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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 381.4 hrs on record (343.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 26 Nov, 2013 @ 6:43pm
Updated: 14 Apr, 2018 @ 3:11pm

Gameplay
Stalker CoP is an open-world RPG survival shooter with 3 large areas Zaton, Yanov and Pripyat, very atmospheric with plenty of side quests that reward exploration.
The beginning of the game is tricky with hardly any equipment or money, there's no tutorials or any kind of help so you need to find your own way to survive, isn't an easy game
The A-life will not give up until you ran out of ammo or eventually die, some will trow objects at you Screenshot and even telekinetically steal your weapon, things appear randomly in the sky or mutants with camouflage Screenshot etc. Human opponents put up a tough fight, they kinda cheat in fog weather or at night even without nightvision scopes equipped, (but mods like Misery fixes that) so playind like CoD will get you killed.
Still includes the emissions and anomalies (detectors needed for finding artifacts Screenshot ) and more customization of armor/weapons over previous stalker games.



Graphics
it features the X-Ray 1.6 engine supports dx11 elements like real time tessellation, shadows, wet surfaces, volumetric smoke and others like SSAO DOF... so in other words it looks good, models and textures are a little outdated but shadows and sun rays are amazing (i recommend to use mods like AtmosFear3 specially designed for sky textures and weather behavior ).
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Sound
The background noise of the zone is enchanting. In the distance, the reactor is booming as before, animals roaring in the west, shootout in the East, everything draws exactly the image of the restricted area as you are used to it.



Multiplayer
has Deathmatch and CTF style competitive matches with its multiplayer mode. Mind you, this doesn't exactly represent the highlight of the experience. If you want to get the best out of this game, stick with the main campaign, for what it's worth.


Story
Call of Pripyat - takes place shortly after the events in Shadow of Chernobyl.
Having discovered the open path to the center of The Zone, the government decides to take control of it via "Operation Fairway", in which they plan to thoroughly investigate the territory before dispatching the main military force.
Despite these preparations, the military operation fails, with all five helicopters crashing. In order to determine the cause of the crashes the Ukraine Security Service sends an ex STALKER agent, Major Degtyarev, into The Zone


Bugs/Glitches
It has soooo many and it will crash or make one or two missions almost unplayable. hard save often!
I recommend to instal the community patch.



MODs

MISERY: (for hardcore difficulty) its full concept modification that touches every game aspect including textures, sfx, music, weapons, AI, items, weather, economy and 3 playable USS characters classes to choose from: Assaulter, Recon and Sniper.Each comes with unique attributes like endurance, speed, health, stamina, weapon specializations, starting gear...

AtmosFear: like i said before it tweaks and expands the vanilla weather system to be more realistic and various.

http://www.moddb.com/games/stalker-call-of-pripyat/mods?sort=rating-desc



Overall 8.5/10
It's easily in my top 5
Exploring the hazardous lands and scavenging through abandoned buildings with aggressive wildlife never gets old.
This is a true PC game ( not ported, bad optimized or locked at 30fps and weird controls. not that junk we see today)
If you liked the others stalkers this is a must
or this type of game i recommend Metro series.





sorry about errors/bad spelling, english isn't my main language
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13 Comments
Bizalho 14 Aug, 2017 @ 1:27pm 
Thank you for this review, i feel like i should give this game a try!
JM@PT 29 Sep, 2014 @ 12:43pm 
because why not lol
Vern Schillinger 23 Sep, 2014 @ 1:27pm 
Did you really just summarize the whole story in your review...Terrible.
TutiBueno 20 Aug, 2014 @ 12:07pm 
Nice review!
kipper 24 Mar, 2014 @ 6:59pm 
Oh lol, they need to make links more clarified, I could barely tell the difference between it and the text.
JM@PT 23 Mar, 2014 @ 8:58pm 
coz its a link for the screenshot... lols
kipper 23 Mar, 2014 @ 8:44pm 
Why does it randomly start saying "Screenshot" in the review, lol.
Phosmin 7 Mar, 2014 @ 1:55pm 
Epic comment! and, pretty long and detailed one also o.o
T.TV/Undastelar 5 Dec, 2013 @ 10:43pm 
Great work. I am a great fan of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series and books and I aprove this! :Omega:
JM@PT 28 Nov, 2013 @ 10:28am 
lol :beatmeat: