MisterThwak t1_j25v726 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 9:51 PM

It really is an amazing book. Interesting that you were exposed to it by the film on youtube, most people find out about the book as it was the inspiration for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. computer games of the 00's.

It's funny because a lot of people think those games are super jank and weird but the people who find out about the book through the game always end up explaining "look it's really a good book, I know the game it's based on is jank as hell but the book's really great!"

Franz_Thieppel t1_j26fna1 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Those people should speak for themselves. The Stalker games are great and Call of Pripyat isn't even that jank.

GottJammern t1_j26ltus wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:54 AM

The original games are very janky, but since they're easily editable via mods/modifications, almost all of that jank has long since been removed. Nowadays they hold up VERY well.

fordisabastard t1_j278j9j wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:40 AM

If anyone wants to explore the world in a game, STALKER Anomaly is a very good fan made version of the game with the blessings of the creators, and also completely free.