![]() Going back to the scenario I wrote for the opening, that scenario alone can play out in at least four ways. Even psi-storms or other emissions happen without warning. They roam the Zone and get into conflicts of their own.Įvents are unscripted and can have various outcomes, with or without your intervention. With A-Life, your treks in the Zone will rarely be the same as creatures and enemies are proactive. I know a lot of games in the same genre boast about this but I have never experienced anything quite like GSC Game World’s A-Life AI. It also has a smattering of horror elements thrown into the mix as creatures and enemies wandering the Zone are unpredictable and can ambush you if you aren’t paying attention.ĭeath comes easily and fast especially during the early game when you don’t have the best gear and will usually be outnumbered.īut it is this unpredictability that makes Anomaly feel unique and its open world alive. This open-world first-person shooter has survival mechanics where food, water and sleep are essential to your survival. If Anomaly happens to be your first foray into the series, you will either have a fun or frustrating experience as the game leaves a lot of mechanics up to you to figure out for yourself. However, they have also retained the difficulty, learning curve and unpredictability that fans of the series love. The Anomaly dev team have also updated the engine, and textures and added various quality of life features that should satisfy what most gamers would expect today. The Anomaly mod essentially combines all three of the previous games into one free package and is available for download on Moddb. By following the game’s main storyline, you will even get to meet some of the main players in the events of the original games. You will hunt for artefacts, deadly mutants and other stalkers. Unlike the original trilogy that has players taking on the role of three legendary Stalkers, Anomaly takes place after the events of the previous games and you play as a newbie Stalker who joins up with one of the 12 factions and tries to make a name for themselves. The dangerous levels of radiation have also made this the perfect place for shady organisations to conduct diabolical experiments.Ī fireplace is a stalker’s best friend, until he panics and runs right into it In this fictionalised post-apocalyptic setting, the Zone becomes a goldmine for adventurers and treasure hunters as it has started producing artefacts that aren’t just worth a pretty penny to researchers but can also enhance an individual’s ability. The scenario above is incredibly common in GSC Game World’s open-world first-person shooter trilogy of Stalker games, Shadow of Chernobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), Call of Pripyat (2009) and also the ambitious fan-made mod, Stalker Anomaly, which will be the main focus of this article.įor those who have never heard of or played the series, the games take place in the Zone, which is based on the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster. A psi-storm was about to hit and he had to find shelter fast but the closest shelter he had, was the church with the bandits inside. Just as he lines up his shot, the increasingly loud blare of a siren breaks the silence. The greenhorn stills his breath and places his finger on the trigger and prayed that the old rifle doesn’t jam. ![]() His quarry was accompanied by two other bandits and they were going through the spoils of their latest heist around a campfire in the hall of the church. Still hidden by the reeds, a few feet away from where the once glorious main gates of the church stood, he pulls out the SKS rifle handed down to him by his grandfather, peers down the scope and marks his target. He was warned by veterans not to roam around at night as that is when the more dangerous mutants come out to play. “At least, I’m not doing this at night,” he thought to himself. The old man in Cordon had put a bounty on Egor for killing his courier and the greenhorn was set on picking up the tab.Īs he inched closer to the church, the greenhorn hoped the rustling of the dried reeds won’t stir up the suspicions of the bandits or draw any attention from the mutated faunas that roam the area. He received news that his target, the despicable bandit Egor Busybody and his crew, had set up camp in the ruins of the old church in the Great Swamp. The mid-day sun bears down on the Clear Sky greenhorn as he makes his way towards the old church. ![]()
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