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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action
Publisher: bitComposer (EU), Viva Media (US)
Developer: GSC Game World
Release Date: Feb. 2, 2010 (US), Feb. 5, 2010 (EU)

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'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat' - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 14, 2009 @ 7:44 a.m. PDT

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, the 3rd stand-alone game in the series, unfolds shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control.

The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control.

According to the operation's plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map out the detailed layouts of anomalous fields location. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched.

Despite thorough preparations, the operation fails. Most of the avant-garde helicopters crash. In order to collect information on reasons behind the operation failure, Ukraine's Security Service send their agent into the Zone center. From now on everything depends on the player.


Key game features:

  • Photorealistic exclusion Zone: Pripyat town, Yanov railway station, Jupiter factory, Kopachi village and more, recreated by their true-to-life prototypes.
  • New story, a number of unique characters.
  • Extended system of side quests.
  • New monsters: Chimera and Burer. New behaviour and abilities for all monsters.
  • New A-Life system, created using the players' best-liked elements of the first two games in series.
  • Emissions considerably influence the world of the Zone.
  • Sleep function added into the game.
  • New player's interface.
  • Possibility to continue the game after completion in a freeplay mode.
  • The game is developed on X-Ray engine v.1.6

Minimum System Requirements

  • Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 128 MB DirectX 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 5700 / ATI Radeon 9600

Recommended System Requirements

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / AMD 64 X2 5600+
  • 2 GB RAM
    512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 4850

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, the 3rd stand-alone game in the series, is scheduled for release in autumn 2009.

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