Originally Posted by Pessimeister
I bought and thoroughly enjoyed all of the Stalker games and sincerely doubt that a Western developer could adequately capture the mood and atmosphere portrayed in those games. These games feature a uniquely Eastern European post-apocalyptic ambience that simply goes in a different direction to more traditional post-apocalyptic games. F03 is poles apart in tone.

Amen to this.

I liked FO3 to some degree (I thought FO:NV trumped it in most ways), but I don't feel they are all that alike in atmosphere and feel. Also, the East European "quirks" that a poster mentioned before add to the magic IMO.