The highly under-appreciated shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is on sale for the low price of $5 on Valve's Steam platform until Monday. Developed by Ukrainian-based GSC Game World, the 2007 shooter takes place in an alternate reality where a second nuclear disaster takes place in at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Normally priced at $19.99, Shadow of Chernobyl is a steal at $5; however, as solid as the FPS is, it also includes numerous video game storyline cliches like an amnesiac protagonist and flesh-hunting mutants. Where are all the games with flesh-hunting amnesiac mutants, right?
[Thanks, Dave]
Reader Comments (31)
Posted: Oct 27th 2009 11:04PM (Unverified) said
But that's $5 I could use for an ice cream cone or a $5 hooker for the night because my wife doesn't show me any attention and calls me fat.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2009 11:16PM TheDarkWayne said
geez, if a hooker's five dollars id rather take the radiation infested wasteland.
Wait....
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Wait....
Posted: Oct 28th 2009 12:45AM ch3burashka said
Don't you get it? THE WORLD IS ENDING IN 2012!!!
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Posted: Oct 27th 2009 11:20PM grimone said
Ha! A reversal of the US and Australian pricing for once. The game is only US$3.75 for Aussies right now:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/4500/?cc=AU
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/4500/?cc=AU
Posted: Oct 28th 2009 8:55AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I was really surprised about that. It looks like they were trying to compensate for the AUD and fell a bit short.
Oh, and I love Steam sales. Better use of money than crack, anyway.
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Oh, and I love Steam sales. Better use of money than crack, anyway.
Posted: Oct 28th 2009 12:44AM ch3burashka said
Correction: G.E.T. O.U.T. O.F. H.E.R.E. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2009 11:50PM einhanderkiller said
The Oblivion Lost mod for this game is really great.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2009 1:35AM (Unverified) said
WTF is that?! I would shit a brick if that ting popped out of nowhere
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Posted: Oct 28th 2009 8:58AM (Unverified) said
I shit a brick many times in Stalker, it's amazing how well the atmosphere combined with fairly good AI sets you up for some good (unscripted, usually) scares here and there.
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