S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Stalker is Stalker. It seems to me that everyone knows about her. By the way, they played too. It's atmospheric, it's interesting, it's moderately scary, it's good. The only thing is that now, in 2023, the game is really outdated, but the fans are not asleep and are saving and resuscitating such a wonderful game.

Community is a separate article, actually. A bunch of mods for every taste, some will tell you a separate story, some will make graphics better than in the trailer for Stalker 2. In a word, I recommend it, a childhood game, a cult one for the CIS.

The game is excellent, but the gloomy atmosphere is somehow too gloomy) What I liked:

PLOT - several endings and a bunch of side quests

GAMEPLAY - run and kill mutants, clear locations

search and collect artifacts - cool and enjoyable

GRAPHICS - in those days these graphics were super, but now after new games... mmm so-so

MUSIC AND SOUND - very suitable for the game

VOICE ACTING - this is probably the most beautiful thing in the game besides the gameplay — the guys did their best,

CONTROLS are also convenient, but we had to change the layout and sense a little.

Overall the game is super and this is one of those Russian games that is cool to play even now!

Legendary game, what more can I say. There are some bugs, but the game is still good. It's worth playing at least once.

I gave the game a solid 6.5

No, in fact, I really love it, I like to come back here periodically and replay the storyline. It is large, rich in detail, and has several interesting twists. In general, too much has been said about PM for me to write anything original right now.

My assessment is based on the fact that the game has a lot of running around locations. At the beginning, this is due to the fact that you are a beginner and you are supposed to take advantage of the older ones, but towards the end, even the plot-driven task of returning and Cordon really annoys me

I don’t know whether it’s worth describing this masterpiece in detail since the game in today’s realities is, to put it mildly, “old,” but if there are those who have not played, be sure to go through and feel the whole atmosphere of the Zone. This game is incomparable to anything, just a separate world where dirt, blood, the pursuit of profit and the desire to go deeper into the Zone are mixed with a test of banal humanity in moments where you decide to help an NPC or simply kill him, and all responsibility for the decision is yours alone and even though this is just a game, many can understand what kind of people they are if they look at all their actions from a slightly different angle, so to speak) be sure to play, but remain human in any situation and happy hunting Stalkers!)

The game really immerses you in an atmosphere of hopelessness and apocalypse with its romance. When there is devastation and despair all around, the sounds of the guitar and the jokes of local stalkers around the fire fill the game with a certain romance.

A game of its time. I can’t say that I had a WOW effect while playing through the game. She seemed quite boring to me. I know that there is a huge lore in the world of Stalker, but the monotony of the missions makes you go through the game quickly through the plot and leave it in your memories and a check mark that you completed this game. It’s boring because there’s a lot of running back and forth, and because of this, I didn’t want to go through additional quests and drag out the game, and I had to wait until almost the last mission for the action itself.

I didn’t become a fan of the game, it’s so-so, neither Action, nor RPG, neither fish nor fowl, a C-minus, considering that it has been made for more than one year.

Artificial life is poorly made. NPCs constantly hang out in parking lots, sit on their pants, strum guitars, tell stories, and make unfunny jokes. They live in the open air, in any weather. They eat and drink without removing their armor. Apart from GG, no one collects artifacts. The AI ​​is weak, NPCs and mutants behave ridiculously, do not see the threat, die out of stupidity, and do not see anomalies. They block passage through the doors, it’s just annoying. It's too much that the GG needs to be fed, otherwise he will die.

The open world is not so open, radiation, barbed wire, anomalies create an invisible corridor, and… Read full

I found out about the game in 2022. When I downloaded it I thought it would be a boring game but no. There are monsters in the game that want to kill you, and a lot of weapons. The game will run even on the weakest PC. I also got my friend hooked on this game))))

Despite the office and their plans.

Graphics: 10 out of 10.

Plot: 10 out of 10.

Environment: 10 out of 10.

Locations: 10 out of 10.

I recommend some other classics at a discount.

Works even on mid-budget devices and laptops.

