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.

Key features:

  • Living-and-breathing world: virtual monsters and stalkers migrate around the Zone, similarly to the player they are preoccupied with day-to-day things – feeding, fighting, looking for prey, trading, sleeping, taking rest
  • Freedom of movement around the storyline, limited only by the player’s will and abilities
  • The world of post-Soviet environment
  • Authentic objectives of the Chernobyl exclusion zone – the power engineers city of Pripyat, Chernobyl NPP, Chernobyl-2 complex of over-the-horizon detection and more
  • Atmosphere of eerie mystery and constant danger
  • Multiple game endings
  • System of weather effects and dynamic day & night shift
  • Photo-realistic graphics, adding to the game atmosphere immersion
  • Realistic ballistics, extensive arsenal of real weapon prototypes
  • Unique multiplayer modes implemented within the game entourage – artefacts collection, anomalies, radiation, weather effects, day & night change etc
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4 STALKER Wallpapers

4 STALKER Wallpapers

May 16, 2008 Wallpapers 0 comments

Four STALKER wallpapers: Artificial intelligence, Beautiful world, Secure the cave and Zenith

STALKER WEAPONS IMPORTING TUTORIAL

STALKER WEAPONS IMPORTING TUTORIAL

Apr 23, 2008 Tutorials 2 comments

*UPDATED TUTORIAL. EXPLAINED IN TUTORIAL* This is a tutorial for STALKER: Shadows of Chernobyl which guides you through the entire process of importing...

Less Generic NPCs

Less Generic NPCs

Feb 24, 2008 Full Version 0 comments

Disclaimer: This mod is not created by me, Kenyon is the original author. However, the download-link has expired and Kenyon has disappeared from the scene,...

STALKER Extractor

STALKER Extractor

Feb 21, 2008 Archive Tool 3 comments

STALKER database extractor. Compatible with all game versions. Allows choosing files to extract.

Smart Mod Manager 1.1

Smart Mod Manager 1.1

Feb 11, 2008 Installer Tool 0 comments

Smart Mod Manager is a tool that automates installation and management of modifications of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Patch 1.0004

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Patch 1.0004

Jan 08, 2008 Patch 3 comments

This is the third patch (patch 1.0002 was merged into 1.0003) to come out for the game. It changes a number of bugs and optimizes the game somewhat (changelog...

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firefox1592
firefox1592 Jul 3 2008, 9:52am says:

fantastic game!!.....very system shock 2-ish.

and with all the mods you could play it for years. I suggest the realistic weapons mod tho...really makes the gameplay scarier because you could die at any time. And you can use any weapon you like cause it doesn't make alot of difference. so if you want to be stealthy with a silenced aks-74u you can do so with 1-3 shot kills. after a while without the mod it's like playing COD4 with headshots only :)

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ai1
ai1 Mar 31 2008, 8:27am says:

It`s a shame that there is not any mod (or any that can keep up)for the newest patches...

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Serensius
Serensius Apr 1 2008, 1:40pm replied:

There is no need to "keep up" with the new patches - 1.0005 and 1.0006 are exclusively for multiplayer.

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Zaqq_the
Zaqq_the Feb 25 2008, 12:45pm says:

Сool. STALKER is ukrainian game. I'm from Ukraine. It is pleasant to hear such reviews.

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ObvilionLost
ObvilionLost Jan 24 2008, 11:26pm says:

Nice game, especially when played with mods. What i don't like though is lack of modding tools. All there is is beta MP SDK....

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SuaerBricker
SuaerBricker Jan 20 2008, 1:11pm says:

HI I AM A NEW MEMBER SO I NEED SOME THINGS I ONLY HAVE 14 AND I NEED HELP WITH..sorry for the caps :)
well.
i need help with STALKER,because i have a pendant gift (two gifts ) for Xmas (sorry i have bad english,i dont know how to say in english Navidad) so i need help with the gift (two really) that are going to be an upgrade of the comp
Here is my rig
512 MB ram
nVIDIA 6200 pci (or agp i dont know)
two HD of 9 gb each one (dont bother bout that i have one of 160 gb that i didn install)
1.9 Ghz
and
nothing else
so what can i upgrade to play STALKER fast (i mean not with the WOW LOOK THAT GRAPHICS!!! just make the load time less and things like that like the velocity and just that)

I appreciate anything that can help me
Thanks

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Dark_Raver9
Dark_Raver9 Dec 25 2007, 4:40am says:
Quote:Save files corrupted after each patch, hopefully this will be fixed

this only applies to the first patch, the rest of the patches dont hae that :)

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4rson3vil
4rson3vil Dec 23 2007, 4:55pm says:

i just saw this and... WOWWWW!!!!

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Milten
Milten Nov 14 2007, 3:12am says:

SATLKER- Is The most atmospheric game ever been created. My favourite one and its nice. I like it a lot=) And i also think many people do

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DrachenFeuer
DrachenFeuer Nov 13 2007, 2:23pm says:

This is an amazing game, and one of the few that have drawn me in to the characters so much that th first time I faced a 'bloodsucker' I nearly wet myself, the game is beautiful and is by far the most atmospheric game ever created

Some of the weapons do need some tweaking, and the fact that I can barely hit anything with some of the weapons makes moments of the game heartstoppingly terrifying. The game has some of the most original design ideas I have ever seen, one of the greatest moments I found playing was exploring the hotzone of Yantar Lake, the brainwashed people attacking me and the brainmelting effects as you walk into the town made this part of the zone all the more exciting.

I have seen a few bugs, but since I started playing the game later many of the bugs people complained about before have been fixed, just make sure you patch your game before you start playing, patches have a nasty habit of corrupting old save files. At the end of the day I am very glad I bought this game, and now that the game is only $29.95 there is no excuse to give it a try.

On a final note if you wish to make the game even more atmospheric download a couple of mods, namely the Weather Overhaul mod
Stalker.filefront.com
And the Fallout Flashlight mod
Stalker.filefront.com

Good:
Atmosphere
Design
Weapons customization

Bad:
A few crazy bugs
To play at best graphics you need an amazing pc
No Co-op
Save files corrupted after each patch, hopefully this will be fixed

Multiplayer:
Could have been better
Mods make it unplayable but mods are easy to remove from the game

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R
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