S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky PC Game Review - WORST GAME IN THE SERIES

[@DiggySmash]

The main thing that bothered me was how allies will occasionally push you out of cover to take your spot.

[@Nuclear241]

Yeah, and how NPCs are blocking you when they stand still or shrugging you out of the way when they walk/run. Frustrating sometimes.

[@henstar337]

I had this today in one of the last sections of the game; I was trying to take cover when one of the clear sky stalkers thought it would be funny to launch me into the stratosphere by crushing me against a wall. Fun way to lose an hours progress.

[@ss9392]

Its present in every game however or at least in SoC

[@Sneakyboson]

Yep definitely happens in Soc too

[@TheRealNeonwarrior]

"You're in my spot, sir."

[@Poolordm]

I've always wondered why they removed iron sights from the pistols

[@primary2630]

I preferred it cause silencing the .45 acp pistol and using that zoom with the crosshair made sniping before having a proper rifle easy

[@jcdentongaming1304]

Well because it actually show you the accurate gun spread because the makarov is an innacurate piece of shit

[@db-jo1yw]

well said

[@Oldundead9491]

It's like when you play fallout 3 after playing fallout 4 and you get the 10mm. The only existing thing around you would be disappointment

[@alphariausomegon662]

You cant hit shit with em with or without tbh

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

I really enjoyed clear sky except the ending and grenades.

[@nyuszicsib]

Those fucking greandes, these always exploded in front of me. :D

[@jakevonatlas2754]

Saaaame.

[@mewhen3395]

He only bitches about headshot and it's hard to land on them, Well, Welcome to game reality Bitch

[@squeebbb]

Headshots are easy as hell to land in CS. The worst gunplay can be found in SoC tbh.

[@kodan7879]

Yeah. Pretty much the same.

[@HobLobbington]

It's not, It brought us Bandit Radio.

[@patrykkotkowski8781]

Yes its a 10/10 just for that

[@MrKite_]

Bob Bobbington yes,the cheeki breeki worth it

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

and faction wars And r e d f o r e s t

[@streylok439]

@@2dollarchickenwings689 SoC had red forest

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

@@streylok439 Radar is a separate area no matter what way you look at it

[@jowilson5581]

"searching for artifacts isn't fun" *footage of the player sprinting face first into anomalies* it also seems like you don't understand bullet drop and acceleration? you can't just delete the thing you point at like in COD, you have to play it like R6

[@judsongaiden9878]

If you get used to the "shuttle cock" trajectory of 9x39, you can use it to your advantage. One time (and only one time), I was in Pripyat in 'nilla ShoC (so this must have been back in 2007 or 2008) and I managed to arc a 9x39mm SP-6 round over a concrete embankment and nail a downed Monolith jihadist in the brainpan.

[@TedTeddison99]

Jo Wilson Bullet Drop and acceleration are realistic implementations yes. But fucking CS:GO levels of bullets forgetting that they came outta the barrel of the gun pointed in a direction is garbage. Doubt you’ve ever shot a real gun before if you’re trynna argue the mechanics are ultra realistic but if you point your rifle to the north the bullet doesn’t go out to the north east. We don’t have muskets dude, these are manufactured, RIFLED firearms. The constant jamming is also unrealistic, even as an AK hater I will admit that they are some of the most reliable guns out there, they don’t jam from fucking mud in em’ ffs. Also even the handguns and such, the devs forgot that weapons have thousands upon thousands of rounds fired through them with little to no misfires or jams. ESPECIALLY military guns like the CZ-75, probably the most reliable steel 9mm you’ll ever find.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@One.Zero.One101 Some bullets, sure, but not 9x39mm. It was designed to be subsonic. It compensates for its slowness by being big and heavy, so it's kinda like the rifle equivalent to .45 ACP (in terms of ballistic principles).

[@Coffee-hh6we]

Not what he meant, he complained about the weird recoil that the game has, the sight doesn't move that much but the bullet pattern goes all over the place. That's just a bad thing and an ever worse design choice

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@TedTeddison99 Some mods add a variety of CZ pistols. The '52, the '75, the '85, etc. Even a machine pistol version of...what is it? I think it's a select-fire version of the '75B. Otherwise the '85.

[@SAwyerD14]

I don't understand the crouch complaint. check the controls, there is a low crouch option. RTFM

[@judsongaiden9878]

Imagine a mod that replaces low-crouch with lying prone and adds functional bipods and Red Orchestra-like gameplay mechanics. Of course, they'd also have to have aimable grenade launchers if they went that direction.

[@ross_boss]

@@judsongaiden9878 what about low crouch and prone?

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@ross_boss Prone is better than low-crouch.

[@ross_boss]

@@judsongaiden9878 perhaps low crouch can be used for cover, or if you could mount bipods on random things like in battlefield

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@ross_boss They'd have to alter the programming more in order to have crouch, low-crouch, *and* prone. I'm thinking in terms of modding the existing games (which I don't know how to do but should totally learn even though I don't math well). For quite a few years now, I've been pondering how awesome it could be for bipods to be function in the Zone. Some guns have them by default, like the SG550, the Galil ARM, and any variation of the RPK. Others could accept aftermarket bipods as attachable accessories. Oh, and when you put a GwA.97 (a Swiss grenade launcher often misidentified as an M-203) on an SG550, you lose the bipod because the launcher's mount replaces the lower half of the forearm. The standard forearm has an integral bipod attached to the lower half. Making the bipod functional would give the player more of an incentive to get acquainted with a particular configuration that suits their gameplay style.

[@tominparis]

"worse in the series" is highly subjective but not innacurate. I'd rather say "the less attractive in the series" because it's still a damn pretty good game. Every real stalker fan will tell you there is no "bad" Stalker game: only personnal preferences. Yet, I admit Claer Sky may not be as addictive of the other Stalker games.

[@hotfuzz4416]

Oh and you must be this "Real Stalker fan" right? I'm a fan but this is the worst one. It felt like a chore to play this at alot of the time. SOC and COP is far much better.

[@almightybogza]

HotFuzz Meh,playing all three,id say call of pripyat us the best one,SoC and Clear sky are kinda close,its hard to really chose one over the other.I admit I might be biased over CoP because I have more than 1000 in that game compared to 200 in the other ones..

[@kineskakopijakineza4636]

I only play clear sky to join a faction and do a faction war

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

I play CS more than the other two combined. I'd probably get further than the first bridge in SoC if moddb had a weapon overhaul. Incorrect charging handle/ejection ports ruin games for me. CoP was just too short.

Personally I feel SoC is far superior to the other two. CS and CoP feel very similar. I'd still call them good, but SoC is amazing.

[@vBDKv]

About the shooting and not hitting stuff .. I quickly found out that if you try to shoot your weapon in full auto, you'll miss A LOT. Semi automatic and your aim suddenly becomes decent.

[@booradley6832]

They go into invincibility frames during certain animations.

[@salokin3087]

Playing STALKER in real life is a bad idea, believe me!

[@SpicyChickenGodAJ]

How long until the radiation gets you?

[@Moloc92]

Detective Manny Pardo Not if you have think skin.

[@salokin3087]

Sol Invictus ha, got it!

[@savedroknapp1926]

Salokin Sekwah It works - just bring enough vodka with you... :)

[@TreeTats]

+Sol Invictus think skin?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

"I swam through a river of SHIET, it's not like I can unswim that river of SHIET"

[@Architect172]

Don't forget your cottoncandy XD

[@TacSon]

Pretty sure swimming through that river of shit would gives you some sort of diseases.

