#s.t.a.l.k.e.r. game

[cardo-de-comer]

Strilec and the Heart of Chornobyl sketch comm for @sputniksflight, thank you again! <3

[kamiana-ruzha]

today is the 39th anniversary of Chornobyl's Nuclear Disaster.

it is the biggest technological disaster ever experienced by humanity, but before that - it's a tragedy. it's a tragedy of thousands of people across Ukraine and neighbouring countries. it's a tragedy, caused by stubbornness, hypocrisy and stupidity of people in power in the USSR.

it was caused by negligence, flaws in the reactor's construction and criminal pride and secrecy of the USSR's government. it was civilians who paid the price -- more than five million people, most of whom weren't liquidators of the disaster's consequences.

my family was affected too. my great uncle, my grandfather's brother, was one of the firemen taking part in extinguishing the raging reactor. he worked in Pereyaslav's fire department and was sent to Pripyat the night of the disaster. a year later, on the second day of Easter, he died. the cause was written to be a "heart attack due to chemical changes in the blood".

my mother was a child back then, and wasn't too far from Pripyat. she had the ID of Chornobyl's Disaster victims.

Chornobyl is a scar on Ukraine's land and it's people. it's a scar that won't go out for a long, long time — if ever. nuclear fuel will decay, but the memories won't. and they shouldn't ever.

the memory of everyone who gave their life so we can still live here should be honoured. commemorating it is the least we can do.

bringing up the topic of Chornobyl shouldn't be followed by laughter -- it should be followed by a moment of silence.

edit: the stalker hashtags are here because many people often accuse the games of soviet glazing. but that's not what they're doing. they're telling a story of tragedy, one that was followed by many in-game tragedies too

[justacynicalromantic]

The developers of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl dedicated the game to all those who fought and all those who fight for Ukraine.

[warammy]

You cannot kill God, just as you cannot kill love in our hearts.

[acidumvalericc]

In connection with the abnormal heat wave in Ukraine... 💐

[mcqraw]

Скіф / Skif S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

[dontforgetukraine]

"Through pain, death, war, fear, and inhuman cruelty, Ukraine will persevere as it always does..." Dedicated to all those who have defended and are defending Ukraine. To all those who made this day possible. Eternal memory to all those who were taken by this war. —GSC Game World Team

The release of the sequel to the 2007 cult classic S.T.A.L.K.E.R is now live. The devs, GSC Game World Team, released a brief heartfelt statement in recognition of what it took to make this game under wartime conditions. Several members of the dev team are currently in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two have unfortunately died in battle.

One dev, Volodymyr Yezhov, was killed fighting russian forces near Bakhmut. He left behind a brother, Viacheslav Yezhov, who remembers him saying, "Ukraine’s fight today is forging a brighter future for our children."

For the entire dev team, this game is their "love letter to Ukraine". Consider getting a copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chornobyl to support the devs and to support Ukraine.

To read more about the struggles the dev team faced in the making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, United 24 has an article that details the challenges they faced.

[courtana]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL (2024) — dev. GSC Game World

[dzhfaer]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 #1

My stalker-sona

[vilcade]

Fucking snorks, man.

Meeting Nimble in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Heart of Chornobyl

[assassin1513]

🤎🖤The Beauty of Stalker 2🖤🤎

[cardo-de-comer]

and yet he is not the blind one

[kamiana-ruzha]

i have something that i wanted to bring up for a long, long time.

"Strilec" is not the right romanisation/transliteration of Strelok's name from Ukrainian to English, but it's not wrong either. it's just the Polish translation

the right romanisation of his name is Strilets and Striletskyi Palvo Kostiantynovych, according to the Ukrainian State migration service website. you can check it yourself here

please use Strilets too. it's the (more) right romanisation

[abideif-the-fishhat]

(Special thanks to @tar-dar for the dance video)

[warammy]

погано сховався

[acidumvalericc]

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. oc`s with @ZortArts, sitting in the 100 rentgen