Ok so this probably won't be interesting enough for a lot of you but i'll still make this post.

I'm on my 50th-60th fresh start in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. G.A.M.M.A. and i'm still enjoying it, even though i completed the game maybe 5 times.

I haven't played for about 6 months and what got me back in AGAIN was a mod pack by CLICKR∆D called ROMEO and it's pretty straightforward install, download is a bit tedious because the mod pack is 30gb and it makes this 20+ year old game look and play so damn good.

Now during the 6 months hiatus i played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 because 2.0 came out and it was bland at best, the graphics were great but the gameplay was boring i just wasn't enjoying it and i even tried installing some mods hoping it would make it better for me and it being done in Unreal Engine makes modding pretty limiting.

I gave up and played Palworld, Aliens Dark Descent and some other non FPS games and now after coming back to G.A.M.M.A. and having 800+ mods changing the game to something totally different i have to say again that it's absolutely amazing.

There are plenty of YT guides that explain some of the finer details.

And it's completely free.