[@freshlymemed5680]

Tac Son Doesnt matter when we're in a radiation filled environment full of mutants, gun lovers and vodka.

[@e.m.8184]

"There's no skill or tactics involved" >literally walks out in the open with a double barreled and gets memed

[@derdsie9920]

Nevermind dude he's just a try hard virgin nerd

[@od13166]

@Papa Legba even your argument This charge you same money as Previous game and have shallow content then first game. Since call of chernobyl or Anomaly Standalone mode clear sky is joke terms of content

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

@@od13166 1. it's cheaper by about 1/3 2. The features it added are some of the best and most unique 3. Red Forest and Limansk are a thing

[@tex5538]

@@j99044 🤡

[@Dr.Strangelewd]

The best part about Clear Sky is bandit/Freedom music.

[@gibb4236]

wrong its d u t y epic music and clear sky blues

[@gibb4236]

bandit one is funny too

[@ross_boss]

Dick measuring contest from freedom is a thing you cant forget

[@duskdev]

Like the first game, Clear Sky is more about positioning and putting a barrage of lead downrange than it is about quick aim. You really shouldn't be standing in the open trying to score headshots with a pistol from 50 yards away (or messing around with shotguns period, to be honest :P. They're basically useless in every STALKER game). There's nothing wrong with the combat, you just have to adapt to it rather than trying to play it like every other FPS. And yes, enemies do have some advantages over the player, and your weapons are perhaps a little more inaccurate than they really should be. But consider this. Pretty much every other single player FPS out there is unfair and unalanced as well. They're just unbalanced in the player's favor. Clear Sky is against the player. It's about making you feel helpless, fragile, and vulnerable in an uncaring world, and it doesn't care one iota about softening the blow of that vision. You are not an action hero, you are some below-par schmuck in way over his head. It's not a fair situation. Deal with it. And even so, regarding the weapon accuracy, I don't think it's unresonable for a weapon in the hands of a stressed-out likely malnourished untrained person in the middle of a firefight to not shoot the same as it would on a firing range. Have you ever shot a gun before? The moment any sort of stress (let alone combat stress) gets involved, your accuracy goes out the window. And, once again, most other FPSs make the player's gun unrealistically accurate. Clear Sky just does the opposite. It's not for everyone, but I find the combat in Clear Sky to be highly unique, and enjoyable in its own way. Most games are safe playpens, where any semblence of difficulty is carefully tweaked so as not to offend the player's ego. Clear Sky is the opposite. And sure, that sometimes makes it frustrating and occasinally borderline impossible, but I also find it not just refreshing, but uniquely entertaining. I certainly prefer its combat to that of SoC, where it was impossible for enemies to do anything to you if you were more than a few yards away. Screw that. Granted, though, Call of Pripyat did a better job of marrying fairness with brutality. Which is part of the reason its the only one in the series that I feel comfortable recommending to people :P I mean, sure, Clear Sky is the weakest of the series, but it has its charms. And one of those is the brutal, brutal combat.

[@danykyllerpt2603]

David almost mad fucking cry with this

[@undastelar]

Fucking love it =)

[@Snoogen11]

@MGTOW Minimalist Monk Glad I'm not the only one who completed SOC using only the Makarov on master XD

[@liquididentity101]

No... you think the shooting mechanic fails because you rely on a cliche video game norm that makes you attempt headshots all the time. Works fine for me, but I always aim for the centre of mass if possible. I'm sorry you expected 100% sighted in, smooth barrel/bore mechanics seen in most FPS. You're an action shooter junkie. This game will likely annoy anyone in the same mindset, but I had 0 problem with the mechanic.

[@Gggmanlives]

Damn, you're clearly a God at this game.

[@sormii]

Sure, aiming for the centre of mass is a valid tactic. Now can you explain how the enemies can place a bullet through your head from miles away with the same weapon? Don't get me wrong I love these games but that's just bullshit and arbitrary mechanic to increase the difficulty. This kind of shit just makes you quicksave your way through the whole game.

[@Gggmanlives]

Tommy ​​​Toaster Says the guy defending a broken game. 1v1 me in COD, kid.

[@Gggmanlives]

sormii This guy gets it.

[@Dover939]

So you think removing skill from the game is a "good mechanic"?

[@benox50]

For some reason the shooting is less a pain in Shadow of Chernobyl, the less precise guns are really not made for long range exterior shooting. What I like in the shooting is that the bullets are not hit-scan, calculating the vss vintorez trajectory and seeing the bullet fly and boom in the head is awesome. I agree that the start of the game is a pain since you only have short range weapons and the fact that the enemy have better precision is terrible.

[@karambiatos]

Showing us how terrible the gun mechanics are, and that there's dice rolling, yet your cross hair is not on the enemies half the time he's shooting. nice. the gun mechanics are terrible from a damage side not a shooty side.

[@aharr3437]

karambiatos And even then, thats why we have mods. The pseudo-giant still takes so many fucking rounds though, no matter what you do. (I know I’m necroing)

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

and that can easily be fixed with mods

[@karambiatos]

@@imalittletoxicjustalittle not an argument

[@rogue_4tw763]

Do you expect every weapon in the game you pick up to be in perfect condition. The game would be too easy if was like that. Also the jamming thing is because you ain't keeping your weapon condition up. It also adds to the Intensity in the gun fights.

[@kernnus39]

yeah, imagine a gun with rusty parts, this really make a gun jam like hell and affects the physics of a projectile flying in the air at the speed of sound

[@patty1480]

Is it kinda like Far Cry ?

[@j99044]

🤓

[@MegaDoom89]

"game is too hard because you miss with low grade guns but i'm too lazy to actually explore, get money, and upgrade my shooters to actually do well in this game." well i'm sorry this game doesn't hold your hand, or tell you exactly what to do, or just assume you're a badass. you've got to work for those, not to mention that you just run into anomalies to get artifacts then complain about how artifacts are now "unfair" to get. I thought gametrailers review of this was bad..

[@alexguy96]

MegaDoom89 dude plain and simple these games are fuckin horrible. This isnt the darksouls of shooters plz just stop

[@tomasbrzobohaty281]

you are man of true

[@Hello-me2ue]

MegaDoom89 Very well said.

[@blackjacka.5097]

alexguy96 Gggman fanboy.

[@DeadNoob451]

These games are unpolished when unmodded, but use your brain (both ingame and when installing) and you will have a unique experience.

[@aminebenz1411]

first i thought "for real? game mechanics?" then in every death moment you were totally standing in the open, is it really the game's fault?

[@j99044]

🤓

[@pearlorions]

😠

[@thieflover1215]

​@j99044 wow you sure broke him with that god tier response, Im so proud of you

[@swerve22]

"I'm all for realistic shooting games but wtf an ak kills you in only a couple shots" Meanwhile all the videos of him getting killed he's standing out in the open lol. Game is a stealth/skill game not run and gun.

[@Gggmanlives]

Why do you put that in quotations when I didn't say that? Do you know how quotations actually work?

[@ruffrack737]

Gggmanlives i think he did the quotations to mock you

[@jamesburke9865]

The player gets killed standing out in the open, yeah. But when the AI does it, strafing left and right in the open you will NEVER be able to hit them so you have to wait for them to stop meanwhile they can still easily hit you. Wow, the realism!

