>>75098 (OP)Shadow of Chernobyl is the best one.
Clear Sky was old GSC's attempt at streamlining the game so average normalfag brain would go easy thru the more linear state of the game compared to SoC. It's fucking boring.
Call of Pripyat was old GSC's attempt at making a wannabe Fallout 3. It's an ok game, but for one playthrough. Legit, completed it once and can't make myself go for another round, meanwhile I still play SoC from time to time, vanilla or not.
Stalker 2 is… It's more like "I Can't Believe It's Not Stalker!" type of deal. nuGSC clearly didn't know what the fuck to do, so the end result is one gigantic mess that is Stalker only in the name. Also women and niggers in the zone.