S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

What the hell. No guidance at all. No way to run, terrible shooting experience, it seems one of the beginning target is on a plateau but no way up and I walked for 3 minutes in real time around it???? Only with a mission guide "ask other stalkers" but where???

Entered a shipwreck and everyone responds with only "talk to the boss" but the boss is "I'm busy blabla next time"???

How the hell could such a crap be overwhelmingly positive???

So, before I played this, I had never played any game of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series and actually never played any games with the "Chernobyl" thematic. But I knew the game was old and I really liked the game. The thematics is amazing, the exploration is really cool, the side missions are a nice way to explore the world. I really recommend this game to anyone that wants to explore Pripyat and its surroundings, but know this, this game is old and it might not have aged the best in every aspect. The game has some bugs. (Nothing that will compromise the experience) it's really unfortunate that this game has no achievements on Steam, otherwise I would really like to try platinum this game!

I really recommendo to anyone that wants to try this Series!!

While Clear Sky was two steps forward and three steps back, Call of Pripyat is only moving forward. The game has been significantly improved, and basic gameplay elements, such as the system for detecting and acquiring artifacts or upgrading weapons/armor - have been changed for the better.

Fortunately, the faction combat system has been mostly removed; the factions still exist, but we cannot join any of them. We can, however, complete tasks for them - but we have to be careful, because some choices will be unavailable to us depending on which side we helped. I recommend completing all available tasks with due care, because it will affect the ending of the game: not only the factions, but some characters will have their own endings.

The individual strengths of the previous installments of the "Stalker" series have remained unchanged. The atmosphere, the fun of shooting, the monsters, the locations, the plot - still at the top. Despite the passing of the years, the graphics have held up bravely - even today, at the highest settings, they are pleasing to the eye.

A big advantage of the game is its stability - I have not had a single crash; there was no need to install any community patches!

What about the flaws? There's not much to say about them. The game is a bit too short... and it's a bit too easy to get rich. Without much effort, we can not only acquire and upgrade good quality equipment in the first hours, but also earn a large amount of rubles.

9/10

The STALKER franchise is my alltime favorite. On par with the Metro games.

It's a very old game. BUT - there are mods that fix almost everything.
Actually there are a LOT of mods.

For the price its worth it. Very much so.

A wonderful cap to the original trilogy, Call of Pripyat maintains the Stalker magic while improving greatly on its predecessors. Its gunplay feels less clunky, its artifact hunting and usage cleaner, and its world tightly-knit but still full of life. I wouldn't call its main story anything for the record books -- it's perfectly serviceable to ferry you from location to location -- but the characters within, as well as the wide cast of kooky side critters, are more than enough to carry the game's narrative. Great game, definitely recommend snagging it.

My personal favourite from the original trilogy. While the story is not as good as that in Shadow of Chernobyl, the gameplay improvements and overall technical state makes up for it. CoP blends really well an action shooter elements with RPG and survival-horror mechanics.

Most of the game is set in a sandbox environment thanks to game's A-life system where NPC's move around the map and do various objectives even when the player is not around. Actions and decisions you've made early on will have an impact even 10-20h later.

This game has incredibly strong modding scene and become a platform for numerous improvement and overhaul mods that greatly improve its replayability. Of course, as a standard for all S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games running on this engine - there are bugs, glitches and crashes (even after community fixes), although I've encountered much less of them here compared to the previous 2 games in the trilogy.

great game def my favorite out of all of them

if u wanna keep ur hairline, stay outta the zone

The Best game out of the Stalker trilogy, Much more polished and the story line is pretty good. A few bugs here and there but its pretty manageable, can give you a solid 15-20 hours of gaming experience and can even get pretty challenging during the early to mid levels. 8/10 Much recommended

Very solid (and stable) game which sadly doesn't reach the levels of crazy that Shadow of Chernobyl has, but instead offers new stuff the previous games didn't have.

It's heavier on exploration and more open and only gets linear again once you reach Pripyat. Gunplay and survival stuff is still good though. (Although there's still no girls.)

Storywise, it's kinda iffy. It's acceptable, but it just doesn't have the expected amount of punch. It still feels good to make comrades though.

Don't forget to apply community patches for the best experience.

Welcome to the Zone. Leave hope at the perimeter.

✔️ Gritty, immersive survival shooter with RPG elements
✔️ Dynamic A-Life system — the Zone lives without you
✔️ Excellent atmosphere: rain-soaked ruins, distant gunfire, Geiger counter clicks
✔️ Realistic ballistics, inventory management, and radiation systems
✔️ Stronger stability and polish compared to earlier entries

This isn’t your typical run-and-gun FPS. It's slow, methodical, and brutal. You scavenge for bullets, repair your gear, avoid anomalies, and listen for danger. Trust no one. The Zone has its own rules — and it doesn’t care about you.

