yup! this and being brainwashed by the Monolith.

This remind me of the zombie headcrabs in Half Life 2, when you put the voice lines in reverse you can hear and understand their agony screams... Creepy 😨*

One of ur biggest fans over here , respect , stalker 🔥❤

A fate worse than death

@@M_Alistair I was going to write this, it’s said everywhere that this fate is worse than death, and indeed :/

Yeah and before that Lukash says something along the lines of "Ah you didn't recognise any of the zombies? Good"

Imagine having to shoot a barely conscious staggering man calling for his loved ones as he tries to mercilessly murer you.I'm not surprised people get fucked up after fighting Zombies.

@@graffjunk1 probably due to the fact that they may b family

They're people who didn't qualify for Monolith

@@GeneralTantzu If you be lucky to not have brains fried by duga or controllers-you will be less lucky to unsee the fates of unlucky.

i died too much to these zombies i dont care anymore

​@@manexieSkill issue,they are easiest human enemies . -. They have accuracy of potato

​@@skell6134say that to the one wielding MG's, I fuckin' hate the MG wielding ones, after playing Clear Sky, whenever I heard that sound, it's like a terror for me.

​@@skell6134 heh... *no*

@@skell6134 stalker shadow of chernnobyl mfs headshotted me from 100 km

Looks like it's the most automated reflex from his past

Army PTSD

The zombie soldier

'Good soldiers follow orders.'

It must be painful to shoot the military zombies for Major Degtayrev,considering he's shooting his own men.

Man, I legit got teary dude. This exact thing happens to men in War.

if that can cheer you up, there is a chance that they might be delirious and have no daughter at all, but there's also a chance they do...

Actually it's an easter egg from STALKER the movie, the protagonist leaves his wife and daughter to go to the zone.

My heart truly hurts for these poor souls, for even they are monster there are still men trapped in there

Man it almost made me tear up. Soul crushing to end like that

It's loot, and it's humane. Both good things so do it, yes.

@@dankovac1609 not even for the loot. Just to end the suffering.

@@coolsceegaming6178 I need bandaids, meds and foods

@@zherean42069 Don't let their demise come to waste.

Yes, that is my mission from now on.

That kind of sounds like the zombies from George Romero’s dawn of the dead.

@@keyboardstalker4784 yeah, but STALKER zombies are worst in my opinion. They more like mad dogs with rabies, still very much alive, and wanting their old life's back

Dying light does this. Some zombies retain a form of consciousness but their brain forces them to attack humans.

@@deli9437 the hybrids from system shock 2 are very much like this too. Except they’re fully conscious the whole time, and sometimes the control lapses, like when you hit them and they shout “KILL ME!”

@@keyboardstalker4784 If you're unlucky enough the same can happen in Halo with the Flood, I mean it happened to Jenkins. There's also the Infested Terrans from that one mission in SC2.

In the final moments of our lives, we seek only the warmth and comfort of the one that nurtured us the most.

Dude same

No, it's just a videogame.

@@daviddavidson6289 literally said game/movie or real war footage. Learn to read

@@njva228 Oh no, I read what you said, but I don't give a shit about fiction or dudes who enlist to blow up brown kids.

And remember that counts towards any other stalkers you kill it doesnt matter if they are soldiers, monolithiens, duty, freedom or even bandits many of them just thought they make some cash and go back home to theyr family

Nice try ,Monolith Soildier.

Tehnicaly, motolithians are not really evil - just brainwashed and controled by monolith.

Not to happy killing them, but necesary.

@@davidgruzin8269 Indeed necessary, just put them out of their cruel misery.

Even the toughest man wants his momma in the end.

In stalker anomaly everytime I kill someone be it a bandit or mercenary or something and close to death they say mama... mama... Rarely do I feel anything in video games but that shit... jesus...

@@Daddy_Dagoth I think that is just a testament for how good STALKER games are.

