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Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 584
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 49164
UPC: 752919491645
EAN: 0752919491645
ASIN: B0001X5YN4
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Fantastic Game!! August 29, 2008
STALKER is a game that is interactive and engaging, it has great gun fights, an awesome story and some seriously creepy locations. I've played through it several times already and thoroughly enjoyed the game each time I played it! There are some great mods for it available too! Developers should make more games this rich...
 Fun August 28, 2008
It is worth picking up, there are several player made mods out for it that fix some of the things missed by the gamemakers. Some of the quests are broken and unmodded enemies can make some impossible shots with a hand gun at 600 meters heh, but it is worth buying for 20 $. I am a fan of hybrids like this, FPS with RPG elements. It runs great after patching up to v1.5 on windows vista 64 bit. There is alot of russian language, which can cause some confusion, but no of it effects the storyline. Also, unmodded ambient sounds get old fast, they play in loops..yet it still earns 4 stars for all that is good about it.
Realism in both game play and environment August 25, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of my all time favorite FPS. The reason is the tremendous realism that is present in both the game play and the environments. You see, I bought this game for two reasons. The first is I really enjoy FPS style games. The second is that Chernobyl and The Area of Alienation are fascinating to me. You see, the entire playable map in the game, with only a few exceptions, exists in reality. The Garbage, the Junk Yard, the Red Forest, Pripyat, are all real locations, and they are modeled in this game with extreme accuracy. If you doubt this, do a Google search for photos of Pripyat and The Area of Alienation or read Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl. It's truly impressive that as you play this game you are exploring the real and strange world of the worst nuclear accident in the history of the world.
The realism extends to game play. The weapons in the game are varied and use different ammunition types. They jam, need repaired, and are upgradable with both NATO and other attachments. You can attach grenade launchers, several varieties of scopes, etc...
The AI is better than average. Human opponents will frequently flank, hide, and even charge if they think they have the advantage. There are times when they get confused, and begin to run around aimlessly, but those occurrences are rare.
A few frustrations include some poorly translated dialogue that is at times unintentionally funny. Things as odd as a shotgun being described as a riffle, or a man in The Bar constantly asking "Do you respect me?" I wish that I could have told him no, and then killed him in a dual, just to make him shut his face. Equally annoying are some of the cued dialogue that also repeats endlessly. If you've played the game, "I said come in, don't stand there!" has been ingrained in your mind forever.
There are now some really excellent mods available for the game, which do among other things, improve the graphics, adds back vehicles (why were they ever left out in the first place?) improves the armor decay algorithm, increase what stores sell, and makes weapons available that were left out (again, why?) of the final product. I highly recommend you research and add some of these mods if you're going to play the game.
As an aside, there are more than 3 endings. There are 7-8 at least, but only 2 'real' endings.
Fantastic setting which can really get you into the game August 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The environment in this game is awesome, everything seems to fit so well you don't even think twice about why there is this or that. Along with a great sound track, it really sets the mood as you travel through the Zone.
I would highly recommend downloading the new patch `FIRST'. There are a few glitches here and there but I never ran into anything I had to reload/restart over. Also, the new patch will not be able to play any of your pre-patch saved games. I learned this the hard way.
STALKER is somewhat of a mix between an RPG and a FPS Horror. There is no XP or leveling to worrie about, but you loot your fallen opponents for ammo, weapons, medkits and only have so much you can carry at one time. So no loading up on 3 or 4 guns and all their ammo to satisfy your hunger for destruction, this only adds to the feel to the game tho. The game is quite large, with a ton of free open space. Leaving lots of areas to explore in search of Artifacts or stashes... and with how good the game looks; sight see.
The game is different enough from other FPS that is does take awhile to get used to, I played on STALKER difficulty(one up from easy) and was owned in two languages(I'm no noob to FPSs either.. I had to turn it down to easy to get used to the game, so don't be fooled if your doing bad!). The reason it's hard to get used to is guns are highly inaccurate, and it takes more then a few shots to the chest to take out an opponent. Aiming also has a much different feel then normal making it a little harder. However don't think this is something to bring the game down, once your used to these facts the game only becomes more fun in it's realism, and feels more rewarding when you take out a group of bandits.
Over all the game has a good storyline, and I would recommend this to anyone who likes the genre. Or looking to try something new. Besides, it's cheap enough now that your not losing a lot if you end up not liking the game, right?
Ambiance/Mood Piece August 11, 2008
Let me begin by saying, STALKER is one of the buggiest games I have ever played. Many things were fixed with patches, but the game is stilled littered with bugs and some goofy programming. Since the patches usually these are just amusing (when you load a game in a bar, everyone will whip out their guns rack them, and then holster them... in unison; frequently groups will talk in unison).
That said, this still gets 4 stars for doing such a fantastic job creating a believable and ambiance filled world. This does a fantastic job of making you feel like a man alone in hell with factions of inhabitants, the wildlife, the environment, and... something else... all out to get you. And it does it without feel like cliche'd survival horror.
Yes, it is frequently tough. Yes there are bugs that range from amusing to confusing to frustrating. That is all forgotten when you find yourself surrounded in a battlezone, trying to punch a hole through enemy lines, and escape all while avoiding the natural dangers.
The non-linear aspect of the game is also refreshing.
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