S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is an FPS horror game from GSC Game World (2009) while S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is an FPS horror game from GSC Game World (2007).
Quick answer: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl has the higher Metacritic, 82 to 80.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
What each one is
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is filed under FPS and Horror. In contrast, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl under FPS and Horror.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is a 2009 first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by GSC Game World for Microsoft Windows. It is the third main game released in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of video games, following S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, with the game's narrative and events following the former. It was published in the CIS territories by GSC World Publishing in October 2009, before being released by Deep Silver and bitComposer Games in North America and the PAL region in February 2010.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game developed by GSC Game World and published by THQ in 2007 following a long development. It is the first game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise, set in an alternate reality where a second disaster of mysterious origin occurred at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which further contaminated the surrounding area with radiation, and caused strange otherworldly changes in local fauna, flora, and the laws of physics. The background and some of the terminology of the game are borrowed from the 1971 novella Roadside Picnic and its 1979 film adaptation Stalker.
Story, characters and reception
Reception
Reception Call of Pripyat received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . The game was lauded for its well optimized engine with relatively few bugs and glitches, for example, GameSpot said, "The most stable S. T. (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | — |
| Steam rating | — | — |
| Critic aggregate | 80/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | Untested | Untested |
| Released | 2009 | 2007 |
| Developer | GSC Game World | GSC Game World |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of PripyatFPS horror gameS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of ChernobylFPS horror gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of PripyatNo descriptive tagsS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of ChernobylNo descriptive tagsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of PripyatMetacritic 80S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl ✓Metacritic 82Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Price
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of PripyatUnknownS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of ChernobylUnknownRead live from Steam and subject to change.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (Metacritic 82)
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
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Common questions
How different are S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl in scope?
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat lists little scope data. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl lists little scope data.
Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl?
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl has the higher Metacritic, 82 to 80. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.