Stalker series

I'm wanting to play since it looks pretty good. Couldn't find any good info quickly so I'm asking here. So is it needed to play them in order to understand it all or are some not worth playing etc? Just need some general idea on how to approach it.

Play SoC first, then CS, then finish with CoP, like you were intended to.w4rrior17

[QUOTE="w4rrior17"]Play SoC first, then CS, then finish with CoP, like you were intended to.millerlight89

just avoid those games they barely have an story and are lame in general , just sayin ...Farkeman

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]just avoid those games they barely have an story and are lame in general , just sayin ...SF_KiLLaMaN

In my opinion, Stalker is decent but could have been better. There is FAR too much walking in the game, and constantly annoying enemies who provoke the bad hit detection all together, which makes getting objectives done a pain. But if you want a pretty much free roam FPS, then you're in for a treat.

you should try stalker games one of the best PC shooters with RPG elements play SOC 1st and play it with complete mod 2009 if u have Good graphic card you should try them all Clear Sky is not bad.

In my opinion, Stalker is decent but could have been better. There is FAR too much walking in the game, and constantly annoying enemies who provoke the bad hit detection all together, which makes getting objectives done a pain. But if you want a pretty much free roam FPS, then you're in for a treat.

Resistance_Kid

Stalker complete mod for SOCfixed the enemy long range detection and it has fast travel option . and in the other stlaker games there is guide who can fast travel you and in COP its posible to sneak on enemies.

TC, I think you should play them in the order that they were released so that the story unfolds as the developers intended. Start with Shadow of Chernobyl (with either Complete or L.U.R.K. mod), then play Clear Sky (again with Complete mod), and save Call of Pripyat for last.

I was actually about to make a thread asking if they sell all three games in a compilation before I saw this thread.

I'd be interested in picking it up if they did and I think it would make sense since you can't always find all three of them together anymore.

[QUOTE="Resistance_Kid"]

In my opinion, Stalker is decent but could have been better. There is FAR too much walking in the game, and constantly annoying enemies who provoke the bad hit detection all together, which makes getting objectives done a pain. But if you want a pretty much free roam FPS, then you're in for a treat.

sozar

Stalker complete mod for SOCfixed the enemy long range detection and it has fast travel option . and in the other stlaker games there is guide who can fast travel you and in COP its posible to sneak on enemies.

And the bad hit detection?

[QUOTE="sozar"]

[QUOTE="Resistance_Kid"]

In my opinion, Stalker is decent but could have been better. There is FAR too much walking in the game, and constantly annoying enemies who provoke the bad hit detection all together, which makes getting objectives done a pain. But if you want a pretty much free roam FPS, then you're in for a treat.

Resistance_Kid

Stalker complete mod for SOCfixed the enemy long range detection and it has fast travel option . and in the other stlaker games there is guide who can fast travel you and in COP its posible to sneak on enemies.

And the bad hit detection?

i dont know what you mean bythe bad hit detection when u aim at head and miss ? you can avoid that by control + shift croushing =) and i didnt notice any while playing the game.

am not sure but you need the 1.005 patch to apply stalker complete.

Complete mod is weak, get Oblivion Lost 2.2 or whatever the latest version is now.

stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,Farkeman

Alright, thanks all. I shall just play them in their release order and will look into the mods. Was looking for a good single player FPS and this one seemed rather unique.

I was actually about to make a thread asking if they sell all three games in a compilation before I saw this thread.

I'd be interested in picking it up if they did and I think it would make sense since you can't always find all three of them together anymore.

SilverIce7

Play SoC first, then CS, then finish with CoP, like you were intended to.w4rrior17

stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,Farkeman

Nope.avi

The STALKER games are quite good, and easily among the best singleplayer first-person shooters in recent years.

And the bad hit detection?Resistance_Kid

It's called "missing." Get better.

stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,Farkeman

I would likely play them in the order, SoC, CoP, and then rounding off with CS, since CS has alot of the same areas it feels less "same same", if there is a different one between them.

It is one of my favorite game series this gen, but bear in mind that I like it for some of the same reasons others listed them as bad (all 2 of them). While a fps game, it is slower paced between gunfights (that on the other hand, will have you run and duck like a scared rabbit).

It is a very atmospheric game, that relys on survival, planning equipment, exploration, and picking your fights wisely, the world is full with things that are none too friendly, and playing with the mindset of say...HL2 or Haly (which I highly suspected some of the above posters to have done) you will die, alot,fast, and outta ammo with a jammed gun.

