Pro Tips :

1.Grind money for custom 5.45 Tunder in Cordon at the beginning of the game. Your life will be a cake walk up until late game.
2.SEVA Suit is best all around along with Military Armored Suit for the best combat protection with really good radiation and anomaly protection while also allowed you to sprint which you can buy from Barkeeper before doing Lab X19 and can be found in Pripyat during the true ending route.
3.Vintar BC is OP for general long ranged weapon that will one shot Exoskeleton Stalker in the head.

Well, good hunting stalker.

Anyway, if you are reading this long posted review back in 2023. I do high recommend install the mod called "Stalker Weapon Reanimation SoC OGSR" to significantly improve the game experience while maintaining the original intended design.

Mod List :

Stalker Weapon Reanimation SoC OGSR By MarkoFin (Moddb)

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/addons/stalker-weapon-reanimation-soc-ogsr

OGSR Engine (Required for Stalker Weapon Reanimation SoC OGSR)

https://github.com/OGSR

https://github.com/OGSR/OGSR-Engine

https://github.com/OGSR/OGSR-Engine/releases

Version 2.1.420 (Recommended By the mod)

https://github.com/OGSR/OGSR-Engine/releases/tag/2.1.420

ZRP adaptation for this mod

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ec9CjTlog9GBCHG5QG7wZ2IrQPZpDkYM/view