.: 20 March 2007.: 22 March 2007.: 23 March 2007.: 23 March 2007,Mode(s),S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a video game developed by Ukrainian game developer and published by in 2007 following a long development. The game is set in an, where a second occured at the, causing strange changes in the area around it.
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The game features a storyline and includes gameplay elements such as trading and two-way communication with.In the game, the player assumes the identity of the Marked One, an amnesiac man trying to find and kill the mysterious Strelok within, a forbidden territory surrounding the. It is set after a fictitious second, which further contaminated the surrounding area with radiation, and caused strange otherworldly changes in local fauna, flora, and the laws of physics. The background and some terminology of the game are borrowed from the Russian novella and the film that was based on it.A prequel, was released in 2008. A sequel, followed in 2010.
There are also multiple fan remakes trying to restore the cut content from the original version of the game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost. Contents.Setting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Takes place in an area called the Zone, which is based on the real-life and partly on the settings of the source material, 's science fiction novella and 's film, as well as by the original authors. The Zone encompasses roughly 30 square kilometers and features a slice of the area extending south from; geographical changes for artistic license include moving the city of 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. The term Stalkers was also used for the scientists and engineers who explored the interior of the after its hasty construction in 1986. In addition, the Zone is also a term used to refer to the 30 kilometer Exclusion Zone around the power plant.In the game's backstory, after the initial, attempts were made to repopulate the area, primarily with scientists and military personnel.
However, in 2006, almost 20 years after the first incident, a mysterious second disaster occurred, killing or mutating most of the inhabitants. Begins years later, after people have begun coming to the Zone in search of money, valuable artifacts, and scientific information.
In keeping with the post-nuclear decay within the Zone, extreme radiation has caused mutations among animals and plants in the area. As a result of the second disaster, the Zone is also littered with dangerous small areas of altered physics, known as anomalies. Explorers and scavengers operating withing the Zone, known as Stalkers, possess an anomaly detector, which emits warning beeps of a varying frequency depending on their proximity to an anomaly.Gameplay. A screenshot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is primarily a video game, but it also features many elements.
The player does not gain additional abilities or statistics like most RPGs (though the player does level through game play from 'novice' to 'expert' which has slight effects on the ability to aim accurately), but is instead allowed to attach artifacts which can increase or decrease player attributes. Artifacts found within the Zone have both positive and negative effects except for some rare artifacts which have only positive attributes.There are a large number of items in the game, so the player has customization choices which are constrained primarily by how much exploring they do. The game also attempts to blend the story and character interaction which are commonly associated with RPGs. However, conversation branches are extremely limited and do not significantly influence the course of the game, aside from accepting or declining missions.The Zone itself is a large and varied area, consisting of wilderness, human settlements, and several heavily guarded military bases. However, the game world is not a true contiguous world, but rather 18 different maps separated by loading screens.
Transfer from one area to another can only be accomplished at certain specific passageways; wire fences and extreme radiation levels block the player from attempting to cross the map in any other area.Creatures within The Zone are vastly different from their real-world counterparts: dogs, boars, crows, and many more. Additionally, some areas contain mutated humans who have become affected by the so-called Brain Scorcher. 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.There are several different variations of anomaly, each one having a unique impact upon those who cross its path. They can be potentially deadly to the player and the, 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. Artifacts are found scattered throughout the Zone, often near clusters of anomalies. A screenshot demonstrating the abilities of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.' S rendering engine after enabling andThe is a 8.1/9 3.0 graphics engine. Up to a million polygons can be on-screen at any one time. The engine features, and, support, weather effects and day/night cycles.
As with other engines that use, the does not support with dynamic lighting enabled. However, a different form of anti-aliasing can be enabled with dynamic lighting which utilizes an algorithm to smooth edges between objects.
