Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140221183807/@comment-1915529-20140301081745

In STALKER you are 1 peep in this wide open world and there are different factions of other peeps. The RPG elements come from being able to explore anywhere you want, teaming up with or killing people, carrying out missions (quests) for NPCs and collecting weapons, food, ammo to use or sell to make money in order to buy better stuff. So really it's just like every RPG I've played ever. The lack of exp. and levelling up is a big 'errmm' but it is very refreshing. The only numbers you need to crunch in your head is your vastly diminishing supply of assault rifle ammo.

STALKER also introduces (first time I've seen it anyway) bleeding and radiation poisoning. If you get either then your health drains until you cure them with bandages or vodka/medicine respectively. Plus you're not some god like being (like Kyle Katarn) who can with stand 100s of shots from your enemy and then kill them in 3. You need to be smart and careful to take on a few enemies, nevermind a whole group of them.

Dude, that is the video I dream about in all my dreams on this wonderful Earth we are fortunate enough to be able to call home. Who the fuck wants a perfect army of robots killing Karras perfectly? 95% fail is the minimum amount of fail allowed by the state of Raadec.

STALKERs map is broken into hubs. Although you can only move from 1 hub to the next in certain places (despite the world being very open) it does not feel like it matters because each map is pretty large anyway and it helps get your mind around where you are in a certain part of the world. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is at the far end of the map from where you start. Should be a nice trek up there.

I think I found something about Strife and reading a review on Amazon, it was scary how similar it sounded to STALKER, but smaller. No shitting.

We are born on the ground, as the ore is born under it. The builder looks down on us both, as parts of the jigsaw that will come together to bring about his world.