In russia its more of a language thing to say "mama" when youre scared or shocked

It's interesting to think that every human when reach our own personal limits we tend to call for our mom as only way to try to comfort ourselves, like we did when we was a kid, that hits different

I'm fairly sure, canonically, emissions do turn STALKERs into zombies. That and the brain scorcher. I could be misremembering, but I believe that's also how the C-Consciousness recruits new Monolith soldiers. The ones who don't get their brain totally fried by the emission or brain scorcher become a part of the C-Consciousness, make their way to the NPP and become true Monolith.

@@hazode Yep, this is actually how it goes, it's sad.

@@hazode correct, i aways theorized that they expand the zone in this way

@@legion3408 close its not the normal emissions but the psi storms that fry their brain iirc

Not certainly in that way. Emissions, being pure and uncontrolled energy of the noosphere, sweep through the human nervous system like a lightning strike. Then it all depends on how strong the nerves of a particular person are. For some, the whole nervous system is shattered, the brain dies and the person too, it turns others into zombifieds, and for someone, for example, Scar and Degtyarev after the achievement, don’t give a shit at all. The Monolith troops is recruited in a slightly different way. His fighters are not zombifeds, their nervous system is not burned out and 100% fine, but their memories and beliefs changed for complete submission, while they retain all their intelligence, ability to handle weapons, think through tactics, and so on. For comparison: the zombies cannot be cured, they already have porridge instead of brains, while the Monolith fighters can be rid of influence and return to their former personality, as was the case with the Rogue's squad.

I'll never look at a zombie the same way ever again

Probably better for them to die anyway. Sad to think about but otherwise they just live a horrible existence forever, right?

Yeah dude omg

Nah, it's better to be put out of your missery than stay like this.

@@NerfCrafter55 that's true. Zombies are an exception. May they rest with their daughters and sons in the great big zone up above

man now i feel bad for just outright hunting zombies for fun after hearing this shit, this is how you humanize an enemy shut up im not crying *sobs quietly with wodka*

Yes. I cried. 46 years old.

Always makes you feel guilty when the last words of a dying enemy is mom

Shut up

@@rahuldoes 1:26

true. I'm literally crying right now

Funny, isn't it, that you can get attached to animated pixels? They really made magic with this game.

Stalker really is that kind of game that they don't make anymore, im scared of stalker 2, im hoping it at least gets loads of mods

Its interesting how, even though the game is not multiplayer, it still feels like it is because of how real the NPCs feel. Unlike regular game NPCs the STALKER NPCs seem to actually have some form of life. It is insane how much effort was put into making the game immersive.

@@liljahjay exactly, my friend..

That's just a randomised name, in gane controllers and emissions do not create zombies, unless you are using Atmosfear.. But by lore controllers should be able to zombify

it is one true comfort in zone

besides vodka

@@notactiveanymorelolxd Vodka makes you feel the warmth of the campfire within

Seeing them obliviously walking through thunderstorm is enough to make me come out of my shelter and end them ASAP

Even as a tried and tested Merc, I don't hesitate to spare a round for these poor souls. They deserve rest. One clean tap to send them to their loved ones.

@@justusbladetooth zombies pay back in bullets anyway... and bandages

True I always did headshots but now just headshots....

I will make sure to put down the video game characters out of their misery

1:26

Friend or foe Yet, group together to gank me.

Imagine playing this being russian kid in 2000th. This game had been taken home from some bazzars or pirate stores, there was no internet and sometimes you were the first person who get this game in the village. So it was a total rethinking than you was playing it with friends (not many families had computers in the villages till 2010th, so it was only two may be three in the village and all the kids came to your house to watch your play and play with you). And after you was fighting zombies with friends you was playing alone one night and started to recognise their illegible voices, what they was speaking about. You cant check this fact from the internet, noone of your friend have recognized such voices. And it is like you alone understand these poor souls. God damn, i cant hear this voices again now remembering recent terrible events, knowing that this game was made by Ukranians, standing here in Russia and knowing that the coffin with my friend in it, who was one of thoose kids i was playing with, will came from Ukraine soon. And "Zombie" now only associeted with this curses first letter. Thousand of Ukranians and Russians have died for nothing. And i imagine, do they tell "I am bleeding, mom.." before the end and this thougths force me to cry.

