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Chernobylite

Join our initiative, show solidarity with the victims of the war, and help us do something important with a small gesture. Ukraine needs our help! Chernobylite is a Science Fiction Survival Horror RPG from developers Farm 51. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, you’ll take on the role of Igor, a physicist and ex-employee of the Chernobyl Power Plant, returning to Pripyat to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fiancee, 30 years prior. Compete with the hostile military presence, other stalkers and supernatural creatures, as well as the hars

Release date
October 16, 2019
Platforms
Windows
Developer
The Farm 51
Publisher
The Farm 51
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Join our initiative, show solidarity with the victims of the war, and help us do something important with a small gesture. Ukraine needs our help! Chernobylite is a Science Fiction Survival Horror RPG from developers Farm 51. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, you’ll take on the role of Igor, a physicist and ex-employee of the Chernobyl Power Plant, returning to Pripyat to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fiancee, 30 years prior.

Compete with the hostile military presence, other stalkers and supernatural creatures, as well as the harsh and unforgiving environment in your search to uncover the truth. Get ready for a thrilling adventure of survival, conspiracy, horror, love, and obsession Can you survive your fears? Base Building & Crafting Construct a base from which to plan your daily operations and excursions. Utilise workstations to craft gadgets, create traps and weapons or modify existing equipment to your needs. Resource & Team Management Companions are key to your survival and the resolution of your journey.

Each day requires the careful planning and assignment of resources and tasks to your comrades. Stealth, Survival & Combat Survival in the Zone is not easy, and each day brings fresh challenges as comrades die and supplies diminish. Avoid detection with stealth takedowns or engage in open armed. Danger lurks in every corner. Non-Linear Storytelling & Strategy No playthrough is the same.…

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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
The timer lets you know when the next anomalous storm is going to happen. Then the storm goes on for a few minutes, spawns enemies…
★ 5 / 5
First things first: there's no timer that causes you to fail missions. What happens is after spending some time on a mission a storm will…
★ 3 / 5
Dont listen to people who say there is a time limit for missions - it is not true. Every 30 minutes a storm happens, but…
★ 5 / 5
If this was a final version of a game I'd give it 3 or 4 stars, but since this is EA I gave it 5…
★ 2 / 5
The game is quite nice : the atmosphere is really stressful and immersive, the plot also seems well made... unfortunately my own playthrough came to…
★ 3 / 5
This is certainly an interesting game. In theory it basically has all the mechanics that I could ask for. Scavenging... exploring... stealth... customization... branching choices…
★ 3 / 5
The game is a great one so far. You have to scavange for ressources to expand your base, finish missions, several side objectives and actually…
★ 5 / 5
After checking the game in Early Access, I am very positively surprised. The creators have incredibly reproduced the atmosphere of the Zone - the atmosphere…

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★ 4 / 5
It's got great ideas that intersect in brilliant, original ways, the characters are all solid, and the gameplay is serviceable at worst. The problem is…
★ 1 / 5
Too much cutscenes, too long of a story that I don't care about and NPCs that I won't be looking for and a base that…
★ 4 / 5
+good story +nice graphics and level design +good STALKER-style atmosphere +enjoyable gunplay +decent enemy AI +base building, weapon customisation and team management creates progression feeling…
★ 5 / 5
Little rough around the endes, you may need to look up some of the basic mechanics on your search engine of choice. Pretty solid athmosphere…
★ 5 / 5
Game mechanics and combat are shooter oriented with a feeling of reality since getting in combat with 2 or more enemies could lead you intro…
★ 2 / 5
weird game, has such detailed small worlds full of nothing, even if you search every nook, this game rewards you by wasting your time at…
★ 3 / 5
Got scared, got radiated, got penetrated by some folks, its averange expirience here.

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