Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale vs S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale 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 Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale Carpe Fulgur S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date September 9, 2010 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Developer EasyGameStation GSC Game World
Publisher Carpe Fulgur GSC Game World
Official Site http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/ http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Age Rating Mature
Gameplay
Genre Action, RPG, Indie Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player Single-player, Multiplayer
Perspective 2D First-person
Average Playtime 5 hours 3 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On Steam, GOG Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements OS: Windows XP/Vista/7 Processor: Pentium 4 1.7ghz or Athlon XP 1700+ (or equivalent processor) Memory: 256MB of system RAM (512 reccomended for Windows Vista and 7) Graphics: DirectX 8.1-compatible video card of any type with at least 64 megabytes of video RAM; Nvidia and ATI tested (Intel Intregrated Graphics below X4000 series not recommended) DirectX®: DirectX 8.1 Hard Drive: 700MB free HD space Sound: DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card/motherboard chip 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 82 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 3.8 / 5 (83 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)