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Mods or not? S.T.A.L.K.E.R 09/09/15 (Wed) 05:10:55 No.861

So, I'm thinking about torrenting SoC, maybe the whole S.T.AL.K.E.R. series. After reading through this board, I'm wondering if I should play vanilla first or just go with mods to begin with.

I want to have as awesome and realistic an experience with it as possible for example, Misery mod in CoP, it adds things like hunting mechanics and more guns, right?, even extending to hunger/thirst/sleep mods if possible.

However, if you lot STRONGLY recommend playing vanilla the first time, I will heed the advice of more seasoned stalkers.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 09/09/15 (Wed) 05:13:49 No.862

It may be worth noting (probably not though) that i'm playing through FO: New Vegas right now and I started in hardcore mode the day I bought it, never switched it off since.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 09/09/15 (Wed) 13:26:53 No.863

One last thing, should I play Clear Sky before SoC or CoP? I know it's a prequel to SoC, so I wonder if it would be more linear if Clear Sky was played first.

unless the story or general appeal relies on the non-linear arc

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 09/10/15 (Thu) 16:36:57 No.864

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>>861

Greetings, greenhorn. The general consensus around here is that you first play SoC without mods(except for ZRP), on master difficulty, with crosshair turned off. There are numerous reasons this setup is objectively besy but to give you a TL;DR version: It just werks.

If you'd like more info check out the thread >>>153

Good luck, and welcome to the zone.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 09/10/15 (Thu) 16:39:16 No.865

>>863

>2015 year of our monolith

>not playing games in release order

CS is hands down the worst game of the series. Filled to the brim with game breaking glitches, no iron sights on pistols for whatever reason, and shit missions compared to SoC or CoP.

I personally like it because muh faction war, but I understand why its the most hated game of the series.