S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

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  1. josh
    Sep 7, 2009
    7
    Where as STALKER SoC is around a 9/10, especially overhauled (modded graphics, fixes, tweaks). This is simply because everything STALKER was praised for was dropped for a different style. Where as SoC was a lonewolf survival/horror game, Clear Sky makes a poor attempt as some kind of squad based all out shooter. There's far too many human beings to consider the zone desolate in this Where as STALKER SoC is around a 9/10, especially overhauled (modded graphics, fixes, tweaks). This is simply because everything STALKER was praised for was dropped for a different style. Where as SoC was a lonewolf survival/horror game, Clear Sky makes a poor attempt as some kind of squad based all out shooter. There's far too many human beings to consider the zone desolate in this one, far too little mutants and and jumpy encounters to consider it survival/horror and both of these combined just rips the atmosphere away from STALKER. While this different game isn't too bad and worth a play through or too it is definitely a step backwards from the original.… Expand
  2. lizard
    Nov 9, 2008
    7
    I wish I could give this game a better score as the original was a fantastic game and Clear Sky does do a lot of things right but the negative aspects are just too big to ignore. The worst aspect of clear sky are the bugs, it took 2 patches before it was even playable and even then constant saving was a must, several quests got broken and I was unable to complete them even though I I wish I could give this game a better score as the original was a fantastic game and Clear Sky does do a lot of things right but the negative aspects are just too big to ignore. The worst aspect of clear sky are the bugs, it took 2 patches before it was even playable and even then constant saving was a must, several quests got broken and I was unable to complete them even though I fulfilled the necessary requirements, luckily none of the main quests broke and I was able to make it through the game on my 3rd attempt, I also excperienced a high number of desktop crashes. I Think the fact that I attempted to play the game through 3 times is testament to some of the game's better features, it still has the same great atmosphere of the first game and the new areas of the zone are pretty cool, I especially liked the swamps level. The faction war system when it's working makes for a more dynamic game environment. I like the fact that it's more difficult to make money as it makes some of the smaller quests more relevant, I also like the fact that artifacts are more difficult to find. All in all I did enjoy this game but it should never have been released in such an unfinnished state, it still manages to knock spots off Far Cry 2 though.… Expand
  3. MatthewC.
    Oct 5, 2008
    7
    Again, like SoC, could have been a great game but poor pathfinding, bugs a-plenty and unbalanced difficulty make it merely a good game.
  4. DaveC.
    Sep 22, 2008
    7
    Started out promising (although the graphics aren't as marvelous as they might be, it's certainly no Crysis) but then gets just as frustrating as the original, with the radiation and clunky inventory system getting annoying within the first hour of play.
  5. BrendanD.
    Sep 7, 2008
    7
    The graphics are beautiful, gameplay is fun, but it's still quite buggy, even after patching.
  6. MirceaC
    Oct 9, 2010
    7
    Is "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky" a step backwards to the series? The answer is yes an no. Clear Sky brings quite a few new things to the series. Atmospherically and geographically is better, but there are far more bugs in this game than in the previous game. Also, the battle system can be quite unbalanced and unfair. Of course, with a few patches the game would be at around 8.5/10. FinalIs "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky" a step backwards to the series? The answer is yes an no. Clear Sky brings quite a few new things to the series. Atmospherically and geographically is better, but there are far more bugs in this game than in the previous game. Also, the battle system can be quite unbalanced and unfair. Of course, with a few patches the game would be at around 8.5/10. Final verdict: "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky" surpasses the previous game in some aspects, but it feels that the game wasn't completely finished. Still, when it comes to having fun and exploring, Clear Sky can never get boring.… Expand
  7. Kelu
    Dec 25, 2011
    7
    An epic bugfest at the time of realease, CS got a fair amount of official patches and community mods since, bringing the game to playable quality, but still, it's by far the least good one in the series. If you're a die-hard fan of SoC, you can have some fun with this game too, but if you're not as forgiving, then you can pass on it with clear conscience.
  8. Matthypaspist
    Aug 17, 2011
    7
    This game was the absolute bomb, up until I got around the first 2 maps and the storms of bugs continued. This game was abosolutely fantastic and had a great potential but an abundance of crashes and errors plagued me. First entering the Garbage made me crash, then after walking around Dark Valley some the game would crash with a consistency of once every minute. Tryed download CompleteThis game was the absolute bomb, up until I got around the first 2 maps and the storms of bugs continued. This game was abosolutely fantastic and had a great potential but an abundance of crashes and errors plagued me. First entering the Garbage made me crash, then after walking around Dark Valley some the game would crash with a consistency of once every minute. Tryed download Complete mod and it made the game not start. Figured out that problem and eventually it started crashing again at Limansk. The upgrade trees for assualt rifles was pretty easy to choose(100%accuracy is much better compared to 100%rate of fire, wasting away your precious bullets). I disliked how Bloodsuckers were made. Invincible while invisible which basically meant you had to wait for it to hit you before you could kill it. But after getting Complete and without crashes for maybe 75% of the single player, made this game fun to the max. Faction system, artifacts weren't a common thing to find, upgrading your weapons, and a more controled quest system, made this game wonderous and I would have given it a perfect score if it was coded and fixed better then it was.… Expand
  9. Claytality
    Jul 20, 2017
    7
    This series is so funny because the improvements made over Shadow of Chernobyl introduce drawbacks.

    They added fast travel (teleportation), but it is prohibitively expensive. For the first half of the game you sprint for 10 seconds, stand still for 10 seconds to recover stamina, then sprint again. Distances also seemed greater than Shadow of Chernobyl. They added the option to    This series is so funny because the improvements made over Shadow of Chernobyl introduce drawbacks.

    They added fast travel (teleportation), but it is prohibitively expensive. For the first half of the game you sprint for 10 seconds, stand still for 10 seconds to recover stamina, then sprint again. Distances also seemed greater than Shadow of Chernobyl.

    They added the option to upgrade armor and guns, but more upgrades makes repairing them cost more, and again, it is too expensive.

    Health packs weigh less but the weight limit is still too restricting until you get stamina improvements.

    Factions were added which you can join and fight for/against and reap rewards. However there are defense missions that pop up one second and before you can run to the area you need to defend the mission fails.

    Improvements without drawbacks:
    The camera doesn't shake as much.
    Gun accuracy is better.

    The story is not as good as Shadow of Chernobyl, but the overall gameplay is better.

    Cost $3.33 and played about 15 hours, not recommended for the above flaws.    … Expand
  10. revani
    Jan 1, 2013
    7
    (I will talk about the latest vanilla version, from steam)
    I had the game in '08, a cracked version. I played for about an hour. I couldn't play more because of the bugs in the main quest. It's OK for a game to have bugs, but in main quest? Was CS not tested at all? After the discount in steam (new year sale), i bought the game, hoping to be able to play it this time. And having played    (I will talk about the latest vanilla version, from steam)
    I had the game in '08, a cracked version. I played for about an hour. I couldn't play more because of the bugs in the main quest. It's OK for a game to have bugs, but in main quest? Was CS not tested at all? After the discount in steam (new year sale), i bought the game, hoping to be able to play it this time. And having played the game for 21 hours, it was OK. There were crashes at least two times than SoC, but it was bearable. Being a member of a faction is very fun too, I really wanted that in SoC. Although faction quests and other side quests are very repetitive, I fought for factions for more than 5-6 hours. There is a point in faction wars in which you cannot do anything anymore, but before reaching there, it's very fun. So far so good, right? Let's talk about game mechanics. I'm not a very good FPS player but I have a habit that whenever I play an FPS game, I select the hardest difficulty level. But guess what? CS is hard. Really hard. Of four difficulty levels, I selected 4, after playing for 20 minutes at most, I had to change to 3, then 2. But it's not because I was acting stupid, I always play RPG-like FPS games slowly, have more equipment, better weapons and armor, then go. After the enemies started throwing grenades, I realized that was not my fault. That was the AI. They hit you. Hard. And when they throw a grenade, it lands at most 50 centimeters from your feet. Then boom, quick load. The loading times are much longer than Max Payne 3. I think they should change the loading strategy if you're loading the same map. Steam tells me I played 21 hours and i think about 1 hour of it is loading. And about storyline. I read some comments about how bad the story is, but I liked it. I don't want to give spoilers but come on people, the last part was really good (and hard).
    Overall, it's a good game, not as good as SoC but good enough for it's price (currently $2.5). The AI could have been better, game logic could have been better, side quests could have been more interesting. But still, it's a S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the essence is still there.    … Expand
  11. iddqd4
    Mar 16, 2018
    7
    Дико забагованная на выходе и гораздо менее интересная в плане сюжета, в сравнение с Тенями Черноболя.
  12. Jodle
    Dec 1, 2015
    7
    It s ok but to much repaet locations and bugs but OK .
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  13. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    7
    Сюжет «S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Чистое Небо» переносит игроков за год до событий оригинальной игры S.T.A.L.K.E.R. в 2011 год.
    Группа сталкеров впервые подобралась к самому сердцу Зоны - Чернобыльской АЭС, спровоцировав катаклизм, который едва не привел к катастрофе. Грандиозный Выброс аномальной энергии изменяет Зону. Проверенных и относительно безопасных дорог больше нет. Целые уровни пропадают в    Сюжет «S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Чистое Небо» переносит игроков за год до событий оригинальной игры S.T.A.L.K.E.R. в 2011 год.
    Группа сталкеров впервые подобралась к самому сердцу Зоны - Чернобыльской АЭС, спровоцировав катаклизм, который едва не привел к катастрофе. Грандиозный Выброс аномальной энергии изменяет Зону. Проверенных и относительно безопасных дорог больше нет. Целые уровни пропадают в сполохах аномалий. Сталкеры и даже экспедиции гибнут или оказываются запертыми на пропавших территориях. Новые территории, о которых ничего не было известно со времени появления Зоны, появляются на карте Зоны. Зону продолжают сотрясать выбросы. Зона нестабильна. Аномальная активность максимальна.
    Изменения известной сталкерам карты Зоны нарушает хрупкий баланс сил в Зоне. Между группировками разгорается вражда за новые территории, поля артефактов и сферы влияния. Больше нет старых врагов или друзей – теперь каждый сам за себя. Между фракциями началась Война Группировок.    … Expand
  14. 75978
    Jun 5, 2019
    7
    of course the game is worse than call of Pripyat but the play is interesting and keeps the ambiance
  15. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  16. zhenyara
    Apr 30, 2020
    7
    Зря потраченое время. Сюжет такое себе. Играть только если очень нравится эта серия игр и есть достаточно свободного времени.
  17. Rustick
    Jul 7, 2022
    7
    атмосферный не очень интересный сюжет геймплей не блещет разнообразием атмосфера решает
  18. Shalapai
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    Моя любимая часть сталкера на удивление, понравилась возможность вступления в фракции
  19. nexus151196
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    "Третий сын дурачок" в серии. Кривоватенькая, но душевность вытягивает. Локации не такие интересные и сюжет тоже. Багов не застал, играл не на старте. Графику хорошо подтянули. DX10 в 2008 удивил.
  20. ylnylmn
    Oct 18, 2022
    7
    I wrote why SoC is a legendary game and I gave 10 points. Then I started Clear Sky with excitement. Graphics are slightly better in clear sky. I think A.I is better. The first half of the game was not bad, I enjoyed it. The Swamp and Cordon sections were very good. And that's where the game lost its magic. First of all, I would like to say that I finished the game on Veteran difficulty.I wrote why SoC is a legendary game and I gave 10 points. Then I started Clear Sky with excitement. Graphics are slightly better in clear sky. I think A.I is better. The first half of the game was not bad, I enjoyed it. The Swamp and Cordon sections were very good. And that's where the game lost its magic. First of all, I would like to say that I finished the game on Veteran difficulty. I'm starting to tell about the bad sides;

    1_) Bandits are too active in the Garbage area. I can't capture their territory. Because Clear Sky and Freedom team do not attack the "depot" area. And the game asks me to take it. After a long struggle, I got it and when I changed the map, I saw that it was in the hands of the bandits again. All the bullets and medkits I spent were wasted.
    2_) In the SoC, we could find a lot of armor in the game. But in clear sky I had to play with bad armor from start to finish. Because we need to buy from trader and I don't have enough money.
    3_) The game gets very linear after Limansk. We are constantly fighting monoliths until the end of the game. And with no return. I'm running out of bandages and medkits. That's why I'm constantly dying until the end of the game. While chasing sterlok at the end of the game, the enemy is constantly spammed. Still no medkit and no bandages. I was tortured until I finished the game. I didn't think it would be this hard on veteran difficulty.
    4_) There was no night-vision because my armor was bad. The game was too dark. I had a hard time seeing the enemies.
    5_) No good items came out of the stash coordinates I bought from NPCs. I just wasted money.    … Expand
  21. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    7
    было лишним вводить группировки абсолютно ненужная механика
  22. Relenea
    Jul 11, 2022
    7
    GSC Game World, Shadow of Chernobyl oyununda yakaladığı başarıyı koruyamasa da, sadece genel kalitesi ve atmosferi nedeniyle bile oynamaya değer olan, ortalama üstü bir yapımı oyunculara sunmuş.
  23. Antontavrin
    Apr 3, 2023
    7
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  24. Goshan220
    Jul 28, 2021
    7
    Немного не такой интересный сюжет у игры (четсно говоря я вообще его не помню), но улучшенная зона, тема с радарами артефактов и группировками дополнили первую часть. Но так как прорывного ничего нет, то бал немного ниже чем у тени чернобыля. Проходи не задерживайся.Немного не такой интересный сюжет у игры (четсно говоря я вообще его не помню), но улучшенная зона, тема с радарами артефактов и группировками дополнили первую часть. Но так как прорывного ничего нет, то бал немного ниже чем у тени чернобыля. Проходи не задерживайся.
  25. defenz
    Aug 9, 2021
    7
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  26. KolesAdlerov
    Jul 2, 2023
    7
    Better graphics, worse at all. A-LIFE is broken, no scenario, no free-anomalies. Nights are good.