The game takes place in a thirty square kilometer area, and both the outside and inside of this area are rendered to the same amount of detail. Some textures in the game were photographs of the walls in the developers' studio. As of patch 1.0003 the supports 'surround screen' monitor setups, including a 16:9 native resolution ratio.The X-ray engine uses 's proprietary ALife artificial intelligence engine. ALife supports more than one thousand characters inhabiting the Zone.
These characters are non-scripted, meaning that AI life can be developed even when not in contact with the player. The NPCs have a full life cycle (task accomplishment, combat, rest, feeding and sleep) and the same applies to the many monsters living in the Zone (hunting, attacking stalkers and other monsters, resting, eating, sleeping). These monsters migrate in large groups. The non-scripted nature of the characters means that there are an unlimited number of random quests. For instance, rescuing stalkers from danger, destroying stalker renegades, protecting or attacking stalker camps or searching for treasure. The AI characters travel around the entire Zone as they see fit.
Several attack tactics were cut for difficulty reasons, including the ability for enemies to heal wounded allies and give orders.S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Uses a heavily modified version of the., destructible objects, realistic bullet ballistics and can all be found in the game. Bullets are affected by gravity, bounced against solid surfaces at oblique angles, and firearms are highly inaccurate when fired without aiming.
To score consistent hits at medium or long range, players must aim using the on their guns. Additionally, hit damage is pseudo-realistic, and the player can die after only being shot a few times (although later in the game various armor suits and artifacts can be acquired that increase the player's resistance to damage). Late-game depends heavily on scoped weaponry due to the well-armed and armored enemies that keep their distance from the player.A weather system is integrated into various parts of the landscape and allows a variety of weather effects, such as sunshine, storms and showers. The weapons available, behavior of the AI, game tactics and ranking systems depend on the weather. Unlike most dynamic weather systems, the game features complete dynamic wet surfaces such as pavement, concrete, brick walls, etc.The game features ambient music by Frey Vladimir aka 'MoozE'.
It also has three songs from the Ukrainian band Firelake.Development and release The game was first announced by GSC Game World in November 2001, as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost, although it had been talked about as early as 2000. It had its release date, originally as summer 2003, pushed back several times.
Meanwhile, hundreds of of the game had been released, as well as a dozen preview video clips, accompanied by other forms of promotion by GSC, such as inviting fans to their offices in Kiev to play the current build of the game. However, due to the delays some considered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. To be.In late December 2003, a build of the game was leaked to networks. This build, marked as version 1096, inadvertently acted as a fully functional of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.' S engine, despite its lack of enemies and fauna. After that, with the game missing the 2003 release date and still far from being finished, the publisher sent Dean Sharpe (the later CEO of developer, which would be formed by some ex-members of GSC Game World who had worked on Shadow of Chernobyl) to oversee cutting many features and downsizing the overall scale and ambitions to save it from, leaving much of it to be picked up in a sequel.In February 2005, THQ expressed a desire to see the game released toward the end of its 2006 fiscal year (31 March 2006) but maintained that no release date had been set.
In October 2005, THQ confirmed that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Would not be out 'until the second half of THQ's 2007 fiscal year - October 2006 at the earliest.'
In February 2006, THQ revised this possible release window, saying the game would not be in stores until the first quarter of 2007. In an interview at the Russian Gameland Awards, PR Manager Oleg Yavorsky indicated that release was planned for September 2006.
In 2006, the game came 9th in 's Vaporware '06 award.THQ ran a competition in January 2007 offering the winners the chance to play the beta version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., in a 24-hour marathon session. The event, scheduled to take place on 24 January 2007, was subsequently changed to a 12-hour session days before it was supposed to occur. On the morning of the event, the winners were met at the venue by the THQ staff that had organized the event, who were embarrassed to report that they had been unable to get any copies of the game. In late February GSC managed to release a public beta. A multiplayer demo was released to the public on 15 March 2007.
On 2 March 2007, it was announced that the game went.In February 2009, due to popular, demand GSC Game World released 'xrCore' build 1935, dated 18 October 2004. It uses a completely different physics engine with many cut monsters, levels, and vehicles. It was also significantly larger than the retail release. It is however somewhat unstable, but features the full game along with a 'fully functional ALife system'.
It is currently available for free download from the GSC servers and mirrors. Multiple other builds of the game have been since publicly released as well, along with design documents.Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore82.70%82/100Review scoresPublicationScore8/108.25/108.5/108.2/10Critical reception S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the game for its style and depth while criticising technical issues, mentioning the number of bugs present. It received a score of 82.70% on and 82/100 on.The game design of the Zone was one of the most favored aspects.
Praised the style and level design, stating 'This is a bleak game, but in a good way, as it captures its post apocalyptic setting perfectly', while called it 'one of the scariest games on the PC', going on to say 'Like the mythological Chernobyl zone it is based upon, this game is a treacherous, darkly beautiful terrain.' Did not find the gameplay particularly innovative, but still complimented the basic FPS design, saying, ' S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Isn’t the revolution that we all hoped it would be. It is, however, a respectable and sometimes excellent first-person adventure' whereas GameSpot called it 'one of the best ballistics models ever seen in a game, and as a result, firefights feel authentic as you try and hit someone with what can be a wildly inaccurate rifle'.Upon release, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Was criticized for having numerous bugs, especially when used with the then-recently released. Found the game 'tended to stutter quite often, sometimes pausing for three or four seconds at regular intervals, which occurred on two different Windows XP computers at maximum visual quality,' and some cases of game crashing glitches.
Another criticized aspect was the story, which to some reviewers was 'incoherent' and which stated 'fails in the specific story of your character'. Awards S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Won the Special Achievement award for Best Atmosphere in GameSpot's Best and Worst 2007, stating that ' S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Captures the 'ghost town' nature of the zone, from the abandoned cities to the overgrown wilderness. Then, the game adds its own paranormal elements, which help make a spooky environment almost terrifying at times.' Sales S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Received a 'Silver' sales award from the (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. As of September 2008, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Has sold 2 million copies worldwide. GSC Game World CEO Sergiy Grygorovych has said 'We are very pleased that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Became so popular among players from all over the world. Financial success will allow us to develop S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In different directions as a brand.' Main article:S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a prequel set a year before Shadow of Chernobyl. The game world consists of a mix of old, redesigned areas and completely new levels. The updated engine supports the Inverse Kinematics animation system, allowing more and better animations.
New effects such as volumetric lighting were also included. In general, the developers sought to take the basics of everything in Shadow of Chernobyl and enhance them. Better AI, graphics and new game-play additions, such as faction wars, were some of the added features.S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Main article:S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is a sequel set after the events in Shadow of Chernobyl. The game features new areas recreated by their true-to-life locales such as Pripyat town, and more.
Other features include an improved A-Life system, a new player interface, a brand-new story and a number of unique characters, two new monsters and behavior and abilities, an extended system of side quests, a sleep function and a free play mode.S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost restoration projects In 2014, a mod aimed at restoring cancelled features from the early versions of the game was released as a standalone game titled S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha, development of which has since still continued with Lost Alpha - Developer's Cut released in 2017.
's Craig Pearson praised many aspects of the 2004 version, but also noted the presence of stability problems and bugs. There have been also other similar projects of various scope and scale, including Oblivion Lost, Oblivion Lost Remake, Paradise Lost, and Old Storyline Restoration Mod ( RMA).
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Scene from the ZoneThe game takes place inside the in Ukraine, divided into three areas known as Zaton, (including and ), and ghost city of. Each of these is a large playable area. The majority of Call of Pripyat 's gameplay focuses on a combination of both post-apocalyptic horror, as well as tactical role-playing action.Receiving damage will usually cause bleeding, which the player must take care of with medical supplies. Similarly, unmaintained weapons and some equipment will be damaged from continued use.
The condition of an item is displayed as a gauge next to the entry in the player's inventory. If severely damaged or broken, a red icon will denote this.The Zone features a limited economy, with traders and inhabitants exchanging goods and services for money and items. The game's trading system differs from the previous editions in that weapons and armor that have degraded past a certain point are unable to be sold until they are repaired, at which point the repair costs usually offset the sell price. Traders also sell information on missions and are keen to buy valuable documents.Bandits are members of the criminal underworld who came to the Zone for different reasons; to make money by selling artifacts, hide from the law or to trade in weapons.
The Zone is full of Bandits, ranging from common thugs to serious criminals, most of whom are members of one gang or another. Although the Zone gangs frequently fight amongst themselves, the criminal element still poses a serious problem for normal Stalkers. Bandits are ruthless and generally hostile to anyone not in their gang. Though depicted in as a united, highly territorial faction, the Bandit population in consists mainly of roving groups.Upgrading has three tiers of improvement, with each one requiring a toolkit to allow for respective tier upgrade/modification. Basic tools will allow the player to access the first tier and fine tools will allow access to the second tier. The calibration tool kits are only found in Pripyat and will give access to the last tier. The upgrade system is similar to that of Clear Sky except that the negatives of upgrades are removed.
Upgrading a certain element still makes alternative upgrade options unavailable.Various mutant creatures roam the Zone, most of which are hostile to Stalkers and will pursue and attack people who get too close. Has been overhauled since the previous two games and now offers these creatures advanced and more realistic behavior. New mutants not present in Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky include the Burer, a dwarf-like monster in a hoodie with telekinetic powers; and the Chimera, a Cerberus-like dog with deadly strength.Several factions reside in the Zone: Loners, Bandits, Mercenaries, Scientists, Zombified Stalkers, Military, Monolith, Duty, and Freedom, the two latter ones being ideologically motivated; control and anarchy, respectively. Despite the Yanov station cease-fire, fights will occasionally break out outside designated Safe Zones. At some certain spots of Zaton and Jupiter groups of Mercenaries, both neutral and hostile to the player, appear.
The player's relations to the factions are commonly neutral. However, Zombified Stalkers and Monoliths are hostile towards all characters.Each day at random times in the game, 'emissions' will occur: The ground will shake, an indication of the Noosphere's damaged structure is unable to hold back any longer and is about to eject lethal amounts of cascading psychic energy. The player will be warned two minutes in advance of an upcoming blowout, and must find a predesignated shelter so as not to be exposed to the psychic fallout. The sky will turn red as the blowout passes through the player's region, killing everything outside of a shelter. The player can, however, survive outside of a shelter during a blowout if he consumes special drugs that temporarily shut down his nervous system, which will cause the player to be immune to the psychic activity, thereby passing out and waking up after the blowout.
Blowouts can cause new artifacts to be spawned in the anomaly fields.Artifacts are found in or around anomalies. Players have to use special detectors to bring artifacts into the visible spectrum, as they are naturally invisible. Every time an Emission occurs, each anomaly field has a chance of creating a new artifact within its wake. These artifacts can be sold, be put into artifact slots that are incorporated into suits that the player can wear and are occasionally given as rewards for services rendered. Primarily, artifacts serve as a means to enhance the player's abilities, dependent on which artifact the player has put into his artifact slot. Most are modular and can be used in conjunction with other artifacts, or multiple artifacts of the same kind can be used to multiply their effects. Most of these artifacts emit harmful radiation, limiting their usage to short periods of time.
Radiation-reducing artifacts can be used to counter this effect.In the free play mode, the player may traverse the zone and finish all of the missions that were not finished. The player is also able to obtain hidden artifacts and unlock achievements.Plot The game takes place soon after the events of. After Strelok disables the Brain Scorcher, multitudes of stalkers rush to the centre of the Zone, hoping to find rare artifacts and other rumoured treasures. The takes advantage of this gold-rush and launch 'Operation Fairway,' a large scale helicopter mission intended to scout the area by air in preparation for a full-scale military assault on the. Despite thorough preparations, the mission goes horribly wrong, and all five STINGRAY helicopters crash. The player, Major Alexander Degtyarev, an experienced stalker and agent, is sent into the Zone to investigate the crash sites on behalf of the.During the course of his investigation, Degtyarev learns that the helicopters were disabled in the air by powerful shocks of electricity.
He also confirms via a helicopter black box that the military survivors have gone to an evacuation point somewhere in Pripyat. However, the city is sealed off due to The Zone's environment. The Major eventually finds an underground passageway to Pripyat and gathers a small team of stalkers to help him traverse this tunnel. After fighting through mutants and the mysterious Monolith faction, they reach the abandoned city and link up with the military survivors from the helicopter crashes.The player eventually meets the protagonist of Shadow of Chernobyl, Strelok, and learns of the secrets behind the Zone, including how anomalies change position during and after each emission – explaining why the helicopters crashed in the first place.The game concludes with the survivors, Strelok, and the player evacuating the Zone while being attacked by hordes of enemies.
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Before boarding the rescue helicopters, the player is given the choice to leave the Zone forever or stay. If the player decides not to leave the Zone, then the game enters into free-play mode.
During free-play mode, the player can freely explore areas and finish side-missions, while given the option to leave at any time through.The game's ending differs depending on the actions of the player during the game. How the player handles in-game missions, and whether certain NPCs are alive or not by the end of the game directly affect the ending sequence. Despite different endings, one thing that remains the same is the belief that the Zone is expanding, and might actually encompass Russia and the rest of Europe.Development and release. Promotion at the 2009Call of Pripyat utilizes the, allowing advanced modern graphical features through the use of to be fully integrated; one outstanding feature being the inclusion of real-time. Regions and maps feature photo realistic scenes of the region it is made to represent.
There is also extensive support for older versions of, meaning that Call of Pripyat is also compatible with DirectX 9 through 11. The game is validated.The game has a Limited Special Edition, released only in Germany, that features an A3-sized map of the Zone, 2 faction patches, a stalker bandanna and a 'stalker' lighter, as well as the metal case in which the game is included. Also another Special Edition, released in the rest of Europe, that includes Art Cards, an A2-sized map of the Zone and the Soundtrack CD, was released. In North American territories, a Collector's Edition has been released, containing a smaller version of the Zone's map, a tech-tree poster and stickers. Call of Pripyat is also available through multiple digital distribution outlets.Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore80/100Review scoresPublicationScore7/108/1079%8/10GameZone8.5/108.2/1080%87%9/10Call of Pripyat received 'favorable' reviews according to the review aggregation website.
The game was lauded for its well optimized engine with relatively few bugs and glitches, for example, said, 'The most stable S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Game yet also happens to be the most atmospheric and compelling.'
Other reviews by websites previously opposed to new titles in the series have also given Call of Pripyat positive reviews. While rated the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Franchise's previous installment ( Clear Sky) to be a significant disappointment, they gave more positive feedback in their review of the recent addition, saying 'Only the slight sensation of datedness prevents this from scoring higher, and no doubt once the mods start flowing the value for money will get even better.
But there's plenty here to keep the faithful feeling extremely optimistic about the prospect of a proper sequel. And there's still nothing out there quite like STALKER.' Though the reviews of the game's artificial intelligence system were positive, GameSpot did note that the combat AI at times seemed unfairly good, and that 'Human enemies facing away from you have the uncanny ability to notice when you peek out a window behind them and are remarkably good shots in the dead of night, even without night vision scopes equipped.' However, 'Despite a bit of cheating, Call of Pripyat rarely feels unfair.' Call of Pripyat was entered in 's Top 100 PC games of all time in 2011, ranked in 38th place.References. Retrieved 20 January 2011. ^.
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