BioShock vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

A full spec-by-spec comparison of BioShock vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat — engine, performance, dimensions, features and price, with the differences highlighted to help you decide.

Specification BioShock 2K Games, Feral Interactive S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date August 21, 2007 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Age Rating Mature Mature
Developer Digital Extremes, 2K Australia, 2K Marin, Irrational Games, 2K China GSC Game World
Publisher 2K Games, Feral Interactive GSC Game World
Official Site https://2k.com/en-US/game/bioshock/ http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Gameplay
Genre Action, Shooter Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player Single-player, Multiplayer
Perspective First-person First-person
Average Playtime 3 hours 3 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Apple Macintosh PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On PlayStation Store, App Store, Xbox Store, Steam, Xbox 360 Store Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz RAM: 1 GB Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550) Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card Hard Drive Space: 8GB Game requires Internet connection for activation OS: Windows XP, SP2 Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4/ 2.2. GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Memory: 768 MB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 5900 128MB / AMD Radeon 9600 XT 128 MB DirectX®: DirectX 9 compatible Hard Drive: 6 GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9 compatible
Recommended Requirements CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor RAM: 2GB Video Card: DX 9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better), DX 10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better Sound Card: SoundBlaster(r) X-Fi(tm) series (optimized foruse with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
Critic & Community Scores
Metacritic 96 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 4.4 / 5 (3,365 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)