S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

SoC is better but Gunslinger makes it crazy good

Call of Chernobyl and Misery made this one of the most engaging gaming experiences ever

Just recently finished SoC and started playing this one, and right off the bat it seems like a MAJOR improvement. Loved SoC but a ton of quality of life improvements and a greater emphasis on survival and strategic/punishing gunplay (let’s face it, SoC felt like run and gun at certain points) seem to give CoP a leg up.

idk if this is an unpopular opinion but big mods should def be listed on here, stuff like misery and anomaly are totally different games

Being able to hit things without crouching and squinting irl? In my Stalker?

Surprised this is rated higher considering how weak the last third is.

good gunplay, great aesthetic, but the game itself is really boring. Core gameplay loop is just grabbing artifacts (which itself gets super easy once you get the right detector) and hitting random locations to kill the same enemies. Would have worked a lot better as a linear shooter tbh because as it stands the open world is barren.