A dark lab, once inhabited by scientists, it is now the breeding nest for their creations, a city once big and prosperous is now lying silent, only the usual crows can be heard arguing over a dead body of an unfortunate soldier, who's chopper got downed by the Monolith. Nobody in these northern parts, excepting the monolith, mutants and the poor stalker who got too greedy and went into the Red Forest: zombies, no soul, no mind, only instincts and hatred towards everything which lives, not very different from them are the monolith, only that they ''allied themselves'' and praise the ''allmighty monolith'', but, to the south, there is a different life, people talk, laugh, cry, cheer, all of them are in a different factions which tries to reach the north first, so big is the desire, that they got themselves into a so-calles faction war which lasts for an year now, but everybody knows that just 5 people managed to get to the center, Fang- a technician, also a mule of sorts, Ghost- a master of stealth, Doctor- can heal virtually anyone and anything, Guide- knows a path towards anything and last but not least, Strelok- the mastermind behind it all, but he has now dissapeared, and he doesn't know that a misterious stalker is on his tail, apparently he got brainwashed, doesn't remember anything, what happened, who is he? You will have to find out, this game well deserves a 10/10 rating from me.

A huge thunder storm decorates the sky, a lonely man travels through the storm, carrying more artifacts than he can carry, trying to make it to Skadovsk. It is within sight, but as a veteran stalker, he knows that he can get killed even on the doorstep of the beached ship, but today is his lucky day, he makes it and sells all of those artifacts. ''Get money, survive another day in this ♥♥♥♥ hole'' mutters the stalker while going towards the ships' sleeping area. This is the Zone my friends, as never seen before, more quests, people, plot twists, more weapons, mutants and animations, this game is the ultimate stalker experience up to date. Try to do your best to survive, or die, the choice of gameplay is completly up to you, but watch out, because karma is a ♥♥♥♥♥, and she will make you regret any bad choice in spades, this game deserves a 10/10, you have to play it!