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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat | 
| From: Viva Media
Category: Software
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
Genre: shooter_action_games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 2.1
MPN: 00587
Model: 587
UPC: 838639005871
EAN: 0838639005871
ASIN: B002QE22DQ
Release Date: February 2, 2010
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| | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the third entry in the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series | | | Action gameplay combined with strategy and tactical elements, with single- and multi-player modes | | | Photorealistic graphics depicting the devastated area surrounding the Chernobyl reactor | | | Gigantic game world offers total freedom of action, with over 70 custom missions and extended side quests | | | Collector's Edition includes area map, tech-tree poster, stickers, and more |
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Product Description
Year: 2012, Place: Pripyat, the wasted city near Chernobyl, site of the world's most devastating nuclear accident. Decade's later, unstable and inexplicable artifacts with malevolent powers are discovered within the zone.
High risks do not stop the S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs, paramilitary adventurers and looters from entering the zone for profit. They are willing to face death to make a fortune by retrieving and selling those precious artifacts. When 5 military helicopters disappear in the zone, you must go undercover as a S.T.A.L.K.E.R and face off against mutants, an onslaught of enemy creatures, and other bizarre atrocities that reveal the true face of terror.
Where most first person shooters rely on relentless action to engage their players, Call of Pripyat goes in an entirely different direction: allowing for long moments of silence amidst a desolate landscape and an ever changing vista. It's the stuff grade-A horror movies are made of. The haunting atmosphere tries the nerves of even the most seasoned gamer. The environment is dynamic: day and night alternate and are filled with thunderstorms and sunshine. Deadly radioactive emissions occur periodically but unpredictably, killing anyone and anything that cannot find shelter.
You will live the life of undercover agent Major Degtyarev, an experienced stalker, as he eats, drinks, and sleeps in the Zone. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP is non-linear game play at its best, as you seeks allies and make enemies in the treacherous and fragile balance between rival factions, bandits, and mercenaries. Friendships are only temporary in the Zone, where a bullet that was supposed to protect can become the instrument of death in a matter of split seconds.
Multiplayer modes provide endless enjoyment as players compete against each other individually and in teams to increase their rank and money. Climbing up the ladder is the way to get access to the most devastating w
Amazon.com Product Description
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the third entry in the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Using the real-life Chernobyl disaster as the game's backstory, Call of Pripyat takes players into a world where treasure hunters, mutants, bandits, and mercenaries roam the lanscape, often in bloody conflict with one another. The game offers single-player mode and multi-player mode, and combines the qualities of a first-person shooter (FPS) and a role-playing game (RPG). Story Year: 2012, Place: Pripyat, the wasted city near Chernobyl, site of the world's most devastating nuclear accident. Decades later, unstable and inexplicable artifacts with malevolent powers are discovered within the zone. High risks do not stop the S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs, paramilitary adventurers and looters from entering the zone for profit. They are willing to face death to make a fortune by retrieving and selling those precious artifacts. When 5 military helicopters disappear in the zone, you must go undercover as a S.T.A.L.K.E.R and face off against mutants, an onslaught of enemy creatures, and other bizarre atrocities that reveal the true face of terror. Gameplay Where most first person shooters rely on relentless action to engage their players, Call of Pripyat goes in an entirely different direction: allowing for long moments of silence amidst a desolate landscape and an ever changing vista. It's the stuff grade-A horror movies are made of. The haunting atmosphere tries the nerves of even the most seasoned gamer. The environment is dynamic: day and night alternate and are filled with thunderstorms and sunshine. Deadly radioactive emissions occur periodically but unpredictably, killing anyone and anything who cannot find shelter. Players will live the life of undercover agent Major Degtyarev, an experienced stalker, as he eats, drinks, and sleeps in the Zone. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP is non-linear gameplay at its best, as the player seeks allies and makes enemies in the treacherous and fragile balance between rival factions, bandits, and mercenaries. Friendships are only temporary in the Zone, where a bullet that was supposed to protect can become the instrument of death in a matter of split seconds. Multiplayer modes provide endless enjoyment as players compete against each other individually and in teams to increase their rank and money. Climbing up the ladder is the way to get access to the most devastating weapons. A player's success depends on his proficiency in warfare and his ability to help his team. Play on the Internet or over LAN includes: Death Match--every man for himself, the goal is survival; Team Death Match--Stalkers and Mercenaries go head-to-head in a battle of Soviet vs. NATO weaponry; Artifact Hunt--a small amount of artifacts and a large amount of greed clash Stalkers and Mercenaries compete to collect valuables; Capture the Artifact--capture the enemy's artifact and bring it home. Key Game Features - Photorealistic graphics depicting the Zone
- New story, a number of unique characters.
- Over 70 custom missions and extended side quests
- New monsters: Chimera and Burer.
- New A-Life system, created using the players' best-liked elements of the first two games in series.
- Sleep function added into the game.
- New player's interface.
- Possibility to continue the game after completion in freeplay mode.
- The game is developed on X-Ray engine v.1.6
- Supports DirectX 11.0
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Collector's Edition includes area map, tech-tree poster, stickers, and more!
