Legit Question. Are these games good? If so, how do you get into them?

>>507962031>how do you get into them?Are you fucking retarded? Just play them and see if you like them you stupid drone

>>507962031>Are these games good?Yes>If so, how do you get into them?Download and play themAnd try not to get filtered early game, save scum if you have to

>>507963051Find one

Crosshairs off and play on master.

>>507963051>How do you get a rifle?Either you find one, get lucky and kill someone who has one or you buy one from Sidorovich or the Barkeep

>>507962520>The best order for story is Clear SkyClear sky is the worst game in the series and borders on unplayable through some sections. Skip it entirely and you won't miss anything since it has nothing at all to do with the other two games.SoC and CoP are good. Play SoC on master difficulty because the weapon mechanics are broken in all the other ones.

>>507962031ZRP modMusic offCrosshairs offMaster difficulty

>>507962160Shit taste

>>507962031Chernobyl is peak atmosphere and immersion.Pripyat has the best gameplay and the best mods.Don't bother with Clear Sky.>how do you get into them?Don't go storming towards enemies like a CODfag, learn to be stealthy, aim for the head at all times and take your time choosing if an enemy is worth attacking or ignoring.

>>507963740Oh yeah, also turn crosshair off and play on Master difficulty. This isn't even a Holla Forums meme, the genuinely is honestly wired to be played this way.

>>507962031don't listen to the shitters and play clear sky when you get to it.

>>507962031get out of here , stalker

>>507962031it's half life 2, but open world and in chernobyl with slavic sounds

>>507963837i assume pripyat still retain the difficulty of the chernobyl or they tweaked it ? feel a little bit different

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>>507963153>We are at that point where people have to ask if Stalker is goodDid any youtuber say it's bad or something?

>>507963014I've always played the games with weapon mods and never with the vanilla guns, so the shooting has always been satisfying and fun for me. How bad could vanilla shooting be?

>>507964213which mods?

Get out of here stalker

>>507964213vanilla shooting is fine in stalker but more to realistic route abit that people dont notice it muchwhich is ballistic and bullet drop system

>>507962031pretty good if you're into that kind of thingjust remember to stay the fuck in cover, unload guns and remember to aim for the head otherwise you're going to be dead and broke

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The first time you play these games OP you will get a good sense of adventure. The world is cruel and unforgiving and it will teach you to be patient/careful.The atmosphere is spot on with weather effects, background ambiance, and eerie music that occasionally plays. The gameplay is a bit rough. The hardest difficulty makes it so you take more damage, and so do enemies, The easiest difficulty means you take less but so do enemies. This is not a run and gun game, use ADS, line your shots, and aim for headshots as they will usually 1 shot enemies. There are bugs here and there with some very goofy AI to match. Just remember this isn't a AAA polished title, its a cult classic because of its problems. The games are fun, very charming but have their flaws. I enjoy them most for exploring buildings and abandoned landscapes. I would recommend you play the games patched and vanilla. Try some mods after. Good hunting Stalker

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>>507963638>Music offNo.combat music can fuck off though, that shit sounds like it's from House of the Dead

>>507964359>unload guns?

>>507964448t. never played the gameMusic off = immersion and atmosphere

>>507964213The two main ones I played were arsenal overhaul and StCoP. I enjoyed them both very much and gunfights always felt tense, although there can be somewhat inconsistent quality for both of them at times and some bugged animations. I've also recently been playing the newly released Gunslinger beta which is probably the highest quality weapons mod for STALKER, although it's missing quite a few guns at the moment.

>>507964617>right click gun icon>unloadon master it'll help dramatically

>>507962031Its an atmospheric shooter that has actual shooting mechanics, spooky moments that arent jumpscares, a hostile enviroment that gives it a strangely charming feel, survival elements that dont hinder your experience and a true taste of slavic culture and locales.Do play the shadow of chernobyl, either as is or with ZRP installed (its an easy process) if you liked it, there's 2 other games after that. Dont listen to memes and form your own opinion on all 3 games, dont go for mods on your first playthrough, mods are for when you've experienced one of 3 games fully and want more out of it.