Call of Pripyat refines the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. formula into a haunting, unforgettable experience. It’s not for everyone — but if it gets you, it never lets go.

9/10 For those who survive long enough to understand it.

I really enjoyed this game! The gameplay was fantastic, and the overall story was very engaging. The guns were definitely the highlight for me, and the friendships and teamwork you build throughout the game added to the experience. I just finished creating a video about this game for my YouTube channel, and I think it's the best one I've featured. I have a total of 30 videos on my channel related to this game, making it my largest playlist. I genuinely had a lot of fun playing, and I highly recommend that you give it a try. It's a great game!

if you want to run around in empty fields with no action maybe a hog or a dog now and then go ahead and waste your money like I did only thing this game is stalking is your cash

Compare to CS... this shit is by far more balanced... although idk what to do with the stupid amounts of money I gain, hell one can get loads of money to the point that might as welll just attempt a run where you just don't gain much money.

jarvis show me pictures of caked up snorks

Good. Not as Good as the first one or Clear Sky. But still amazing.

In a world full of jumping/shooting games this one (as well as the rest of the legacy) is real. Just an incredible story, gun play and looting...did I mention it will cause you to do a tighty-whitey change or two.

I fucking love radioactive wishgranting space love rock things i have no fucking clue man

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 may have a better story and a good graphics (when it's not a blurry and noisy mess all over the screen) but this game is the peak S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience among all 4 games: nice side quests, minimum of bugs, truly living world and working A-Life (yeah, I know, that's crazy, right?) and other features that you always wanted in Stalker 2 but were too shy to ask for.

Slap a texture and a weather mod on top of it and you have a nice fresh looking graphics in addition to already good gameplay.

Worth the full price.

Interesting game with a huge number of funny bugs

OG stalker game. I've played hundreds of hours of the CD version. Gotta recommend it for people who are into open-world post-apocalyptic games.

Great game, probably the best game to play if you're only going to play one game in the franchise.

I know that Steam says that I have only a few hours, but I have played this game a LOT outside Steam, probably have more like 200 hours. I grew up with this game, completed it around 10-20 times (if not more).

The atmosphere is incredible. Like in all other stalker games, you're not the center of the universe, you are just yet another stalker starting off with nearly nothing. No, the "real" main character of the game is the Zone itself. Most games say that they have a "living and breathing world", but this game is the only one where I have genuinely felt that the Zone wouldn't care if Degtyarev walks into a Vortex and is obliterated. Loners and bandits would still have firefights over artifacts, Duty and Freedom would still have skirmishes over who gets to control Yanov Station, the Zone would still create new anomaly fields, and mutants would still hunt and hide.

All of this is thanks to A-Life, stalker groups and mutants will roam around the map whether or not you're there, combined with an AI that is surprisingly advanced for a nearly 20 year old game.

she detgtyarev on my strelok til i Sidorovich all over the Zone

Call of Pripyat takes the improvements made in Clear Sky and perfect them, making this entry a far more enjoyable romp through the zone compared to the previous entry. However, I still feel that this game is a bit lacking when compared to Shadow of Chernobyl. Call of Pripyat is certainly the most "complete" of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy, but I found it rather lacking (granted, I virtually rushed through the main story, and did not take part in many of the side missions).

Overall, I do recommend Call of Pripyat, especially if you enjoyed Shadow of Chernobyl, but I would treat it as more of an expansion to the original game's story, rather than a fully fledged sequel.

Amazing franchise. I only discovered the Stalker universe last year because of the release of Stalker 2, but these are my new favorite games. Do yourself a favor and try these games out if you haven't yet. You won't regret it!

definitely the most complete out of the whole trilogy - just wish it was longer for main quests

pretty great game. the open world, atmosphere and life simulation in the zone are on point. the game also looks jaw-dropping for 2009. however the story and main quest is cut short and ends up kind of underwhelming. worth playing for the open world and side content though.
the vanilla gunplay is okay at best though so i massively recommend getting the mod "arsenal overhaul" and the realistic damage addon that's included if you want the really good experience without bullet sponges.

game of my childhood, 100% recommend it, but do not go main story only, do side quests too because they are so damn good in this game, and it feels like everyone is alive, also the base game you will play maybe for a week, but then there comes mods and believe me ther eis tons of them and after compeleting story you should go and try mods on it. in my opinion this game 10\10 but its aint even my favourite in series though.

