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.
There was another comment confirming it and yes it’s been out for a few while now and i believe someone on YT already tested the G.A.M.M.A. compatible build that was a fork of the original mod i think, not sure if remembering correctly and the mod author isn’t the same as for the original one made for Call of Pripyat.