If the player decides not to leave the Zone, then the game enters a free-play mode. Before boarding the helicopter the player is prompted whether he wishes to leave The Zone forever or continue exploring the Zone. The game concludes with the survivors, Strelok, and the player leaving the Zone. game (Shadow of Chernobyl) and learns of the secrets behind the Zone, including how the anomalies change position after each emission, thus rendering the military's anomaly maps for the mission effectively useless.

The player eventually meets Strelok, the protagonist of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The climax of the story begins when the player reaches Pripyat to find survivors of the helicopter crashes. As the player progresses he starts learning why the helicopters crashed. The player must traverse through the Zone and investigate the crash sites. In order to collect information on the reasons for the operation's failure, Ukraine's Security Service send their agent (protagonist - Alexander Degtyarev) into the Zone.įrom now on everything depends on the player. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched.ĭespite thorough preparations, the operation fails.

Having discovered the open path to the Zone's center, the government decides to stage a large-scale operation to take control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant.Īccording to the operation's plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map the anomalous fields.

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 in which Strelok destroys the C-Consciousness.

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