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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadows of Chernobyl
The game has overgrown with gigabytes of updates, patches and mods (add-ons), some of which really improve the game, while the action of others destroys these improvements and the game simply does not work after installing any next update. You can just get confused in this information, and in your head you get a mess with a ringing, as after the attack of the controller from the STALKER game. It will take a lot of time and a lot of traffic to try and understand everything. This is an attempt to somehow systematize, its own bit of understanding and help in the cult game Stalker PM. In the forums, breaking hundreds of sheets of information, we came to the conclusion that there is no ready-made solution.
Some play well on one version, while others do not. Some are happy, others swear. It's up to you to decide what and which version to play. Most likely all problems lie in the hardware configuration.
So, at this point in time, the versions v1.0004 - v1.0005 - v1.0006 are considered stable.
Having tried all the versions, we made CONCLUSIONS:
Or a stable game on version v1.0004 using mods (the names of popular mods are in our Stalker collection)
Or a stable game on version v1.0006, but without mods and add-ons.
Our advice:
- play the original game v1.0006 from the developers of GSC Game World (there will be no crashes and glitches in the game).
- then try FASHION.
For those who have difficulty choosing patches, add-ons and mods:
INSTRUCTIONS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL
For correct installation all mods and patches, follow the instructions and everything will work.
All versions and updates are in huge numbers on the Internet.
1. You have the correct drive: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL
Enter the highlighted names into google or yandex.
1.stk-sfk-r-patch-any-4.exe (installed on all versions v 1.0000-1.0003)
2.stk-sfk-r-patch-any-5.exe (installed only on version v 1.0004)
3.stk-sfk-r-patch-any-6.exe (installed only on version v 1.0005)
4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl v 1.0006 RU SinglePlayer NoDVD (XR_3DA.exe) - for single player or
5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl v 1.0006 RU Multiplayer NoDVD (XR_3DA.exe) - for playing over the network.
Saves v 1.0000-v 1.0004 are not the same as v 1.0006 !!!
v 1.0005 - v 1.0006 - all the efforts of these patches are mainly aimed at optimizing the network connection.
Improvements for patch 1.0004:
Optimization:
1. The calculation of detailed objects is moved to the second CPU thread.
2. Optimization of the engine gave an increase in FPS by 10-15%.
3. Optimized shaders.
4. Changes to the network game (now we are not interested in this, because mods are used that we did not test on the network game).
ONLINE GAME S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Joining the server will be possible only if the client and server have the same game version. In addition, you need to find a key on the network (we do not sell keys).
Now basically all "Shadows of Chernobyl" are playing on the version of the patch v1.0006.
Players can connect to each other over the network via a direct IP connection.
Both connections use the TCP / IP protocol. To start or join any of these types of games, select "Multiplayer" from the main menu.
Router and Firewall Settings
Hosting a network game server inside a network connected to the Internet through a firewall (firewall) or proxy server is not supported. Players can connect to the server using the information below. If you are connected through a router or firewall and have access to its settings, then the following ports must be open in order for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. have worked:
6667 (IRC)
3783 (Voice Chat Port)
27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)
28900 (Master Server List Request)
29900 (GP Connection Manager)
29901 (GP Search Manager)
13139 (Custom UDP Pings)
6515 (Dplay UDP)
6500 (Query Port)
Make sure S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is in the list of exclusions for Windows Firewall or any other program you are using.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. installer automatically adds the game to the Windows Firewall exceptions list.
Antivirus software
Antivirus users (Nvidia Access Manager, NOD32, Norton, PandaSoft, etc.) may have difficulty connecting to the GameSpy server, and may experience reduced game performance and crashes. If you have any problems, we suggest placing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to the list of exclusions of these programs or otherwise disable them for the duration of the game.
2. You do NOT have the correct drive: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL
NOT the correct disc is a disc named FASHION.
1. Zip the contents of the gamedata folder and delete the contents (this folder must be empty).
Check - start the game, wait for the game menu, the version should be in the lower left corner. If no version is specified, then 1.0000
2. Depending on the version - patch it to the desired one - v 1.0006
3. Play.
3. You have ANY disk: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL
And you want to experiment with mods and addons.
All mods work on versions v 1.0004 (or v 1.0003)
PROCEDURE FOR MODES:
1. Save the entire "bin" folder (this way you can return the game to its original position).
2. Update the game to stk-sfk-r-patch-any-4.exe (the patch updates all versions of the game 1.0000-1.0003 to version 1.0004)
3. STALKER_1.0004_No-DVD_RUS - put in the bin folder (but not in bin \ dedicated)
Games saved in version 1.0000 - 1.0003 will work with version 1.0004 (but don't risk it, copy the saves to a safe place).