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>play stalker for the first time>keep losing your gun by throwing it on the ground accidentally

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Playing Anomaly with the magazines mod is fucking tense sometimes

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they're amazing! First time you play you feel like your shitty pistol cannot kill anyone but once you get your first mp5 it's just a joy to headshot everyone and loot their corpes with sausages and vodka.

>gunslinger was actually releasedWhat a time to be alive, should reinstall CoP

>>507962031Yes, but 60% of the atmosphere will be lost on you if you don't know russian.

>>507967036>He thinks most people played SoC for the first time in RussianALOOOOOOOO HAAAAAI SAID COME IN, DON'T STAND THERE

>>507964617Unload guns before selling them/unload enemy guns that are in bad condition.

Is AMK still the best SoC mod out there?

>>507962031yes. pay attention, don't carry more than what you need. realize that shots are not hitscan and the recoil will fuck you up if you try to play it like most FPS games. that said even on the hardest difficulty you can still take out enemies with one shot even with the shittiest pistol.>>507962160>>507962272why are the first two posts bringing up far cry?

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>>507964414>The hardest difficulty makes it so you take more damage, and so do enemies, The easiest difficulty means you take less but so do enemiesThat's actually false, on the vanilla game at least. Maybe in mods it's like this, but then again most mods don't have have difficulty scaling.

>>507968482And in that webm you miss the head even though you carefully aim at the head at a distance you could hit them with a rock.

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>>507968757it's the shittiest weapon in the game.

>>507968937And it shouldn't be that shit, which all the weapon mods luckily fix.

>>507962031They are unironically some of the greatest, most hooking and atmospheric games ever made. Been playing them all for over a decade now, and I still get the itch to go back once in a while.Consult this Starting Guide,then see the /vg/'s huge Stalker General for more tips and links: >>>/vg/stalker >>>/vg//sg/ Play in the release order. Start with no mods - only latest patch, OR get the full "Starter Pack" first; these contain bug-fixers and light visual mods that can help performance as well.Leave big overhauls for later playthrougs. Avoid the "Complete" -mods. Always play on MASTER difficulty for best realism and atmosphere, and disable crosshair.Don't give up in the beginning! The starting gear sucks ass and first area can be a bit boring.>>507963014>>507964213The shooting in vanilla is fine.Consolikids just are too used to hit-scan CowaDooties, so they get their shit slapped when they think they can 360-no-scope enemies from the distance with a rusty Makarov.STALKERs also play like RPG-lites, meaning your early equipment are automatically inferior than the late-game gear. This is why the guns too are in obvious "tiers".Still, a single landing headshot with just about anything can drop a human opponent instantly. Unless they got a strong enough helmet to stop the ammo-type you're using.All the so-called "realistic weapons" mods just fuck up the balance of the game, and make even the worst pea-shooters viable options all the way to the end.

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>>507969071yeah, also how come cops are trained to take center mass shots even in life or death situations? that shit is stupid, go for the headshot.

>>507969071>>507968757It shows that you've clearly never held a weapon before. Hitting small things with a handgun is damn challenging.If you want to have superior marksmanship, use a rifle. Same applies to this game.>And it shouldn't be that shit, which all the weapon mods luckily fix.I guess you're one of those betas who cry about breaking weapons in Zelda:BotW as well? Yeah, your kind of mega casuals have been plaguing this series since day 1.

>>507969071>And it shouldn't be that shitNo, it NEEDS to be shit.The slow progression from the bottom-of-barrel hobo stage, to the ghost-operator professional is the only thing really stopping the player from rushing from Gordon to the Chernobyl NPP. You're slowly gearing up for the big task, building your arsenal and skills.

>>507969343>>507969363Even in this very thread new players are given the advice to aim for the head >>507963740, and that is the advice that always is given to new players. The other webm often posted where the player is far less calm about it, they're given shit for not aiming at the heads.

Be prepared to die a lot early on unless you have experience with methodical gameplay of tactical shooters. The beginning of the game when you're armed with little more than a Makarov and sawed off and wear a leather jacket can be rough.Once you get a nice full-size assault rifle and a STALKER suit the game begins in earnest. Oh, and bring a shotgun for mutants.

