does well in rotting the skies of pripyat
User Rating: 9.5 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC
it astonishes me that it isnt rated higher but if there were problems that warranted the low b score these i think would be highlighted: engine wasnt optimized enough for pc's (not all of us so fortunate to have been abducted by aliens). the ingame written dialogue was poor and seemed tacky in that it had no substance. in my opinion there wasnt a strong enough sense of community or interation between the npc's. and the textures occasionally seemed bland, also the lack of dynamic objects was palpable and therefore made the game seem very old when in the corridors of power plants and so on. the final weakness was the tight confines in which to accomplish missions which were also kind of repetitive.
but the game introduced me at least to the eerie deathscape of chernobyl and did it incredibly well other than the aforementioned flaws. the ai was as competant as ai needed to be in those days (better than crysis prove me wrong). the rpg elements showcasing the inventory was a nice change from the ordinary fps but could have been more detailed as far as character upgrade. but all things considered it was one of the more powerful releases that year and remains as one of the most atmospheric rides through wonderland toxicity 