@@botisobshagy3573 That escalated into politics quickly. But honestly, no-one would've imagined kids who usually been playing this game in gaming clubs as dolg players would end up failing ЕГЭ(Russian Examination Board before reaching university-only thing that saves you from draft into army) and end up being involved in "active defence" of LPR and DPR.

How do you think the victims of headcrabs feel?

i see you have a protogen pfp :3

Sometimes there are fates worse than death, and sometimes someone comes along and frees one from such a fate... This is one of those fates.

@@Linxie777 Shut up

Even if they come home. The only way they or anyone could enjoy it if someone found a cure. Knowing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R universe though. There is none, and even if they didn't murder their family the second they saw him...You can't accept the former shadow of a husband. That's what makes it the most sad for me. There is no return. No way back, just suffering and misery from the current

@@kabob0077 yeah, another horrible fate is being a victim of a headcrab

Don't play Anomaly it will consume you. Oh, and after that give A.R.E.A. a try lol.

I can just imagine you sucking air through your teeth in an "Ooooh shit" after realizing what they're saying and its so relatable and funny.

@@lukasgroot I've tried it, but my old laptop can't handle Anomaly. For now I just tried Lost Alpha and CoC. My son also just started middle school this year, so I wanted to buy him a PC. Maybe one day when I get to play Anomaly, they'll release Stalker 2. 🤣

@@MarcoAdventures Well, at least I'm not in their position rn, so I can laugh. But idk what happened to the 'me' in the previous playthrough who died from being swept away by emissions. 😂

Wow, the same thing with my little niece. She’s six years old. She loves watching me playing, walking around the zone, shooting zombies, mutants, “bad guys”. She doesn’t want to play any video game or watch something more kids friendly. Instead, she asks me to play this game, says “it’s so interesting, like a movie”. 😂

ууккккеееп

Unironically this.

Lol. None of them were forced to go to Zone. All of them went to risk their life for couple thousand roubles, because they are to dumb to find a normal job. So fack them. Especially the ones who have family and kids

1:26

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Bitches girl!

Only in USA in Russia this game very popular

@@playerunknowen7965 well, it's set in russia, so maybe same thing with 171 the brazilian gta

@@Ian_Paneque it's set in Ukraine

@@serhiy-serhiiv oooohhhh

@@playerunknowen7965 the game is mainly popular in Europe

I always heard familiar words coming from them like "mom" when they got shot. I felt bad for them thats why everytime I see one I try to put em down with one shot to the head uk...let them rest properly. Poor souls :/

we need to see the positive side... we are doing them a favor by putting them to finally rest

You did them a favor.

....... Yes.

I always try to shoot as many as I can, the poor things deserve some rest

They mostly have thier memory, but brain is falling apart and being controlled....

I think they’re more like the zombies from the Last of Us. I.E. they don’t have control of their bodies, they’re still technically alive, and they’re in constant pain.

I guess it's up to us to end their misery huh?

@@mice6545 yeah... true pilgrim, true indeed.

I think it’s the last thing they remember before their brain got scorched

Что то в глазах мокра.....

Как песня называется?

​@@алмаатинец Into Sunset из игры Metro 2033 Last Light

@@user-hv8dj4pw6t, спасибо, брат!

You just had to go and make this more painful . . . But it makes Zombies seem scarily realistic, even if they are created with science fiction mumbo jumbo.

@@GeneralTantzu I know, but that's the first thing that struck me the first time I encountered zombified's. I didn't have an immediate "shit, zombies - fire!", to me it was "Damn, this feels oddly familiar..." (Minus the guns lol) I immediately picked up their mumbling speech since I can speak fluent Russian too.

I'm sorry man

damn hit right in the feels,sorry for your loss bro

Alzheimers too, lost two grandparents to that shit.

