Great promise, Poor endings
The game looks and feels great, has some nice scare moments but after finishing it, it gives you the feeling it was rushed at the end. (even though the development took more then 6 years )
The enviroment looks great in the game, though the npc's, monsters and other characters in the game look al little outdated, they tried to give a nice feeling with the a-life system which most of the time works fine, but i have also seen some examples of artificial stupidity like a dog running to the roof of a building and jumping of it to try and catch a crow in mid-air.
During the 10 hours i played i only met 3 traders from who i could buy weapons and armour, the other npc's in the game only trade in medikits, food etc. also a bit disapointing i think.
Overall the game is good as long as you don't want to follow the main story because the makers haven't put much thought in it.
The game starts with you the player needing to find out why to kill a character named strelok, but somehow ends with looking for a monolith which grants a wish, i cant see the link there.