S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl free on Gametap!

[prophetik]

hey guys, thought you should all know about this. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is currently available for free (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/heads_stalker_shadow_chernobyl_free_gametap) on GameTap. go download it now! it's, like, two clicks to get it.

make sure you download the patches, though, because that game was buggy as hell when i played it originally.

[The Damned]

Wait... that game actually came out? Last I heard, it was still in development. Did it get released and completely ignored, or did it just go straight to the free games bin?

[Thalzon]

It came out, was largely ignored, got universally panned, and got a sequel, also largely ignored and universally panned.

[The Damned]

Ouch. No wonder it's free now.

Most games have to be five or more years old, or their publisher and developer go out of business before they go for free.

[prophetik]

it was pretty good, IMO. people expected it to be a pc version of halo or resident evil. it wasn't. of course, it's an FPS with a weak story, which makes it a dime a dozen nowadays.

[The Coop]

Well, that was a monumental waste of six-and-a-half hours. I get to "loading textures", and the XRay Engine tells me a crash happened. No settings changes fixes this, and I can't find anything on Gametap or the Web that explains what happened and how to fix it.

THANKS GAMETAP!

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