Save location of the game Stalker PM: C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Documents \ stalker-shoc
4. Select an interesting MOD or addon (for example here), enter the name into any search engine, download and follow the installation instructions.
AMK MOD v1.4.1 and most other mods are not compatible with online play!
To find out about the compatibility of mods with a network game, you need to go to the mod developers site.
Possible problems when installing patches:
If a message pops up at the time of installing the patch that this patch is not for the World Wide, then you have the World Wide!
Generally, for the Worldwide version, for some reason, there are not enough files, patches and additions, but you can find everything!
Save the entire "bin" folder (this way you can return the game to its original position).
For S.T.A.L.K.E.R. World Wide - own patches:
1.stk-ww-10004.exe or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl v1.004, Worldwide
After installing the patch version 1.0004, the game will not start, so look for the patch
2.STALKER_1.0004_No-DVD_RUS (or with your version of the game), it is called XR_3DA.exe
You just need to put it in the "bin" folder with the game. Please note that for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. World Wide - its own patch XR_3DA.exe
To correctly evaluate and understand the game of PM, we advise you to play in the following sequence:
1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL (v. 1.0006)
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. EXECUTOR OF WISHES
3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. HIDDEN ANOMALY
4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Autozone
5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. NEW WAR
6. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Surf Story
7. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Damage zone 1
8. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Damage Zone 2
9. For mod lovers:
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL (v. 1.0004) + AMK MOD v1.4.1 or Old Good Stalker mod v.2.3
- "Narodnaya Solyanka 2009"
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R "TIN 0.1"
- GT Mod + Photorealistic Zone + Soundmod v1.1
(The saves of all these versions of the games are not compatible!)
Real help on the game Stalker - Shadows of Chernobyl
Where to find Vintar BCC:Arm. warehouses are a key location in terms of getting Vintorez:
1. At the base of freedom - to the left of the bridge there will be 2 barracks, in the second, in the far corner, right on the floor (there is no vintar in AMK MOD).
2. Vintorez can be bought at army warehouses. At the base of freedom - to the left of the bridge there will be 2 barracks, in the first, in the far corner, a soldier will sleep right on the floor. Can be bought cheap. She does not appear with him immediately, but after a while, as soon as there are tips about Vintar. (For example, Vintar appeared at him immediately after the start of Voronin's quest - item 5).
3. In addition to the indicated location, Vintorez is hidden in a cache in a hatch at the Freedom base (tip from Svoboda). (the cache is empty in AMK MOD).
4. For stalkers - neutrals for arm. warehouses, you can get a tip on the "cache in the switchboard" (laboratory x-16 on Yantar), which also contains Vintorez.
When you go down the mine, there is a blue electric shield on one of the floors.
5. If you complete Voronin's quest (the leader of the Duty) and bring him a modified rifle obtained from mercenaries in warehouses (converted into a sniper rifle), then you also get Vintorez for this task. Unfortunately, the modified rifle cannot be obtained without killing a friendly freeman. This soldier moves constantly along the bridge - from the barracks to the post. But you can set up a kind of random explosion if you connect 2 red barrels of gasoline and shoot at them from behind cover at the moment when he passes nearby. Then the green dots remain green (everyone remains friends). For some reason, the program considers this to be an accident.
Glitch in the game with items:
As you know, the player can carry a limited number of items in the backpack, and the more items in the backpack, the slower the player's speed. But the number of carried items can be easily increased without losing movement speed. This is done by dragging corpses, which will have your items in their backpacks. Strange, but the player's movement speed does not depend at all on how many items the corpse has in the backpack.
How to increase the clip of your favorite barrel:
Go here gamedata \ config \ weapons find a file with your favorite weapon.
For example w_abakan.ltx it contains the line ammo_mag_size - it is this line that indicates how many cartridges are in your store.
I think it's within reason to put up to 30 units.
Reduce weapon wear (tested with AMK MOD installed):
You can also lower the wear of your weapon with the line condition_shot_dec (it says opposite what it means) add more zeros after the dot, or even put only one zero there, then the weapon will be immortal.
