how well do the old jedi night games run on Win7 64 bit?
The two quake 3 engine games, Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast, run perfectly and there is a nice widescreen fix for them.
I'm not sure about the older games. I last played Jedi Knight 1 on my Windows XP computer years ago.
What makes Call of Pripyat better than vanilla? I sort of liked the atmosphere in vanilla STALKER, but the janky combat was a bit too much for me to handle.
before I go on, I should say that I like the combat even if it was rough. I play it slow and peak around corners and things like that; all that isn't drastically different from the main game since it is an expansion pack. What is improved is general accessibility by way of the game structure, interface, and so on. The world now is basically three large zones instead of the more wide paths that were were in SoC, and because they're really large, there are fewer times when you hit the end of the map and it loads to the next one. Missions/quest are gained by just meeting people and mostly involve exploring the world--actually, I should mention that the combat does feel different because you're not having shoot outs in tighter areas until the end of the game and I feel the combat works better because of it. Those missions have choice, but it isn't like in Fallout where it's good, bad, or even for a faction; the choices you make are just the choice you make.
An early game example is
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where you have a quest to find an artifact. When you get there, some guy tells you a sappy story hoping you'd give it up out of the goodness of your heart. When you return the quest giver, you realize this dude was just fucking with you and he basically stole from you. But if you refuse, this ill-mannered gent and his boys will pull out the guns and rob you by force.
I'm not good at articulating why it is better, but it is. I think it is good enough that even if you were soured on the original stalker, it might be worth giving it a shot. Just remember that it is an expansion pack and somethings aren't completely different. Or you could always just download mods and cheat through it.
buh? CoP is not an expansion. def does not require the original. you're probable just confused about the loyalty promo where you get CoP cheaper if you owned a previous STALKER game.
i'm guessing the reason they only bundle the first and third games is because they are widely considered the better ones and Clear Sky is kind of shitty.
I'm sure I read somewhere that it was an expansion that required the first game. Maybe I'm going crazy.
Disregard everything I've said then. EVERYTHING.