Also I Ironicly find the game to have some of the better shooting mechanics in recent memory, bullets have weight, drop, andgetting to know the specific weapon you use, is often the difference between being on top of the food chain, or at the bottom.

After a few hours with the game, I was landing headshots so regular that IGot annoyied whenever I just hit someone in thetorso.

It is true tho that when talking tonone central npcs you will only recieve text, which I think is fair, for a fps shooter this is so much bigger then just anything else out there, (OK Arma2 is bigger, and ironicly feelsa bit similarin the shooting mechanics, altho STALKERS guns feels more powerful).

So they are very atmospheric Survivalfps games, they get tense from time to time, altho creepy is a better term thenhorror.

[QUOTE="w4rrior17"]Play SoC first, then CS, then finish with CoP, like you were intended to.millerlight89

Nah, I can come up with a few good reasons. I think SoC and CoP prepares you more. See, I started with CS and I couldn't stand the constant fighting. CS really is a different game. After playing SoC, and walking back and forth and growing more and more accustomed to the Zone and its atmosphere, I can't stand the thought of not being a lone wolf-scavenger-thug. SoC, in my opinion, has the right pace for a newbie to the series.Youre not thrown into an anomaly field near the beginning of the game, nor are you thrust out into the wilderness at the first second like in CoP (though, like I said CoP is also a good start to the series).

TC, you should start with SoC. No introductions to certain factions or characters or even enemies will be a surprise to you. Sometimes they will, because that makes things interesting. Just don't start with CS; it leans more towards faction wars. (I wanted to fight live human enemies more after playing SoC, and I reinstalled CS with my newfound experience from SoC.)

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,ironman388

I'm wanting to play since it looks pretty good. Couldn't find any good info quickly so I'm asking here. So is it needed to play them in order to understand it all or are some not worth playing etc? Just need some general idea on how to approach it.

4nia

Whatever you do, I wouldn't start out with CS. Not only is it the most difficult one to get into; the ending is a major spoiler that will make SoC's story very unexciting.

My suggestion would be SoC->CoP->CS. SoC first because it will suck you in with its bizarre story and its gameplay, and CoP later because you will really appreciate the gameplay improvements they made in that game. If you love both, CS is for you. If you think 'nah, I think I'll pass' before finishing SoC and/or CoP, CS probably isn't for you.

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[QUOTE="Farkeman"]stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,Farkeman

Uh, yeah, that's actually in STALKER as well and you can even adjust those things in CoP by modifying your guns. And I still can't believe you complain about STALKER's supposedly bad story when BFBC2 is apparently among your favourite games. Are you disappointed you aren't playing as a stereotypical American marine or something?

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]stalker is pretty much outdated game , no voice overs , no good story ... its buggy , its clunky - its horrible game ,Velocitas8

Nope.avi

The STALKER games are quite good, and easily among the best singleplayer first-person shooters in recent years.

And the bad hit detection?Resistance_Kid

It's called "missing." Get better.

Actually, when you hit the leg of a dog, or shoot someone in their hand, and nothing happens, I prefer to call it 'bad hit detection'.

stalker is really really bold game , its to simple , story telling is told trough logs writen by 12 year old (like games did 15 years ago ? ) whole mechanics are way outdated , the gameplay is just repetative and boring as hell , most of the quests are fetch or go kill / loot something , i dont even know how can you guys enjoy that game ... Stalker cop proved once again that russians cant make games ...Farkeman

I lol'd. Russians? Ukranians you mean. And the game is just fine, it just needs some mechanics to be improved, that's all.

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]stalker is really really bold game , its to simple , story telling is told trough logs writen by 12 year old (like games did 15 years ago ? ) whole mechanics are way outdated , the gameplay is just repetative and boring as hell , most of the quests are fetch or go kill / loot something , i dont even know how can you guys enjoy that game ... Stalker cop proved once again that russians cant make games ...Resistance_Kid

I lol'd. Russians? Ukranians you mean. And the game is just fine, it just needs some mechanics to be improved, that's all.

east europe in overall then ...

and i agree with you the game is just FINE , nothing more , fine is not enough for 50$ , i bought every part for like 3$ each in local market ( rusian version , but it has english and everything ) since i live near russia 1c sells east europe games really cheap here and i tried them all , they all suck compared to nowdays games

[QUOTE="Resistance_Kid"]

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]stalker is really really bold game , its to simple , story telling is told trough logs writen by 12 year old (like games did 15 years ago ? ) whole mechanics are way outdated , the gameplay is just repetative and boring as hell , most of the quests are fetch or go kill / loot something , i dont even know how can you guys enjoy that game ... Stalker cop proved once again that russians cant make games ...Farkeman

