There is no other game like STALKER, it is its own thing, it's a niche and it's worth playing. The environment is out to get you too, Pripyat has nice surprises with things that'll make you go 'oh shit, I need cover'. Shadow of Chernobyl the same year Call of Duty 4 came out, but while both featured first-person shooter gameplay set in Chernobyl, in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s case it was more than just stage dressing. The life goes on in the zone without you being 'important', bandits are out doing their own thing, you can always hear fights in the distance, everything is dreadful and eerie and the story is not bad either. Have fun, the game oozes with atmosphere, especially Pripyat. Clear Sky has no connection to CoP, it's simply a prequel to SoC so you can leave it for last Some people called Clear Sky a bad game but I disagree, yes it was quite different to SoC and stuff but it was good on its own.

The Clear Sky story is a prequel to SoC, but not just that, the entire game's layout/design is NOT what you would expect from a STALKER game, it's much different to SoC and CoP so I recommend playing SoC and then CoP for what STALKER is known for and they both have relating stories and then play Clear Sky which is a prequel to SoC and its design is a lot different, not what you would expect from a STALKER game after playing the other two. However the reason I recommend the above is for two reasons. The release dates are actually SoC -> Clear Sky -> CoP. By default, the game uses a base FOV of 65.0 and a weapon scaling of 1.0. The effective FOV is calculated by using both of these two values. By default, the game uses a base FOV of 65.0 and a weapon scaling of 1.0. Note that the game uses two FOV values: A vertical base FOV and a scaling factor which also affects the size of the weapon. There is a big texture pack for it called Remake if you do want better: Note that the game uses two FOV values: A vertical base FOV and a scaling factor which also affects the size of the weapon.

It still looks graphically fine (it's a 2009 game).

Community Bug Fixes (must-have, fixes what patches didn't): įor Call of Pripyat you don't need much mods unless you want to modify the gameplay like the MISERY mod.If you don't get the Steam version these are for you - Official Patches (though I think Steam version comes with 1.0006 which is the latest but it's basically 1.0005 with multiplayer fixes so either way doesn't matter).:.This is all I recommend for a first playthrough of SoC: I don't recommend the Complete mod for first time, it changes the game balance/design. I'm going to copy-pasta my post from another S.T.A.L.K.E.R thread from the past ĭon't use any mods for your first play through of any of the games except texture packs + the bug fixes for SoC.

Shadow of chernobyl fov