in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. speedrunning community. Special thanks to a YouTube user named Magpie for publishing a tutorial on how to do this glitch as well as a method of skipping the Brain Scorcher. His tutorial on this can be accessed here:
- Magpie's Elevator Glitch + Brain Scorcher Skip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgkXmRKgfg
Be sure to check out the mod featured in this video as well as the full playthrough:
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (OHKO): https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/10005-10006-jacob-mps-ohko-damage-mod-soc
- Full Unlisted Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLycGQoOOGeQvBdaJ6NrfpYOJfAGPFVECd
- Old Unlisted Playthrough (2020): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLycGQoOOGeQs9XX6UZXnrypemwH_zwdPC
- My Twitter: https://twitter.com/ModdersPlaygro1
I also have similar mods for the other S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and mods I've been playing:
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (OHKO): https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker-clear-sky/addons/1510-jacob-mps-ohko-damage-mod-cs
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (OHKO): https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker-call-of-pripyat/addons/1602-jacob-mps-ohko-damage-mod-cop
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Chernobyl (OHKO): https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl/addons/1422-jacob-mps-ohko-damage-mod-coc
Video recorded and edited by Jacob_MP from Modder's Playground.
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