"After the game came out, we joined forums and we started to discuss the cut-content," Zoltan Munkacsi, Dezowave's Hungarian chief, tells us. The mysterious zone continues to fascinate fans. This team of modders began working on a massive project, a standalone mod that would recreate the version of Shadow of Chernobyl that continued to draw their curiosity. But for dedicated fans Dezowave, what might have been became a challenge.
It's the kind of thing that captures the imagination but seldom becomes more than that. Yet for a few fans, their minds remained curious about what might have been, about the game they had seen over the years but were never able to play. Some just want a more interesting weather simulation, with the excellent Atmosfear mod reworking the game's ambience into something more varied. Some want a harsher, more realistic experience like that offered by the lauded Misery mod. While they all share a love of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., what they want from it varies considerably. There are numerous gargantuan efforts that rework almost every aspect of the games and add in numerous new features. Sadly though, in 2011 developer GSC Game World was dissolved and there have been no further entries in the series since. It attracted a most passionate fanbase and managed two sequels in the form of Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat. Whilst riddled with bugs and lacking in polish, the game's ambition and exemplary atmosphere shone through. Shadow of Chernobyl launched to a generally positive reception. In that time they saw various versions of it, each containing numerous areas and mutants that never made it into the final game. for years before it eventually came out in 2007. Fans had followed the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. But its audience wasn't spurred into existence upon the game's release. This strange Ukrainian survival shooter is for some the best the genre has ever seen. How many games can claim to still have a dedicated following, 10 years after their release? That still have fans conjuring up new mods to alter and add to the game? S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is pretty much the definition of a video game cult classic.
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