For me who have been waiting impatiently for the metro exodus and fallout 5 I wanted to try the game that was the starting point for the other games of the genre.
And without giving much importance to the graphics, which at the time was a bomb, I started to play.
I knew this title would have lack many things which I did not care much.
I accepted my first Quest and a few secondaries to be able to explore the vast open world and the first thing I saw was the disorganization of the quests.
Not knowing what is primary and secondary in Quests for me is a failure because I like to explore everything in this type of games. But continuing, I noticed that sometimes the location of the Quest was not active, I do not know if it’s because I’m not in the place or if it is a bug.
Quests are a bit repetitive at each location, killing someone or monsters, picking up an item and bringing back, etc. Not forgetting that hears occasions in Quests that said that i had to speak with NPC but at the same time i had to first help him to kill enemies. Wtf?! It is not supposed to speak first and then kill the enemy so the player does not get confused.
During the exploration one of the things I loved was the anomalies that exist in the game and the radioactive places.
The items I picked up along the location made me see how much my backpacking weight is bullshit. For several times I had to go back to the first area to empty the backpack by selling items.
There is no costumization of the character as in Fallout, you have to buy the best weapon, the best protection and equip artifacts that are in the radioactive zones.
What made me very discouraged was the shooting battle system. Like serious dude?! Weapons like rifles, semi automatic, etc. it is supposedly be better than the gun. Why do I have to spend 3 or 4 cartridges when the enemy is right on top of me? Even the razor does better work….
But what made them give up the game itself was the bugs. Even the Fallout bugs i can taked but this one no. Why did I have to kill the lab assistant to get inside the lab?
And why for some reason when I’m exploring a place I have almost instantaneous death or even certain death, just because that exact moment appear a flame?
And why when I load the game, does not load the last check point?
Not to mention that the game crashed in the middle of a loading between locations and guess what, the two quick saves I made before moving on to the next area stopped working. Conclusion I have to start the game again. NOPE !!!
I believe that this game and the other 2 titles have a good story but if this title already has these serious bug I deduce that the other two titles will also have them, so it is preferable to watch videos on YouTube than to play.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Nope
Pros
- A vast open world to explore
- Lot of mission to do
- Easy Money
Cons
- No costumization
- The shooting system is a pain in the ass
- Some bugs
- Some Side quest are boring
- No subtitles
- Few cutscenes