Stalker...

[Whacker]

To me that sounds like you need 2GB of RAM.

I'm seriously considering to buy this, from what I read here and on another forum, it sounds like a very good game. I'm usually not into FPS with monsters etc, but this has a more realistic touch and setting, plus the gunsfights sound very good. Since everyone mentions RPG, is accurracy only related to guns or is there something like skills which improve with time?

Same assessment here. This machine was "hot crap" when I built it over 2 years ago too, best that you could get. It's still good and can run most anything, STALKER was the first game that really and truly gave it a thrashing even on the default recommended settings for my box.

My wife was far less polite about it...

Tell me about it! Mrs. Whacker usually makes me sleep on the couch for a bit after I inform her that my bi-annual upgrade is coming up soon.

So this is also killing me. Can you actually get inside of the Chernobyl reactor building and look at the destroyed reactor 4 itself??? If there are any cheat codes can I persuade you to do that and run inside and show some screenshots??? Pretty pretty pleeeaassee???

[Bob the Insane]

So this is also killing me. Can you actually get inside of the Chernobyl reactor building and look at the destroyed reactor 4 itself??? If there are any cheat codes can I persuade you to do that and run inside and show some screenshots??? Pretty pretty pleeeaassee???

Love to, but I think that is at the end... Maybe... I will check out the multi-player maps to see if it is there...

[Husar]

Hmm, I saw a screenshot somewhere....but where?...
Can't find it anymore.
I'm eager to buy the game now, but I have exams on Wednesday so I don't know...I should learn and not play.

[Whacker]

Reactor. Pictures. Now.

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PLEASE!!! PLSPLSPLSPLS this is KILLING me here!

[Ragnor_Lodbrok]

Does it really require Win XP with SP2?

[Bob the Insane]

Does it really require Win XP with SP2?

Minimum requirements state Windows 2000 SP4 and I am running it on Vista so I would guess no...

[Ragnor_Lodbrok]

Minimum requirements state Windows 2000 SP4 and I am running it on Vista so I would guess no...

Hmm, I've seen it written quite a few times. I'm running XP with SP1 currently. Shall I take the risk?

[Husar]

Minimum requirements state Windows 2000 SP4 and I am running it on Vista so I would guess no...

I heard it crashes a lot on Vista machines and that they are working on a patch for that.
So if it doesn't crash often for you I wonder whether you have User Account Protection enabled or disabled? Because someone said it often crashes when he tries to save and my first thought was that the UAP could prevent overwriting and thus make it crash. I'm interested to know because I run Vista and think about getting the game, but if it crashes all the time...