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* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Most players are unaware of the novel and the film. The rest most likely bought it ''because'' of the novel and the film. The rest of us bought the novel and the film because of the game.
** And even less people know, that the game is also partially based on another short story of the [[
* [[Demonic Spiders]]: The Poltergeists in the Red Forest mine in ''Clear Sky'' are a subject of many angry message board rants. They basically toss metal water heaters at you which can kill you in one hit and are essentially undodgable.
** Not to mention wild dogs. You could be a top-level Stalker outfitted with exoskeleton armor and the finest of guns, but you'd ''still'' have to make a frenzied dash past the pack of wild dogs in front of the Duty compound to get in.
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* [[Narm]]: The English voice acting can get rather...enthusiastic. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to change all the non-essential spoken dialogue back to the (far better) Russian originals.
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: For some reason the sound of choppers overhead can be interrupted by breaking [[Crate Expectations|crates]]. Also the glowing eyes of the mutants can look a bit weird up close, for some reason the same effect is used for actual lights.
* [[Spiritual Licensee]] There's no official connection to either ''[[
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: ''Call of Pripyat'' is noticeably more polished than the [[Obvious Beta|previous two games]], adding multiple UI improvements, removing ''Clear Sky's'' infamous [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|homing grenades]] and bug-ridden Faction Wars, giving the player decent equipment from the beginning and (most importantly) making the game playable out of the box without the need for multiple patches and bug-fixing mods.
* [[That One Level]]: While almost the entirety of all three games qualifies, this troper's hat goes off to the rudeness displayed in the 2nd level of Clear Sky, where crossing into the new area by the only available route has you coming out behind a boulder, on the other side of which is a mounted machine gun in the possession of the military. ''Well at least they don't know I'm here'' - wrong; they know you're there and tell you so. ''Well I'll be safe behind this rock'' - wrong again; after a few quick bursts, they send a number of better-armed and better-armoured soldiers after you. If you manage to dispatch them, you then have to figure out which way you can safely leg it.
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