    Gameplay:
    combat mechanics 7/10
    stealth 7/10
    atmosphere 7/10
    Gameplay as immersive horror (dark nights only) 8/10
    Gameplay as RPG & im.sim (w/o mods): 5/10

    Story 4/10

    Graphics 10/10

    Sounds & music 10/10

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    Fans only.
  27. eilhart
    Apr 21, 2022
    7
    Weakest of the three STALKER games, but do not get mistaken for It definitely isn't a bad game.
  28. AliceGross
    May 6, 2022
    7
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  29. dr-kenobi
    Sep 7, 2022
    7
    Цілком достойний сиквел. Нічого особливо нового не представили, проте, грався відмінно
  30. EVIL_UJIN
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Фанатам STALKERA эта игра, конечно, зайдет, но по сравнению с ТЧ, она однозначно слабее.

    Появились нововведения: +Враги научились кидать гранаты, причем весьма метко! +Все оружие и броню теперь можно апгрейдить. Причем не каждый техник может апгрейдить все, иногда нужно искать нужного. Некоторые апгрейды взаимоисключающие, так что будьте внимательны! +Артефакты теперь не видны без    Фанатам STALKERA эта игра, конечно, зайдет, но по сравнению с ТЧ, она однозначно слабее.

    Появились нововведения:
    +Враги научились кидать гранаты, причем весьма метко!
    +Все оружие и броню теперь можно апгрейдить. Причем не каждый техник может апгрейдить все, иногда нужно искать нужного. Некоторые апгрейды взаимоисключающие, так что будьте внимательны!
    +Артефакты теперь не видны без специального детектора, который нужно включать, когда подходишь к аномалии.
    +Группировки теперь реально воюют между собой, занимая территорию друг друга. Поэтому, когда ты возвращаешься на локацию, где давно не был, расклад сил там может сильно поменяться.

    Теперь о минусах:
    - Игра проходит практически в тех же локациях, как и ТЧ. Появилась пара новых: Рыжий лес, Лиманск, Болота и закрыта пара старых: Росток, Припять, Лаборатории. В остальном те же Кордон, Свалка, Агропром, Янтарь, Склады, ЧАЭС, Темная Долина.
    - Сюжет более скучный и предсказуемый. Так как это приквел к ТЧ и история связана со Стрелком, нам уже более менее известно, что произойдет в конце.
    - Нет новых монстров, да и старых значительно меньше, на мой взгляд. Контролера я вообще один раз за игру встречал. В ТЧ он как минимум в 3-х локациях был.

    Итог: игра - середнячок, чисто для фанатов. Она эксплуатирует классную вселенную STALKER, но ощущения новизны, неизведанности, опасности (помните свои эмоции, когда первый раз в темноте кровососа встретили?), желания исследовать здесь, увы, почти нет. Те же локации, те же стволы, те же монстры, те же группировки, то же обилие багов, минимум нововведений и слабоватый сюжет.    … Expand
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#58 Best PC Game of 2008
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#14 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 47
  3. Negative: 1 out of 47
  1. PC Zone UK
    88
    Clear Sky is a unique experience, so far unparalleled save for its predecessor. [Oct 2008, p.52]
  2. Games Master UK
    88
    Clear Sky delivers a more AI-driven, frightening and altogether more dangerous world than its predecessor ever could. [Oct 2008, p.77]
  3. Edge Magazine
    70
    As easy to misunderstand as it is to break, it again turns the best and worse of PC gaming into something extraordinary. [Oct 2008, p.94]
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