I looked through the improvements to gameplay and whatnot:
“Sleeping Bag - It’s always in the inventory and allows the player sleep in-game.
• Faction Change and Reset - Now players have the ability to reset hostile status and join factions outside of the storyline.
• Ragdoll Physics - Natural death and hit animation, kills will no longer cause corpse ragdoll to fly backwards.
• Bulb Tweak - Now you can shoot the lights out!
• Gnomus’ Scopes - High resolution scopes for widescreen and standard monitors.
• Repair Kit - A special item to the game that allows you to repair weapons and armors out in the Zone. The only way to get this rare item is to loot it from a NPC’s corpse.
• Repair Services - The bar trader and Screw now sell weapons and armor repair services.
• Chernobyl TV - Replaced the original TV animation with actual footage of Chernobyl.
• Elite Night Vision - Black & white night vision based on the psy_antenna postprocess effect. This one really makes you see in the dark.
• ZRP Teleport - The ESC+J shortcut lets you jump between the points in the environment.
• Third-Person View - Press F1, F2 and F3 to cycle through camera views; + or - to zoom in/out.
• And Other Features - Authentic food and drinks skins, the ability to drag dead creatures’ bodies, the ability to carry selected explosive fuel cans & barrels, the ability to shoot birds, and more.”
How do any of those detract from the game?