S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost Overview

The Mod

“Oblivion Lost” is a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl mod by the “OLP Team”. This mod enhances various aspects of the game without altering the story at all. This mods boasts many new features, including improved visuals, more realistic gameplay, and joinable factions, as well as various bug fixes provided by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community.

True Open Ended Gameplay

One huge improvement Oblivion Lost has over the vanilla, or unmodded, version of the game is that the player is given true freedom.  All of the factions in the game or now joinable, so one can be a duty soldier, freedom soldier, or merc if he so chooses.  Inside of any faction the player can hire NPCs to help him in his missions.  Also, when the main storyline is completed, the game is no longer over.  Oblivion Lost makes use of an existing mod that adds more weapons to the games arsenal, allowing for further player customization.  Free play allows the player to continue playing in the game world even after the have beaten the game.

Stunning Visuals

When the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R game was released most critics praised its graphical achievement.  The Oblivion Lost mod adds new textures for weapons and surfaces, as well as improved models for NPCs and monsters.  Oblivion Lost looks amazingly better than the vanilla version of this game.

Driving

That’s right. The marked one can now drive vehicles that he may come across now. This provides more realism, as well as faster and safer transportation.

More Realism

Oblivion Lost adds more realism to the game across the board.  All of the weapons now have realistic damage, and one head shot will kill any human NPC.  The weather in “The Zone” now goes through random cycles, and will transition more naturally.  There are random blowouts all throughout the game, where the player must run indoors to prevent from being radioactively friend to death.  Enemies are smarter in this mod, thanks to improved dynamic AI.  NPCs will even loot the enemies that they kill, making for a more real feeling experience.

Summary

This mod give gamers a reason to dig up their old copies of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I would recommend everyone with the game to try it out.  I may even go as far as to say that if you have the money, you should buy the game just to see what this mod is all about. I find is far superior to the original game.  The OLP Team did an excellent job on this mod.