S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

bandits, mutants, abominations and worst of all the government all want you dead. your iventory is a 50kg max load so dont think you can loot goblin your way through. everything has weight from some moldy sausage to your fancy (soon to be destroyed) gear keep anti rads and med kits at all times. conserve your ammo, its not cheap. keep some food youll get hungry. dont attack those around you, unless you really want to. But Most Of All. Have Fun.

"The sun is rising and I hold tight my rifle as if this piece of scrap was my life line against horror… Why am I here? In this slurry pit which is the Zone I thought I would find wealth and wonders… and glory maybe. As a welcoming, this old crook of Sidorovitch sends me doing his dirty work with an old Tokarev and few disgusting rations. And it’s been few days I’m advancing cheating death at any moment. I’m starting to lose my mind… so many of my dreams have turned into nightmares. The Zone, the biggest quarantine in the world! 1986 was not enough apparently. It was needed to study again the whys and the wherefores. And the tragedy happened again. Fortune they said. You only find plants with exceptional proportions, radioactive anomalies that defies science, mutated creatures that defies understanding… and men who’s acts defies reason. And in his hell he reigns supreme. Some factions try to dominate the Zone whatever the cost. And it’s not counting with bandits and others raiders waste of humankind that massacre innocents and idealists like me. But the Zone has always the last word because its children feast on our corpses. It has a life of its own that spreads more and more. I hear it… it speaks to me… these voices… they come back sometimes. Or maybe it’s the radiation poisoning that starts again. A draft of this bottle and it will be okay right? And next morning will be blurry with the stomach upside down and the body covered with injuries. The sun is rising. Gun shots and screams in the distance. So I make a fuss of my rifle. My only friend … because I’m a Stalker. One more day in the Zone. " N.B: Stalker is one of the hardest games ever created where survival will push you to the limit. The atmosphere is incredible and mods created by the community will hold you for dozens of hours. Try AMK mod after you've beaten the game to feel how Stalker would have been when finished. Its only flaws were its chaotic development and release. A classic.

I'm glad GOG exists and let's me play the games of the past. This game is a must play. It's not perfect but it's atmosphere is perfect, gave me the spooks without needing to look great.

Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is an impressive accomplishment. This first-person survival game is at times amazing and engrossing and on par with such classics as Deus Ex and System Shock. From its alternate reality setting and realistic gun mechanics to its trading system and action horror formula, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is radioactive rareness.

I will admit,i brought the whole bundle and its not a game for me,BUT i can also see how someone can like it.The atmosphere just drips of dreariness,and bleakness,the creatures are intimidating and the world truly feels dangerous due to how easy everything can kill you.The graphics are also pretty good for the time it came out(better than fallout 3),and the soundtrack is amazing.However this is a game aimed towards fans of hardcore survival horror,and is NOT a very polished experience.Janky animations,horrible gunplay,and brutal difficulty makes this honestly a 2 out of 5 experience for me,but since i see this is a well done game for the audience its going for its fair to rate it a 3 as a way of acknowledging that if you are a fan of this type of game it could be a 4 or 5 for you.