| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of
Chernobyl: Playability |
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| Graphics: |
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visuals are very good although I did experience slight
hitches at regular intervals.
This could be a combination of my system and the large
maps. This slight hitch in no way impeded
gameplay and never seemed to happen a critical times.
In between these slight hitches is very smooth
gameplay. The environment seems to react directly to
changes in the weather. As an example the
grass bends with the
wind. If not for the hitches I could have very easily
become fully immersed in game.
The hitching just seemed to snap me back. |
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| Gameplay: |
| Single Player: |
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single player mode starts out with you being rescued
and forced to work off your recovery. As
you proceed through the levels, pretty much in any
order you want, you collect items for trade
as well as fighting off
different types of enemies. You can trade items you
pick up along the way off
the ground and/or dead bodies for better weapons, food
and gear. The game has multiple endings
depending on what route you take. I only made it
through one. The AI is better than average
and play into the game
and skill levels well. You run across a random 'dummy'
but not very many and
not enough to affect gameplay. I would have enjoyed
this a lot more if it had a coop mode. |
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| Multi Player: |
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took me until patch 1.003 to even get on line and play
a multi-player round. The
TDM setup is a cross of COD and Counter-Strike. Where
you join a team and whoever reaches 150
kills first wins. Every player is started with a
pistol. You pick up money from
dead players and in between spawns you have the option
of visiting the buy board and
purchasing bigger and better weapons. |
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seemed to me that everyone was lagging really bad and
it was almost impossible to hit
someone who wasn't standing still. I only had the time
to visit 4 servers, all with pings
under 80 and all played the same. Time, meaning it
took me so long to be able to connect
online I was past deadline for the article and I had
moved on/back to other games. |
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