The player assumes the role of Scar, a veteran mercenary. These endings are dependent on multiple factors, such as money earned during the game, supporting certain factions, or how much of the protagonist's memory was pieced together.Ĭlear Skythe second game released of the series, is a prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl. In the first game of the series, the player takes on the role of an amnesiac stalker referred to as the "Marked One", who is tasked with killing another stalker named Strelok.ĭuring the course of the game, the protagonist uncovers clues to his past and true identity while helping other stalkers and fighting the mutated creatures that inhabit the Zone. Generally, the ultimate objective of each game involves reaching the centre of the Zone, a task complicated by the various threats and hazards present therein. The protagonists of each game have their own goals separate to those of the various factions, however they are presented opportunities to aid in the plans of others. Other hostile entities within the Zone include humans and other creatures mutated following the two disasters, many of them possessing aggressive psionic abilities. The Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain a cordon around the Zone, attempting to prevent any unauthorised personnel from entering.Īdditionally, Ukrainian Spetsnaz units routinely conduct special operations within the Zone such as surgical strikes on stalkers or to secure specific targets.
For example, the Duty faction believe that the Zone is the greatest threat to humanity on the planet and are intent on destroying it by any means possible by contrast, the Freedom faction believe the Zone should be accessible to all. While a great number of stalkers work alone, various factions populate the Zone, each with their own philosophies and goals. Anomalies also often produce items known as artifactsobjects with special physical properties such as anti-gravity, or absorbing radiation. Their experimentation resulted in a second disaster, causing physical and meteorological phenomena to manifest throughout the Zone, as well as the mutation of wild animals and some humans. In the world of the games, experimental labs were made in the Exclusion Zone which allowed scientists to experiment with psychic abilities which arose following the disaster. The games are set in the area surrounding the Chernobyl disaster site, colloquially known as the Zonein an alternative reality where a second explosion occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant twenty years after the first and causes strange changes in the area around it.
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