Я хоть и не верующий, но "пусть господь упокоит их души". Это действительно ужасная судьба. Единственный способ их угомонить - свинец в лоб. Это печально, ибо ни кто не хочет такой судьбы.

This is beautifully said

Hunting them is a priority of mine, to stop their misery

@@lorax8172 Putting them out of their misery is definitely the right thing to do. We just have to deal with our own misery doing so, I guess. I know, this is just a game, but still..

like other people have said, this just shows how good stalker games are

@@warlogaful It feels so sad for me and this video literally made my day

This is why I joined the MERCS. I have a black hearth, it's just business in the end. *BANG*

that reminds me of melting from nt and his phrase "everything hurts"

No regret for me, death is preferrable to whatever they're going through, not a doubt in my mind about that.

I agree that killing them is doing them a favor, but still, that hollow shell used to be someone's father, someone's husband, someone's brother, someone's son

Dont make them suffer

"SHOOT BOSS YOU HAD TO!"

@@yar0lot05 somehow this was worse

found your comment!

I think its more that he is somewhat aware enough to feel pain from being shot, so he it might be he is genuinely terrified begging you to stop hurting him, but not understanding that you are defending yourself.

Is kind of interesting how the word "mom" is similar in almost all languages

@@ViroRadsmost of the first sounds that newborns are make is mix of “umm, am, ama, ma” child not even have any traces of mind, but already study world around itself. And since mother is the closest thing to child most of the time of his first year of life, sound “mama” or “mom” just become the identifier to a child. And since culture and country of origin can’t affect a newborn word “mom” sound almost the same in almost any language.

@@Bondrewd__21 Curious fact, in Spanish we have the word "mamá" (mom) to also refer to other things, such as. Mama (without the emphasis) means breast. it's also the conjugated 2nd person (singular) of the verb "mamar" (to suck, but used in the context of babies being breastfed) for example "el mama" (he sucks) Kinda cool.

In Spanish too

Same. I've been wondering about the translation since 2013.

the victims of the cut-out group "Sin" can only compare with them, it's better for you not to know what they did with the stalkers caught...

@@talkingbenladen7975 "Don't look up blue waffle" they said, so I looked up blue waffle. "Don't look up what Sin does with caught Stalkers.", now I'm gonna look that up too.

Yeah. Just like the zombie headcrabs, I feel bad for the victims.

That’s the main point of this enemy. It’s not an animal or bandit, they are just shadows of former self and have no intention to actually kill you but u still have to pull the trigger because u can be saved an they can not

You're welcome

i mean you put them out of their misery, is better that way.

Relax, you did the right thing by giving them an easy trip to heaven, atleast then they can meet the lord and know it wasn't their fault.

it's better that way at least then they can go home...

@@jessicaenjoyer7272 bro but like, they clearly talk and maybe think though

@@gen-zboomer Its like system shock 2 enemies, they can think and speak on their own but their bodies move alone

I thought they spoke Ukrainian?

@@hazode they’re very similar

@@CeizoBro To a degree! The Ukrainian alphabet is different from the Russian alphabet (although afaik the written words in the world of STALKER are mostly in Russian, due to the fact that Ukraine/Belarus was part of the USSR at the time of the CNPP meltdown - and IRL Pripyat is still pretty much the same as it was in '86, except with a load more trees and overgrowth). And I know that some letters are pronounced differently. Then again, I did read something that stated they share 62% of the same vocabulary, which isn't exactly a small number in terms of language similarity. I also thought there were a lot of differences in their words. Main reason I say that is because after learning a bit of Russian, going to then learn some Ukrainian was a pretty big headache for me. But, я идиот. It kinda seems like the similarities between Portuguese and Spanish. I guess you could sorta work out the general gist of what someone is saying, but to get the nuanced context, I'm not so sure. But with all of that being said, I'm fluent in neither, and OP says they speak Russian. I'm not doubting they understand, more just... idk, I guess just word vomit/stream of consciousness. I'm tired. Thanks for coming to my sleep-deprived nonsensical and probably atrociously incorrect TEDTalk This essay has been sponsored by Dunning-Krueger

