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

Many bugs remain when developer abandoned after v006 update. Never would I have replayed the game without the trader mod and other mods A lot of crashing to Windows. The best weapons come too late in the game to enjoy fully to combat NPCs sniper pistols,accurate shooting and unlimited ammo. Getting shot in the back and through brick,cement,stone and metal walls is normal. Too much unnecessary thunder and rain,eating and dogs.Over done to say the least. Too many repeat missions

Not a bad game. Kinda buggy, from time to time, but still... overall... a worthwhile piece of game design history. Buy it... On sale. The early parts of the game are a blast. The environment is grim and lonely. The FPS and survival horror is a hard mix to pull off, and this game manages to do a decent job of it. The world is fairly open allowing you to set your own goals and goals and achieve them. The story is convoluted and only vaguely described, but that's fine because... like I said, the world is open enough to set your own goals. The downside is that the story is not engaging. By the time I reached the center of the zone, I had no desire to continue playing. I had a ton of money and equipment. It seemed like the best move at this point would be to shoot my way out of the zone and find a nice Ukrainian girl to settle down with. Still... I trusted the designers and moved into the center of the zone. Mistake. The endgame is... bad. After tens of hours playing in an open world, the final stage becomes increasingly linear. At one point I flashed on Super Mario levels where the key to success has nothing to do with skill but is, instead, about memorizing the level. The game becomes a spamfest on the quicksave. As a young man, I took a certain pride in grinding through the last two levels. Now? As a veteran gamer from the days of Pac Man? It's just aggravating. And once you do hump your way to the finale, the game thanks you by stripping you completely of all the agency you have spent the last 10-20 hours engaging. You spend 20 hours to make a wish, and when you get to the end the game makes the wish for you. This game was an ambitious grand experiment that only partially succeeded. If you are a student of gaming history, give it a play. Just don't expect too much from it.

The progression, the charm. There is no equal. Just turned off the brain scorcher and were going to Pripyat!

Difficult game\Does not pause to access inventorie

i cant save my progress i also dont have real auto save