Stalker: Clear Sky (and Chernobyl)

Riiya · 20 Mar 2009 at 12:15

Hey hey,

I have been playing and enjoying Clear Sky for about 30 mins and would just like to ask: Is it better to play Shadows of Chernobyl before Clear Sky?

If anyone has played them both and could comment, that would be great!

Regards.

ChrisJSY · 20 Mar 2009 at 12:17

I'm also wanting to know this answer.

I own STALKER: SOC but it was awful to put it bluntly, worst hyped FPS in a long time due to the fact is was broken and patching loses saves is another retarded thing, who tought of that???

Now, years later after giving them enough "time to finish the game" I heard people saying it's actually good now so, I want to play one of them.

I guess the original is patched well into a fun, playable, relatively bug free experience, also what mods if any?

Riiya · 20 Mar 2009 at 12:19

Well I installed it a few months ago and played it for a few hours total (chernobyl) and it was great, but I had to reformat my PC.

That was with the latest patch etc, and it performed well (better than Clear Sky is at the moment) so i recommend you try again

I just need to know which to complete first

tedmaul · 20 Mar 2009 at 13:37

You want to complete SOC first. The events in Clear Sky won't make much sense otherwise, as they follow the build up to what happens at the start of SOC.

Rezident · 20 Mar 2009 at 13:43

Yes I think it would be better to play the first one first. Then play Clear Sky, which does look better and is apparently closer to what the devlopers wanted with the first game.

Still has its bizarre bugs that you will find either lovable or infuriating.

Ali195 · 20 Mar 2009 at 14:26

Brought the first game but unplayable because of random crashing with dynamic lighting on. With static lighting it looked like a pre-2002 game. Constant mem crashes, errors & patches that wiped your game. Its one of those games which either works fine and have an amazing time or its broken, crashes & spend most of your time in forums looking for solutions.

arc@css · 20 Mar 2009 at 15:22

Play SOC first, CS second. Close the curtains, shut the door and crank up the volume, enjoy

BobbyBBB · 20 Mar 2009 at 16:42

SoC with oblivion lost 2.2 is a great game.

Memphis · 20 Mar 2009 at 17:17

Ali195 said:
Brought the first game but unplayable because of random crashing with dynamic lighting on. With static lighting it looked like a pre-2002 game. Constant mem crashes, errors & patches that wiped your game. Its one of those games which either works fine and have an amazing time or its broken, crashes & spend most of your time in forums looking for solutions.

Where did you bring the game to?

dlknight · 20 Mar 2009 at 21:35

arc@css said:
Play SOC first, CS second. Close the curtains, shut the door and crank up the volume, enjoy

I bought SOC when it was on special offer on Steam, its one of those games you either love or hate, I hated it. It seems to me to be a cross between an FPS and a trading game a bit like Fallout 3?

WhiteKnight

arc@css · 20 Mar 2009 at 21:38

dlknight said:
I bought SOC when it was on special offer on Steam, its one of those games you either love or hate, I hated it. It seems to me to be a cross between an FPS and a trading game a bit like Fallout 3?

WhiteKnight

Fair enough, you gave it a try, just not your cup 'o tea

dlknight · 20 Mar 2009 at 21:39

arc@css said:
Fair enough, you gave it a try, just not your cup 'o tea

I may give it a second chance sometime if I run out of other games

arc@css · 20 Mar 2009 at 21:43

I played it last year during one of my holidays and it was the best gaming experience I've had since 2000 when Deus Ex came out