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

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  1. 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
  2. [Anonymous]
    Oct 30, 2008
    6
    I TOTALLY loved SoC. But this is installment is extremely frustrating. I understand why they did what they did to some extent, to show how it was before the SoC, the zone less messy, more separate factions, less artifacts, etc. But the gameplay here is both the same as SoC, as well as grueling and painful sometimes. It is dreadfully slow, the weapons are simply awful, and it is much much I TOTALLY loved SoC. But this is installment is extremely frustrating. I understand why they did what they did to some extent, to show how it was before the SoC, the zone less messy, more separate factions, less artifacts, etc. But the gameplay here is both the same as SoC, as well as grueling and painful sometimes. It is dreadfully slow, the weapons are simply awful, and it is much much more linear. As others have pointed out, you can empty an entire clip into an enemy's head, and he just stands there, while a grenade can come at you from 1/4 mile away and kill you. Makes ZERO sense. I want to love this game, I loved SoC and played it dozens of times through. But I'm struggling with this one big time.… Expand
  3. RyanT.
    Nov 29, 2009
    6
    As a huge fan of SHOC, I really don't want to rate this game bad. CS just doesn't capture the jarring feel of the first game, and the faction systems make the zone feel less like a detailed eastern bloc wasteland and more like a russian version of counterstrike. Indeed the wasteland is more detailed than ever, but the sheer amount of random NPCs, and the lack of numerous mutants As a huge fan of SHOC, I really don't want to rate this game bad. CS just doesn't capture the jarring feel of the first game, and the faction systems make the zone feel less like a detailed eastern bloc wasteland and more like a russian version of counterstrike. Indeed the wasteland is more detailed than ever, but the sheer amount of random NPCs, and the lack of numerous mutants make the game seem way too hospitable. Hopefully the faction system and the stupid artifact hunting will be removed from the 3rd game. This game would have been better if the bugs were completely ironed out, and it was made much more faithful to its superior predecessor.… Expand
  4. HenryBukowski
    Oct 5, 2014
    6
    A true 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R game brought low by crippling bugs.

    This game has the amazing atmosphere of the original stalker game. It also shares many of the same locations and as a result there's continuity and familiarity with 'Shadow of Chernobyl'. The difficulty has arguably increased, particularly aided by a changed bartering system whereby you get virtually nothing for the items you    A true 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R game brought low by crippling bugs.

    This game has the amazing atmosphere of the original stalker game. It also shares many of the same locations and as a result there's continuity and familiarity with 'Shadow of Chernobyl'.

    The difficulty has arguably increased, particularly aided by a changed bartering system whereby you get virtually nothing for the items you wish to sell (artifacts the exception) It's harder to make a quick buck and upgrade equipment, but I'd suggest this is a wise move, as in Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat you could make a fortune by picking weapons up from the ground and sell them to the Stalker standing a foot away, who, because of the AI, never thought to pick them up himself
    The artifact system is hugely improved. No longer do you simply find 6 high value ones sitting in the middle of the road for you without any danger to you at all; now, artifacts are invisible until very near proximity, and you use a detector to point you, by trial and error, to the treasure. This important change makes finding artifacts far more rewarding.

    However, we must get to the bad:
    The game is riddled with crippling bugs. LImansk is a complete mess of a location and is guaranteed to crash your system - forcing the player to reload many times trying increasingly bizarre strategies to prevent the crash. I gave up without completion.
    My second try was going oh so well, until I got myself into a bad spot where I ended up sleeping through an emission in a partially covered building. The game never recovered, as the game never recognised the end of the emission and as a result most npc characters never went back to normal behaviour.

    Having to give up twice was disappointing and makes it impossible to rate the game highly - enjoy it while it lasts! Fans of the Series, will still find something to enjoy here.    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. asdgqw23
    May 21, 2013
    6
    I played stalker in following order: SoC, CoP and unfortunately I'm stuck at Clear Sky. Not that that I wouldn't like to play it, but I cant. It is impossible to proceed due to fatal bug. Game crashes and crashes. I managed to play over 8 hours of it, but then the bug appeared and it is impossible to go any further. Isn't it fun when you cant play game all the way through?

    CS is very    I played stalker in following order: SoC, CoP and unfortunately I'm stuck at Clear Sky. Not that that I wouldn't like to play it, but I cant. It is impossible to proceed due to fatal bug. Game crashes and crashes. I managed to play over 8 hours of it, but then the bug appeared and it is impossible to go any further. Isn't it fun when you cant play game all the way through?

    CS is very annoying at the beginning of it. You make one mistake and you will die very easily (radiation and renegades). You will have to quick save like every 10 seconds. Later part when you get better gear, it becomes actually quite satisfying to play. I don't still really understand the stamina-meter. When games becomes too near reality, it is just stupid. Running for 20 sec and standing still to wait other 20 sec to get your stamina back is some very fantastic bulls***. Especially in game where you have to get money by looting all around in quite big maps. There is also this one part where Bandits rob you, and you will never get your money back.

