After a long break, I continued the series with Clear Sky after S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. After the first game, I noticed visible graphics and lighting improvements (Of course, I played this game with a mod pack called MYSTERY, which was made by the community, and it is a very comprehensive and successful mod pack, I recommend). In the story part, the game is about 5 years after the second disaster. The Zone is shaken by powerful and frequent blowouts, and many factions stationed in the Zone struggle to protect their territories and conquer new territories. As in the first game, we learn the story more from the people we talk to, and the story is not bad as a sequel. In the gameplay part, I didn't see much of an extra add-on as a weapon. But combat feels more sedate and fuller than the first game (at least the enemies have less bullet sponge). Artificial intelligence, on the other hand, is not much smarter than the first game, but there is little improvement. One of the new features to the game is that the weapon jams and the jamming varies from gun model to model. Although it is extremely annoying that the weapon suddenly jams in conflicts, it adds a different realism to the game. The equipment you use in the game can wear out now, and especially the wear of the armor gave me a lot of difficulty (Especially in the last mission :P) Also, factions play a special role in the game. You can participate in missions for different factions and make your faction stronger by fighting different factions, which is a nice feature that diversifies the gameplay. Unlike the first game, this game focuses more on anomalies and is more diversified, which is one of the features I like. One of the features that I can count as negative is that we are in conflict with too many people in the game and the game remains no different from FPS war games after a certain part. Especially in the last chapters, the game really wants you to be a one-man army and no matter how many enemies are piling up on you, and although I played the game on Stalker difficulty, I found myself dead almost every time 2-3 bullets were hit. This really pissed me off late in the game. As a result, Clear Sky is a much more advanced game than Shadow of Chernobyl. If you played the first game and liked it, I think you will like this one too. (I recommend the MYSTERY modpack, it's one of the best modpacks for Clear Sky.)

Reviewed on Nov 30, 2023


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