Reduce Armor Wear:
In order for the armored man to have protection against various influences, you need to go S.T.A.L.K.E.R./gamedata/config/misc/outfit.ltx, in this file there are lines (for example, for a beginner's suit):
NO RESISTANCE
burn_protection = 0.1
strike_protection = 0.1
shock_protection = 0.1
wound_protection = 0.1
radiation_protection = 0.0
telepatic_protection = 0.0
chemical_burn_protection = 0.1
explosion_protection = 0.1
fire_wound_protection = 0.1
Now where 0 put for example 1 it should look like this:
; NO RESISTANCE
burn_protection = 1.1
strike_protection = 1.1
shock_protection = 1.1
wound_protection = 1.1
radiation_protection = 1.0
telepatic_protection = 1.0
chemical_burn_protection = 1.1
explosion_protection = 1.1
fire_wound_protection = 1.1
The suit now has 100% protection.
And so it is possible for any reservation
Always running:
Open your console, type: g_always_run 1 and you can run as long as you want. To disable the code, enter: g_always_run 0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. codes:
Codes for bonus content: In the main folder with the installation of the game, find and run the setup-bp.exe file Select the installation language and then enter these codes:
pseudodog - open bonus number 1 (multiplayer map)
snork - open bonus number 2 (multiplayer map)
Click the NEXT button and the bonuses will be opened.
Third person game:
C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Documents \ STALKER-SHOC
Add to the user.ltx file:
bind cam_1 kF1
bind cam_2 kF2
bind cam_3 kF3
bind cam_4 kF4
White iron boxes:
They are often found in locations. There are valuable items, rare cartridges. Opened by Shift + F or banal shots on the lid.
Where there are endless first aid kits:
In the wild, next to a wrecked helicopter - a scientist in an orange overalls. On it, if you point and press F, a cache will be displayed 10 meters away - there are first-aid kits.
It is done many times and the first aid kits do not end.
Where to get cartridges for Vintar:
On the basis of debt, buy from the colonel in the house (house - to the right of the checkpoint). You can get excellent quests from neg. Immediately they will not be allowed into debt, only in the process of passing, when the thug Bartender will give a quest. But you can climb there through the roof of the stairs next to the checkpoint of duty. There - on the chimney and on the roof - from there down to the colonel, but if the debt workers notice - they will be enemies, it is not profitable. In short, you need to stay out of sight of the checkpoint guard and everything will be fine. To go out - through the gap between the buildings opposite the house with the colonel. You won't be able to get out right away, but you can, if you try and be patient.
Accelerated passage of Stalker - Shadow of Chernobyl
This is for a quick understanding of the game, but we advise you to complete most of the quests for the correct plot setting. There are many benefits to this. For example artifacts, weapons, money, armor.
Everything side quests walk by. At the sight of a corpse, we collect first-aid kits and cartridges. We unload the guns and throw them away. We buy all first-aid kits, bandages and cartridges from each merchant. We shoot in the head.
1. Get a flash drive Nimble.
We take the quest from Sidorych in the basement at the beginning of the game.
We go to the Wolf, take the weapon. We go to the scouts, talk to them and raise them to storm the ATP. We take out the bandits to the ATP. We take a shotgun with cartridges. We find Nimble, we take the flash drive and refer to Sidorych.
2. Quest for taking documents at the Research Institute Agroprom.
We buy bandages, cartridges. Sidorych gives the task to go to his stalker, who will lead him through the cordon. We run to the conductor. The one is dead. We bring down the dogs around him and carefully with the help of throwing bolts we pass through the tunnel with anomalies so as not to fall into the anomalies.
3. On the walkie-talkie, they give the quest to meet with the Fox. We run to him (Fox has no more than three minutes left to live). We beat off the Fox from the dogs. The fox gives out information about Gray - he knows about the Arrow. We run to the Gray. Meanwhile, the remaining dogs kill Fox.
4. At the entrance to the Dump location, we see three bandits holding a stalker at gunpoint. To the bandits with a shot to the head. We accept the quest to fight off the dump from the bandits. We run to the dump to the leader of the stalkers, talk to him, fight off the dump from the bandits, accept the reward from the leader of the stalkers.
We run to the locomotive depot. We beat off the depot from the bandits. We are looking for the Gray, we speak with him. We receive the quest to communicate with the Mole (not the Mole, which is from the Strelka group).
5. Searching the corpses - collecting cartridges, preparing for a meeting with the Mole. We go to the Research Institute Agroprom. We accept the quest to fight off the soldiers, we fight back. We accept the quest "Beat the Mole". We beat back. Special forces are landing, we do not touch it. We run after the Mole to the hatch. We speak with the Mole, we receive the quest "Search the Arrow's cache".
6. We go down into the dungeon near the Mole - we will not see him again. We break through down the spiral staircase. We find the shooter's cache according to the plan. We jump into it, standing on the box. We search the hiding place, take the flash drive, the improved AK, ammunition required, we get the quest "Learn about the Ghost". We do not go back! We leave further through the tunnel. In front of the stairs in the Research Institute of Agroprom, a controller will appear behind and the quest "Arrow's Cache" will close - we do not touch the controller.
