
The difficulty felt ramped up considerably and that's before the enemies figured out they can throw nades and not just carry them for you to loot. It also comes across as idiotic and terrible at times, so be prepared to endure some crap at least. Problem is that SoC is great and CS stands in too big of a shadow (no pun intended) so it comes across as underwhelming. But plot aside, playing the game is very enjoyable, the enviroment looks good, there's lots to explore, though not as much as SoC, the artifacts and anomalies are different and overall the experience is good. The plot is a complete railroad, and compared to SoC it's not nearly as good nor is it epic. However it doesn't leave you alone much in the beginning and towards the endgame. It's a good game, more polished than SoC, and when it leaves you alone to explore the zone and stick your nose where you want it's a very good game. So I'd still say play it first time vanilla. I found CS to be pretty "dry" and not as interesting, when compared to the other two.īUT it isn't really a long game, so a vanilla playthru won't take long. For me the three rate more like:ġ) Call of Pripyat (one of my favorite games ever)ġ0) Clear Sky (#10 even though there's no #3-#9) Having said that, CS is my least favorite of the 3. Whatever other flaws it may have, it played fine and I was able to complete it with no "game breakers". I find that all three crash occasionally but not a lot). Now, having played it, I don't think GOG's "vanilla" crashed more or less than the other two - about the same (so. I always skipped CS because I heard it wasn't good, crashed, etc.

I recently played Clear Sky for the first time although I've had the other two for years.


To me these are very replayable games (especially when including mods), so I like to play vanilla the first time each.
