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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky feels like a lazy iteration on the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl that is disappointingly similar to the original. You play a "stalker" in the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where radiation and other mysterious forces have twisted the landscape and life in the area, as well as created valuable artifacts that attract the military, scientists,…
Baldur's Gate is an important game in the history of PC RPGs, but is too tedious, flawed and archaic to wholeheartedly enjoy with a modern gamer's sensibilities and expectations. The 1998 title by Bioware uses a Dungeons & Dragons rule set, which will feel opaque and unnecessarily dense to the uninitiated. In fact, I grew up playing the 16-color "gold box" D&D games by SSI of the late 1980s and early 1990s -- count…