7. We run to the entrance to the research institute building, in which documents - two grenades to the entrance. We run inside. We make our way to the third floor. In the hall we grab the documents. We run out of the building. At the exit we bring down the special forces from the grenade. Do not try to bring down the special forces slowly - it will not work. We run away, we kill those who run after us quickly.
8. We run to the Dump location. Then to the Duty base and to the bartender. We return the docks, accept the quest for the laboratory x18 and a normal suit. We run to the Wild Valley through the Dump, we don't bother anyone. In the Wild Valley, we see Dolgovets at the entrance, holding a bandit at gunpoint. We don’t shoot a long-time man in the head. We accept the quest to save Dolgovets. We save. We get optical sight and cling to our AK.
9. We make our way to the base through the sewer from the side of the fence. We go into the building of the bandits. We are looking for Hog, we bring him down, we take away the key from x18. We go down to the prison, find Dolgovets' suit, put on ourselves. Next, go to x18.
10. In the laboratory x18. We search the floor, find the scientist's corpse, enter the code into the door, press "Enter". We search the next floor, find the corpse, enter the code, open the door again. Then we go along the arrow. We run to the left, knock out the glass, collect ammunition and first-aid kits. We run to the right to the second floor, we take away the docks. We find a running anomaly, we bring it down. The door opens. Special forces are running in.
11. We bring down the special forces, we run out through the southern exit to the Cordon. We go to Sidorych, get a reward, buy first-aid kits. We go to the Bartender. We get a quest for x16. We buy all the information from the info merchant.
12. We go through Wild territory... We receive the quest "Save Kruglov" from the bandits. We bring down the bandits, we take away the optics from them.
13. We go with Kruglov to the location "Lake Amber". We see zombies, zombies shoot at the head from optics single, switch 0. We go into the building behind Kruglov. We receive quests from Comrade Sakharova: "Accompany Kruglov."
14. We take Kruglov, we run in front, clearing out the zombies. We also run forward in the tunnel. With a successful cleanup, Kruglov will be alive. After the ejection, we run up to Kruglov, raise him and run to Sakharov. We are saved.
15. We get the protective psi-garbage. We receive the quest "Disable installation". We are not going to the installation, but to the swamp, looking for the corpse of Prof. Vasiliev, we search, we complete the quest "Information about the Ghost".
16. We clean the territory, go down to the laboratory and turn off the installation moving up 4 levels along the spiral staircase.
17. Next, carefully go up, catch the controller, throw 2 grenades at his feet, then run up and shoot him in the head. The controller is killed. We carefully search the corpse of the ghost; we do not take documents. We receive the quest "Meet the Guide". We take documents from the corpse of the Ghost, we take the suit of the Ghost. We are dragging this good to Sakharov.
18. Take the quest from Sakharov "Ghost Suit". We hand over a suit, we get an ecologist's suit - it is the best.
19. We hand over the quest to the Bartender at the location of the Debt, take the quest "Disable the burner".
20. We go not to the burner, but to the Cordon. After entering the Cordon, the Conductor has two minutes to live. We run, on the way to the Guide we shoot in the head the dogs devouring him. You need to have time to do it quickly. We get the quest to meet the Doctor in the Shooter's cache.
21. We run to the Research Institute Agroprom, again we climb into the cache from the side of the fence. We meet the Doctor, get the quest "Find a decoder in Pripyat". We return back, as we arrived, the only controller remaining in the Zone wanders ahead.
22. We run through the base of the Debt to the Army warehouses. At the Freedom base, we take Vintorez and buy cartridges for it. We beat off the checkpoint from the Monoliths, we update the barrels and cartridges.
23. We pass through the Radar directly to Pripyat. We run 20 m of the action of the burner on the first-aid kits, the quest "Disable the burner" is counted.
24. With the "Duty" group we make our way to the underground parking lot. Then we go to the hotel, find the decoder, get the quest "Open the encrypted door".
25. We run into the stadium in Pripyat, we receive the task "to get to the Sarcophagus". In 7 minutes we reach the Sarcophagus by dashes near the wall, there is no time to fight, there is an ejection ahead.
26. We are saved. In the Sarcophagus we take out the special forces of the Monolith, we take away the Gauss cannon and the FN-2000. We go to the Monolith - false endings. We do not go to the Sarcophagus to the "Monolith, the wishmaker". We climb up to the coded door in the Sarcophagus location.
