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| From: Koch
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £14.97
You Save: £15.02 (50%)
New (8) Used (6) from £11.99
Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 857
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4020628502379
ASIN: B0013JZ2H8
Release Date: September 5, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 If you like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SOC then you will like this September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I understand that there are still a few bugs in this, but on mine machine it runs nearly perfectly. I am running it in DX10 and occasionally there are some weird flashes across the screen in black, but I have ignored these as the game is just so very atmospheric.
If you liked the first and you have a decent PC, you will love this one.
More of the same......... October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why have I rated this 5 stars because once you have patched it (Patch it to 1.5.04 or what ever the latest patch is now)and got rid of the bugs, it is another visit to the zone giving you some places you remember and some new ones you dont.
I really liked the first outing and have been looking forward to this one as soon as it was announced. It is interesting to see characters you will see again in shadow in an earlier form.
The game play is still good and I think the artifacts have a much better performance in this game than the first.
All in all if you liked the first one you will like this too.
Just GREAT! November 13, 2008
I just bought this game.Its just great, played patch 1.05.07.For me its better than shadow of chernobyl.Really good game.Also am playing it on laptop for full dynamic lihting, dont need any 8800gt or whatever.I own hd 2600 in my toshiba, and its just great.Of course there was few problems from the start, but now, finally they did good job.
 Back in the zone (rev for patch 1.5.04) September 6, 2008
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
No point in fussing around - if you liked the first outing, Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl (SOC), then you will like this, and it's worth getting. BUT, patch it straight away*
If on the other hand you prefer Call of Duty, or Doom, or those sort of very linear shooters, then avoid this like the plague - you will hate it!
* Patch it to 1.5.04 - only two patches - which gets rid of the stash management issue + seems more stable. For those who, understandibly, gave up at 1.5.01 - now might be a good time to give it another go!
This is a return to form for GCC - and not always in a good way, e.g. the essential patches, both invalidating the previous version's saved games! But on the BIG plus side, GSC care enough to turn out patches, and support a very active modding community.
More on the plus side - the graphics have evolved well and look lovely, and the weather, fog, evening mists, rain (of course), sun etc all work very well - going through the Red Forest at night in a thunderstorm, after fighting off a pack of dogs, was all amazingly intense. The sound-scape is excellent too and really works well. It's all very immersive - just what you'd expect and want.
Naturally there are issues/irritants - the stash management was a total farce - until patch 1.5.04 arrived - and it's now OK. The inventory is now 100% opaque, so you can't really use it on the move let alone in the middle of a fight, and it's tricky to easily compare the health of backpack items.
More... the NPC are still immovable, and displace you like bulldozers as they move. When you die (and you will!) the 'quick load' key doesn't work, forcing you through the main-menu 'load game' rigmarole.
And... the radiation detector is almost silent, which means... well you can work that one out, right!? And... you can't sleep, to hit the day/night cycle you want; you can't jump/run in even the shallowest water; some of the story event don't trigger if you don't follow the 'correct' path - so you have to loop back and find the invisible line to cross; you can't (seemingly) sell NPC's guns or ammo; one of my save games crashed the game every time I tried to load it - causing me to go back to a previous save (top tip - keep several saves!)
So I'm having a right old whinge, yet still gave it 4 stars?
Well it achieves the immersive trick of putting you a 'real space', leaving you to amble around the zone 'just having a nose' and bumping in to things - which is a hoot. And Entering the Forester's camp at night with lightning flashing all around was worth the money alone.
Worth noting though - there don't seem to be any significant underground missions - which seems like a real mistake to me, and I'm not convinced this is actually a better game than Stalker SOC - but if you liked the first game, get this one. Similarly, if you like this one, get SoC, patch it and apply the Oblivion Lost mod - it's free and really v good!
Using both old and new parts of the Zone strangely delights, as the old areas are familiar yet different, and there's enough ammo lying around - you just have to rummage a bit.
So if you like games that you can take your own time with and that, despite all attempts to frustrate, do reward the time it takes to 'get into it' then buy it - once again GSC have produced very distinctive and genuinely immersive game.
Fine with second patch September 19, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This game drove me crazy with bugs but since the second patch (I had to start again but it didn't take long and was still fun), I've had only a few minor issues. They did deserve to get pasted for it's original release which was too bugged to play. In fact combined with the dialogue, some rather stupid design decisions, and the way the flaws of the original were repeated it does rather give the impression that GSC are a bunch of gits. However now it's patched to a playable state (lucky americans for being made to wait) I'm finding it rather good, if not quite as magical as the first. Weirdly the game seems to have changed significantly inbetween patches so now all you need cannot be collected from control point stashes. Which is actually an improvement and makes the hidden stashes relevant, but they have perhaps over-compensated. They've also taken out the 'every mutant in the area attack a newly gained control point.' feature which is good but the faction war still isn't working very well. A lot of the control points are doomed just like the original and I was non-plussed with the way after the faction war is won it restarts (makes it not really worth bothering). Some other mini wars can be won though. Overall I'd say it should be a five star game but I've subtracted one for it's still not quite finished state.
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