Stalker COP ABR mod - too easy?

[Mark A]

The news of Stalker 2 got me into the mood to play some Stalker and i opted for this mod after seeing it featured in PC gamer. The gfx look really nice and along with the music and ambient sounds it creates an awesome atmosphere.

The only problem for me is that it's way too easy.. I haven't played Stalker for ages, but I always remember it being pretty hard. So I don't know if I just got good at FPS games, or this mod is too easy.

I pretty much had a top of the range assault rifle within a few minutes that i found on a dead NPC and I can just kill anything with ease. I remember there being a really hard mission where some Mercs tell you to **** off and then if you attack them a massive battle kicks off which took me ages to beat. Whereas in this mod I just stood at the fence and popped the mercs one by one as they appeared at the doorway..

Theres also a severe lack of enemies in COP. This is why I much prefer clear sky as there just seemed to be way more enemies and the different factions made it far more interesting.

Is there another mod I could try for COP, or any decent mods for clear sky?

 

[Mark A]

Thanks, I seem to remember this mod popping up a lot in Stalker threads. Does misery change the graphics as well? I want it to look good as well as being a challenge.

I'll get it downloaded now and give it a try later on. I think the other mods I tried was Atmosphere 3, absolute nature, absolute structures and arsenal overhaul, but I never really gave it enough time to see what it was like, would it be worth trying Misery instead of these?

 

[Mark A]

Thanks for the suggestions, i'll give your videos a watch later. Last day sounds very interesting, might have to give that a try at some point.

Spent a few hours on misery and so far so good. It's a bit daunting with all the different loot items and not having a clue what to do with them. Definitely harder combat and survival wise, but I don't know if I'm a fan of the food, drink and meds being so expensive. It seems like most of the money earned for a job goes on food, anti radiation tobacco and water. I'll have to put a few more hours in and see if it gets too grindy.

I saved up some cash and bought a semi decent AK that can take a scope. Much better than just finding a top tier weapon immediately like in the ABR mod. Back down to 0 coin, so need to save up again for some better armour next.

 

[Mark A]

Going to give last day a go. I do like misery, but I want to try a few mods before doing a full playthrough.


Edit: Yeah, thats a bit too hardcore for me... Think I'll stick with misery for now.

 

[Mark A]

I'm so glad i made this thread as Misery quickly became on of my favourite mods I have ever played. I kinda gave up after a few hours, but kept having the urge to re-install it and give it a proper go. So glad I did as I then got totally imersed and couldn't stop playing after that. I must have racked up 80+ hours lol.

I think now that I have got used to Misery it might be time to give one of the more hardcore mods a try, so I might give Last day another try soon.