What new challenges await stalkers within the depths of the new zone? Why do anomalous outbursts continue to rattle the Zone, and what can be done to stop them? Which faction will take the upper hand in the Factions War? These and many other questions will be answered in the official prequel – S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. The main character experiences the key role in the events that led to the creation of the Zone right up to the point from which the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

The protagonist is a mercenary who appeared at the edge of the opposition between stalker factions, Strelok and even the Zone itself. There are no more old enemies or friends – now, everyone watches out only for themselves. Description: The premise of the mod is to take the factional warfare aspect of Stalker: Clear Sky and make it the entire focus of the game, rather than a neglected feature. Hostilities for the new territories, artifact fields and spheres of influence flare up among groups. The Faction Wars is a mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky created by GuidedMeditation. The transformation of the Zone map destabilizes the fragile balance of forces in the Zone. With the anomalous activity at its maximum, the unstable Zone continues to tremor with outbursts. Stalkers and expeditions perish or end up isolated within the lost territories. An immense blast of anomalous energy transforms the Zone: the once reliable and relatively safe roads are no longer so, the landscape is wiped clean by outbursts of anomalies, and previously unknown areas appear on the Zone map. The underground levels are not as scary as in SoC but walking in the open with a duty squad in the night and suddenly a bloodsucker jumped in and trow a duty guard meters in the air scared the out of me. game.Ī group of stalkers, for the first time, reaches the very heart of the Zone-the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant-and triggers a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. The loneliness from SoC is not as much present in Clear Sky but in return you have faction wars and fast travel by NPC's. Tension between the different groups in the zone is directly impacted by which missions you take and how you interact with NPC’s adding a whole new level of depth to how you experience the game. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is set in 2011, one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Another huge feature introduced in Clear Sky were the Faction Wars.

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