S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat review (MyGaming)

[OmegaFenix]

I see tinman has a question also.

I could walk up to a pair, shoot one in the head and cap the other one as he grabbed his rifle then walk not a 100 meters up the road to a position held by them and they welcomed me with open arms, so to speak.(Ed. That actually sounds kinda realistic, if no one saw you kill the first guys...)

Granted but how about wiping out an entire camp of bandits methodically, surely one of them would say "Oh this dude is killing us" the same goes for a mission where you have the choice to help or betray them. Obviously betraying them would cause anger from their leader... not so in Call of Pripyat.

As for the automatic shotgun... it is awesome but once u have it, nothing is really a threat any more, no mutants anyway.

[Isengard]

Look what i said here:


I never said it was a survival horror, nor did i compare it to Dead Space, Silent Hill or Resident Evil all of which are survival horrors. I compared S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat to the 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R games that come before it. Both of which had strong survival horror elements, elements being the key word there. However, in my experience these Survival horror elements have been tuned down, whether consciously or if the change had come as a mere by product of the tweaked loot and economy system.

I am not trying to sell the other 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R titles as hardcore survival horror game like Dead Space, Silent Hill or Resident Evil or damn Call of Pripyat because it is not those titles. I am saying the strong presence of those survival horror elements in the first two titles of the series (S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl & S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky) had been one of the drawing points that made the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games unique and that fans of the original two titles may, view Call of Pripyat's toned down version of these elements, as i did, negatively.

Okay I see you point. Understood and agreed upon.

[Deceptor]

I'm definitely going to get this once i've finished Clear Sky.

[Necuno]

i haz original right here

/pats das original

[Wolfman]

With Metro 2033 not too far away I doubt I'd still bother getting this STALKER game, but it does look good and worth a try someday I guess.

Keep in mind that STALKER CoP retails for R200. With most games hitting the 350-450 mark I call it a happy compromise till Metro 2033 is released, but then again I'm a huge fan of the series.

[Slipperyduck]

I've played a couple of hours of Pripyat...At first it seemed rather bland, but it picks up. Feels very different playing with the mindset of the soldier.

I really enjoyed a mission in the beggining, getting some artifact off a boat where you get ambushed...must have played it over about 20 times until i managed to actually get the ambushers rather than just hand the artifact over.

I also tried handing it over then following the guy who took it all the way to the trader, he then cashed it in like i would have.... says a lot for the detail they go into making the STALKERS living breathing people in the game world.

[Wolfman]

i haz original right here

/pats das original

I haz too