Namco bringing STALKER: Call of Prypiat to PCs this November

Hey Grant where the hell is the PC tag for this article. Fly your freak flag high man!

huh – it didn't stick. Re-adding.

You can keep that buggy STALKER game. Mediocre shooter plus mediocre RPG does not make for a good game. Seriously, I thought the first one, even beyond beyond being half finished out of the gate, was an over hyped POS.

How far did you get in the game, Vidikron? I thought Shadow of Chernobyl was very good and made even better by mods like Oblivion Lost. The game becomes a lot better a couple hours into the game when you start getting better gear and start understanding how to play it. The expansion Clear Sky was just okay, though.

I honestly didn't go very far. I played a few hours and just said, "Screw it". I disliked almost every thing about the game.... even down to the way your character seemed to run like he had a corn cob stuck up his ass. I know the game wasn't trying to be CoD or anything like that, but if one of your main mechanics is going to be FPS combat then do it right. The combat just felt stiff and awkward. That was probably my biggest turn off from the start.

Perhaps I did give up too quickly on the game, but I've got a life, the consoles, and a capable gaming PC. So I don't waste much time on games that don't grab my attention from the start. There's always another game or another activity I can be doing instead. Plus, I felt burned by the hype. I just quit and never went back.

Vidikron, what can you expect from underbudget Eastern European developers? I did enjoy the game though.

+1

Amen, my friend, amen. PC gamers are getting shafted far too often these days with shoddy ports and missing features/content.

White Trash!

Oh Shagi....

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