    Clear Sky could have been great game if it didn't suffered from large amount of bugs and other things that will annoy player. It has nice reformations: you can join to factions and upgrade your weapons etc. 6 points is still best I can give to it as it is with recent patches.    … Expand
  7. iddqd4
    Mar 16, 2018
    7
    Дико забагованная на выходе и гораздо менее интересная в плане сюжета, в сравнение с Тенями Черноболя.
  8. KelvinSelimor
    Aug 14, 2022
    8
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Let's go back. The continuation came out more atmospheric, but the plot itself and a large number of bugs spoil the impressions of the game a little and because of which it was often necessary to load much back in order not to get into this bug again.
  9. 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
  10. 75978
    Jun 5, 2019
    7
    of course the game is worse than call of Pripyat but the play is interesting and keeps the ambiance
  11. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  12. DrMisiaq
    Jun 5, 2019
    6
    I would give this game 9 for it's climate, storyline and overall immersion. From all Stalker games, which are famous not only because they are great, but also because of s***tload of bugs they contain, this one is the worst when it comes to technical issues. Seriously - bush acts like a goddamn concrete bunker for a bandit sitting and chilling in it? Bugs that prevents player fromI would give this game 9 for it's climate, storyline and overall immersion. From all Stalker games, which are famous not only because they are great, but also because of s***tload of bugs they contain, this one is the worst when it comes to technical issues. Seriously - bush acts like a goddamn concrete bunker for a bandit sitting and chilling in it? Bugs that prevents player from finishing main quests in final version? Developers made it ten times more problematic than still bugged as hell Shadow of Chernobyl. Nonetheless - amazing, must-have game with lots and lots of issues.… Expand
  13. Denis94
    May 23, 2021
    6
    Alguna vez que otra oí hablar o vi en Steam esta trilogía ( por el momento) y siempre me llamó la atención, Yo como fan de Metro no podía dejar pasar este título y más después de haber jugado a Escape from Tarkov, me encontré con un juego muy de nicho... pero no del todo pulido.

    Gráficamente no envejeció muy bien y personalmente recomiendo instalar algún Mod gráfico para ver todo más    Alguna vez que otra oí hablar o vi en Steam esta trilogía ( por el momento) y siempre me llamó la atención, Yo como fan de Metro no podía dejar pasar este título y más después de haber jugado a Escape from Tarkov, me encontré con un juego muy de nicho... pero no del todo pulido.

    Gráficamente no envejeció muy bien y personalmente recomiendo instalar algún Mod gráfico para ver todo más nítido y disfrutar así más del juego, la ambientación es buena y más hablando de la época que era y logra transmitir lo que el mundo quiere que sientas.

    En el Gameplay hay un factor que falla y que siendo un juego survival de tiros es inaceptable, el gunplay de este título esta muy por debajo de lo esperado, si bien tiene las mecánicas y unas ideas la ejecución es muy mejorable.

    La banda sonora es casi inexistente pero lo solventa con un sonido del entorno aceptable y envolvente.

    La historia no termina de enganchar a nadie, parece una escusa para avanzar durante la partida.

    Definitivamente es un juego que recomiendo si te gusta este estilo de juegos, pero no os voy a engañar puede ser el peor a elegir.    … Expand
  14. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    6
    По мне, самая невзрачная часть серии, которая сильно увлеклась повтором идей предыдущей части.
  15. zhenyara
    Apr 30, 2020
    7
    Зря потраченое время. Сюжет такое себе. Играть только если очень нравится эта серия игр и есть достаточно свободного времени.
  16. Shalapai
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    Моя любимая часть сталкера на удивление, понравилась возможность вступления в фракции
  17. AxeWould
    Dec 12, 2021
    6
    Мда, мне первая половина игры реально понравилась, и я уж был обрадовался, так как мне первая часть не очень нравиться, Но вторая часть и концовка это просто п"здец. Последние часы игры ( миссия на мосте, Лиманск, ЧАЭС ), где я думал что будет еще лучше чем в начале игры и разработчики могли сделать что-то действительно интересное и запоминающееся а по факту на вас просто вывалили огромноеМда, мне первая половина игры реально понравилась, и я уж был обрадовался, так как мне первая часть не очень нравиться, Но вторая часть и концовка это просто п"здец. Последние часы игры ( миссия на мосте, Лиманск, ЧАЭС ), где я думал что будет еще лучше чем в начале игры и разработчики могли сделать что-то действительно интересное и запоминающееся а по факту на вас просто вывалили огромное число враждебно настроенных мобов, Очень жалко и обидно лично мне, потому как именно в Чистом Небе, в отличие от оригинальной игры здесь многое сделали правильно и интересно на мой взгляд: тут и аномалии с артефактами, прокачку и апгрейды, - наличие точек "своих" "нейтралов" и "врагов" на карте в КПК
    - возможность быстрого перехода по локации с помощью "точек быстрого перемещения"
    - Ну а минусы это кровотечение, от одной пули получать кровотечение и нужно вечно штопаться бинтом. Что за бредовая механика?
    - сюжетная миссия от моста перед Лиманским длится просто часами. Я запасся под тысячу патронами, и думал может этого хоть хватит, но нет, разрабы решили сделать одну огромную и 2 мелких локаций под эту единую часть сюжетки без единого бинта, аптечки и возможности взять перерыв в сюжетной кампании и вернуться, починиться, затариться патронами и т.д.
    - оружие клинит буквально постоянно, стоит им попользоваться минут 10-15. Вокруг тебя десятки врагов, а ты перезаряжаешься каждые 3 патрона, так как оружие просто заклинило. Разброс у оружия даже со всеми модификациями огромен! Куда угодно, но только не в прицел.
    - после одной из миссий теряешь все деньги, что успел накопить. Пришлось переигрывать и закупать ненужные вещи втридорога, и заникать в ящике.

