Remember those games where you didn't have to eat, where being injured was just a reason to be slightly more cautious, and you could heal by simply walking away and waiting for a bit? No, no, no, no, no. Remember those games where the people not shooting you spoke the same language as you? Нет. Remember those games where there'd be some guy who would helpfully fill you in on the boss's weak point before you fought him? No. Remember those other FPSes where you had limitless supplies of ammo which took up no room in your magic bottomless bag? No. The atmosphere of crushing horror is made far worse by the fact it holds quite old fashioned views about what the average player should be capable of. There are few video game which come close to the level of creeping, grinding dread this game and its sequels inspires.for some doesn't require monsters, just realizing that this is what the end of the world might look like, even though all events of the game are happening within only the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which, then again, is slowly expanding and taking over the planet.
