I'm a gamer, though I do enjoy fiddling around with files in mods to enhance my own personal use. I'm into S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat right now, and am a great fan of the CoP: Redux mod.
The hideous menus, poor graphics and instability could be forgiven if only it didn't also play poorly and feel bad to control.
The cave level at the beginning is probably one of the worst levels in video game history and feels like the developers jerking off into your face trying to show off the fact that they figured out how to add levels to the game, even if they are terribly designed, glitchy, ugly, uninteresting and annoying.
This mod succeeds in making me despise one of my favourite games of all time.
Played the game for the first time 10 years after release and was not disappointed.
Great game that shines even without the aid of nostalgia.