Hmm might just be me but is it normal for the stalker games on new game to pop you in the game feeling confused on what the hell to do? I know you get a quest to follow but it seemed like a pretty bland start.
I tried Call of Pripyat at first but shooting almost a whole gun clip on a bandit and see him still shooting me was hilarious lol. I tried shadow of chernobyl afterwards and same bland starting and didn't quite catch the first part of the main quest/story in which I had to jump from a hill surrounded by some sort of gas that burst into fire when I went near it.
Also that yellow arrow on the minimap indicates the quest location or something else? because when I started the game it was marking north so I jumped from the cliff went north and reached again the same (Or another hill which was 100% the same as the previous one) surrounded by this strange gas and having me jump into something invisible going for an infinite cycle :S
Dunno it was very confusing I know I skipped the initial cutscene from new game but I don't think that has anything to do with the bland start.
The bad graphics are a part of the horror experience :p.
But you already know Bio Shock, which uses most of the game mechanics of System Shock (but most of them are dumbed down), so there would be not that huge surprises.
@Leshma Nosferato is VERY tempting with the atmosphere and scares and shit but the damn animations the monsters have are sooo bad and funny at the same time it kinda ruins the horror in the game.
Still I'll probably buy it.
You could try Cry of Fear (http://www.moddb.com/mods/cry-of-fear).
I heard slender man is the hottest shit right now
http://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comments/vxme0/slender_a_new_terrifying_horror_game_based_on_the/