[@thebatter7769]

@@Gggmanlives Low Iq reviewer strikes again.

[@nathanmoreau3937]

Stealth is nonexistent and skill is thrown out the window in this game. Playing through it felt like a chore.

[@baldeagle1171]

Did you not find the upgrade system? I can get the accuracy to where I could bean anybody in the head with a single shot. And yes, it's almost like the artifacts are a challenge to get.

[@m1s3ry97]

I'm sorry man. STALKER is really a hard game, and I'm not a very good player, but you are just plain bad, and this review is awful. First of all, you don't even know how to crouch (the second level is for cover). Then, the shooting mechanics in this game are way easier than SoC. Actually, it's the easiest STALKER game. "Uuuhh grenades kill you fast". Well, yeah dude, that's what they do. STALKER is a tactical shooter at it's core. If you are from a different breed of FPS then you may be just awful playing this game. And yes, this is the worst in the series, but for other reasons, like the game being to short, the final act after Limansk being shit, the game being too easy and the mechanics being too broken.

[@incredibleXMan]

The faction system was pretty poor.

[@incredibleXMan]

@ebisumaru It clearly wasn't as there wouldn't be mods to make it better ifit was good on release.

[@incredibleXMan]

@ebisumaru Oh god you're just one of these 'purist' assholes who liked Clear Sky because it was ultra hard. Go away loser.

[@benasoffensive2528]

@ebisumaru yo, how did you dealt with first time entering garbage, from cordon?

[@ross_boss]

If grenades were not 100% under you right as they will explode it would be better, this is why the ending was soo poopy, you are given a box and a random thin chimney looking thing and if you go behind the box you will get a grenade right on you pretty soon, if you try to move over you get your ass mowed down by the monolith, the chimney thing is basically too thin leaving your arms exposed, its just bad design

[@CharcharoExplorer]

Gggmanlives The Red Forest in Clear Sky is different from the one in SoC. Artifacts do move but slowly :P Strangely I liked it. Even though most of your points are actually correct. Stalker complete is outdated though. It is based on an old Sky Reclamation. The new one is absolutely great. Game should have been released that way.

[@kineskakopijakineza4636]

Its a different part of the red forest

[@notcat20]

Have you talked to NPC on clear sky base? Everything is different - zone changed after a big blowout.

[@QullVideo]

I understand its all about personal taste. But everything said in this review about why the gun mechanics is so rubbish is exactly why STALKER is one of my favourite games of all time.

[@incomingimpactproductions4065]

Same. I sometimes get irritated with the bullet spread, but firefights in the Stalker games feel so much more immersive than firefights in any other first person shooter, especially with all the hard parts to it.

[@jefekeefsosa4998]

the shooting was intended to be more realistic, in real life weapons dont shoot perfectly accurately.

[@jothain]

Have you? Obviously he meant people don't shoot perfectly accurately when fatigued, movement or simply under stress of trying to aim rapidly and firing target. This especially concerns weapons with automatic fire. If you've ever fired an automatic weapon, you'd know that rounds after first _will_ scatter terribly unless range is very close. In this aspect I think stalker series has the best "feel" for weapons in games. And yes, I've been in military so I do know what I'm saying and yes, automatic weapon fire hasn't got anything to do with single shots made in firing range conditions with time without so-to-say "stress factors" ie. fatigue, weight of your carried gear and so on.

[@eugens8296]

Solid Snake try shooting an ak on full auto whille standing,

[@cipher88101]

The gun jamming could result from sub standard ammo IRL, not only the weapon

[@meditatednut3336]

Henry Simmons youre telling me guns dont shoot straight? What the fuck

[@undastelar]

jothain. you are talking real deal here. Those so called "reviewers" know shit about guns, yet they talk about realism.

[@aharr3437]

Clear Sky w/ Faction Wars mod is my favorite stalker game. I like how theres no story, more so just an objective: Dominate the Zone as your selected faction. It fits the gameplay a lot better IMO. The upgrade system in Clear Sky is also great.

[@RyuRanXII]

Clear Sky is the black sheep of the series, but I still enjoyed the game despite all it's problems.

[@Gopnikawa]

With Arsenal Overhaul and some bug fixes it does become quite an entertainment.

[@od13166]

@@Gopnikawa well now it not worth to buying clear sky when Call Of chernobyl Standalone or anomaly mods let you play clear sky maps without base game Look this one charge you same money as previous but hilariously lack of playtime as previous Its joke

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

@@Gopnikawa TFW basically turns STALKER into a completely different type of game, check it out

[@mariothoughts]

It’s not really a black sheep unless you include the horrible ending. If you remove the ending and the cordon machine gunner and horrible bandage system AKA FORGOT THEY ENDING EVER EXISTED it becomes so much better. And some things do feel half baked I wish they added more stuff to do in the swamps and cordon ext

[@freshlymemed5680]

The cruddy gunplay has always been the best part about STALKER it feels immersive and isnt a game where everyones a military trained commando.

[@samithonjames370]

The cruddy gunplay is literally the worst part of stalker because it's a game based on surrealist-reality but makes no fucking sense, shattering your immersion. That is not how firearms work, categorical and it was dumb of them to even try and implement the worst ballistic system seen in a modern video game purely on "muh immersion" when it aint fucking immersive, it's just stupid.

[@AdamX21198]

I've had tons of fun in Clear Sky, but I agree, the goddamn turret in Cordon forced me to detour entirely.

[@AbsolutelyRadSHOC]

That turret is really easy to avoid. You just need to duck between trees and boulders.

[@booradley6832]

You're meant to turn around and go back to the swamps and then exit to the north. Or turn the difficulty down to novice and just run lmao.

[@digginbloke9636]

To be honest, I like the randomness of bullets, I've fired a rifle before and, sometimes depending on the brand of ammo, the bullets may either hit close to the target or go far off, and knowing that the game is set in a post-apocalyptic world, it makes sense that not all the ammo you get will be of the same brand or quality.

[@M0rshu64]

In real life you can increase your chances of hitting your target through practice and becoming familiar with your rifle and how it shoots. In Clear Sky, your bullet finds its mark because the RNG decided to be nice to you that time.

[@digginbloke9636]

@@M0rshu64 , for me, that's how Clear Sky worked.

[@duje93]

Using a bug fixing mod called Sky Reclamation Project 1.04 will fix most if not all issues with the game and plus give you optional features like no rolling the dice when shooting and other annoyances :)

[@ainolonia8138]

Hvala Duje!

[@mythyctaco]

Just finished this with the sky reclamation project which fixes most of the problems without changing much and it's still the worst in the series. Can't believe you didn't talk about the massive force field npcs have that push you around. Coming back from Garbage to Cordon I had an emission so I obviously headed for the loner base but all those stalker assholes were crouching in front of the gate and even jumping on top of them I couldn't get over those goddamn force fields to get inside. Also just like the first game the last few levels were complete trash and feel like a different game entirely. Shadow of Chernobyl is still in my top 5 and I enjoyed parts of Clear Sky but I never want to play it again. Fuck the CNPP!

[@CapitalGearGaming]

"WORST GAME IN SERIES!" Still one of the best games money can buy though. XD

[@StarkeRealm]

While it's a good game, there's really no reason to buy Clear Skies when you live in a world with Call of Pripyat and the Call of Chernobyl mod.

