
The Clear Sky story is a prequel to SoC, but not just that, the entire game's layout/design is NOT what you would expect from a STALKER game, it's much different to SoC and CoP so I recommend playing SoC and then CoP for what STALKER is known for and they both have relating stories and then play Clear Sky which is a prequel to SoC and its design is a lot different, not what you would expect from a STALKER game after playing the other two. However the reason I recommend the above is for two reasons. The release dates are actually SoC -> Clear Sky -> CoP. There is a big texture pack for it called Remake if you do want better: It still looks graphically fine (it's a 2009 game).
Community Bug Fixes (must-have, fixes what patches didn't): įor Call of Pripyat you don't need much mods unless you want to modify the gameplay like the MISERY mod. If you don't get the Steam version these are for you - Official Patches (though I think Steam version comes with 1.0006 which is the latest but it's basically 1.0005 with multiplayer fixes so either way doesn't matter).:. This is all I recommend for a first playthrough of SoC: I don't recommend the Complete mod for first time, it changes the game balance/design. ( just this mod, it includes patches )Īnd honestly i didnt notice any bugs that really hurt the game, just odd encounters that would make you go,"huh, neat."īut, if your really worried about bugs ( which you shouldn't ) try the zone reclamation project - stomps out some loose ends with some bugs but i honesly dont think its needed.I'm going to copy-pasta my post from another S.T.A.L.K.E.R thread from the past ĭon't use any mods for your first play through of any of the games except texture packs + the bug fixes for SoC. somthing is very special about the base game, idk.īut, for your second play through play with the Autumn Aurora mod - really overhuals the game in a good way, one if not my favorite stalker mod of all time.
you will regret not doing so if you jump straight into the mods ( overhauls ).
so please do yourself a favor and play it vanilla ( with patches if you want ). its not much of the orginal game because it overhuals it so much.
Imo for your first playthrough go with the vanilla game first, some might say go with the Stalker Complete Mod - which patches some bugs but honestly your hurting yourself not playing the game in vanilla.