If your ears perked up at the announcement of Stalker 2 last year, you may want to turn your attention to a new survival horror game that launches today called Chernobylite. Leaving Early Access after just under two years of final development, Chernobylite takes Stalker's premise, dials it up a couple of notches, and throws in some base building and management for good measure.
The Stalker series has always featured a heavy layer of the paranormal, and Chernobylite leans heavily into this theme as well. In it, you play as a talented scientist who has been compelled by visions to return to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to search for his lost fiancée. The disaster rent the fabric of reality, and produced a new element called chernobylite - which has opened the door to cross-dimensional travel through space and time.
The exclusion zone, however, has been occupied by hostile forces - as well as by a number of rival stalker factions. This is where Chernobylite gets interesting: in addition to working out a way to get into the reactor facility, you'll be gradually building up a base and a group of soldiers who can help in your mission.
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