I lol'd. Russians? Ukranians you mean. And the game is just fine, it just needs some mechanics to be improved, that's all.

east europe in overall then ...

and i agree with you the game is just FINE , nothing more , fine is not enough for 50$ , i bought every part for like 3$ each in local market ( rusian version , but it has english and everything ) since i live near russia 1c sells east europe games really cheap here and i tried them all , they all suck compared to nowdays games

I live right next to Russia! Are 1c games completely legal? Because they are VERY cheap over here. And do they have english as well?

yes its legal , some of them do some of them dont , you can use russian cd /cd key with pirated english version (get clonedvd release) just dont tell any1 and i didnt told you this ! :)

Farkeman

What about game like Modern Warfare 2? Does the 1c version use Steam?

yes , it comes with steam ,i believe now you can download english version also you can find guide on steam forums how to run the game in english with russian cd key :) i paid like 10$ for my mw2 , thats less then a map pack :D never bought any map packs tho ^^Farkeman

By the way, this is the 1c we're talking about right? The russian one.

[QUOTE="Farkeman"]yes , it comes with steam ,i believe now you can download english version also you can find guide on steam forums how to run the game in english with russian cd key :) i paid like 10$ for my mw2 , thats less then a map pack :D never bought any map packs tho ^^Resistance_Kid

By the way, this is the 1c we're talking about right? The russian one.

I have never played these games either, due the fact scary atmospheres really do scare me haha.... However I am getting SoC and giving it a good go to get into it, even though I will be jumping and getting scared a lot I presume. However there are a few mods floating around to sort out the bugs, which is the best one for SoC?wigan_gamer

For SoC, the main ones everybody uses are Complete 2009, L.U.R.K, and Oblivion Lost. I think especially the latter 2 added a lot of new gameplay elements, while Complete mainly stuck to fixing the bugs and optimising graphics and sound etc. So I'd say Complete is a great bugfixing mod.

stalker is really really bold game , its to simple , story telling is told trough logs writen by 12 year old (like games did 15 years ago ? ) whole mechanics are way outdated , the gameplay is just repetative and boring as hell , most of the quests are fetch or go kill / loot something , i dont even know how can you guys enjoy that game ... Stalker cop proved once again that russians cant make games ...Farkeman

STALKER is simple, repetitive and boring? I'd like to get a hold of some of the stuff you must be smoking.

All your criticism basically comes down to unfounded blabbering that can't be countered because you fail to bring up even one valid point. 'Most of the quests are fetch or go kill / loot something'. Okay, let's assume this simplification is actually true, how does that make it a bad game? If those objectives are fun to execute (and they are for a lot of us it seems), then doing different variations on them will not get boring quick, especially if you encounter elements from many other genres along the way such as puzzling, surviving, exploring, and at occasions even platforming. Now tell me, which shooter does not consist of killing/conquering stuff or retrieving items for at least 90% of the time? Half-Life maybe? And maybe even STALKER itself, seeing as especially in CoP, the RPG and exploration elements play a bigger part than in the previous 2 games, and it at least makes for more distraction from the 'kill/loot something' concept you name that some of the most legendary shooters of all time, be they Doom or Crysis, still follow.

[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"]I have never played these games either, due the fact scary atmospheres really do scare me haha.... However I am getting SoC and giving it a good go to get into it, even though I will be jumping and getting scared a lot I presume. However there are a few mods floating around to sort out the bugs, which is the best one for SoC?DraugenCP

For SoC, the main ones everybody uses are Complete 2009, L.U.R.K, and Oblivion Lost. I think especially the latter 2 added a lot of new gameplay elements, while Complete mainly stuck to fixing the bugs and optimising graphics and sound etc. So I'd say Complete is a great bugfixing mod.

[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]

[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"]I have never played these games either, due the fact scary atmospheres really do scare me haha.... However I am getting SoC and giving it a good go to get into it, even though I will be jumping and getting scared a lot I presume. However there are a few mods floating around to sort out the bugs, which is the best one for SoC?wigan_gamer

For SoC, the main ones everybody uses are Complete 2009, L.U.R.K, and Oblivion Lost. I think especially the latter 2 added a lot of new gameplay elements, while Complete mainly stuck to fixing the bugs and optimising graphics and sound etc. So I'd say Complete is a great bugfixing mod.

I don't think you can combine mods, no. But if you really dig the game, you're probably gonna want to play through it again, this time using a different mod.