A very atmospheric game that you want to return to again and again.

A variety of enemies from bandits to mutants, many types of weapons, an interesting plot, several endings. Overall the game is a masterpiece!

I started with this part, thanks to it I am one of those people who, since childhood, have dreamed of going not to the sea, but to Chernobyl. 10/10

I played it back in 2009 and got a lot of impressions. The world, although not big, is alive, the atmosphere cannot be put into words at all, the gameplay is quite good. And most importantly, this series is a living indicator that our developers can release a decent game

From the very beginning of the introductory video, you understand that this game is not just “completely different,” but significantly different from all games in this genre. Night, rain, thunderstorm, road, “Truck of Death” and the corpses of dead stalkers, including “Marked One”!

Having met Sidorovich, you understand that from the very beginning of the game they started introducing you to not the most pleasant people in the zone. But this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is the Village of Bloodsuckers, which is impossible to pass by without “growing” a tail of 5 bloodsuckers. The tasks are not difficult, but it is difficult to survive on the way between destinations without getting into an anomaly, a shootout, or into the clutches of mutants.

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A wonderful game that has left its mark on the shooter gaming industry. A large number of locations, complete immersion, an unexpected ending. The graphics are good for the year, but there have been better ones. The game is a must-play for every gamer who loves post-apocalypse themes. Lots of side quests, great voice acting and, most importantly, the Exclusion Zone does not depend on the player. She lives her own life, and the A-Life system perfectly shows all its capabilities. I recommend it to everyone, the atmosphere is top notch.

I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Part 1, Shadows of Chernobyl (or Shadow of Chernobyl) went through many stages: reworking the settings, and then cutting out a lot of content, cutting down graphics (thanks to the not very powerful PC of that time. A similar fate befell Crysis).

The graphics were excellent for that time (and they still look good, and some textures are decent). Before the release of Crysis 1, it was TC that was the leader (and in terms of lighting it also remained the leader, even after the release of Crysis). The plot is good, the atmosphere is simply beyond words. The sounds and soundtrack are great. This Legend definitely deserves 10 points

Well, in general, the game is good, but you either need to buy it or burn it to disk, buy it too, but in general the game is popular for its memes and cool fluff, it also has exciting tasks and what can I say that it even has mods and this game, despite the fact that it was created in 2007 it is still popular, I recommend it to everyone!

Great game. Enjoyable gameplay. Excellent voice acting, music, atmosphere. Normal graphics. There are really a lot of bugs, but you can live with it. It would certainly be better if they weren't there. Thanks for the olive memes. Well, the bandits' music is good too.

I don't know how to talk much, so I'll keep it short. I only became a fan of this game 2 years ago when I started this game and this fat old jerk gave me my first task. I was surprised that we just woke up and they were telling us to storm someone already! But the plot in this game is not the main thing, the main thing is the atmosphere! You will be happy to sit with the stalkers by the fire and listen to their jokes and stories. There are also mods that make the game more fun! I'm proud of this game and consider myself a fan!

I liked the game, its atmosphere, and simultaneous seriousness and jokes, the gameplay is excellent, look for artifacts, shoot, carry cans for Sidor and go through the story. And the plot is simple: you walk around, trying to understand why you need to kill Strelok, what is happening, etc. The graphics are good, the eyes do not leak. But AI is not always adequate. Prequel: Clear Sky. Sequel: Call of Pripyat.

A classic of Ukrainian game development.

The game itself, maybe even at the time of release, doesn’t look very good. But Stalkach is not about that, he is about the atmosphere. This is a wonderful and unforgettable feeling around the fire with soulful NPCs who tell stories, play the guitar, and fry sausage and bread. What about laboratories? Ugh, how scary it was in them when I was still little!

If you step away from this waters and start talking about the matter, the game is still pretty good in terms of gameplay. To describe it simply, it is (just a little bit due to the mechanics of artifacts and replaceable equipment) an RPG and shooter with a more or less open world (several above-ground and underground locations, separated by a loading screen).

The gameplay, in principle, is good: there… Read full