STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is clearly a game long awaited (since 2003). It brings significant game items (part role playing game with a lot of liberty for action, part a First Person Shooter with a lot of guns for action). It has been several hours now that I’v been playing I thought that it would be time to give some information and thoughts.<\/p>\n
Clearly, my opinion is very favorable. The game is very pleasant to play with and very addicting. Sometimes, it happens to feel a little longer than needed, but it stays very distracting and the Artificial Intelligence provides a powerful life to all the environment you play into (non playing characters have a very wide autonomy: Even in your absence, some IA-controlled characters will not miss an opportunity to fight between themselves and you may stumble upon the corpses left after a fight you only heard from afar).<\/p>\n
I did not yet install the 1.0001 patch that is now available for all versions (US, non-US or Russian) from the web<\/a> or from the game itself. Be cautious, your saved games will all be lost when you do this upgrade<\/em>.<\/p>\n I have to admit that I have used several times some of the small bugs in the graphics engine like when you sometimes can see the shadow of an opponent through a thick wall. It goes well with my stealthy and calm approach to fights (you will find me often hiding and preparing an ambush behind a corner where I can wait to pin down somebody with a couple of short-distance gun shots).<\/p>\n