So do yourself a favor and play the MISERY mod only on the condition that you have previous and extensive experience with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete list of weapons in MISERY 2.2 Weaponry and strategic combat plays a huge role in the STALKER game series and that is why the MISERY mod has invested months. Otherwise, MISERY will simply feel and play like a chore, which isn’t something anyone – neither us nor you – wants. If MISERY is your first contact with the Zone we strongly suggest you put off playing it for a while and concentrate on gaining some experience in simpler, difficulty-wise and mechanics-wise, vanilla games. Please note that MISERY is not intended for players who have hardly any experience playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The implication of this is clear: the player is forced to re-think their habits and get used to new and demanding conditions of the Zone as envisaged by MISERY developers. This survival-driven aspect is particularly explicit in MISERY: you only have limited resources at your disposal and have to deal with various threats when you’re at your weakest and most vulnerable. Our goal is to throw the player into a miserable environment and give them only one objective: to survive. Inspired by movies like The Road and I Am Legend as well as the game Metro 2033, MISERY concept-wise was meant to provide a highly challenging experience with a unique setting and atmosphere. Call of Pripyat that aims to enhance the game in various aspects, most importantly texture quality, difficulty, new items and in-game mechanics. The only thing that remains intact is the storyline of the original game. The MISERY mod is a massive overhaul that aims to add depth, realism, challenge and immersion to the gaming experience with new features, extensive expansions of most aspects and drastic changes to existing content of the original game. Call of Pripyat and brings your game to a whole new level. The MISERY mod is a free installation that transforms everything in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.