[@7r3xy96]

@@StarkeRealmright now im playing shadow of chernobyl.. so should i continue to clear sky or jump to call of pripyat?

[@StarkeRealm]

​@@7r3xy96 It depends. If you're not enjoying, then neither one will probably appeal. Otherwise, if you're already enjoying Shadow of Chernobyl, don't let me stop you. Call of Chernobyl knits the maps from all three games together into a single play area. It follows by letting you play as any faction. It's a really interesting and unique experience. That said, Shadow of Chernobyl is probably the strongest narrative experience in the series. I'd say it's not, "good," but it is weirdly compelling. Call of Pripyat has amazing atmosphere and is a lot more open ended than Call of Chernobyl, so I can strongly recommend that game, once you've finished SoC. Call of Chernobyl is even more freeform, so it's an excellent sandbox to step back into when you want the feel from Stalker, but also want to mix things up so it doesn't get repetitive.

[@od13166]

Since call Of chernobyl standalone or Anomaly mode let you play clear sky map without it. its not worth at all now Consistance of glitches compared first game is absurd

[@rogue_4tw763]

Just upgrade weapon accuracy. And Cs was awesome for faction wars and smart cover too.

[@StarkeRealm]

The problem with that is that upgrades in Clear Sky follow one of two paths. Outside of a handful of weapons, you commit to either turning your guns into bullet hoses or sniper platforms. Now, for the game, the +accuracy, +damage, -rate of fire is the clear winner, but it's vastly inferior to how CoP would handle things a few years later.

[@pretztel1551]

I actually really like Clear Sky, I personally don’t find any bad game in the series, they just each have their own flavor

[@streylok439]

Definitely, for me: Clear sky has best visuals in terms of atmosphere, CoP is polished well, and SoC has a good story,. Hope stalker 2 will be good in all of those

[@GoreTorn16]

Keep your weapon maintained, use crouch and low crouch to maintained accuracy, don't stand in the open (as shown in this video), and use Armor piercing ammo. There I fixed your problem.

[@mdafacka]

Worst shooting mechanics??? clearly you don't play a lot of FPSs. Clear sky might be a little/vey challenging and frustrating at times but the game is far from being bad. Granades land at your feet, yes. Shooting is hard, yes. Enemies kill you with a pistol while you hold a powerful gun, yes. SO??!!! if somebody told me a game I'm about to play is easy I would instantly turn my PC off or look for a better one. Honestly I spent about 67 hours playing this game with no mods and I can tell you I enjoyed most of them, if not all of 'em. I know this is YOUR REVIEW as you feel the game, but again, for a real gamer this is far from being bad.

[@Gggmanlives]

Uranus Clearly I don't play a lot of FPS? Funniest thing I've ever heard. Check the rest of my channel, dickwad.

[@noecarreon4743]

+Gggmanlives I think he's right dude. If you really play FPS then you must know this game has become a legend. I have seen many reviews of this game and you're the only one who has cried about the shooting. Get real, I'm a hardcore gamer and this is real shit. Challenge is what we look for. If you complain about that then you can have millions of videos but to me you're a noob with zero reliability. Go play minecraft or doodlejump. You can find better "mechanics" there.

[@Gggmanlives]

Noe Carreon STALKER Clear Sky has become legend? Did you go to College to learn how to talk out your ass so well? No, kid. Doom, Quake, Unreal and Hexen are legend. A game with artificial difficulty and enemies that have perfect accuracy with pistols and shotguns is horseshit. Anyone who calls themselves a "hardcore gamer" is about as far removed from a hardcore gamer as is humanly possible.

[@noecarreon4743]

There's actually a top 50 where this game is mentioned as one of the best FPS ever. It's not me barking shit like you just did. Besides, metacritic and many others agreed that this is and will always be a great game despite the fact it's kind of old. Who should I believe in? In a bunch of people who actually played old school shooters? Or in a youtuber who talks shit about a game most people actually like? Never said Doom, Quake, Hexen or even Bioshock (getting a bit on the new era) are not legends, I just said your review is kind of unfair and very subjective considering the facts mentioned above. Peace out.

[@SufferToResist]

+Gggmanlives your deaths are you blindly running into anomalies and standing out in the open outnumbered 5 to 1 and expecting them to miss you.

[@slynch3467]

it's actually quite a realistic shooting mechanic, in reality it's practically impossible to hit anything while firing an assault rifle on full auto, also, crouching in reality doesn't make a difference, and you'd be lucky to hit shit at ten feet with a pistol

[@j99044]

You act as if you actually shot a gun before 🤓

[@samithonjames370]

Tell me you know nothing about firearms without telling me you know nothing about firearms. "You'd be lucky to hit shit at ten feet with a pistol" kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6eblHWvlrushLM&ab_channel=PaulHarrell: Man simulates being wounded firing a snub nose revolver in a supportive position 17 feet away and hits all five shots dead on center mass with one arm. Could you be any more of an idiot?

[@silverkir]

You're getting a lot of flak for this review, and frankly I think a lot of it is deserved. You're definitely entitled to your opinion, and I'm not going to claim the game is perfect but I do want to offer another way to think about this for anyone thinking about exploring this game. This game is closer in feel and genre to horror rather than a typical AAA first person shooter. This is actually my favorite aspect of the game and the thing without which the game does not shine: you are fragile. Just like a regular human would be in the zone. A couple of lucky shots by an enemy? You're dead. In a firefight and your gun is jammed because of the rough environment, cheap bullets, or wear/tear? You're dead. Run into every situation guns blazing? Dead. Try to be Rambo (especially in the beginning when your gear is very basic)? Dead. Walk into the middle of a dangerous anomaly field in search of loot? Dead. The game has its flaws with our without the mods, there's no doubt about that. But the beauty of this game is not that it's Battlefield set in Chernobyl. It's Silent Hill set in Chernobyl and it's trying to simulate what your experience would be like if you were dropped in this characters shoes. The immersion makes the gameplay harder, so if you want a relaxing point and shoot adventure then this isn't the game for you. But if you want an immersive experience where your survival depends on you using your head (with a bit of luck) then this is a great game to try out. Bonus points if the whole post-apocalyptic setting feels right for you.

[@Gggmanlives]

A lot of flak? Where exactly?

[@alemhukic294]

Speaking of realistic shooters, what are you're thoughts on the SWAT series (SWAT 3 and 4 to be specific) ?

[@Gggmanlives]

I loved SWAT 3 I can't remember much of SWAT 4 though.

[@babal1ty]

So a review of swat 3 maybe? Still a damn enjoyable realistic shooter.

[@IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch]

babal1ty Yeah great game. I think it is better than Swat 4 in terms of gameplay.

[@babal1ty]

TheDude234576 Scoring system destroyed Swat 4. You could only finish the game with paintball weapons on high difficulty. And it ain't fun to shoot nobody in a fps game :(

[@IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch]

babal1ty The scoring system wasn't that bad as it made everything more careful except for the fast reflexes of the enemy ai that would be alerted due to the yelling or would just shoot you without chance. Anyways I was talking about being more immersive or maybe even more realistic in terms of Swat rules of engagement in real life such as shooting armed suspects without penalty most of the time.