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 STALKER goodness March 7, 2010
Christopher Jacin (Richmond, VA USA)
I don't know how many people have heard of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, but Shadow of Chernobyl was fantastic. Clear Sky was also fantastic but kind of meh in comparisson to SOC, but Call of Pripyat is by far the best one, hands down. If you have played SOC or CS, give this game a shot. If you like games like Fallout 3, give this game a shot. If you like to play video games, give this game a shot.
 Big fan is disappointed . . . March 7, 2010
That Was Cool. (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been playing this game for the past 4 to 5 days now and have pretty much made up my mind as to how much I like it.
BTW, I have both the first two S.T.A.L.K.E.R.. games preceding this one and am a fan of this series.
I was pleased to see the mood developed in the first two games continued . . . dark, foreboding and troubling. The combat is much the same, mainly centered around mid-range assault rifle type exchanges. However, I found that in this game the Zone seemed a much less dangerous place, perhaps since one of the first missions available made me friends throughout the rest of the game with the bandits, so bandits were not constantly attacking me like in the two previous episodes. I liked it better when bandits were always my enemy.
The weapon management is much more extensive now, with more extensive modifications possible for all weapons and armour. Very fun moding your stuff.
It is as easy to hate the bandits and Monolith factions as it was the last two games so there is a sense of accomplishment in wasting those NPC's.
I was not pleased with the way the story line and progression to different levels were handled which I found to be a big negative. I am an adherent to the AVGN (Angry Video Game Nerd's) axiom that a gamer should be left to kill the bad guys and not have arbitrary items places in their way to do just that, finish the game.
But the makers of this game seem to find a delight in placing the player in those type of situations.
For example, right now I am in Pripyat. I have done the mission to the bookstore. The commander of the troops has no more missions to suggest to figure out why the helicopters crashed and I sure can't find anything in all the map of Pripryat to help. I have been to every building up and down every floor I can get to . . . twice . . . and I cannot find any document or tools or anyone to tell me what or where to go to find out what I need to know . . . that is, what kind of weapon the Monolith faction used to shoot down the helicopters. I have absolutely no hint as to what to do next.
The things I can do possibly is to keep running around Pripryat hoping I'll run into an NPC which can give me a hint. Or I can travel back to the previous map and hope something develops there. But other than that, I have no idea . . . and probably will not be able to finish the game until someone writes a walk-through telling what the frack I need to do.
The biggest frustration is that I KNOW that there is a document in the Kindergarten in Pripryat that will tell me what I need to know. I learned on a forum that the commander gives a mission in which a door to the Kindergarten is blown in giving access to the interior.
Now how the Frack was the player supposed to know that. There are other examples of how the game script is developed that is just frustrating for no reason. For example, the player must give a certain PDA to the Duty commander so as to earn their trust so that a Monolith group can be accepted into Duty. I ask you . . . how the Frack is the player suppose to know that a PDA, one of about 10 in the game BTW, is suppose to be given to a Duty commander. Well, they can't be expected to know that, that is what the deal is. It is just downright meaningless frustration thrown in the path of the player.
One other example of frustration a player must deal with is the transport system or how to get around the maps, which are incidentally rather puny compared to say Fallout 3 which has over 150 different locations as compared to probably 25 locations in COP. Well, there are guides who will charge you a fee to fast travel to another location. What the Frack is the reason for the fee? Why not just fast travel like in Fallout3. Do the makers of this game think it is fun to run around all over the map (by the way you can't run all the time because you will get exhausted) looking for artefacts. So running or walking as the case may be to the same anomaly you've been to 10 times before to see if there are any new artefacts so ya can sell them to get money to fast travel is the Russian idea of fun?
It is this kind of stupidity by game makers that turn what could really be a 5 star game and make it less . . . in this case I give 3 stars which really P's me off 'cause it could have been so much better and they blew it.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy playing this game and will play it many more times. And I think you will enjoy it too. But the same game play problems that hampered the last two in this series of games still persist . . . namely ambiguity and pointless frustration.
On the bright side the publishers have seemed to have gotten rid of all the bugs that plagued FC.
Escapism March 6, 2010
artmancm (TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm no writer of flowering reviews, but let me say that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat carries on the masterpiece where Shadow of Chernobyl left off. The game simply absorbs me into the stormy, creeping world that is The Zone. The designers have mastered the art of atmosphere to the degree that I often have to stop and take breaks because my hands are shaking so much.
I run this game on Windows 7 64-bit and it hasn't crashed once. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Stalker Shadow of Chernobly March 4, 2010
John C. Markland (CHELSEA, OK, US)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one Awsome game have played and modded it since it came out, has a few bugs but the patches fix most of them has many mods for the game. one of the best things the Dev's did was to give the tools to the public so the Game could be expanded way beyond it original ver. Wished more game developers had that forsite. It is and emersive fps/rpg game with a lot of game play.
stalker call of pripyat February 28, 2010
Richard G. Hayes
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this was by far the best in the serries. The only thing I didn't like, was that the game was so much shorter than the 1st two.S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
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