Easily the best stalker game. It is worth playing the first 2 games of the trilogy before this one, as it adds a lot of context and lore. Seeing the evolution of the series is really enjoyable. A shame Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is not as good as this game.

banger game. Does just enough pointing the player in the right direction and then just lets you go off to explore and do missions at your own pace or in your own way. Great game

С двухнедельным запасом провизии, автоматом и рацией для связи с центром, он начинает свой путь, вглубь, зоны.

A great Stalker experience, for sure. Can't wait to play Stalker 2!!

I like this game this stalker is the best from the old 3 classics i will rait 8,5/10 because the the plot is sometimer very dull, for example,at the end when strelok explains why the helocopters fell,and the military are like ,oh yeah , exactly, bot otherwise the game is good if you want to play stalker but your computer doesn´t run modern games ,but you still want to play stalker in take it, here´s my advice

Only bad part is the magic dwarf things, genuinely just ignore them if you don't absolutely have to kill them. Ending fight was meh, especially compared to the first game. Wasn't bad though, just anticlimactic. Otherwise good game.

I have no words with the lore it self pretty deep and interesting why zone was made up and the reason people in that zone. I rate this masterpiece trilogy 11/10. Y'all should play the trilogy SoC (Shadow of Chernobyl), Clearsky and this CoP (Call of Pripyat) frfr.

Dancing on the ashes of the world
I behold the stars

time to play misery + gunslinger

Cleared the Game on Master from start to finish

The most polished of the 3 original games - its main problem is its length sadly due to the game only spanning 3 maps.

I feel that story-wise it comes second to Shadow of Chernobyl, but its hard to compare when SoC has so many more maps.

Gunplay is much more enjoyable than the previous two games which is of itself a big highlight.

Mutants feel good to fight (no invincible invisible bloodsuckers from clear skies) and none feel like sponges.

Artifacts all feel good to use, unfortunately slots 4 and 5 are locked to Pripyat (final map) so you'll be enjoying only a few for a while.


Degtyarev is borderline super human btw, your sprint speed is stupidly fast and his knife feels like the strongest melee in the series (capable of slicing up bloodsuckers)

Definitely worth buying to play, if you are to play these games i would suggest CoP then SoC

Got the first 3 games for dirt cheap, but that does't excuse how bad and boring the first game was. That made me not even try to play more of this garbage universe.

Great sequel to Shadow of Chernobyl. The main story is shorter than the last two games but the side missions are fairly good in my opinion.

so i just finished this game, its a good game ill rate 8.8 / 10 why not 9? because the beginning of the game is kinda bored because of the map of course and the quest at the first time i play i kinda dont know where to start but i just go with it and i love it! if i rate the 3 games before stalker 2 ill gonna rate it 1. SoC 2. CS 3. CoP in third but doesnt mean it was shit, this 3 games it absolutely the best franchise i ever played

The best one , love the atmosphere old country looking this game has, very environmental, the mutants are very scary, bloodsuckers are a bit harder in this game IMO, worth chatting with every body and exploring every thing. A bit harsh at the beginning I felt it was the hardest one to start like getting loot and bullets enough to start being able to tackle most locations, situations I felt in clear skies and SOC you could get loaded a lot easier at the beginning, however that gives it a special thing you have to be very aware and sometimes. The most developped andd rewarding crafting and upgrading system.

i play stalker gamma,anomaly and x-ray all the time, the game is fire highly recomend

its a good game but for some reason my mouse wont work now even though ive played this game for about a year with out any problems

What a game it was! I do not want to spoil the game by giving extra details, so all I can say is that every consequences of your actions or not-taken actions is thrown at your face somehow. So better be careful! The ending makes you speechless and emotional. I recommend playing the trilogy in order, but this one alone is a masterpiece.

W game, I want to play STALKER 2 But I cannot run it.

does anyone have a spare $1000 NZD? I need a new PC.

Worse than shadow. Cant run for more than 2 seconds without resting for an hour, engaging in any combat is downright NOT FUN. It's a game, it should be. Obviously I'm aware of Anomaly and Gamma but good lord... I was ok walking across all of SOC but I cant even walk to my next objective. This has further turned me off from this series, as the base story was straight cheeks, and I'm truly ashamed so many people put this game on such a high pedestal.

one of my favorite game series despite its age its still a great game

One of the greatest games about stalkers. You don't want to miss the experience and immersion/

My current pc can't play old games its pissing me offff!!!!!!!!!!!!