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STALKER: Heart of Chornobyl copethread
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I'm not a stalker guy, just came into the thread to reccomend the short novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatski brothers, which is the story that directly inspired the setting in the stalker games (though from what I gather the games are VERY different)
The games are also based on the movie Stalker by Tarkovski. I think, I could be very wrong, the artifacts and other stuff are based on the book. The monolith that grants you "wishes" is based on the movie. And other stuff is either made up or based on real-life things.
I think the wish granter is in the book too, the main thing the movie changes is not having all the minor artifacts as a financial incentive.
The game is a toned down version of the book. It's much less deadly than in the book, undead are missing and other stuff.