27. Let's decode the door, go to the "Monolith Management" location. We bring everyone down. We get to the flasks. We shoot the flasks. We get answers to all questions. Who is the Shooter, etc. Join us - the true ending. We refuse to join the realization.
28. We get to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. We run on the first-aid kits to the heating pipe, climb onto it. We run through the system of teleports to the last teleport. We bring everyone down on the way. We shoot the control system. True ending.
For those who took our (correct) disc with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL:
you don’t need to download, bother, search, try and waste precious time, we have already done everything for you!
You just need to choose what to play:
- original game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL (complete and correct version)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R .: Clear sky (full and correct version)
- A set of 12 mods for the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOWS OF CHERNOBYL
The first part of the series of games is called "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl", it was released in 2007. It contains the adventures of the game's antagonist character named Bullseye, who was sent to kill another character - Strelka. In the process of searching for abandoned laboratories, factories and military bases, the player will have to find out that the mysterious Shooter who is being hunted is himself.
The result of the game was a breakthrough to the Sarcophagus in Pripyat, where the mysterious Monolith - the Executor of desires - rests. Depending on the actions and behavior of the player, 7 different endings of the game await him, of which only 2 are true and do not lead to his death.
"Stalker: Clear Sky"
The second part of "Stalker" - "Clear Sky", was released in 2008. This part of the game tells about the events that preceded the events described in "Shadow of Chernobyl". Here the player acts on behalf of a mercenary named Scar, who receives a task from the stalker clan "Clear Sky" to kill the Shooter, whose actions threaten to cause a terrible catastrophe throughout the Exclusion Zone.
Throughout the game, there is a pursuit of this, which ends with a battle at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the end of which the Shooter is wounded by the Scar and falls into the hands of the stalker clan "Monolith", guarding the legendary artifact.
Of all the released games in the Stalker series, Clear Sky is the only one where there is one ending that is not influenced by any actions of the hero.
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat"
The third part of this series of games was released in 2009. The antagonist of the game is Major Degtyarev from the SBU, who is investigating the death of military helicopters. Throughout the game, he will have to establish the cause of the failure of the electronics on these machines and save the surviving group of military men holding the defenses in one of the districts of Pripyat.
In this part of the game, the dependence of the endings on the actions of the main character reappears. His actions affect not only the end of the game for him personally, but also the fate of other characters and what events will take place in the Exclusion Zone after the player leaves it.
"Stalker 2"
Stalker 2 was supposed to be the final installment in this series of games. However, at the moment the project is "frozen" and all the efforts of the developers are thrown into the game "Survarium".
According to the developers, it is possible to resume work on this part of the game when their current game project "Survarium" is completed.
"Stalker: Lost Alpha"
According to the developers, as the official continuation of the Stalker series of games, a mod is being prepared, which will be called “ Lost alpha". At the same time, a completely different team is engaged in the creation of this mod than the one that developed the original "Stalker". This game will be a sequel to "Shadows of Chernobyl" with a completely new main and additional storyline.
Players will find several new monsters there, many old locations from previous games and a couple of new ones. Among other things, the modification will add new possibilities for interacting with the environment, characters and objects.
A multiplayer shooter with RPG elements, the events of which will take players to the Grand Canyon and its surroundings, turned into a lifeless wasteland as a result of a nuclear war.
The game has a clan system and PvP battles based on the capture of settlements and the struggle for resources, as well as a classless role-playing system that includes about a hundred different skills, six playable factions and much more.
However, the main feature of Fallen Earth, which makes it possible to classify it as a "Stalker type", is a huge open world for exploration, spread out, according to the developers, over an area of one thousand square kilometers.
9. Stalker Online
8.sZone Online
Another online project based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe, which differs from Stalker Online a little more high quality(although many will probably want to challenge this opinion), a more elaborate and lively world, a diverse gameplay.
In sZone Online, the player has access to several factions with their own tasks, a large selection of equipment and weapons, as well as familiar artifacts, mutants and anomalies. In addition to the PvP server, where clans of players are fighting among themselves incessant wars for control of the Zone, there is also a separate PvE server for those who want a more measured game with a focus on research.
There is also a crafting and equipment system. There are various playable classes with a set of characteristic skills: engineers, scientists, military, hunters, and so on.
With all this, sZone Online is absolutely free. You can download her game client from the link below.
7. Next Day: Survival
Stunningly beautiful and atmospheric from SOFF Games, currently in Early Access. One of the best multiplayer games like Stalker and Metro.
