WOW, this game was a trip from when I first played it years ago. Playing through it ALL for the first time recently felt pretty good. Overall the game was good but it also kinda runs like shit when you first play it, you have to literally fix the game yourself so it doesn't crash. Even after I patched it I had 3 problems that I remember: crash every once in a while randomly, every time I'd have a wake up animation my screen would have a fit and look like it's having a seizure and a crash if I attempted to use a healing item from an enemy corpse FROM the loot body inventory screen.
Technical aspects aside, I loved the story, the twists, the fight or flight gameplay. I don't remember If Clear Sky was longer because I did more side quests or just in general but this game felt a bit shorter. However that also was prolly cause I played MOSTLY the story, with a side quest or two in between. However even then if you loot corpses and sell most of the stuff you'll be RICH in no time so what's the purpose of doing side quests other then just for fun. However even with this aside I felt like I sorta missed out on some content because I didn't look for it, like the arena fights I apparently didn't even notice til someone told me. Artifacts are also everywhere, giving you boosts and negative effects depending. A lot of the negatives though feel to me like cherry picking, because overall I REALLY enjoyed the blast from the past. I also don't think that Clear Sky was the worst of the series either now that I've fully played this for the first time in years and having not listened to others. I'd say give both of these a try just know that this game needs A LOT of patch work and if you look at the history of the game you'd know why.
Pros:
Story is tight
Difficult (Depending on the person)
Excellent Atmosphere like none other
Gunplay actually feels good besides some of the technical stuff
Cons:
Difficult (Depending on the person)
Bullets go right through people sometimes
The final stretch can be a huge pain in the ass
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/
Technical aspects aside, I loved the story, the twists, the fight or flight gameplay. I don't remember If Clear Sky was longer because I did more side quests or just in general but this game felt a bit shorter. However that also was prolly cause I played MOSTLY the story, with a side quest or two in between. However even then if you loot corpses and sell most of the stuff you'll be RICH in no time so what's the purpose of doing side quests other then just for fun. However even with this aside I felt like I sorta missed out on some content because I didn't look for it, like the arena fights I apparently didn't even notice til someone told me. Artifacts are also everywhere, giving you boosts and negative effects depending. A lot of the negatives though feel to me like cherry picking, because overall I REALLY enjoyed the blast from the past. I also don't think that Clear Sky was the worst of the series either now that I've fully played this for the first time in years and having not listened to others. I'd say give both of these a try just know that this game needs A LOT of patch work and if you look at the history of the game you'd know why.
Pros:
Story is tight
Difficult (Depending on the person)
Excellent Atmosphere like none other
Gunplay actually feels good besides some of the technical stuff
Cons:
Difficult (Depending on the person)
Bullets go right through people sometimes
The final stretch can be a huge pain in the ass
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/