It wasn't the combat that really impressed me about STALKER, it was the atmosphere and levels which I thought only got better and better as the game went on.
I have to agree with this. That was one thing that caught my interest when I played it for the first time. The developers give you a good feeling of what that area would be like (well, maybe not the anomalies). The clouds, rain, trees, random wild animals chasing and killing each other... This thread makes me want to install and play it again