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

looks like he never shot a gun with optics down some range.. however he s also true cos being it so inaccurate at like 5 meters is ridiculous

[@SimonBannow]

I still remember climbing up into the first watchtower outside the Clear Sky base in the Swamp and fighting a bandit with my AK47, at about 30-35 meters, firing burst shots, didn't even land on target, had to pull out the Makarov to conserve AK47 ammo and landed head shots fairly easily killing the bandit, game was so damn flawed but the STALKER series is one of my best gaming experiences ever.

[@GentleHeretic]

Crikey, I think this is the most toxic I've ever seen a GGGmanlives comment section. Congratulations, you've got the feel for the way guns handle: some things just don't click for everyone, like the level of player aggression required for Hitman. Some games need an acquired touch, and some of us will never quite catch on. I sure as hell won't, I'm a complete moron at games.

[@SiliconBong]

+Jacob Smith Perhaps because it comes across as one colossal whinge and moan.

[@SiliconBong]

+Jacob Smith Perhaps because it comes across as one colossal whinge and moan.

[@GentleHeretic]

SiliconBong Aye, but here's the rub: when you get it, the complaints sound really stupid. YOU know how to do it, YOU know how and why it works, but the other person can't. It's like when I try to explain Magic or DnD to my sister, so I know where you're coming from, but just because someone doesn't like a game isn't cause for all the complaints about HIS complaints. Opinions are just that, man.

[@jacobhoward4623]

Just got this game for free and I've played for 5 hours so far. I love it, the only gripe I've had so far is the machine gunner in Cordon.

[@jules2755]

When you realize the reviewer is just bad at games

[@johnsalchichon777]

Im playing the game in Veteran difficulty,i ended SoC,The game sucks with the aim,no kid,is not rEaListIc,you Damage is not always recorded, even if you shoot 12 meters at an enemy with a pistol,any "landed" hit doesn't count bruh,simply the Enemy Absorb the bullet.

[@twocupterry]

@Jules When you go into a review of a game thats been said to be the worst in the series, why get mad when the guy says he doesn't like it?

[@johnsalchichon777]

@@twocupterry is there a Update Or something to fix it or im playing a fucked up versión? (I downloaded it on the first page that appeared to me when writing STALKER)

[@david-yi6dm]

@dylan bowie right it is not a fun game is f5 and f9 simulator nothing like SoC finding artifacts was fun,shooting in SoC is superior.The grenades they throw kill you in one hit but you have to throw 2 to 3 grenades at their feet to still do nothing it's horrible.

[@zetetick395]

The trick with shooting in the Stalker games is the bads have bullet invincibility frames while stunned (I don't know why) so you have to shoot em, wait a moment, and shoot em again

[@FangsofYima]

Still struggling through SoC myself, while the atmosphere and setting and really everything else in the game is something I hold as a reference point for other games the shooting mechanics do really bug me. It doesnt feel like the bullets are physically missing so much as they just arent registering. And that there isnt enough hit identifier (blood or whatever else) when you do get a shot through. Getting much farther into the game (im like 33 hours in gotta be close to finishing) its much better because everything I have has a scope and high accuracy so its less frustrating. But its a shame if the shooting were better it would be the perfect game in my opinion.

[@s2korpionic]

Really? I think you're exaggerating on the pure reliance on luck for the gunfights. Hmmm, even though I haven't played CS, it still looks like it plays like SoC. And a lot of it seems fair to me, e.g. fast travel requires payment, inaccuracy of bullets as they leave the barrel hole, etc... Welp, from what I've heard, it seems that you want CS to head towards the direction of a power-fantasy game.

[@horvathbenedek3596]

I know I'm late for the party, but if yoj haven't tried it yet - it's not like SoC. The difference is subtle, but makes a massive change. Bullet drop is exaggerated. There's a dice roll-like hit probability system. You bleed from everything, and bleeding requires massive efforts to stop. Medkits don't heal bleeding. SoC was a breeze, CS is a serious fucking challenge.

[@eranfinkle]

this game is amazing just the like others in the series. i never had any of the issues you mentioned, or maybe it didn't bother me cause the game was just too good to overshadow them

[@od13166]

Yeah it so amazing that lacks content then previous game and charge you same money?

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

@@od13166 how does it lack content, though? Sure it has less maps but most of SoC was just fetch quests anyway

[@naitor2594]

@@2dollarchickenwings689 CS was also a shitload of fetch quests what are you talking about lmao, and there is literally only ONE unique side quest, maybe back in 2009 where people where dumb and buyed everything

[@2dollarchickenwings689]

@@naitor2594 My point was that all those 40 hours of content were comprised of mostly repetitive tasks. Clear Sky is basically just SoC with some gameplay changes and map additions (all of which were great, by the way) and yet you bitch that CS, which is actually priced a fair lot cheaper, has less content.

[@naitor2594]

@@2dollarchickenwings689 Except it was atrocious on almost every level, the gameplay was terrible, the maps changes were terrible which retconned lore, the fact it was a prequel made the community make new players skip it entirely, so many bugs that the game is almost unplayable without the sky reclamation project, and also new features that were implemented so poorly it hurts, the sequel redeemed the series however.

[@dzaxortpanos6950]

My most hated part of the game is how inaccurate the guns are, I line up the sights perfectly and completely miss the target by miles other than that it’s pretty good

[@happyfamily2075]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. does a fine job emulating the reality of firing any of these guns & rifles. The variables from position (standing, crouching, prone) to terrain, to physical and mental state, wind velocity and weather conditions (these games do in fact have wind physics), to improperly adjusted sights, recoil, misfires and jams from wear and tear are rarely taken into consideration when most people choose to review this series and I attribute that to lack of experience in shooting the real thing. Most games spoil most gamers with arcade-style controls and gun-mechanics, which are far from the real thing but more consistent and therefore more fun for the majority. When I play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. i am fully prepared to play a game that's more realistic and that makes it easier for me to enjoy and immerse myself, as I'm not attempting to compare it to games like COD 4.

[@pastichiorocker]

The biggest sin Clear Sky makes is making the zone overpopulated. It never gets scary like Shadow of Chernobyl, because there's always someone around. You are never truly alone. After Red Forest the game almost becomes an (extremely difficult) on-rail shooter with no exploration whatsoever, getting shot at by Monolith soldiers hiding on the roofs or shooting from tiny windows 500 meters away. It's a straight line towards the end. Also, the respawns are ridiculous, especially in the Garbage and Agroprom. It does make for easy money though; All you have to do is search the bodies after every encounter, sell the stuff and rince repeat. The respawn time in Agroprom is so high that you can run back and forth at the stalker base and kill bandits left and right. Even the Sky Reclamation Project doesn't fix this. Also, the friendly A.I. is super dumb. They often walk right in front of you when you are shooting enemies (see the gman video for example) and they get killed by bandits with a leather jacket and a rusty Makarov, even when they themselves carry weapons like a AS-Val, VSS Vintorez and exoskeleton armor. This game is broken as hell and some people just are too thickheaded to admit it. I guess the reason why so many (pretend to) like it so much is because it feels like Call of Duty: Modern Ukrainian Warfare at times. Luckily GSC realized their mistakes too.

[@cslantz4020]

I think it's because CS is actually terrible unmodded, but if you realize that CS came out before CoP and that there are some really great mods for CS then maybe you can see its mods that make CS a great game. Modding CS turns it into a great experience that could even be better than CoP. I agree with it never being scary. CS is a cluster fuck the whole way through and there's never any breathing time between fighting and traveling, it's what SoC had and what CoP perfected.

