S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is not the best but its more S.T.A.L.K.E.R as well as the story is a prequel to the first game and that makes it awesome regardless of how good or bad it is its still S.T.A.L.K.E.R cheeki breeki

This game gets the Dark Souls 2 treatment since Shadow and COP are great games. It has bigger problems than the other two games but it is definitely worth playing. A solid 7/10 game. I'm not sure if I would recommend this to someone who hasn't played the series before but if you like the other two or at least Shadow then it is absolutely worth playing.

Pros:
- Stalker's atmosphere is unmatched. My only mod was a bug fix and it is remarkable how well a 2008 game looks. The sky and weather constantly change as you traverse the environment.
- This game will make you better at FPS games. You will need to go slow, check your corners, and make sure your inventory is up to snuff.
- I am kind of shocked that there are not more faction based single player FPS games. The story is not the best but it is a great way to learn about all the factions in the series. Good mixture of solo missions, group/faction missions, and side quests in the zones.
- Zone based traversal. For some reason Open World games frustrate me because sometimes it just seems too barren. Maybe it's nostalgia but breaking the game up into zones allows open world like traversal without as much slog imo.
- The gunplay. Once you have an upgraded gun you will be able to rip headshots off nonstop.
- Inventory management. I like games with Tetris inventory management.

Cons:
- TTK is insanely high in this game. This is a pull for some but yeah you are gonna get wrecked a few times.
- Grenade spam is unfortunately real. SRP mod allows a reduction in grenade spam which is essential to download.
- Every Stalker game ends in a bullethell. I swear to god you use more resources and ammo in the last 5 percent of the game than you do in the first 95.
- Quicksaving during story events will bug the game out. Just a reminder to only use quick save while out in the world or before/after a story event. This mainly applies to end game.
- Ally movement is really bad and will often run into you mid fight pushing you out of cover.
- Game needs a few more tunnel/underground sequences. The highlights of Shadow and COP are in the underground sections.

again amazing job on master it was journey to remember <3

There are good reasons why this is the weakest one in the series. My experience can be summed up by two things.

1. On some occassions you'll be stuck waiting for other team members who can't find their way the mission area, in which case you're forced to wait for them. And if you're really unlucky it can take quite a while.
If there was a mod out there that fixes this, that would be cool.

2. Also somewhere in the middle my game got softlocked. Somehow the game bugged out, NPCs kept disappearing and then I got stuck in a cutscene.

If it works, it's still really good, sadly it doesn't most of the time

I played it as a kid. I played it as an adult. I enjoyed my time with it.

DON'T. PLAY. IT.

unfortunately, most of its new mechanics were incredibly broken for me, which is really disappointing considering almost everything is exactly the same as the previous entry

I deleted the game 4 times because of the gun jamming mechanic

But the bandits had a drip so 10/10 game

get out of here stalker

modded it to an everliving ♥♥♥♥ and it was the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mods

Insanely good game but late game is very difficult and bleeds you dry of all resources.