

A sect of Stalkers called Clear Sky believes the blowout was in response to a Stalker breaching the center of the Zone, as they feel the Zone is a living entity with which mankind must learn to coexist. You play as the mercenary Scar, the lone survivor of a radioactive blowout a massive, localized energy storm that usually kills the unprotected, this one so huge as to change the very landscape of the Zone. Tattooed with the acronym 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.', he sets out to learn what happened to him, who Strelok is, and just what lays at the heart of the Zone.Ĭlear Sky details the events that led up to Strelok's journey to the center, effectively a prologue to Shadow.


The original game, Shadow of Chernobyl, follows one particular Stalker an amnesiac survivor of a truck crash, found only with a PDA ordering him to find and kill someone named Strelok, supposedly a Stalker who made it to the center of the Zone and unearthed the secrets of Chernobyl. This draws the attention of Stalkers, a blanket term for adventurers, thieves and the like who penetrate the army cordon around the Zone in search of artifacts. The anomalies themselves create mysterious, powerful artifacts that, when held or worn, strengthen the bearer: bulletproofing, radiation resistance, regeneration, improved stamina, and so on. Left in its wake are bizarre spatial anomalies - gravity wells, electrical discharges, spontaneous bursts of flame or shockwaves - that seem to defy modern science. Taking a sci-fi twist inspired by the novel Roadside Picnic, Stalker tells the tale of a second explosion following the 1986 meltdown. is an adventure-oriented series of shooters set in the blighted Exclusion Zone of Chernobyl.
