In the game’s version, the power plant exploded twice: in 1986 (when the real explosion occurred) and again in 2006. It features an alternative reality, with actions taking place near the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine. Although it was originally planned to be released in 2003, the game finally hit the stores in 2007. quickly game became notorious for having its release date pushed back several times. With FPS-like plot and action, huge environments for free moving and open-ended gameplay similar to a role playing game mixed with frightening atmosphere, monsters and ammo scavenging, it’s undoubtedly in a niche of it’s own. is considered to be a hybrid between first-person shooter, role playing games and survival horror. All of the three games have received generally positive reviews from various magazines and websites and have also been commercially successful. series consists of 3 games: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. is a series of first-person shooter (FPS) computer games by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World.