This game is immersive, scary, challenging, and in my opinion the best shooter/RPG made to date, and i've played em all. i just finished my 3rd playthru, this last time with the complete mod and i just cant tell you how immersed i was even after playing twice before. be warned though its hard, mostly because of the excellent AI, the best ive ever seen, cant tell you how many times i was shot in the back by a flanking enemy that worked his way around me. The other thing that makes it harder than most shooters is the zone itself, radiation, wild animals, anomolys... but if you take your'e time and learn to be prepared before you head out into the zone you will be richly rewarded. i do highly recomend the stalker complete mod, it takes an already great game and makes it simply astonishing. do yourself a favor and play this game.
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