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[edgaralanpwn]

Hmm, how are the stalker games? I have heard good and bad things about it, I have 50$ to spend on games, and I am interested in getting these games. Can anyone give me a really positive first hand experience with it? Or, if to the contrary, a better use of 50$?
Thanks!!
Edgar =)

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should i buy call of duty mw2 or bad company 2?

IMHO Bad Company is a better one, in online, too.

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Ha, Jericho. I'd forgotten about that game. I don't suppose you've considered the Mass Effect series? Both are excellent games. Or if you're looking for more shooter and less RPG, perhaps Bioshock? Both suggestions there aren't quite the definition of "Free-Roaming," but they certainly aren't linear. Heck, I just recommended this earlier but I'll say it again: Mount & Blade. Crazy fun game if you enjoy that sort of realistic-ish Medieval combat. Lots of riding down poor buggers with a spear/sword/whatever-you-happen-to-have and thawking them on the head. Good times all-around.

I don't go along with RPG games nor games with a lot of fiction, but I'll sure check out Bioshock and its gameplay. Mount & Blade I saw its gameplay before and I kinda didn't like it.

Thanks, friend. Thanks all for your help.

[Ecar88]

Hmm, how are the stalker games? I have heard good and bad things about it, I have 50$ to spend on games, and I am interested in getting these games. Can anyone give me a really positive first hand experience with it? Or, if to the contrary, a better use of 50$?
Thanks!!
Edgar =)

I can sum up the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series pretty quickly, heh:

-Pros:
- Fairly realistic gameplay
- Awesome enviornment
- Hits the whole "Post-Apocalyptic" genre perfectly
- You can mod the hell out of it
- Cons
- Notoriously glitchy at release
- Certain gameplay mechanics can be extremely frustrating. They can be fixed, but require a bit of time digging through mods to get it playing nicely (e.g. the weapon accuracy has been much debated; you can find mods that will improve it drastically).

I suppose the best way to put it is that the vanilla version isn't bad, but the mods are what make the game truly excellent. Bear in mind that I haven't beaten either Shadow of Chernobyl or Clear Sky; in both cases they were games that I played on and off over the course of a few months and then did something stupid with my computer and lost my save games. Ditto for Mass Effect and Borderlands; but that's another story!

In any case, I really like the series and would recommend them to anyone who is interested in a somewhat more in-depth shooter.

[Ecar88]

I don't go along with RPG games nor games with a lot of fiction, but I'll sure check out Bioshock and its gameplay. Mount & Blade I saw its gameplay before and I kinda didn't like it.

Thanks, friend. Thanks all for your help.

Ah, I see. Well, I take it someone has already suggested the very obvious Half-Life series? :-P

[Drager773]

I'm playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl right now. Just get Shadow of Chernoyl and see if you like it. Its like less than $10 off Amazon. If you don't like it than you wont like any of the Stalker series games.

I for one love the game and the realistic gameplay. Save often and you should be fine. If you enjoy Run and Gun First Person Shooters than you won't like Stalker as much. Stalker takes time and a bit of strategy because your enemies pretty much have the same health as you and can kill you really fast. I guess that's why I like it so much.

[edgaralanpwn]

Thank you very much =) I'm heading to college, and video games will be my reprieve from studying and stress, so I want to spend my money as well as I can! If anyone else has any feed back I would appreciate it! I will probably pick it up, and mod the hell out of it XD

[el_diablo5711]

Thank you very much =) I'm heading to college, and video games will be my reprieve from studying and stress, so I want to spend my money as well as I can! If anyone else has any feed back I would appreciate it! I will probably pick it up, and mod the hell out of it XD

I don't know where you're going to school, but it's going to be important to getting the most out of your college that you be social. I definitely looked too much into your post, but if video games are your only planned reprieve, you're going to be underwhelmed with your freshman year.

[edgaralanpwn]

I don't know where you're going to school, but it's going to be important to getting the most out of your college that you be social. I definitely looked too much into your post, but if video games are your only planned reprieve, you're going to be underwhelmed with your freshman year.

Hah, fair enough =)
You did look a bit too much into it! I am going somewhere very, very cold, but I have already signed up for clubs and societies, I have my priorities in order, I promise, I just know that occasionally the impetus to leave a warm and comfortable dorm(I can dream, right?) to venture forth into the tundra will NOT be that appealing, and it is for those days I posted here.

Thank you for your concern, sincerely.
-Edgar

[Ecar88]

Hah, fair enough =)
You did look a bit too much into it! I am going somewhere very, very cold, but I have already signed up for clubs and societies, I have my priorities in order, I promise, I just know that occasionally the impetus to leave a warm and comfortable dorm(I can dream, right?) to venture forth into the tundra will NOT be that appealing, and it is for those days I posted here.

Thank you for your concern, sincerely.
-Edgar

You're a much braver man than I am. My brain picked out the words "dorm" and "tundra" from that post and went into withdrawal. I'll let you know when it thaws.


And to keep this post marginally on-topic, here are a few links for where to find S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods (note the fact that the main mod on the first link was released only about a year ago; people still love this game to death):

STALKER Complete 2012 mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Mod DB

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. MOD portal - Mod Wiki

Stalker Singleplayer Downloads, Stalker Mods, Stalker Downloads