Just finished CoP for the first time..

[Paul_cz]

And gotta say:

BEST FREAKING OPEN WORLD SHOOTER EVER!

And not just that, but also best Stalker game to date and probably the most atmospheric game I have ever played. 10/10 easily.

They just did everything right - all game systems (artifact hunting, faction warfare, upgrading, sidequests..) are perfected.
And I only encountered two bugs in whole game (NPC stuck in doors..).

I am amazed by GSC really. I loved previous games, but this one is really almost flawless.

Cannot wait for Stalker 2 ! Hopefully it will retain the qualities of XRay engine and will be at least as atmospheric.

Who didn't hunt bloodsuckers in swamp at night during thunderstorm, detecting their movement solely by water splashes, should rectify that immediately!

[marie pavie]

... and replay a couple a times & you'll notice polish you didn't catch the first time though.

[zippythezip]

I read this and want to cry...:(
I purchased this game as a loyalty thing for owning SOC,and what fun I was having, after I bought this game SOC now takes over 5 mins to load and change zone, game freezes every few feet.
COP wont even start....but at least reading your post makes me keep trying to fix both games.

[DonkeySomething]

And gotta say:

BEST FREAKING OPEN WORLD SHOOTER EVER!

I agree. It was challenging, atmospheric, and the only glitch I noticed was an instance of a duty guy strangly floating through a floor up to my level and then dying from an anamoly. It was really wierd and sort of creepy but, hey, I'll just write that one off as Zone activity.

In fact any wierd glitch just say "the zone did it" and it's fine! lol ;)

[Paul_cz]

I read this and want to cry...:(
I purchased this game as a loyalty thing for owning SOC,and what fun I was having, after I bought this game SOC now takes over 5 mins to load and change zone, game freezes every few feet.
COP wont even start....but at least reading your post makes me keep trying to fix both games.

I have all three stalker games, first two retail copies, CoP from Steam, and all of them work perfectly (patched to latest version). Reinstall them from scratch and patch them, they have to work if your PC is not messed up..they are worth it, CoP especially!