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

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Risen 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 Risen Deep Silver S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat GSC Game World
Overview
Release Date October 2, 2009 October 2, 2009
Availability Released Released
Age Rating Mature Mature
Developer Piranha Bytes GSC Game World
Publisher Deep Silver GSC Game World
Official Site http://risen.deepsilver.com http://cop.stalker-game.com/
Gameplay
Genre Action, RPG Shooter, RPG
Game Modes Single-player Single-player, Multiplayer
Perspective Third-person First-person
Average Playtime 4 hours 3 hours
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, Xbox PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo
Available On Steam, GOG, Xbox 360 Store Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, PlayStation Store, GOG, Steam
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements OS: Windows XP™ (with Service Pack 3) Processor: 2 GHz Intel® Pentium™ 4 Single-core Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c compatible graphics card (nVidia® GeForce® 7900/ATI Radeon™ X1800 or better) DirectX®: DirectX™ 9.0c compatible graphic card driver Hard Drive: 2.5 GB free Hard Drive space Sound: 100% DirectX™ 9.0c compatible sound card Controller Support: Keyboard, Mouse 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 77 / 100 80 / 100
Community Rating 3.8 / 5 (530 ratings) 4.3 / 5 (947 ratings)