S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Free Download for PC is a first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by GSC Game World and published by THQ. The game is set in an alternative reality, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near future and causes strange changes in the area around it. The game has a non-linear storyline and features gameplay elements such as trading and two-way communication with NPCs. The game includes role-playing and first person shooter elements. In S.T.A.L.K.E.R, the player assumes the identity of an amnesiac «Stalker», an illegal explorer/artifact scavenger in «The Zone», dubbed «The Marked One». «The Zone» is the location of an alternate reality version of the Zone of alienation surrounding the Chernobyl Power Plant after a second, fictitious meltdown, which further contaminated the surrounding area with radiation and caused strange otherworldly changes in local fauna, flora and the laws of physics. «Stalker» in the context of the film refers to the older meaning of the word as a tracker and hunter of game or guide.
The background and some terminology of the game («The Zone», «Stalker») are borrowed from the popular science fiction novella Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky and the 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky film Stalker that was loosely based on it, as well as Stalker, the film's subsequent novelization by the original authors. The term «Stalkers» was later used for the scientists and engineers who explored the interior of Chernobyl's «sarcophagus» after its hasty construction in 1986. In addition, 'The Zone' is also a term used to refer to the 30 kilometer Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, established after the accident. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Download free Full Version.
On July 11, 2007, GSC Game World announced a prequel, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, which was released on September 15, 2008. On April 30, 2009, GSC Game World announced a sequel, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, which was released worldwide in February 2010.
Setting
Location
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. takes place in an area called «The Zone», which is based on the real-life Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and partly on the settings of the source novel and film. It encompasses roughly 30 square kilometers and features a slice of Chernobyl extending south from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; geographical changes for artistic license include moving the city of Pripyat into this area (it is actually to the north-west of the power station), although the city itself is directly modeled on its real-life counterpart, albeit smaller in size.
History
After the initial Chernobyl Disaster, attempts were made to repopulate the area, primarily with scientists and military personnel. However, in 2006, almost 20 years after the first incident, a second disaster occurred, caused by the C-consciousness (rus. «О-Сознание» which corresponds with «осознание» — «realisation, awareness», ukr. «О-свідомлення») program, killing or mutating most of the inhabitants.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. begins years later, after people have begun coming to the zone in search of money, valuable artifacts and scientific information. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Game free Download Full Version.
Mutants
In keeping with the post-nuclear decay within The Zone, extreme radiation has caused mutations among animals and plants in the area. As such, creatures within The Zone are vastly different from their real-world counterparts: dogs, boars, crows and many more. Additionally, some areas of The Zone such as Yantar contain mutated humans known as zombified STALKERS, who have become affected by the so-called Brain Scorcher.
There are five humanoid mutants in the game. Bloodsuckers; large monsters with sharp claws and tentacles for a mouth which can turn invisible. Snorks are the most human of the four; they are nicknamed «Snorks» as a reference to the cartoon of the same name, and in-universe for their gas masks, which resemble a snorkel. They are agile, and use kicking and clawing to kill their prey. The Poltergeists are a somewhat invisible mutant that is covered by a ball of electricity and, when killed, are revealed to be an extremely mutated human missing all of his body past his hips. Pseudogiants are the deadliest threats in The Zone; a giant mutated ball of several humans combined, which have a grotesquely stretched face, several smaller faces along its body, which consists of two strong legs to support its weight. And Controllers; a human like figure with overly large head that use psi powers to attack the player both directly through a throwing type gesture when a line of sight can be made, or a passive attack which makes the player woozy and disoriented in short bursts before flashing red as a warning when one gets too close. Prolonged exposure up close to a Controller will leave the player's vision blurry and difficult to aim for a length of time which varies in severity and recovery depending on how long the player was exposed to the psi powers of a Controller.
Artificial Intelligence of wildlife is highly developed and presents many realistic behaviors, such as fights over food and pack mentality, which can be observed in non-scripted events. The game engine was designed so that animal behavior is calculated even if the player is in a different part of the Zone.
Anomalies, artifacts and radiation
As a result of the second Chernobyl disaster, The Zone is littered with small areas of altered physics, known as anomalies. There are several different variations, each one having a unique impact upon those who cross its path. They can be potentially deadly to the player and other NPCs, delivering electric shocks, or pulling them into the air and crushing them. Most anomalies produce visible air or light distortions and their extent can be determined by throwing bolts (of which the player carries an infinite supply) to trigger them. Some stalkers also possess an anomaly detector, which emits warning beeps of a varying frequency depending on their proximity to an anomaly. The guide in the film Stalker, and his predecessors in the Strugatsky brothers' book Roadside Picnic, test various routes before proceeding. In the film, metal nuts tied with strips of cloth are used. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Game free Download for PC Full Version.
Anomalies produce Artifacts, the valuable scientific curiosities that make the Zone worth exploring monetarily. As well as being traded for money, a number of Artifacts can be worn so that they provide certain benefits and detriments (for example, increasing a stalker's resistance to gunfire while also contaminating him with small amounts of radiation) although certain rarer Artifacts provide benefits without any negative effects. Artifacts are found scattered throughout the Zone, often near clusters of anomalies.
Radiation caused by the nuclear incidents at Chernobyl occurs in specific invisible patches throughout The Zone. Although most areas in The Zone have no radiation, areas near abandoned construction equipment that was used in the post-accident clean-up, certain military vehicular wreckage and a variety of other locations create fields of radiation of varying intensity and size, some of which cannot be passed through without the proper protective equipment and anti-contaminant agents. In the real world, gas masks, filtration helmets, radiation suits, etc. would be used but in the game world, the equipment is simplified into various sets of armor that have different levels of radiation protection. Additional radiation resistance may be conferred by some artifacts and radiation sickness may be treated by medication or by consuming vodka. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl free Download Torrent.
