There are also white/blue metal boxes that can be broken open for better loot.

Square grey crates can be broken open for loot.

There is one blue box in the trader area where you start the game and a 2nd blue box out by the campfire in the starter area. The big issue that you'll have is remembering which box you put that strange item in that you now need (which is an argument for sticking to just the blue boxes). Stash containers (varies in type) are considered 'not safe' (different results for different people). Spread your loot pile around though in case theft occurs (and lots of items in a container also increases load times).

Static containers (blue chests) are good for permanent storage.

After checking a body, check your PDA to see whether you've uncovered a new stash location.

The military at the railroad bridge will not shoot you on sight, but other military will.

The starter area is not that dangerous as long as you stay south of the railroad track and avoid the packs of dogs, bandits, mutant boars, and pseudo-dogs.

No point in exploring until you talk to Wolf (who gives you a pistol, ammo and your knife).

Very similar to Fallout 3, except that self-repair is not in the base game.

Weapons have a 'condition' attribute and will start jamming a lot below 50-60%.

So you'll need to position yourself behind good cover and have a plan of attack and fallback positions. Total play time will probably be under 30 hours if you press straight towards the goal and maybe 50-80 hours if you decide to explore a bit and do the side missions to get more money.Ĭombat can be a bit brutal as the enemies are super-accurate with grenades and head shots are deadly. There is a lot of exploration, sneaking around and combat, but the game world is separated into maps connected by zone points.

In comparison to other games, I would compare it to a trimmed down copy of Fallout 3. It ends up looking pretty decent for a 4 year old game. The Stalker Complete mod cleans it up a lot. is a game from 2007 or so that spent a lot of time in development and is a very rough and unpolished gem. No combat in the starter area, just exploration and getting used to the controls. Contains a few small spoilers of crates that can be smashed open to obtain supplies. Shows the intro clip from STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl along with the starter area in Cordon.

Stalker coc increase weapon damage mod