The sense of unshakeable isolation and unnerving despair GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games instill in players can't really be found anywhere else. There may occasionally be other NPCs wandering around in the virtual space, claiming loyalty to different factions with clashing world views, but eventually you always wind up cold and alone on the windswept, irradiated expanse of the Zone -- the franchise's wasteland of a setting.
With tinned food, heels of bread, a few bandages, weapons, and ammo packed into your survival suit, it still seems all too little to ward off the brutal dangers and prowling, ghoulish creatures harboring unknowable intentions.
GF365: "Let's take a look at some of the best fan-made graphics mods that vastly improve the look and feel of older games. The games that I've included in this list are mostly older titles that really need visual improvements."
Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.
Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.
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All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.
XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games
I played them all, they are all good in their own way
I used to be obsessed with FPS games
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games have greatly influenced the Eastern European games that came later. In this, the second of a two-part miniseries exploring these influences, we investigate the gameplay mechanics that make "Stalkerlikes" what they are.
