S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

I'm about to jump into the STALKER games and wanted some information. One, is it worth it to start with Shadow of Chernobyl or should I just go right to Call of Pripyat? Also, have Clear Sky's bug issues been mostly cleared up or will I have to install mods if I want it to run well?

I've had these games for awhile, but I've yet to actually play them.  If you do play Shadow of Chernobyl, then you should download the Stalker Complete 2009 (2012) mod.  It supposed to make the game a lot more playable and pretty.

" I've had these games for awhile, but I've yet to actually play them.  If you do play Shadow of Chernobyl, then you should download the Stalker Complete 2009 (2012) mod.  It supposed to make the game a lot more playable and pretty. "

"If you do play Shadow of Chernobyl, then you should download the Stalker Complete 2009 (2012) mod.  It supposed to make the game a lot more playable and pretty. "

If you do skip one skip clear sky.  Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much required to get the whole story, there are even some recurring characters oddly enough.  Unlike everyone else here I am not a graphics whore though and you can get the stalker complete mods sure, but the game is perfectly playable without them.  It just won't look like crysis, god forbid.

Yes, play them in order (maybe skip Clear Sky) and use the complete mods, esp. with Shadows of Chernobyl. I don't know what Call of Pripyat is like vanilla, but the graphics and lack of item repair in SoC weaken the experience.

Please, do play Shadow of Chernobyl. It's an amazing game and it should not be missed! :)

" If you do skip one skip clear sky.  Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much required to get the whole story, there are even some recurring characters oddly enough.  Unlike everyone else here I am not a graphics whore though and you can get the stalker complete mods sure, but the game is perfectly playable without them.  It just won't look like crysis, god forbid. "

" @Karkarov said:

" If you do skip one skip clear sky.  Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much required to get the whole story, there are even some recurring characters oddly enough.  Unlike everyone else here I am not a graphics whore though and you can get the stalker complete mods sure, but the game is perfectly playable without them.  It just won't look like crysis, god forbid. "

The complete mod adds quite a few things besides better graphics. "

" @Resident4t said:

" @Karkarov said:

" If you do skip one skip clear sky.  Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much required to get the whole story, there are even some recurring characters oddly enough.  Unlike everyone else here I am not a graphics whore though and you can get the stalker complete mods sure, but the game is perfectly playable without them.  It just won't look like crysis, god forbid. "

The complete mod adds quite a few things besides better graphics. "

Is there any way to get the gameplay improvements without the graphical updates? I don't exactly have a "gaming PC" per se and I don't think I'll even be able to run vanilla SOC on max. "

" @Resident4t said:

" @Karkarov said:

" If you do skip one skip clear sky.  Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much required to get the whole story, there are even some recurring characters oddly enough.  Unlike everyone else here I am not a graphics whore though and you can get the stalker complete mods sure, but the game is perfectly playable without them.  It just won't look like crysis, god forbid. "

The complete mod adds quite a few things besides better graphics. "

Is there any way to get the gameplay improvements without the graphical updates? I don't exactly have a "gaming PC" per se and I don't think I'll even be able to run vanilla SOC on max. "

 
@Spoonman671 said:

"If you do play Shadow of Chernobyl, then you should download the Stalker Complete 2009 (2012) mod.  It supposed to make the game a lot more playable and pretty.

I don't know. I tried to play the first one but it crashed every five minutes and I gave up.

I played all 3 games. 
Start from Shadow of Chernobyl and move on to Clear Sky. I didn't like Call if Pripyat, so if I were you I'd wait after playing the two other games and decide then if I want to keep on to the third.

In terms of quality, Call of Pripyat > Shadow of Chernobyl > Clear Sky. Call of Pripyat is also a lot easier than it's predecesors so if you're finding SoC too hard, jump into CoP. SoC Complete is a really good mod for the first game, I haven't tried any for Clear Sky but apparently Clear Sky complete is also good. CoP isn't that great as it causes a lot of crashes and the like. 
 
In short, SoC followed by CoP and then if you really can't get enough and you've finished both, Clear Sky.

" I played all 3 games. Start from Shadow of Chernobyl and move on to Clear Sky. I didn't like Call if Pripyat, so if I were you I'd wait after playing the two other games and decide then if I want to keep on to the third. "

" @dark_being said:

" I played all 3 games. Start from Shadow of Chernobyl and move on to Clear Sky. I didn't like Call if Pripyat, so if I were you I'd wait after playing the two other games and decide then if I want to keep on to the third. "

however, most people hate clear sky and love call of pripyat. Why did you like clear sky and not Pripyat? "