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shadow of chernobyl mate

No mods, then. Maybe one to fix the animations (Due to at times iron sights being literally misaligned) and one to make the UI become more wide-screen compatible.

Other than that, play the game through as vanilla as possible. ShoC isn't exactly too long a game, and gameplay wise I'd argue it's probably the worst out of all 3. But experience it as it was designed

get call of pripyat then get call of chernobyl and dead air and misery

Even if COC is broken, it's the only game changing mod worth trying out.
The rest mods I have played, even if ultra-realistic, are boring and frustrating every single time you get trickshotted by snorks or cheeki breekis.

MISERY isn't frustrating actually, after a small tweak or two to kick away the quirks.

Been playing it for a while, and I can't stop playing it. When you get a good sense of the game, the annoying bits start getting ironed out.

I played it for a few days and I got so bored with it soon, constantly dying...

My first expression was that too. Then I had a friend who was a fucking FANATIC of it basically walk me through a few things, so I started learning the main differences of the mod.

A lot of gameplay is different, and there is a whole extra layer of micromanagement on almost everything. Can't reach certain areas without proper gear, anomalies and environmental hazards are actually hazardous etc.

Actually, I might have tried a higher difficulty. Itself as mod is nice, but I just have too bad memories to actually give some proper feedback.

MISERY has no "High-Low" difficulty. It is master only

My mistake then, though there is some ULTRA HARD setting, something like that. I believe it was that thing where sunlight causes radiation poisoning.

Imagine it as some form of a P2L roleplaying game. You'll generally never do well unless you 100% prepare. Oil your guns and keep them maintained, keep your clothing in good shape, bring some energy drinks or caffeeine in a pinch, get sleep etc. They all matter