I did this in a burger joint I work at , added some fresh cilli and goddamn . <| sep |> Depends on the title or mod you ' re playing it has become quite expansive , but STALKER could be rather hard late in the game . You get better gear and weapons , but you are fighting in much more hostile environments with more radiation , many deadly anomalies , often in challenging areas without the benefit of lots of cover and longranged sniping you may have depended on , and enemies ' gear generally is on par with yours . On harder difficulties , both you and your enemies do increased damage to each other but there are still way more of them than you . More specifically , enemies don ' t actually level up later in the game , it ' s that the player must be well enough equipped before attempting to go to those areas or they ' ll get slaughtered , so really the player must be on par with the enemies in an area before attempting to fight there . All this means I found myself dying in the early game , when I had very little equipment or ammunition , occasionally in the midgame usually when I made mistakes or got overwhelmed , but sometimes caught an unlucky headshot , and I die a LOT near the end of the game when most enemies can kill you in 12 hits . You can also kill them in 1 hit with headshots , but you might be facing 3 or 4 at once and 20 in a single engagement , sometimes at close range . Some of the boss monsters you come across are just ridiculously tough , and soak up 23 magazines but can smack you down in a hit or two , or use these bastard mechanics like pulling your gun out of your hand with telekinesis . You have to be fairly skilled and lucky to fight them on higher difficulties .