    Сталкер Чистое Небо - это не игра, а полный кошмар, уничтожитель нервных клеток. Вот можно ее пройти чисто чтобы поставить себе "галочку", что ты прошел тот самый знаменитый "Сталкер" и быть в курсе дела перед выходом Сталкер 2, но возвращаться сюда вновь и вновь нет никакого желания.    … Expand
  18. Spajry
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    the game ist that great, story is amazing but just story, gunplay is trash if u dont have upgrades and they're not cheap, u are always bleeding and in every fight u can see grenades flying towards u
  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. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    7
    было лишним вводить группировки абсолютно ненужная механика
  21. vova22379
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
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  22. Ratingss
    Feb 20, 2021
    6
    Better looking game than Call of Pripyat, basically a remaster of SoC.
    But they tried to fix the lackluster Ai by adding more artificial difficulty, like making you bleed to death every single time you get hit (would be an okay feature if bandages werent scarce and expensive) or npcs throwing pin point accurate grenades that almost immediately explode.
    The gunplay doesnt feel right, some    Better looking game than Call of Pripyat, basically a remaster of SoC.
    But they tried to fix the lackluster Ai by adding more artificial difficulty, like making you bleed to death every single time you get hit (would be an okay feature if bandages werent scarce and expensive) or npcs throwing pin point accurate grenades that almost immediately explode.
    The gunplay doesnt feel right, some guns literally wont hit anything, not because of realistic ballistics but because of stupid rpg like stats affecting them.
    They also added a bunch of call of duty type sections with unlimited spawning enemies where you are just supposed to run like an idiot to the end of the stage, which are stupid and dont fit at all.
    NPCs still "talk" with you with a huge wall of text all over them which i find to be one the biggest flaws in this franchise.
    There is also not much reason to get involved in the faction war or do side quests, you do them just to get a little more play time and experience more of the amazing atmosphere of the game.    … Expand
  23. 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.
  24. defenz
    Aug 9, 2021
    7
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  25. eilhart
    Apr 21, 2022
    7
    Weakest of the three STALKER games, but do not get mistaken for It definitely isn't a bad game.
  26. AliceGross
    May 6, 2022
    7
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  27. JoshQ
    Nov 7, 2008
    6
    Baffling why they drastically changed atmosphere.... What used to be an irradiated, gloomy world with a few makeshift safe havens has become a happy partyland with some turf wars. It's as if the producers said let's trash our award winning atmosphere and slap a shitty story onto it and we'll call it a prequel, apparently their old company was right in restricting these guys.
  28. 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
  29. Jodle
    Dec 1, 2015
    7
    It s ok but to much repaet locations and bugs but OK .
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  30. Kirase
    Feb 21, 2012
    3
    Dont waste your time with clear sky version 1.5.10, it is close to unplayable:

    Installed Game, patched it to 1.5.10, installed clear sky complete 2009 mod. Game refused to start. Googled for that problem. Known bug. Googled for hotfix. Downloaded and installed it. Game started finally. Played 3 hours. Game crashed. Savegames corrupted and completely destroyed by the crash. Started game    Dont waste your time with clear sky version 1.5.10, it is close to unplayable:

    Installed Game, patched it to 1.5.10, installed clear sky complete 2009 mod. Game refused to start. Googled for that problem. Known bug. Googled for hotfix. Downloaded and installed it. Game started finally. Played 3 hours. Game crashed. Savegames corrupted and completely destroyed by the crash. Started game once again from the start. Experienced frequent game crashes at least once per hour. Played like 20 hours. Reached yantar region. Main storyline quest bugged. Googled for that problem. Known bug, can not be fixxed. 2 current savegames again useless. Noticed that older backup savegame is 2 days old. Stopped playing game. Go to metacritic and write 03/10 review.

    Seriously just wait for some more patches or modifications that take care of above mentioned problems. Current clear sky version is not enjoyable.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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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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#14 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

Critic Reviews

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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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