>>507962031>how do you get into them?You fucking install the game on your hard-drive, install the patches and you double click the executable file you drooling mongoloid.

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>>507969343>how come cops are trained to take center mass shots even in life or death situations?If you aim for the head with all that adrenaline in your system, chances are you will miss. Maybe you hit someone else or damage property.If you're lucky you'll spray brain matter all over the place, and then you have to deal with the backlash of making such a mess and ending someone's life regardless of the circumstances.Hitting someone in the chest is less fatal, but can incapacitate them all the same unless they're on something or some kind of giganigga.

>>507970149what patches?

>>507970387all you gotta do is just point and shoot though. like go to the range a few times to get used to it or play some BF, and you're fine.

SF who can afford to spend thousands and thousands of rounds a month on proficiency train for headshots within 15m because it is the only way to ensure instant incapacitation. I guess you have to be like them considering you fight guys in fictional prototype powered exoskeletons.

>>507962160Cringe

>tfw never played S.T.A.L.K.E.R because you have to be a NASA engineer to find all the patches and good mods

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>>507970648When someone's trying to kill you, dexterity and reason tend to fly out the window.

>>507963051Loot it. Buying shit is for rich stalkers.>>507964051Pripyat gameplay is the most refined and shootouts are really fun. If found pripyat easier because for some reason it's really easy to not make enemies out of the different factions. Bandits stayed neutral all the way until the ending I stayed neutral in yanov and nuked everyone in one shot so no Merc patrols. I just pulled behind them and unloaded my riot shotgun in their heads.

>>507962031The first game is something you have to experience. The atmosphere is phenomenal and it does the whole solo adventure thing so well.

>>507965929Is anomaly supposed to be this barren ? I'm in early game and there's not a fucker to shoot even in the swamp when it's cheeki breeki central in CoC.

>>507971812You can tweak the NPC populations, you know.

What orders do I play these games in?What mods do I use?Is there a way to fix the terrible endgames (im told they suck)?

>>507962031I wish they were modernized with better graphics and more polish like Pathologic 2

People are really overthinking things in this thread. Just play the game, they're FPS not RPG where you have to plan your build and minmax and shit. If you mod it at all for your first playthrough, just stick to graphical enhancements and quality of life stuff. They don't need mods at all, they're just nice.

>>507972104Shadow of Chernobyl > Clear Sky > Call of PripyatBeautification if you want, nothing is particularly necessaryNo, the finales of each game turn into shooting gallery garbage because they're the end of the game. Endgame is you tanking bullets in your exosuit. You'll also probably not get the true ending in SoC without looking it up.

>>507972202Grafix and polish are done with mods

>>507971137Played both SoC and CoP without any patches on win 10 with zero (0) crashes. CoP is pretty big free. Clear sky is fucked if unpatched.>>507971968Expected it to be more than that by default. Wasn't sure if my install was fucked because it's way too fucking low.

>>507962031You really only have to play call of pripyat.Expect bugs but they have, as little I want to use the word, soul.

>>507972547One of the big problems with Anomaly is it tries for the glacial-yet-deadly pace, which translates to tedious and empty most of the time. Luckily you can fix most problems within the main menu.

>>507972559>skipping SoCчмo дoннoe

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>>507972446To what extent are graphics improved with mods?

>>507973175Depends on the mod and what kind of look you're going for. Autumn Aurora is probably the most "HD" mod I can think of off the top of my head

>>507973175That's up to you, I guess. I think the games look fine as-is, besides the weapons. Lighting goes a long way.This is Clear Sky with Arsenal Overhaul. Swamp is a bit too brown overall for my taste, but it looks nice. I didn't try injecting some AA, so I dunno if that's possible.

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>>507962031should I play vanilla or use a mod? I never finished the gameI used complete 2009 back in the day but I couldn't hit shit (I played in the hardest difficulty too)

Fuck Clear Sky and the Limansk Factory.

>>507962160>not even FC2Yeah, that's a bait.

>>507973857>tingGRANATU

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