Great idea and improvement on original STALKER; horrible bugs make this a pass until fixed.

User Rating: 5.5 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky PC
By jemfest | Review Date:
I loved the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Clear Sky introduced many things that I was hoping for and they delivered that aspect. Unfortunately, they also delivered a buggy, crashing product nearly unplayable after time. Never in my life of gaming of over 25 years have I seen so many crashes. Thankfully, no BSOD or hard locks, but all seem to be random CDT's.

PROS:
I loved the weapons upgrades. Graphics are wonderful. Very familiar maps with prequel visual changes made it a great play. Wonderful dialogs.

CONS:
The crashes and bugs. Constant CDT's with this game. It seems the further I got the worse they got. How did the test team even get through this game? Some of the missons after joining a faction were impossible to complete because they would require you to run across the entire map to help out. The mission would fail a few seconds after getting the mission! Also, faction mission verbal announcements via PDA would sometimes over speak each other, making it impossible and frustrating to comprehend.

My system is beyond powerful enough to run this properly at maximum settings. Apparently, someone high up in management made the foolish choice to release a product far from ready for release. Shame on you. This would be a 9.0 - 9.5 if you fixed the bugs. Wait until the Christmas season and release a less buggy product. The first STALKER did not ever CTD... what happened?

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