Although Next Day: Survival, unlike the two previous projects, does not try to earn popularity by using the name of the franchise and operating (and not always successful) other people's mechanics, many of its elements will balm the souls of Stalker fans.
First, the events are taking place in an unnamed post-Soviet state, the territory of which was damaged as a result of a biological attack, as a result of which toxic zones appeared on it.
Secondly, there are three different factions, an advanced reputation system and a large selection of faction tasks. Many of the local NPCs will be able to interact with the most different ways: from completing quests, obtaining information and trading to shootouts and robbery.
Thirdly, a large open world with a diverse animal world, offering the player a lot of interesting activities: from collecting resources and crafting to the ability to travel to different types transport.
Finally, there will be an innovative health system that makes characters vulnerable to numerous diseases and injuries. It is this serious approach to the mechanics of survival that distinguishes Next Day: Survival among all other modern survivals.
6. Singularity
Fantastic shooter from Raven Software, the events of which take place on the fictional Soviet Katorga-12, where top-secret experiments were carried out.
Excellent original setting, successful weaving into Sci-Fi elements and, exciting shooting, many different opponents and scenery made Singularity one of the most popular FPS of its time.
Even today, the shooter makes a good impression and will be of interest primarily to those who are looking for games similar to Stalker, with the same deep and mesmerizing atmosphere and rich gameplay.
5. Rage
A game from which a lot was expected, and which, in principle, managed to justify almost all these expectations.
In Rage there is a huge post-apocalyptic world, which still resembles more the cinematic universe of "Mad Max" than "Stalker", however, fans of the latter may well like it. And the local action game, built on the use of an impressive arsenal of weapons, including very unusual types, is successfully supplemented with RPG elements and. By the way, various types of ammunition and an impressive number of upgrades are available for weapons in Rage. You can also improve various pieces of equipment and even vehicles.
In addition to the single player company, the game has 9 modes and a special "Combat" mode, which allows players to fight each other in an impressive arena with access to vehicles.
4. Escape from Tarkov
An ultra-modern multiplayer shooter that combines a whole bunch of everything that is difficult to imagine. According to the developers, after the official release (for now, the beta version is available to players), Escape from Tarkov will become the first truly combat simulator, where the line between story and multiplayer modes will be completely erased.
Beyond FPS new game has some traits from RPG, Survival and TPS. The main emphasis in Escape from Tarkov will be on realism: reliable ballistics and damage system, full compliance of the presented weapon and its behavior with what exists in real life, the ability to disassemble any barrel literally to a screw, and so on. Also, the game promises a dynamic change of day and night, the character's susceptibility to various diseases, injuries, as well as exhaustion, which will certainly affect his combat capability.
Definitely a very curious project that has some similarities with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.
3. Metro Redux
Reissue of the Metro series, which included two previously released games within its framework: Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light.
Best single-player PC game like Stalker, for both. Surely this project is well known to all fans of shooters, so we will focus exclusively on the features of the Redux re-release:
- Improved graphics through the use of latest version engine 4A Engine.
- Increase the maximum available frame rate to 60FPS.
- Improved AI.
- Tweaked stealth and combat mechanics.
- The presence of all additional content released during the existence of games.
- The emergence of new game modes.
2. Survarium
A multiplayer first-person shooter that is in early access, but has already managed to win an army of fans and the title of "legal successor to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series", which is not surprising, because the game was made by the same people who created the new studio Vostok Games after the closure of GSC Game World.
The game offers the opportunity to fight in several different modes, improve equipment and your own skills, and collect artifacts. And all this is absolutely free. At least as long as Survarium is in the early access stage.
1. Metro: Exodus
Games like "Stalker" are the oppressive atmosphere of the post-apocalypse, tough survival with a search cans and the construction of shelters, and sometimes annoying mutants scurrying around.
And, of course, there are crowds of other players, most of whom are not very friendly.
"" Is the first game that comes to mind when you mention the multiplayer "Stalker".
Video Games Stalker Online
We will not describe here all the shortcomings of the game, there are other articles for this, but we categorically do not recommend getting to know it personally, although we consider ourselves obliged to mention the project.
2.sZone Online - better, but not much
Survival “” has a slightly better picture, the world is bigger, even factions are present, but otherwise the situation is not very different.
SZone Online Video Games
Free, with relatively low system requirements, With great idea, but now it's completely unplayable.
3. Survarium - a game from the authors of Stalker
"" Is developed by Vostok Games, where part of the team of authors "S.T.A.L.K.E.R" has moved. This already inspires hope.
Survarium video games
4. Next Day: Survival - gatherings with a guitar around the fire
Well, is it time to move on to live projects? "" Is not without flaws, but it still looks much better.
