be good. Maybe I'll read it now that I've finished S.T.A.L.K.E.R. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. takes place in " the Zone " - the fallout area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after a second explosion in the near future. The second disaster leads to several physics anomalies and mutational byproducts called "artifacts." You play a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.