What Stalker game should I start with?

simple question. looking to get a game from the stalker series. thinking about clear sky as it is currently the cheapest on steam right now.

The order of release is Shadow of Chernobyl > Clear Skies > Call of Pripyat. The Order of the events is Clear Sky > Chernobyl > Pripyat. So starting with Clear Sky wouldn't hurt anything, but only make it to where you understand whats happening in SoC. Cool thing starting with SoC then playing CS, you get the AH HA moment as you find out new information. I would start with SoC.

I dont know about starting with Clear Sky... it's often regarded as the worst in the series and might not make a good first impression for the series. Its buggier, more difficult, and alot less atmospheric than the other two. Id say either start with Shadow of Chernobyl or Call Of Pripyat. If you like those, then go for Clear Sky.

Call of Pripyat is the best of the series, then Shadow of Chernobyl. Clear Skies was a bit of a disappointment IMO.

The first?

Clear Sky actually works well with the complete mod and looks insanely good, so go with that then do SoC then CoP

My vote goes to Shadow of Chernobyl. But when you do play them, be sure to pick up the Complete 2009 mod for each of them. They take a broken, buggy series that has the potential to be one of the greatest out there, and bring them to that potential. Then, SoC takes a bit to get started. So be patient and play for a few hours before passing judgement, and allow yourself to be swept away into it's oceans of atmosphere.

Starting with Clear Sky wouldn't be a terrible thing, but you'd miss those revelations that you'd get by playing it after SoC. Just make sure you download the Complete mod for each one as you get them. Drastically improves the games.