Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. worth getting?

I think the game is good but the gunplay is kinda weak.JangoWuzHere

The game with mods is one the best and most memorable games I've played in the last 5 years. End of story.d12malu

What mods would you recommend for it?

[QUOTE="d12malu"]The game with mods is one the best and most memorable games I've played in the last 5 years. End of story.RayCharles09

What mods would you recommend for it?

Been awhile since I played, but at the time I used a wide assortment of individual mods to fine-tune my play experience. I don't know the exact names but I essentially added

--weather mods

--real gun names

--vehicle mod

--trader mod

--graphics mod

--weight mod

--sleep mod

--blood mods

--and some other mods I don't remember

If you go to filefront.com, u should find all the mods you need to make the game better. Just choose some of the most popular ones and some you personally like, and you will be good to go. There are some comprehensive mods that add alot to the game in one easy fix, like one called faikes mod or something. Also, some conversion mods like Oblivion Lost. Ive heard nothing but great things about the Oblivion Lost mod so Im tempted to play again using that mod.

At first I didnt really care for Stalker and let it sit there for months after it originally came out, then I watched the movie and it kinda got me interested. Decided to re-install the game and by that time, there were tons of mods available and patches were released that fixed alot of bugs. It turned out to be one of the most memorable games Ive played in a long time.

Stalker with Oblivion Lost 2.2 + weather overhaul is one of the best games i've played.greatmax1

[QUOTE="d12malu"]The game with mods is one the best and most memorable games I've played in the last 5 years. End of story.RayCharles09

What mods would you recommend for it?

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]I think the game is good but the gunplay is kinda weak.GodLovesDead

its a great game. i like almost everything that is set in chernobyl or mutated kinda stuff

its not without a few flaws but its worth buying

If you wan my opinion.. the first game is a joke... short... 1.bad story to no story at all, 2.bad weapons and not much sniper use ( you can find the sniper rifles only at specific levels at sniper towers, but the game really lacks ammo,3. the map is ridiculously short, the ai bugs up, people say they got bugs, i got none... well no vehicles not much exploration, side quests are boring and stupid and no matter if you got millions of money you cant find anything good to buy, some weapons cant be found only in the last area and they are broken already.. in other worlds why to collect money since you are never gonna buy a great weapon or armor?... hell, most times its even hard to find bullets, 4. and the game kinda sucks in the beginning 8 mm weak pistols you unload clips and clips plus super weak armor and not auto saves, id say go for far cry 2, i dont know if the sequel of stalker is better or not.Hellboard

1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has a great story but unless you do some large exploration and digging around things won't make sense.

2. The weapons are great and comes in varieties, Sniper rifles are exceptionally good if you take your time to figure out how to handle one.

3. Then you have obviously not played through the game if not more then a couple of hours, there is also a whole heap of exploration to do.

4. Did you expect a BFG 9000 in the beginning and the best armor?, of course you get poor gear in the beginning, you get that in every FPS game out there.

I will agree the lack of auto save function isn't a good thing however and the AI can sometimes glitch up.

With that said, I do understand it is your personal opinion but I find it hard to believe that you've played it for more then...3-5 hours tops.

good game played it twice through just to see the different endings

[QUOTE="Hellboard"]If you wan my opinion.. the first game is a joke... short... 1.bad story to no story at all, 2.bad weapons and not much sniper use ( you can find the sniper rifles only at specific levels at sniper towers, but the game really lacks ammo,3. the map is ridiculously short, the ai bugs up, people say they got bugs, i got none... well no vehicles not much exploration, side quests are boring and stupid and no matter if you got millions of money you cant find anything good to buy, some weapons cant be found only in the last area and they are broken already.. in other worlds why to collect money since you are never gonna buy a great weapon or armor?... hell, most times its even hard to find bullets, 4. and the game kinda sucks in the beginning 8 mm weak pistols you unload clips and clips plus super weak armor and not auto saves, id say go for far cry 2, i dont know if the sequel of stalker is better or not.Treflis

1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has a great story but unless you do some large exploration and digging around things won't make sense.

2. The weapons are great and comes in varieties, Sniper rifles are exceptionally good if you take your time to figure out how to handle one.

3. Then you have obviously not played through the game if not more then a couple of hours, there is also a whole heap of exploration to do.

4. Did you expect a BFG 9000 in the beginning and the best armor?, of course you get poor gear in the beginning, you get that in every FPS game out there.

I will agree the lack of auto save function isn't a good thing however and the AI can sometimes glitch up.

With that said, I do understand it is your personal opinion but I find it hard to believe that you've played it for more then...3-5 hours tops.

absolutely,it's one of the best game on pc i have ever seen in 2007, and there are a lot of mods which can make the game much more attractive, i'm sure you will like it tommygunlmj

1 emm no it didnt, ever heard of hl series or deus ex?

2 or play far cry and use ALL the weapons the way you want them eg snipe enemies not use crap 8 mms

3 i completed it 5 times and its short alright if you focus to the main quest, not as short as new games but compared with other games eg far cry... its a short game for 5 years, as for map check far cry 2 or boiling point or postal 2, they all got bigger map than this joke map.