Next Day: Survival Video Game
The main problem is an aggressive community, but here the developers are powerless, and they are trying to fight bugs.
5. Desolate - this mysterious island
Desolate is a game about monsters, aggressive people and mysterious anomalies. In the best traditions of "Stalker" and with a cooperative for four.
Video Game Desolate
The project was developed by a domestic studio, the authors of the survival "The Wild Eight", which received mostly positive reviews from critics.
6. Escape from Tarkov - hardcore survival
"" Is not just a game about survival in the strange dangerous city, but a whole new world, in which a book has already been released.
Video games Escape from Tarkov
Perhaps this is exactly the Stalker we deserve - time will tell, but so far the game looks very cool.
7. Will To Live Online - a new life for civilization
What will happen with the domestic "", whose release is scheduled for early 2018, is not yet clear.
Video Game Will To Live Online
It seems that everything is as usual, but maybe at least this time everything will be done efficiently and the game will not be ruined by the greed of the authors, which is already familiar for the genre?
8. Metro Exodus is one of the most anticipated games of the year
I would like to talk about Metro Exodus separately, usually we don't write about single-player games, but such a loud announcement is hard to miss.
In the new part of the story, inspired by the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky, Artyom gets out of the deep catacombs to the surface in order to take off his gas mask and stop the activities of the sinister Order.
Metro Exodus Video Game
The game is already out in 2018, although there is no exact date yet. Do not miss!
The number of new and old games in the Stalker universe and around it confirms that the abandoned worlds of the future are still interesting to players, which means that new loud announcements are not excluded this year.
CORDON
The Zone is an amazing thing. Your hero should have been dead several times already, but miraculously survived. You are alive and this is the main thing. The person to whom you owe your life - Sidorovich - on the contrary, and he did it for a reason. He needs a stalker to complete small tasks. Fortunately, your interests converge. After all, you have no equipment, no weapons, no memories of the Zone. So you have to be a little errand stalker. The only clue is a note in the PDA “Kill the Strelka”.
The first time Sidorovich will ask you how to conduct a conversation with you - as with a beginner or already experienced. If you have time, choose the beginner section - get valuable information on the PDA (information is duplicated in the introduction section). Full use of the PDA will make the passage of the Shadow Stalker of Chernobyl faster and more interesting.
Sidorovich will have 2 sections of tasks - special and work. Special tasks will help you pass storyline and are more interesting. Work for Sidorovich, as well as for most other employers, consists mainly in killing some stalker, killing mutants or searching for artifacts. Basic tips for completing these tasks are described below.
Your first special assignment will be:
GET INFORMATION FROM THE SCORTER
Stalker unknown to you Nimble carried important information for Sidorovich, but for some reason he disappeared. You need to talk to the head of the stalker camp - Wolf. Having looked into the PDA and choosing a task, you can add up an idea of what you have to do. The wolf is in the camp nearby. The direction of travel is determined on the mini-map. For your information, gray dots - dead stalkers(you can get ammunition when searching their bodies), yellow - still alive, red - opponents. Wolf, reports that the group of Nimble was captured - they will have to be released. The Wolf will provide you with people to help you, to reach whom is your next task. After the conversation, you will receive ammunition and you can proceed to the task.
In my personal opinion, it is better not to take tails from dogs before the working quest from Sidorovich, because of this, then the quest was not completed from me. The direction of your movement is indicated on the minimap, but it will be best to follow the road (to your left, to the right is a military base with very evil warriors). Moving along the road on the side of the road, you will notice stalkers: one is already dead (you can profit from a first-aid kit), the other is barely alive (you can give the first-aid kit, then the stalker will remain alive or finish off and replenish the ammunition).
When you reach Petrukha, the Wolf man, you will have a choice - either go alone or with a group (if you go alone, you will get first-aid kits, bandages, cartridges from the Wolf, and a very good Fora pistol; if you go with assistants, you will receive the Medusa artifact).
There are not many bandits at the base, but they know how to shoot, so be careful, use cover and, if necessary, use the keys for quick use of the first-aid kit and bandage. Keep in mind that one of the bandits will have a shotgun, which is quite useful for you. When you destroy all opponents, look for Nimble. It is located in the far corner of the red 2-storey building on the left. Having started a conversation with him, you will receive a flash drive, as well as (if you continue the conversation) information about the bandit at the mill and a task to search for a special jacket.