[@booradley6832]

Its supposed to be heavily populated. Clear Sky takes place before the large emission, the factions are fighting for control of the Artifacts market and doing lucrative contracts for outside buyers. Shadow of Chernobyl takes place right after the large emission triggered by Strelok that kills or zombifies a ton of the stalkers. Everoyne is trying to re-establish themselves then. And no, its really not terrible unmodded. I've never modded it and have a hell of a lot of time in that game. 2190 hours to be exact.

[@dutyer2005]

If that’s the worst game in the series, then that’s really good

[@alexandervasilenko434]

The master difficulty thing is a myth. The "roll the dice" thing comes from the fact that you are shooting from certain positions like standing up or crouching, and at each the "weapon shake" is a bit different, but instead of implementing the "weapon shake", the devs combined the weapon inaccuracy with additional accuracy penalty for the position you are in. The "die in a matter of hits" is due to there being more enemies shooting at you in that specific example, and they generally aim at the chest, unlike you in that example. In terms of strategy, I would sell all of my bandages and medkits because I would use cover or "head glitch" if you will, switch positions when not seen and approach from the rear and in general, play the game more methodically. Its not CoD after all.

[@c0n33r]

Perhaps the supposedly flawed gunplay was due to your lack of compensation for bullet drop and velocity?

[@c0n33r]

c0n33r Which may be why they appear to 'dance about enemy's heads. '

[@c0n33r]

c0n33r In fact, the stalker game were praise for their realistic gunplay. A lot of variables involves which require user compensation as well knowing as inherent limits in weapons(for example, pistols have low accuracy and can only travel short distances before significant bullet drop kicks in.

[@c0n33r]

c0n33r High-powered weapons can also offer limited penetration through walls. Which might be why enemies appear to hit you more often than you hit them as you never attempt to shoot them through walls.

[@mgtow5519]

Search "STALKER offers unchallenged realism of proper ballistic behavior" in YT search bar, pick the first result, watch it... and then come back to me.

[@mastermaniac1911]

Yeah....he was fucking spraying full auto while looking down a PSO. He SHOULDN'T have been able to remotely hit shit.

[@KewneRain]

long time STALKER modder here, the reason the damage feels so insanely different between the two games is because the mechanics got changed. Armor's "impact" mechanic is what mitigates bullet damage, not just the "bulletproofing" stat, so both need to be high to survive reliably in combat. In addition, the damage spread was changed between the two games, so playing on a higher difficulty means the player is WEAKER than on the lowest, so your gripe about the combat being irritatingly difficult is misplaced. Granted, there's no possible way you could have known this, but I felt it prudent to let you know. Other than that, yet, STALKER Clear Sky is by far the worst of the three, the fact I can barely get it to behave itself on my setup and not crash at least once per play session shows how little testing GSC did.

[@MrLolendo]

Clear Sky has very realistic shooting and it is hard. If you never shoot with gun in real world than you really dont know how it is actually working. I saw many of your Review. I notice that if games is too hard then you are bitching about it and classified as negative. I bet that you never got through to the end of the original Rayman 1995. Because it hard as fuck. Yes and I finished FarCry 1 at heaviest difficulty and I loved it. Difficulty is common problem of today FPS. Because they creates it for gamepad. Like new DOOM 4 which will be ridiculously easy for skilled PC gamer who spend hundred and hundred hours to play Doom 3. It just impossible to play FEAR 1 at extreme difficulty with gampad. Todays trend of successful game is that everyone must be able to play it and beat it. Just casual gaming.

[@RileyRat]

I've fired a gun in real life and I can tell you that Clear Sky's shooting is shit. Its RNG not skill.

[@sidorovich1460]

Buddy, It's not a run and gun game. Clear sky is probably the hardest one from the entire series and it takes you time to get used to its difficulty. In some parts of the video you just stand in an open area fighting against enemies, what did you expect? You must use strategy if you want to have a successful gameplay. It's not a super soldier simulator, you're not John Wick lol

[@TheSMR1969]

Nah it's broken, shoot enemies like ful clips they still alive yet your dead after couple shots, that's just unfair and boring, ghost recon and rainbow six are great example of how tactical shooters should be

[@EspireMike]

The machine gun nest right when you arrive at Cordon! I had forgotten why I never finished this game. Awesome review!

[@yosefyonin6824]

yeh that part was a nightmare. especially if you arrived at night... no pun inteded

[@comradebear_ro2126]

me even at night i knew where to get to cover and from the cover shoot some boxes and crouch or jump on a fallen tree and then run slightly right and escaped

[@yosefyonin6824]

versalius67 yeah after you do it 30 times...

[@comradebear_ro2126]

Yosef Yonin nah i died 2 times or maybe 3 ? if you have good suit with nvg ofc you wont die and ofc i saw soo many videos of stalker and a lot of players didnt payed attention on health bar. and i played quite a lot of stalker all 3 of them

[@yosefyonin6824]

versalius67 you seriously beat your first time getting to the cordon - dying just TWICE??? im sorry i don't believe you. and how the hell are you supposed to get night vision in the starting suits of the game?

[@ninjasiren]

There are 2 entrances to cordon. You don't enter though the mg nest. You enter to the railway. I finished it with multiple death and 1 death from the MG nest.

[@AstralFrost]

Even today Clear Sky has beautiful visuals in some respects.

[@wayfarinstranger9962]

This reviewer cant accept any of the criticism down in his comments even though he knows he's wrong lol

[@b0gster]

I never had any problems with shooting in any of the STALKER games, but I do agree that Clear Sky is the worst of the lot simply because it is broken beyond repair. Vanilla version is down right unplayable, and even after several patches and mods I still encountered bugs of all sorts.

[@ross_boss]

I remember doing the last bits of Clear Sky in an extremly damaged stalker outfit and literally playing that the monolith bastards dont spray me down or grenade me back to the stone age as soon as i walk through the first portal

[@arrant638]

Already 2020. The game perfectly passes the test of time. The graphics and lighting are beautiful.

[@henstar337]

What the game dosen't tell you is that when you first get to the cordon you are ment to head back into the swaps immediately and then go to a new marker that appears on your PDA to reach an alternative entrance far from the machinegun nest.

[@hiimmeurnot]

It took me a long time to get used to the weapon inaccuracy, but once i did it's really the reason i enjoy Stalker's shooting more than almost any other FPS. I definitely agree with Gman about the grenades though. I'm fine with enemies using grenades when you're behind cover for too long. I'm fine with enemies having unlimited grenades. I'm fine with grenades killing you in one hit from a large radius. I'm very much not fucking fine with enemies throwing grenades en masse with %100 accuracy from more than 50 meters away. This coupled with all the above factors made the last third of the game's story missions almost unbearable for me.

[@TheIzroda]

The RNG in shot placement is not unique to this game. It was present in Shadow of Chernobyl too.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Why all this CS hate? It's my favorite one.

[@GPEART1]

Unfortunately this was my first Stalker game, the fact that the bullets don't hit what you are aiming at was a deal breaker for me! Gonna try the others in the series though.