4 No i expected some freaking balance, didnt you? it doesnt make sense how you get 8mm pistols that dont even kill a single enemy while they do kill you. also it takes to long to find the next armor and some guns are almost never available , ohh and why do the sidequets , since you cand find something extra and rewarding to buy in those "trader" areas, also i expected to be EASY come on lets spell it.. e-a-s-y in the beggining but its so hard compared to when you get an armor and an assault rifle,.

i can easy say that either you havent play many games or you were not there waiting 5 years waiting to see that the full release was incomplete
Hellboard

i can easy say that either you havent play many games or you were not there waiting 5 years waiting to see that the full release was incomplete
Hellboard

I absolutely hated it, and the fact that it requires all of these user created mods just to make it tolerable speaks volumes about how crappy it is. What was up with the lousy gun play, or the dialogue which they put almost no effort into translating from Polish or Russian or whatever? Did it even have a story, because from what little I played I couldn't ascertain one and had no idea what the hell was going on or what I was supposed to be doing? And how is dying almost the instant you get into a gun fight the slightest bit fun? Games aren't too realistic in most cases for good reason.

The idea of a free-roaming FPS is a good one, but I'm still waiting for one that doesn't suck. FarCry 2 was even worse than Stalker.

Stalker is an acceptable game, broken, but acceptable.

I wasn't paying any attention to the game until it was released, but that doesn't have anything to do with what we're talking about. Sounds like you just hate the game because you waited 5 years to play this game, then realising that you couldn't play this game Rambo styleADG_

[QUOTE="Hellboard"]
1 emm no it didnt, ever heard of hl series or deus ex?

2 or play far cry and use ALL the weapons the way you want them eg snipe enemies not use crap 8 mms

3 i completed it 5 times and its short alright if you focus to the main quest, not as short as new games but compared with other games eg far cry... its a short game for 5 years, as for map check far cry 2 or boiling point or postal 2, they all got bigger map than this joke map.

4 No i expected some freaking balance, didnt you? it doesnt make sense how you get 8mm pistols that dont even kill a single enemy while they do kill you. also it takes to long to find the next armor and some guns are almost never available , ohh and why do the sidequets , since you cand find something extra and rewarding to buy in those "trader" areas, also i expected to be EASY come on lets spell it.. e-a-s-y in the beggining but its so hard compared to when you get an armor and an assault rifle,.

i can easy say that either you havent play many games or you were not there waiting 5 years waiting to see that the full release was incomplete
ADG_

i can easy say that either you havent play many games or you were not there waiting 5 years waiting to see that the full release was incomplete
Hellboard

I absolutely hated it, and the fact that it requires all of these user created mods just to make it tolerable speaks volumes about how crappy it is. What was up with the lousy gun play, or the dialogue which they put almost no effort into translating from Polish or Russian or whatever? Did it even have a story, because from what little I played I couldn't ascertain one and had no idea what the hell was going on or what I was supposed to be doing? And how is dying almost the instant you get into a gun fight the slightest bit fun? Games aren't too realistic in most cases for good reason.

The idea of a free-roaming FPS is a good one, but I'm still waiting for one that doesn't suck. FarCry 2 was even worse than Stalker.

cmdrmonkey

Don't listen to Hellboard he doesn't know what he is talking about. Both the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games are really good. I feel that not rushing in Rambo style and having to take cover is more realistic and gives the game a good feel. There is a TON of exploration if you do side quests etc... and though the story isn't the best it is still good. natdog112

Dude, IMHO STALKER is an amazing game, but thats real only with mods....

As soon as you buy it, go download Oblivion Lost 2.2 with weather overhaul...

Go check around for more mods that you like and download them

Oh, and when you play it, play it on med or hard with the OL mod....

BTW: Hellboard, your starting to sound like you never even played the game, go to system wars if you want to talk such nonsense.....

Dude, IMHO STALKER is an amazing game, but thats real only with mods....

As soon as you buy it, go download Oblivion Lost 2.2 with weather overhaul...

Go check around for more mods that you like and download them

Oh, and when you play it, play it on med or hard with the OL mod....

BTW: Hellboard, your starting to sound like you never even played the game, go to system wars if you want to talk such nonsense.....

JJ_1

because what i said proves i have the game, what gave the impression i havent anyway?Hellboard

Dude Hellboard the game wasn't for you, relax. That honestly doesn't mean its a bad game, there have been plenty of good games I HATED (Farcry was awful in my opinion, but you don't hear me bashing it every chance I get.).

I really like the semi-RPG elements and I thought the combat was quite fun. The whole chernobyl fantasy aspect I thought gave it a unique flavor and had some pretty creepy parts. Could it have been better? ABSOLUTELY! There were plenty of little bugs and gameplay flaws that detracted from it, but I was able to look past them to enjoy fully the game.

For $5 the game is a great buy (I think its $10 on steam now, not sure) and it is a little rough around the edges, but it was a game I ended up really liking.

Dude Hellboard the game wasn't for you, relax. That honestly doesn't mean its a bad game, there have been plenty of good games I HATED (Farcry was awful in my opinion, but you don't hear me bashing it every chance I get.).

I really like the semi-RPG elements and I thought the combat was quite fun. The whole chernobyl fantasy aspect I thought gave it a unique flavor and had some pretty creepy parts. Could it have been better? ABSOLUTELY! There were plenty of little bugs and gameplay flaws that detracted from it, but I was able to look past them to enjoy fully the game.

For $5 the game is a great buy (I think its $10 on steam now, not sure) and it is a little rough around the edges, but it was a game I ended up really liking.

Rotinaj32

One of the best FPS ever made IMO. Don't say your a PC gamer if you've never played stalker lol :PRob_101

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"][QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]I think the game is good but the gunplay is kinda weak.Hellboard