S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

Game introduction

Year 2012. Six years passed since the time of the Second catastrophe to have made the April events of 1986 fade.

The game is set in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which turned from a destiny-breaker place into a threat to all mankind. The Zone is reluctant to open up its mysteries and needs to be forced to do it. It is a rare hero who can reach the very heart of the Zone onto find out what danger awaits him there.

A danger which, compared to marauders and enemy groupings, all monsters and anomalies, will seem a mere preparation to the meeting with something more fatal and threatening.

But for now... get ready, hero. Collect artefacts and trade, grope your path and keep an eye on the rear, catch roentgens and fight - only make sure you survive! And then, perhaps, if you are persistent and truly lucky, you will find out why all this had fallen on you.

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Dark events in history often form the background to many action video games, most notably world wars and smaller armed conflicts. How many, though, take a civilian nuclear disaster from over 20 years ago and turn that into the basis of a first person shooter, with nods to adventure and role playing? How many games have gone through 6 years of development with multiple release date claims, only to miss most of them? How many have done both? Only one and that's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl.