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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (PC Review)

  Navneet Prakash, May 08, 2007 1609 hrs IST

  The game is finally out from six feet under and is good news for FPS gamers. Armed with impressive graphics, sound & open-ended gameplay, this late comer is impressive!

  Innovative and Engaging gameplay, Great graphics, runs on modest systems, open-ended gameplay, a different FPS experience.

  A few minor bugs, Main story can be a little confusing.

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Page 1 - About, Late Comer Page 2 - Plot, Gameplay Page 3 - Graphics, Verdict Page 4 - Screenshots

'Better late than never' is a phrase I worship because I am quite lazy. That may not be a nice thing, but there are positive implications to this particular expression. For example, the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. which was announced way back in 2001, supposed to be released in 2003 at par with the other biggies like Half Life 2, Doom and Far Cry. The game was pushed back for so long due to technical difficulties and eventually released in March 2007. Finally when we laid our hands on a copy, we couldn't wait to try it out. Now you don't be lazy and put the review off for later. Read on!

Late-Comer

I have seen gazillion screenshots and gameplay videos of Stalker and I must admit that at times the game looked a bit outdated. You cant blame me, recently I've played games like Rainbow Six Vegas (awesome graphics), Gears of War (best game on Xbox 360), Oblivion (Xbox 360), Resistance (PS3), a preview copy of Formula one and Lair on the PS3 (review coming up soon!) and various other games with graphics that make you look up in the sky and say Hallelujah! So after my Next-Gen experience on my Next-Gen consoles, I was in doubt over Stalker's ability to impress my Next-Gen accustomed eyes. Well, my doubts came clean as I realized that the game is impressive but the graphics are not its strongest point, it is the game play that makes Stalker a game worth waiting for.

Page 1 - About, Late Comer Page 2 - Plot, Gameplay Page 3 - Graphics, Verdict Page 4 - Screenshots

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