NoNewTaleToTell: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, probably for the last time for the foreseeable future. I love a lot about this game but I'm tired of humanoid enemies wearing light jackets and ski masks surviving multiple shotgun blasts directly to the face from less than five yards away (no, I'm not exaggerating). I'm also tired of them being able to snipe me from a mile away regardless of how I move whereas the bullets from my weapons seem to drop directly into the dirt at about the ten yard mark (slight exaggeration but not much).
Uhm... which difficulty setting did you choose? In my playthrough (Stalker difficulty), bandits always died with a single shotgun shell, maybe two if I aimed badly the first time. Same goes for every other assailiant until I met the military.
Also, despite their eagle sight, their aim was not that good. If you constantly keep moving when you do not have a clear line of sight, you can easily dodge even sniper bullets!
I admit I had an hard time in the beginning, too, but when I changed my approach to a more calm and defensive one I exterminated entire camps with relative ease. For me, not staying in the open during a firefight was enough.