[@MohamadDasyrian]

The bullets do hit where you're aiming at. Whether you're moving, aiming down sights or crouching matters. The only weapons where accuracy is really that bad is early game PMM pistols

[@samithonjames370]

@@MohamadDasyrian No actually, categorically wrong on all accounts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbRkHeAfdKnZpI&ab_channel=Strat-EdgyProductions Proof that crouching does nothing, the spread is so bad that an akm's rounds are off target 5 feet away and pistols have better accuracy due to a bug in the engine code. You're dumb, just categorically dumb. I'm convinced stalker fans are retarded.

[@elfboy29]

Love the Stalker intro music. Wish there was more like that in game.

[@palarious]

Also, part of the reason you're getting shot so easily is you're leaving your Headlamp on. They zoom in on that like a flashing billboard.

[@baconprisons]

dude this game is a very hard one its supposed to be and its not like bullets will magically hit their target patience is rewarded

[@Biojack222]

But if he's at a decent range with a rifle aimed at their head, he should hit it.

[@baconprisons]

not if the things half broken thats a detail people usually miss its rare for a weapon to be above 80%

[@KeyItemsandlockeddoors]

In SoC I didn't mess with hardly anything and treated the game like I was playing FarCry 1 or 2. I literally saved after I killed each and every person. I didn't side with any factions. I didn't mess with any of the anomolys. I hoarded the yellow health kits and antirads for the end of the game. I didn't do even one of the side missions. I just plowed through the game. Gonna see if I can do the same with this one lol

[@acnudus]

jumps in the game on highest difficulty, then complains about game being unfair :D GJ man :P

[@VITOSCALETTA1911]

The hardest difficulty (Master) is the easiest, technically. On lower difficulties there is a higher chance that the bullets will just VANISH.

[@StarFury2]

+Ferodaktyl Exactly! Difficulty is increased dramatically compared to original. Playing on master is painful experience even for hardcore gamers. Most of his complains in this review are misplaced as he is not aware of this fact.

[@VITOSCALETTA1911]

***** Welcome to STALKER!

[@DeadYorick]

The MG nest is supposed to be there in Cordon. You're not supposed to enter it from that area til you clear it from the other side.

[@this_connor_guy]

It makes me happy that you're glad that I ask all these questions about these games :) In regards to crouching, there's a video reviewer - Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw - who did a review of Clear Sky and his comment on the issue is that crouching is like ducking your head slightly.

[@Gggmanlives]

I stopped watching Yahtzee a long time ago, but yeah he is pretty much bang on then about crouching.

[@DreamyWoIf]

Gggmanlives Oh man, his Clear Sky review is one of the funniest from him.

[@aedanclarke]

Gggmanlives Out of curiosity, why'd you stop watching Yahtzee?

[@Gggmanlives]

Aedan Clarke He's very opinionated and I think he plays it off as part of his act but there's a lot of truth behind it and he really does think what he says is the law. It's a real holier than thou attitude which I grew to dislike.

[@Killicon93]

The funny thing with the Crouching in Clear Sky is that your headview only goes a tiny bit lower. But your character model goes into a full on crouch. Thus you are shooting from behind a cover without exposing yourself. The crouch height for the camera seems to be made so high due to the engine addition of characters feet leveling with the ground causes some problems with crouching.

[@havreus5929]

4:43 If you'll slow it down, then you will see, that you literarly didn't aim at the head even once

[@junkystuff3628]

I have no idea what he’s talking about with the gunplay, it’s fairly average and Sseth called it the best gun fights in the series.

[@zesty2023]

You mentioned how you liked realistic games where you could only take a couple hits. The first thing that came to my mind was SWAT 4, were you ever thinking of reviewing that? : )

[@Gggmanlives]

Yeah I think so, I think it's on GOG.

[@MajorFret]

Gggmanlives Sadly it's not. Only way to get it now is to pay $100 something on amazon or just pirate it. So glad I got my copy when they still had them at EB Games for $10.

[@zesty2023]

Yeah, sadistically GOG has SWAT 2 and 3.. but not 4.

[@MajorFret]

It's a real shame. Oh well, maybe one day it'll happen.

[@zesty2023]

I actually went looking for it after watching Spoony's letsplay of the game.. SO funny man.

[@ryanvictor1503]

What the actual fuck. All the weapon are based of some simulated real world ballistics, its not RNG, its not rpg mechanics, the guns that you start off with are for close to medium range combat in any S.T.A.L.K.E.R. title, you just need to fire at the areas of enemies not covered in armor, and the reason the AI usually kills you is because they are also aiming at your exposed areas i.e. not your body or chest- which is covered by armor. If you have played any of the other games you'll know that once you switch over to semi-auto on any assault rifle with a decent scope, the games become easy mode. Now I'm not defending Clear Sky, it was the weakest entry in the series, but also what's with this this weird analysis on the games engine? Its utilizing Directx10 features yo, not directx9 its a huge step up from Shadow of Chernobyl in terms of visual fidelity and its visually apparent from the start. I'll join the nine other people that weren't thrilled by this critique, the games are all solid because they don't reflect the run and gun mechanics of the Call of duty series, if you rest your mouse cursor on the enemy they aren't going to just drop from the first bullet if it misses entirely. Get in close! Crouching does wonders in improving your accuracy, though there isn't really much of a stealth system, its obvious that if you just take your time and be patient you can pop most enemies dead in a handful of shots. I can understand that some people are turned off by the seemingly random and instantaneous deaths, but its because the enemies are shooting you accurately. They aren't super-human really, but I can understand how it could be interpreted as a cheap death in most cases. Besides, its the pacing that mostly disagrees with people. I've enjoyed all the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles because I understand how most of the mechanics work to take my time and not rush into a fire fight.

[@Gggmanlives]

I don't rush into fire fights either and I still get killed by people with pistols hundreds of feet away from me. Maybe some people are just used to the shooting in this and don't mind it but I came into this right after playing SOC and it felt horrible in comparison. I did my research online, read forums, message boards etc and a lot of other people complain about the same things so it's not just me.

[@ryanvictor1503]

I'm essentially referring to the whole series. If you want a game that balances most of these issues out, I recommend Call of Pripyat.

[@pastichiorocker]

He's right about a few things: 1. Shooting a weapon sucks in the beginning until you get some accuracy, recoil and handling upgrades 2. Grenade spam is awful. 3. Faction Wars plain suck and are broken. 4. Weapons jam way too often, even with upgrades. 5. Enemies can kill you from across the map with a sawn off shotgun. 6. Everything after Red Forest is like an on-rail shooter. 7. Annoying enemy respawns in certain hubs (Garbage depot and Agroprom). 8. Waiting forever for your buddies to come and take over. Sky Reclamation Project fixes a lot of this but not everything. Anyone who says 'git gud' is an idiot, because these are game breaking bugs, especially when playing vanilla.

[@LalkeBanditen]

Its painful to watch this guy reveiw

[@rogue_4tw763]

I think the accuracy is low to make the player want to upgrade their weapons

[@GixxerRider1991]

Maybe try not using pistols at 100 yards? Look, I know the vaunted 'realism' of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series is pretty stacked against the player, and even quite arbitrary at times, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad game. Games like Rainbow 6 also have incredibly unrealistic bullet physics. As for the grenades, you're right; it's pretty dumb how accurate they are, and a lot of the game is frustrating, but this game isn't meant to be easy, or maybe even fun. For a lot of players, that alone is enough to kill a game. I think your review of the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game pretty much sums it up. You either love it or hate it.

