S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl boasts some of the most advanced technology and graphics ever delivered on a PC, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl brings the foreboding post-nuclear disaster zone to life in the year 2012. As a mercenary, the player will venture into the exclusion zone in order to acquire information, technology and artefacts to sell on the black market, but he isn't alone.