The protagonists in the series have different goals and allegiances, but often must work together. The most dangerous of the Zone dwellers are other stalkers, particularly a fanatical sect called the Monolith that protects the center of the Zone, and mutants, some of which possess psionic powers. Additionally, military squads carry out operations in the Zone, such as elimination missions or securing strategic points. The military have an uneasy relationship with stalkers - while official orders are to shoot any trespassers on sight, military personnel are often bribed to look the other way. To protect the Zone from intruders, a military checkpoint known as the Cordon was established by the Ukrainian Military Forces. Bandits are wanted criminals and outlaws that have come to the Zone to hide from authorities, while the Clear Sky seek to understand the origins of the Zone. Conversely, members of the Freedom faction believe the Zone is a gift that should be freely accessible to all people. The Duty are a paramilitary organization that believes the Zone is a threat to humanity that must be destroyed. Many of them are working on their own, though there are also several organized factions present. People who have come to explore the Zone in search of personal enrichment such as artifacts are known as "stalkers". The anomalies are causing artifacts to appear, which are items with unique and extraordinary properties such as anti-gravity or radioactivity absorption. After the second disaster, the Zone grew rich with anomalies - inexplicable phenomena that don't obey the laws of physics or common sense (such as pillars of fire, lightning scatter, whirlwinds that tear everything that falls into them, etc). Due to the experiments conducted in these laboratories, a second catastrophe occurred in 2006, which caused physical and meteorological phenomena all over the exclusion zone and mutation of local plant and animal life. The franchise takes place in an alternate Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (or simply "the Zone"), where a number of classified laboratories were established following the nuclear disaster of 1986. Setting Timeline of releases 2007Īttendees of fan festival Stalker-Fest 2009 The name "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." is a backronym for Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers. The series is loosely based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and influenced by the movie Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. The player takes the role of a "stalker" - a name given to trespassers and adventurers who have come to explore the exclusion zone and its strange phenomena. As a result, the physical, chemical, and biological processes in the area were altered, spawning numerous nature-defying anomalies, artifacts, and mutants. The series is set in an alternate version of the present-day Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, where, according to the series' backstory, a mysterious second Chernobyl disaster took place in 2006. is a first-person-shooter survival horror video game series developed by GSC Game World. Hal 9000, 3D Modeler and Artist, 4K Bread Master.S.T.A.L.K.E.R. PieceMaker, the Lead Graphics Artist, for remastering vehicles and more.Ĭoach Dorn, Public Relations and Community Manager, Alpha Testing. He’s had experience working on several Unreal projects such as: The lead developer, programmer, and idea man behind the entire project is Ivan Sorce. Unreal helps makes this all simple and possible. Several newer gameplay features are also in the works such as Online Co-Op and VR Head Tracking. Extra maps from the other two titles, Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat are on the list for development as well. What’s planned is the entire original Shadow of Chernobyl story. Even the original developers at GSC have announced STALKER 2 is going to be in Unreal. It’s fairly well optimized, has easy to use development tools, an entire workshop for development content, and gameplay features that truly haven’t been seen on any other engine. Unreal 4 has come a long way since it’s launch. This is entirely fan made using assets and content from the original game along with newer content. Stay tuned on Discord and YouTube for updates and discussions. There will be an open beta at one point in time. And I assure you, attention to detail is their expertise. Development is done by volunteers and fans.
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