@@hazode ingame npcs all speak russian. And in this video too

@@LaserTractor ahhh, I wasn't aware of that! Thanks, I take back both of my previous comments 😂

fuck, man

It could be worse, you could've turned into a Monolith. Which are basically zombies just not deteriorated yet, but as you can see, many of them are in a worse state than others which implies they all eventually become zombified. Anomalous Dugout covered this pretty well. Zombies and Monolith are the same result, just one is mild - other severe, but even the Monolith brains are damaged beyond repair and once they outlive their usefulness they most likely just turn into zombies. They might be acting human still, but all their higher brain function has been washed. They're basically just more agile zombified's

@@egonieser How about Strider and the guys then? From this perspective, it looks more like Monolith are under active mind control, not permanently damaged/altered.

@@zezek75 I think they still do have some brain damage, because Strider and his men cannot remember their past life at all. Monolith fighters turning into zombies (eventually) does seem like it could be how some of the Zombies are created.

@@GeneralTantzu And they may have some brain damage because they can only speak in a monotone voice? But there's no way they would turn to be zombies, cuz they're too human. Hell, they are human

@@GeneralTantzu It also begs the question to how Strider and his men escaped the mind control. Even though the C-Consciousness is destroyed, there were still plenty of Monolithians that were still devout to their Monolith despite not being under direct control anymore, actively trying to find it again. These are questions that might've been answered in the STALKER 2, but......

Thats what happens when they are caught outside in an emission

@@averagemumeienjoyer5498 I always thought they were "gone" but just like on repeat like a record. I wasn't aware they were actually "conscious" lol

mind-controlled under monololith by emissions or by reaching the "wish-granter", such is the fate of Strelok 👈🏽

This video has made me think they are living in some sort of waking nightmare forever, without any ability to wake up and end it. Remember to end a zombie Stalker's suffering when you see one . . .

В некоторых модификациях были ещё более жуткие фразы, где старая бабушка зомби на короткое время приходила в себя и очень добрым голосом говорила :" Сынок, ты не подумай плохого, мы не злые, мы просто кушать хотим". На этом канале далеко не все фразы и не все анекдоты.

exactly

You're doing them a favor, honestly. Plus those fuckers get a lucky shot while spraying an AK every once and in a while, it pisses me off.

In my room, my dog, #Dobby_Does is cutting onions since afternoon. 3 hours now. Everytime I watch this, I end up shedding a few tears.

shit, man, coming back to this idea it just sounds even better. just think about it! having zombies with more interaction options other than "shoot the bastards" would elevate this game so much more

​@@maximpikalev9538, I NEVER call them bastards or any other names. Prior to watching this video, I just sneaked past them; no more. Even if I am short of bullets, I kill them all with my knife/crowbar. I would not wish this fate on the worst enemy. And, I am not talking about the zombies in this game: I am talking of zombies who live amongst us as successful and great people but they are ZOMBIES to the rigmarole!

@@rahuldoes what the hell u talking about

@@maximpikalev9538, zombification of fellow human beings, IRL, chasing money.

Same here dude. I'm drunk and tearing up because of pixelated virtual Zombies. STALKER games just keep getting sadder.

Would be nice if there was an ecologist quest to capture zombified stalkers to see if they can be brought back

Their brains all fried up so healing them almost impossible

there's no cure for scorched brain the only cure for them is death

@@Axl4325 In designers documents of Stalker was quest about it

@@Axl4325 There Quest In Mod Called Road to The North Where The Ecologist Trying to Cure The Zombie And Its Start to Talking Instead only Mumbling like in this Vid But the Plot Twist is There Controller Controlling the Zombie

There are no badasses in the zone man. Its just the Zone, and the Stalkers. And these guys here, are now part of the Zone.

a fate worse then death