F.O.L.L.O.W.E.R

Which game should I start with? I liked new vegas, will I enjoy this series?

start with Shadow of Chernobyl and play them in order
If you liked New Vegas you should definitely enjoy Stalker.
remember to play on Master mode and disable the crosshair

memorize this chart. Get used to it. You are not prepared for agropom

New Vegas has literally nothing to do with Stalker, other than using guns to shoot enemies.

release order with bug fix mods like zrp
then use call of chernobyl and add whatever sounds cool to you

vault crawling is kinda like diet laboratory crawling

people will say to skip clear sky. just play it, it's a good game with a terrible beginning.

Avoid all 3 official games like the plague. SoC is barely playable regardless of whatever mods you use Complete is perfectly fine and honestly the best option in my experience.
Try-hards and contrarians can fuck right off. CS is an utter abortion that even your most die-hard STALKER fan will admit is the weakest in the series. CoP functions well enough, but has nothing of interest going on and is all around meh.

Instead, download the Call of Chernobyl mod. It's free and you don't need any other game in the series installed. Get the Autmnal Winds, Increased Weapons Damage, and Arsenal Overhaul mods as well. The mod is a combo of all 3 games with the best elements as well. Combines all the maps so it's like 1 big open world. You can customize weather effects, game modes, etc... Story is meh, but then again, it's about on par with the other 3 games. Happy hunting, STALKER. Keep in mind the engine for this game is barely held together so quick save often and expect crashes

Alright, I'll start with chernobyl then. Thanks guys

You may as well get all three. Clear Skies is worth ONE playthrough

and a terrible ending

I've heard about the mod in the past, I'll definitely check it out, thanks for going into detail man.
Already own all 3 games, so it depends if the first one does it for me, but yeah if I do enjoy it, I'll give clear skies a chance.

Ignore this terrible post unless you like freeroaming in a world with nothing but randomly generated fetch quests.

Call of Chernobyl is just a freeplay mod. And for the love of god don't install complete on SoC.

Dint bite the b8.
COMPLETE mods are obsolete, casual AF overhaul mods we have been advising to avoid for a decade now. The "Starter Packs" are the REAL "vanilla 2.0" option.

Release order without clear skies.

>without
>"skies"
This is a plebeian.

New Vegas and stalker are literally nothing alike.
STALKER is renown for it's insane levels of atmosphere and immersion, along with pretty great graphics and ballistics for it's time, along with cool mods.

And all 3 STALKER games aren't fetch quests held together by a shit-semen story? The only reason to play STALKER is to get immersed in the atmosphere. SoC still manages to be a barely playable experience regardless of which mods you install

>shitty, bipolar AI that will either see you 10 miles away after a 180 or can't see shit at a 45 degree angle right in front of them
>weapons handle poorly and the bullets turn to piss when they're in your hands
>the aforementioned fetch quests
>crashes and bug with mods. far worse than CoC

Be careful not to fall for a classic Sup Forums meme, OP. I'd highly recommend torrenting first before spending any money.

you replied to his post where he said he already owns them, yet you tell him to torrent before spending money. are you retarded?

Woops. Didn't read the part where he responded to the other user. Too late then... He's been memed

>I haven't played stalker but I read about it on a /k/ thread once so it must be shit
Your bullets and those of the AI do the exact same damage. Ironically, the game is harder on low difficulties because bullets do less damage across the board. You want to play it on the hardest difficulty if you want to drop dudes in one or two hits.

Except where the RNG takes effect and you drop dead. Except how the enemies can snipe you half way across the map with shitty shotguns and pistols.