FIND ITEM (JACKET)
You can complete the task on the jacket immediately. To do this, select the corresponding task in the PDA. To find a jacket you will need to go up the road from the base. Possible resistance on the road - animals. At the end of the path you will find the entrance to the tunnel, on the floor of which is the jacket. You will need to take it to the village of stalkers (there will be Nimble after the scrape), from Nimble you will receive an artifact. Then you can immediately look at the mill.
MILL
There won't be much resistance at the mill. On it you will find a dead bandit. If you have information on the rooftop cache - great - it can be reached by climbing on the roof of the main mill building. In the corner of the building where the dead bandit is, you can find a good bandit jacket. She is near the boxes. Now you can freely return back. On the way to Sidorovich, go to the Wolf who will give you a reward for the completed task. You can also get an additional task for the destruction of the camp from him. After that, you need to go to Sidorovich, who will give a monetary reward for the completed task and take the flash drive.
Now you can do additional quests or continue completing the main ones. In the game Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl, the passage of quests (additional) is usually represented by the following types of tasks:
DESTRUCTION OF THE CAMP
The wolf needs to destroy a couple of hogs in their lair. Choosing this quest in the list of tasks, you will need to find a fallen tree, kill animals. Also break the boxes near the tree - there may well be artifacts, you can search and dead stalker nearby. Reward - Artifact Twist
KILL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
A certain merchant introduces himself as Sidorovich's assistant and sells low-quality goods, Sidorovich does not need bad fame, as well as competitors. So this stalker will have to be killed. Having reached the target, it will be effective to throw a grenade towards the stalkers sitting near the fire. One of them will be armed with a Viper 5 assault rifle, which will be very useful to you in the future. Returning to Sidorovich you will receive an artifact as a reward.
A very interesting place is located in the northwest of the village. In a small valley (recognizable by twisted trees and a bunch of anomalies), you can find a couple of artifacts that are under a fallen tree. But be careful with anomalies and use the bolts to identify them and defuse a little.
GET ARTEFACT
One of Sidorovich's clients ordered him the Meduza artifact. Your task is to find him. There are several solutions:
1. Medusa could have been with you after completing the initial quest (after completing the quest with partners to free the nimble)
2. Medusa could be found in a cache on the way to the quest to kill the "Sales Representative")
3. Another 2 Medusa can be in the boxes when completing the Wolf quest to clear the area.
4. Also jellyfish can be in the valley described above.
OBTAIN MONSTER BODY PIECE
Outside the Zone, clothes with the wool of mutated animals became fashionable. Your task is to bring the tail of a mutant dog to Sidorovich. A bug is quite possible here, when you already have enough tails for a fur coat, and Sidorovich does not want to defend the quest ...
All other additional quests are inherently similar, so special problems you shouldn't.
FIND DOCUMENTS OF THE MILITARY
Merchant Sidorovich will offer you interesting option cooperation. To find Strelka, you need to get to the center of the Zone, but to do this you need to get to the Agroprom Research Institute, which has documents that Sidorovich also needs and where you can get information on Strelka. You have a long way to go, so it is desirable that you have an automatic weapon (Viper 5), a supply of cartridges, first-aid kits and bandages. Some of the above can be obtained by destroying the soldiers at the outpost.
To continue Stalker walkthrough Shadow of Chernobyl, you need to leave the settlement and move to the left along the central road (look in the direction of the minimap), approaching the meeting place with the guide (to the left of the road) you will find him dead and an anomaly record in his PDA, then you will have several ways of further advancement:
1. Go to the tunnel alone. To do this, throw bolts at the anomalies (by default, button 6), this will allow them to be discharged and it is more or less safe to pass through the tunnel, but it is unlikely that you will be able to get through without damage.
You can go through the military outpost (to be to the right of the tunnel - right along the road), there are 2 options for passing through the outpost:
2. Peaceful. Military Kuznetsov will ask you for 500 rubles for a one-way passage and you agree.
3. We regard the military man's action as extortion, for which we kill him with a shot in the head without trial or investigation. After that, it is advisable to run back behind a tree and from there kill opponents alone. As a reward for this, you will receive AK assault rifles, cartridges for them, first-aid kits.
4. You can climb the embankment and get through the fence, there is also a cache in one of the cars.
5. You can bypass the embankment through an area with a high background radiation.
After you have passed the embankment, Sidorovich immediately gets in touch, who asks to help a stalker named Fox, who has fallen into it. The fox will be near you with a company of monsters that will need to be destroyed. Lys also has information about the shooter. Having reached the Fox, give him a first-aid kit and help fight off opponents.
On the way, you can complete the clearing quest that you received from the Wolf. There will be an overturned army truck to the right of the road, but if you do not have information about the cache, it is better not to go there - there is a very high background radiation.