

While Clear Sky might not receive the same amount of love and adoration as its brother games, there’s still plenty of mods to improve what many consider a broken game. Autumn Aurora does a fantastic job of updating a 10 year old game. It’s a great time sink, provided you have the disk space, and an impressive piece of work from fans that love the game. STALKERSOUP sets the watermark for the sub-genre of STALKER mods that focus on freedom and exploration, more content to let the player wander around the Zone and create their own stories rather than try to force a plot. A whopping 53 levels, three times that of the original game, along with 230, 000 new objects and weighing in at 15 gigs of data. The name sort of implies what you’re going to get, insofar as it’s a soup made up of dozens of different mods, culminating in an experience way larger than the base game could dream of. On the opposite side of the spectrum is the STALKERSOUP mega-compilation pack. This is probably the best way for new players to acclimate into SoC, but it’s a decent change for veteran players too. There’s also tonnes of new guns, improvements to AI, new mechanics like the artifact detector, and a host of minor tweaks. First thing you’ll notice is the greatly improved graphics, which does wonders for the aging title and it still looks great even compared to the later games. AA2 is an overhaul of the first game’s look, while leaving the story and core mechanics mostly untouched. For those looking to experience the heart and soul of the original game, but with a massive face lift, the obvious choice is Autumn Aurora 2. Trying to play the vanilla version now isn’t impossible, but with so many different ways to improve the look and experience it seems like a waste of time. In it’s 10 years the original STALKER title has amassed a massive following, and many still view it as the best game in the series. There are dozens of mods for each of the three games, far too many to name in this article, so here’s a spotlight on some of the more notable and impressive creations.
#TIME SINK SKYRIM MOD MOD#
A trio of bizarre and somewhat obscure horror-shooters from GSC Game World, it’s a series that’s attracted a massive following in the mod world, and arguably been saved by the efforts of the fans. But few game franchises have benefited from the power of their modding community like the STALKER series has. Bethesda seems to have made a habit out of including modibility in titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4, Valve has turned mods into games and a major part of Steam, and Paradox regularly encourages modding in their titles like Crusader Kings 2 or Hearts of Iron. When you mention mods in gaming a few names pop up right away.