[@Gggmanlives]

+Ian Zulick That's the starting area where all you've got is a sawn off and pistol and I thought the pistol would be better than the sawn off.

[@CharcharoExplorer]

+Gggmanlives For bandits it is better. For mutants the sawn off is better. And at close ranges too.

[@CherryNobody]

I thought most guns are effective with minimal bullet drop until 200 yards. Or is ArmA just stupid.

[@theme7363]

"In other games you put your cursor on the target and hit it" Weeellll no. Rather than go into spread and weapon balance, I'll name some examples Battlefield Other battlefield Other other battlefield Old battlefield New old battlefield Counterstrike Call of fucking duty Arma II Arma III That other stalker game, y'!know... That really good one... CHERNOBL

[@richardvlasek2445]

Did you seriously tell people to install Complete? Jesus Christ.

[@Gggmanlives]

I didn't tell anyone to install anything, I just gave my *opinion* on Complete mod, which made the game less horrible for me. Jesus Christ.

[@richardvlasek2445]

I really don't want to start this argument, but Complete is pretty much hopelessly outdated, especially with bugfixing mods like Sky Reclamation Project being a thing.

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

Whats the difference in complete and Sky Reclamation Project?

[@ruffrack737]

William Gregg complete is outdated and does a few weird desing choices, meanwhile the zone reclamation project not only tweakes it up to date (complete mod hasnt been updated since 2009-10 i think), but also it keeps the vanilla feel.

[@richardlynch3412]

Some weapons were very inaccurate in SOC but here with weapon upgrades (which are must to have feature) combat is quite fair. You can go with upgraded ak 74 rifle throught all the game, unlike SOC were it was almost useless. I think without upgrades weapons in Clear Sky might be frustrating.

[@jchunter21]

upgrade your weapon and you will get better accuracy worked fine for me and no mods

[@monolithdude8239]

i agree, mate. using a VSS (which is scar's favorite weapon btw) with developed accuracy works like a charm against most enemies espically zombies. plus you can snipe the bastards from top of doc's sakharov ''humble science lab''.

[@jchunter21]

+STALKING INTENSIFIES true true slav friend

[@Psychoangel-d23]

+Monolith dude Ah yes the VSS. I just fucking love that thing. Hands down best weapon to use in stalker. even in SoC i still used it after it was worn out to the max since there is only of it in the entire campaign

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

Anyone who has ever used a gun or rifle in a real life DOES NOT complain that the shots in STALKER don't have a point-to-point accuracy. Just go to a shooting range and see what good accuracy you will have. And you can actually bleed out if you leave a firearms wound unattended. And if you are robbed, you don't get it back! I mean, cmon man, why you want it to be just another wonder-world as one of those 99% out-of-reality games? THIS is as realistic as it gets! STALKER is more than a game. SOC raised the bar, CS improved on lots of features but failed to deliver same level of excitement, same for COP.

[@awyeagames]

Gggmanlives should play counter strike before playing clear sky. The rant on the firing system was off, but nice vid otherwise.

[@RizziSmoove]

You can actually shoot nearly accurately in Counterstrike if you stand still, control the recoil or shoot in short bursts. You can't shoot accurately at all in STALKER until you get at least an upgraded AK47 because there's still a cone of fire in ADS that you can barely, if at all mitigate by crouching.

[@Gggmanlives]

I played 1.6 in its heyday and it was much better than Clear Sky.

[@danykyllerpt2603]

Gggmanlives... No

[@aminebenz1411]

for now, the only issue i had is when an NPC moves into where you are standing, or is blocking your way, it gets so annoying to the point i always take other ways when fighting in faction wars.

[@Acantophis3rd]

Yes, the shooting is fucked up in this one. More so than in the first. How many minutes did you rant about the shooting mechanic? 5 minutes of the whole review? hehe Had a good laugh. Keep em coming!

[@harvey_birdman4455]

the main thing that turned me off is the fact that is literally the same map but even when you’re in a new map you barely realize and you finally about to get to Lymansk a completely new city the story drags even more , to me you are basically doing exactly the same things as in SOC theres not really that much difference between the first and second games , and i didnt mind going back and forth between my bases in SOC to organize my supplies but with this one i got bored at some point with that

[@neothaka]

Clear Sky was a nightmare in its vanilla state. I know you review vanilla versions, but Clear Sky was great with Clear Sky Complete. But it's fair to review it as is, as this was the game as it was presented to the public way before these mods came out.

[@TheSisovic]

My first Stalker game was this one. And i got very offended by you even calling it bad..and let's not talk about everything else you said. I find it pretty good to be honest. It's realistic, it's hard, it's so ducking scary and that moment when you are happily running through the forest and that anomaly grabs you and pulls you in and you try to jump out of it while it throws you around...man..perfection...i only find it bad that it''s not an open world game afterwards.

[@aquadog3004]

first thing - artifacts had the minus or plus radiation effect in SoC, too. second thing - in first game, your enemies didn't die of one or two hits on high difficulty levels. instead, they could surive a dosen amount of headshots third thing - the issue with the weather/npc behaviour was in the first game,too, and it was even worse, because in SoC enemies could randomly change their location for a bit, or locate u even if u were completely stealthed. and the shooting mechanic is terrible in all three games, even tho cs is still the worst one here. i think that lots and lots of people played SoC with mods in their first time, cause the stuff u said about shooting mechanics and artifacts and some guys' weird comments about it (like, someone mentioned a Red Forest being implemented in SoC, when i'm 100% sure it wasn't) anyway, thankls for the video. a pretty decent and honest review of the game. i hate the fact that many people for some reason praise stalker series completely ignoring its drawbacks, and i really loved to hear someone who spat it out.

[@CorDharel]

That was really a weird game. Now of course I modded the **** out of it, making it as comfortable as possible. The weapons felt like nothing so I made them stronger. I even at one point hated the stamina mechanics so I cheated my way to almost not run out of stamina. In the end I played it like this: I was some levels into the story and my inventory was fully packed. I was searching for a trader so badly but I didn't want to go back. So I guessed that at some point a trader would come so I could sell my stuff. Guess what: That didn't happen. Instead I played on and on and on and BAM suddenly I finished the game. I had some artifacts in my inventory but as they give you radiation I was not able to put them on and I thought "No problem I am sure the next time I will meet a trader I can buy a suit with radiation protection". I am still going to recommend it because I like the setting a lot, I like the weapons and I even like the shooting (take an AK or a sniper and forget shotguns). I also liked these missions that they put into the game and that you sometimes fight alongside some friendly guys. I even see some guys spending a lot of time in this game with the faction system but I am the type of guy I just play through it once and then move on.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

The best order to play the games in are SoC, CoP, and then SoC again.

[@512TheWolf512]

+The Avid Gamer and each time you slap a new mod on! i loves clear sky with full realism mod

[@hotfuzz4416]

Sergei Ivanovich Mosin Amen

[@Yellowswift3]

That's very nice quality. What do you use to record / edit with?

[@Gggmanlives]

***** Hey I use Shadowplay to record and Premiere CC to edit.

[@Yellowswift3]

Thanks for the reply. :)

[@Yellowswift3]

+Gggmanlives I am also now using ShadowPlay, but have yet to purchase some proper video editing software. I'm currently just using Windows Movie Maker, which is fine to get my feet wet, but yes, incredibly basic. Btw, do you compress your videos with something like handbrake before uploading them?