>>538255885
Thank you anon, you too!
>>538258138
Go by order of release, SoC then CS then CoP. Dont dive into any mods for your first playthrough, and SoC is not as buggy as people make it seem to be but if you wanna be on the safe side, simply install ZRP, its all you need for your first run. Dont be discouraged by the early firefights where all you can use is pea shooters, it gets better the moment you get something that doesnt look like a toy gun which is like, 15 or so minutes into the game. Last but not least, go blind, dont look up anything about the game, its not hard to follow and you can progress on your own fine and half its beauty is the interactions the player ends up within the game. Sidenote: do NOT grab the Enhanced Editions, they have their own bugs, censorship and other issues so its better to grab the originals.
>>538258585
I think this is a big selling point for me. Its not just depressing i'd say, its more like, a "blissful hell" a premise where in actuality everything's awful and yet, there's still a glimmer of hope and the human condition shines through among other things or if you look things at face value you can have cool guns and shoot dudes with just the right amount of realism, all with an atmosphere that hasnt been beaten by other games even 18 years later.
