Empire: Total War vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Empire: Total War 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 Empire: Total War SEGA, Feral Interactive S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date March 3, 2009 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Developer Feral Interactive, Creative Assembly GSC Game World
Publisher SEGA, Feral Interactive GSC Game World
Official Site http://www.totalwar.com http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Age Rating Mature
Gameplay
Genre Strategy Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player, Multiplayer Single-player, Multiplayer
Average Playtime 4 hours 3 hours
Perspective First-person
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On Steam Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™) Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard 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 90 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 3.8 / 5 (276 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)