
While the former is a common term for a Zone inhabitant, the latter is an abbreviation with uncertain meaning. Know the difference between Stalker and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.įirst of all, bear in mind that “stalker” is not the same thing as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has one interesting feature – the game developers have put a lot of effort into making the virtual Zone as close as possible to the real one. This is a series of first-person-shooter survival horror video games, based loosely on the novel, “Roadside Picnic” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and the film of the same name, “Stalker” by Andrei Tarkovsky.

There is hardly a real fan of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone who is not familiar with the game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
