Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood 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 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Ubisoft Entertainment, Techland Publishing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date January 29, 2009 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Age Rating Mature Mature
Developer Ubisoft, Techland GSC Game World
Publisher Ubisoft Entertainment, Techland Publishing GSC Game World
Official Site http://www.callofjuarez.com http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Gameplay
Genre Action, Shooter Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player, Multiplayer Single-player, Multiplayer
Perspective First-person First-person
Average Playtime 2 hours 3 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, PlayStation, Xbox PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On Xbox 360 Store, GOG, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, Steam Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements OS: Windows® XP SP2 and SP3/Windows Vista® (only) Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or 2.66 GHz Pentium D/AMD® Athlon™64 3500+ Memory: 1024 MB RAM (2 GB recommended) Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 10.0/9.0-compliant video card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list*) DirectX®: 9.0c/10.0 (included) Hard Drive: 4 GB free Sound: DirectX 9-compatible sound card Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant keyboard, mouse, gamepads Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release ATI RADEON X1650-1950 / HD 2400-2900 / 3650-3870 / 4650-4870 series NVIDIA GeForce 6800 / 7600-7950 / 8600-8800 / GTX 260-280 series Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at: http://support.ubi.com. 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
Critic & Community Scores
Metacritic 78 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 3.9 / 5 (313 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)