Use common sense.īut all of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Skipping over the earlier games and going straight for the newer ones is nonsensical, so don’t skip this game! Don’t play the franchise backwards either, play it in order. It is the only one with a good all around story, although Clear Sky has good world building and dialogue in some places. Shadow of Chernobyl is the first game in the series, and the best one unmodded.

Goldsphere (currently only machine translated, recommended to wait for hand translation).

New Arsenal 6 plus its database files and machine translation.

Under the Guise of Death – Klondike 2.0.

NLC 7 Build 3.7.5 plus the machine translation and optional addons.

Narodnaya Solyanka 2016 – Hand translation is in progress, around 90% of it is translated already.

GUNSLINGER + Atmosfear 3 + Absolute Nature 4 + Absolute Structures to be used together.

OGSR English Edition plus its database files.

Also keep track of my modding and mod tweaking progress here.įirst we will list overhaul mods for each game, which should be used on your first playthrough since they are universal enhancement mods, adding back cut content too, without changing the quests. Note many of the best mods are only on Stalker-worlds and AP-PRO and not on ModDB. Go and see what’s out there on websites like Stalker-worlds, AP-PRO, and ModDB. 2.īut by all means, don’t limit yourself to just these mods. Note that many of the total conversions are completely standalone free games! Yet GSC Game World, the company that owns S.T.A.L.K.E.R., does not send Cease and Desist letters, instead they encourage them and are working with modders on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

series for English speaking fans, from overhauls (mods that improve and expand upon the base game without totally changing it) to total conversions (mods that totally change the story, although they may use assets and mechanics from the base game). In this article, we will list what we consider the must-play mods for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. This serves as an excellent example as to why all games should be moddable. games been unmoddable like most games today, the series would’ve died out and lost its fanbase a very long time ago, shortly after the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Mods have kept the series alive for twelve years. It has not only 3 pretty good games, but when you include new story/total conversion mods, it’s as if it has no fewer than 10 good entries in the franchise! franchise, which is now a twelve year old franchise. Even 2, no even 1 is quite rare, since gaming is in such a sorry state these days. It is very rare for a game franchise to receive 3 good games.

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