>>11855116
Yeah, it really sucked me in. I was able to get it at the perfect time as a gateway to PC gaming, because I mainly played console prior but my mother took our PC to get repaired and the guy offered to install some leftover GPUs and CPUs he had in it for a small fee to make it better. Can't remember what the parts were but I was able to run games on it pretty well after. STALKER was one of the first I ran since I saw a random youtube video of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0HWcttgrs&list=RD3Z0HWcttgrs&start_radio=1

And it took you right to a pirated copy of the game lol

Can't share the school experience though, I was pretty much the only one who played on PC at school around that time let alone even knew of this game existing. It definitely enthralled me though, no console game I played before came close to what STALKER gave. Also terrified me at many points.

>>11855143
>I am glad the zoomers get to enjoy it nowadays with their gamma and soup mods, I am not so old and grumpy that I hate things just because young people like them. But I don't think there's any way they can get it the same way.
I'm the same way. Definitely weird seeing how known it is now compared to how it was then though, from a US perspective at least. It's good they enjoy it, but their entry and approach to it is so different lol