Grand Theft Auto: Vice City vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 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 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar Games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date October 27, 2002 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Age Rating Mature Mature
Developer Rockstar North GSC Game World
Publisher Rockstar Games GSC Game World
Official Site https://www.rockstargames.com/games/vicecity http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Gameplay
Genre Action Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player, Multiplayer Single-player, Multiplayer
Perspective Third-person First-person
Average Playtime 2 hours 3 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android, Apple Macintosh PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On PlayStation Store, Steam, Google Play, App Store Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements OS: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Processor: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III or 800 MHz AMD Athlon or 1.2GHz Intel Celeron or 1.2 GHz AMD Duron processor Memory: 128 MB of RAM Graphics: 32 MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce" or better) DirectX Version: Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 Hard Drive: 915 MB of free hard disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) Sound Card: Sound Card with DirectX 9.0Recommended: Processor: Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP processor 256(+) MB of RAM Memory: 1.55 GB of free hard disk space(+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) Graphics: 64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce 3" / "Radeon 8500" or better with DirectX Texture Compression support) 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 94 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 4.5 / 5 (3,110 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)