I was very disappointed when I went into the search function of this board and did not see a thread about any of these games;
These games are just about by far my favorite series of games with the exception of a few other gems like Half-Life and Bioshock.
Official site: http://www.stalker-game.com/
Wikipedia:
The newest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game recently came out in the U.S. called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat which is better than Clear Sky, but not as fun as Shadow of Chernobyl.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat also uses a much more optimized game engine capable of using DirectX11 graphics which also has several graphical improvements over the engine used in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky.
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series is very similar to Fallout 3 in the sense that they're both open-world FPS+RPG hybrids with lots and lots of items and character customizeability; the difficulty level of Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky are both very high, I found even the easiest level of difficulty to prove much of a challenge to me during certain parts of the game. The worlds are very open and fun to explore, I find myself constantly wandering around without doing any specific mission. Parts of the game are really uhh... scary, it's the kind of game that causes you to be really tense and alert as you closely watch the screen and listen for any odd sounds. Nighttime isn't like many other open-world games out there, night is actually dark and forces you to rely on your flashlight in order to see just the few several meters in front of you. The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games seem to have this really unique atmosphere that really immerses me into the game; it's probably a combination of the excellent lighting, sounds effects, locations, and enemies; everything in the game seems to fit together so well.
These games are all PC exclusive but generally have rather low system requirements (meaning if you likely have something other than an integrated video card, you can probably run this, assuming the ingame settings are on the lower end).
Any big fans of the game series here on Smogon?
There is a benchmark tool for Call of Pripyat that you can download here freely that will help you feel if you can run the game or not.
All three games are currently available on the STEAM store;
Shadow of Chernobyl: $19.99
Clear Sky: $9.99
Call of Pripyat: $29.99 ($19.99 if you already own a previous version on STEAM)
Here's a few screenshots of the game I took with horrible image compression:
These games are just about by far my favorite series of games with the exception of a few other gems like Half-Life and Bioshock.
Official site: http://www.stalker-game.com/
Wikipedia:
There are lots of mods to enhance both the graphics and gameplay of the game which lots of people recommend since they change a lot of game mechanics for the better, as well as new items such as weapons and armor; there are several really large mods like LURK mod which I recall is several GBs in size.
The newest S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game recently came out in the U.S. called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat which is better than Clear Sky, but not as fun as Shadow of Chernobyl.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat also uses a much more optimized game engine capable of using DirectX11 graphics which also has several graphical improvements over the engine used in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky.
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series is very similar to Fallout 3 in the sense that they're both open-world FPS+RPG hybrids with lots and lots of items and character customizeability; the difficulty level of Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky are both very high, I found even the easiest level of difficulty to prove much of a challenge to me during certain parts of the game. The worlds are very open and fun to explore, I find myself constantly wandering around without doing any specific mission. Parts of the game are really uhh... scary, it's the kind of game that causes you to be really tense and alert as you closely watch the screen and listen for any odd sounds. Nighttime isn't like many other open-world games out there, night is actually dark and forces you to rely on your flashlight in order to see just the few several meters in front of you. The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games seem to have this really unique atmosphere that really immerses me into the game; it's probably a combination of the excellent lighting, sounds effects, locations, and enemies; everything in the game seems to fit together so well.
These games are all PC exclusive but generally have rather low system requirements (meaning if you likely have something other than an integrated video card, you can probably run this, assuming the ingame settings are on the lower end).
Any big fans of the game series here on Smogon?
There is a benchmark tool for Call of Pripyat that you can download here freely that will help you feel if you can run the game or not.
All three games are currently available on the STEAM store;
Shadow of Chernobyl: $19.99
Clear Sky: $9.99
Call of Pripyat: $29.99 ($19.99 if you already own a previous version on STEAM)
Here's a few screenshots of the game I took with horrible image compression:
