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STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl


Mixing key RPG elements with classic FPS action makes for an excellent game, though it can be argued if it was worth all the delays.

Available on: PC
Genre: Shooter
Expected release date: 03/20/2007
Published by: THQ
Developed by: GSC Game World
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
Online
8 player VS
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Screenshots updated Mar 6, 2007
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Spoiler Alert: DON'T attack bands of slavering dogs. DON'T run into radioactive anomalies. DON'T try and loot dead bodies in the middle of a firefight. And, whatever you do, DOUBLE DON'T attack the military. In fact, as a S.T.A.L.K.E.R., you need to be very, very cautious indeed. Otherwise you will die. We've just spent the last hour getting hands-on with developer GSC Game World's long-awaited shooter - for shooter it is, more so than RPG - and we're dusting off our hoodie and returning from ...   » Read Full STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl preview
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You are an outlaw among outlaws, a high-tech poacher known as a STALKER. In 2012, twenty years after the world's worst atomic disaster, a second mysterious explosion rocked the Ukraine. The Chernobyl site became uninhabitable for humans with even the most advanced protective gear. Six years later you reenter the area, known as the “Exclusion Zone,” to bring back valuable artifacts formed by the strange anomalies there. You are not alone. Mutated creatures and other trigger-happy ...   » Read Full STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl preview
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ESRB Rating
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is rated:
Mature
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