Posted on: April 15, 2022

P-Rock

Jeux: 165 Avis: 31

Call of Duty disguised as a STALKER game

My least favourite of the three. I'm a hardcore S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fan, but it's hard to recommend this. In this prequel we follow a merc named Scar who has been hired by a faction called Clear Sky to find Strelok, the main character from Shadow of Chernobyl. He went to the heart of the zone and triggered a huge blowout. Scar needs to stop him from trying it again. The positives: + Great graphics + Haunting sfx and soundtrack + New hubs and changed old ones + Still very atmospheric + Very challenging gameplay + Mechanics can repair and upgrade your gear + Extremely moddable The negatives: - Bugs, bugs, bugs - Needs the Sky Reclamation Project mod to be playable - Broken faction wars - The Zone is overpopulated - Sometimes feels like a Call of Duty game - Bleeding requires multiple bandages - Bandits grenade spam - Enemies carrying crap weapons but have pinpoint accuracy - Food is not necessary anymore - Artifact hunting is a chore - No iron sights - Not getting your money back after being robbed - Very linear after Limansk - Cop out ending All in all, Clear Sky is the weakest game in the trilogy and only recommendable to the hardcore S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans. All others should just go straight from Shadow of Chernobyl to Call of Pripyat. I'm very surprised some people rate this as their favourite S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. My guess is they love frantic shooters like Call of Duty too, but that's not what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is supposed to be. 5.5/10

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Posted on: March 31, 2019

THX1342

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Not a great S.T.A.L.K.E.R game...

As background, I have about 10h in this game and about 40h in Shadow of Chernobyl. I have not played Call of Pripyat, yet. Overall, I do think this is worth playing for fans of S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, but I would definetely NOT recommend it as a fist S.T.A.L.K.E.R game for someone just starting out. The AI: One of the high points of SoC in my opinion - seems dumbed down. NPC behavior is vanilla: they are overly agressive, do not take cover or flank as often as in the first game and have the annoying superpower of immediately knowing where you are. In the first installmente NPCs behaved as if they had some idea of where you last were instead of having this 6th sense of always doing the straight path towards your current location. NPC weapons also seem to have a significant lower spread compared to the ones the player use. This is a cheap cheat mechanic to make the AI harder... Bleeding: This was changed for the worse. Instead of the red/yellow/geen indicators which made it obvious to you how bad the situation was and how many bandaged you would have to use, now the only indication you have is the intensity of your heartbeat sound - which during combat is nearly impossible to pay attention to. On top of that you seem to bleed a lot more which leads to spamming the bandage button all the time. Ironsights: pistols no longer have ironsight I have no idea why this was done as I see absolutelly no benefit. Thankfully there are mods that restore ironsights to pistols. Damage: They managed to make gunplay a bit more satisfying with the increased damage. Now you can realistically headshot enemies even with pistols... Atmosphere: Nights are now actually dark, which is great. But overall, the game seems to not really have the same bleek atmosphere the first one did. Maybe improves later on, who knows... Faction wars: seems like a cool idea, but in practice it ended up being a dull mechanic. Doesn't really add a lot to the experience from what I've seen.

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Posted on: May 24, 2023

Bllasae

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Jeux: 48 Avis: 5

Underrated

+ Introduced weapon repairs, etc. to the series. + Also introduced some of the features, albeit poorly, that would make it into Call of Pripyat in a more polished way. + Some of the "gang wars" are interesting as you can defend territory. - Defending territories constantly is annoying. - Glitchiest of all of the STALKER games. - Plot is forgettable. Still worth getting, but I would play the first game and then Call of Pripyat, and then go back to Clear Sky if the series interests you; you're not missing a lot by NOT playing it.

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Posted on: November 26, 2024

KayoHPZ

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Jeux: 310 Avis: 3

A masterpiece I’ve ignored for years.

Well, I’m not reviewing the game just by rating it with stars, because I recently played Stalker 2 via GamePass and honestly, I’m really enjoying the game. If I had some extra money, I would definitely purchase it on GOG to support the developers who are currently going through tough times in their country. As a way to help, I’m buying the original trilogy, and in the future, I plan to buy Stalker 2, which is an excellent game.

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Posted on: November 26, 2024

suprem1ty

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Jeux: 46 Avis: 2

Not polished, but a rare gem of a game.

The STALKER games are in general not very polished and a bit "janky", but if you like this style of gameplay, they are very unique and the best available. Very atmospheric, great gunplay, engrossing, not afraid to let you fail and work things out for yourself.

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