The Psychology of Noontide | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

What happens when you escape the Monolith... but not what it did to you? Noontide is one of the most interesting factions in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Formed by former Monolithians trying to rebuild their lives after the signal disappeared, their story raises a much larger question: how do you give people belonging without taking away their individuality? In this video, we look at the psychology of Noontide, Strider's journey from the Monolith, Shelter, freedom, identity, and the shadow that remains when the thing that once controlled you is gone. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Noontide 01:50 The Wanderer 02:42 The Walls Are Gone 05:47 Shelter 09:59 The Shadow Never Left 12:45 Noontide Wasn't Doomed 17:36 Who Gets the Zone? 24:22 Barefoot