Umdlalo isenzo luqala le ndawo, nto leyo iqhele abathile Sidorovich, ngubani wasindisa ubomi ophambili. Kwakhona wazisa abadlali ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uchaza oko kukuthi, yintoni na ngoku imeko kule ndawo. Kubalulekile ukuqwalasela into yokuba isimilo sethu ndilibele konke oko kwenzekileyo kuyo ngaphambili, yaye yena akabi sayikhumbula leze: umntu, oko imele noko waphila.
Ekuphela kwento evelisayo liphuma imifanekiso ungapheleli ukufiphala sezingqondweni - elithi "shooter". Nge Sidorovich Kwakhona unako ukuthenga (ngaphandle kokuba, kakade, akukho nto). Emva koko umsindisi wethu cela nokuyibuyisa ubabalo - uncedo Khawube ahlasele emhadini amasela. Ukuze wenze oku, kufuneka ukuphuma kwaye ufumane Wolf - intloko msebenzi. Ngexesha shooter mission uya umpu wakhe wokuqala - umpu neekhatriji eziliqela. Ukusebenzisa i mini-imaphu, akuyi kuba nzima ukufumanisa indawo kotshaba (ukuba abaphawulwe amachokoza abomvu). Emva kokuba sabelo Sidorovich ngesisa ukuvuza ubuntu obutsha ukufukuka kwi Zone. Umdlalo "Stalker: Shadow of eChernobyl", indlela apho uchazwa adventure eyingozi ukulungiselela izowuni radioactive, iya kunika umdlali eninzi ngamava amatsha, ngokudlulisela yona indawo eyahlukileyo kunye nemeko. Emva ukwenza Shooter wakhe umsebenzi wokuqala uya kuqhubeka ukusebenza kwi Sidorovicha. Kodwa ke eli xesha yonke into embi kakhulu - kufuneka ufake ummandla umkhosi awayegade ephumayo ukusuka Zone, undilalanise amaxwebhu zabo eMelika. Emva kokugqiba lo msebenzi, ungaya phambili kungena Zone.
Ngoxa ihamba Sidorovich radioed ukuba ikuba ogama Fox uye ulwazi malunga wamtshicela. Nikeza kuye uncedo oluncinane, ungafumana ulwazi olubalulekileyo malunga zoqhagamshelwano Grey, ngubani owaziyo ngaphezu uthi. Umdlalo "Stalker: Shadow of eChernobyl", indlela apho liyafana uhlobo umcuphi chain, lwazisa abadlali kubahlali abaninzi yeendawo: unobubele nokubi, okulungileyo kwaye iyingozi, ukunyaniseka self-bakhonza. Kodwa yokulahla, ukuba babe ngabantu abanyanisekileyo, eqaqambileyo endilisekileyo beziphantse ukumka. A iqembu amancinci agcinwe kule yokuma, ixesha ukususela kwixesha ekulweni off nabaphangi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, hero yethu nameless ukulungele ukwenza yonke uncedo kunokwenzeka. Okulandelayo kufuneka sithathe ibhaso kwaye ukuhambisa ngasentla. Passage yomdlalo "Shadow of eChernobyl" isekelwe kuphononongo ezilandelelana ngayo kwiindawo apho nabadlala ziya kwenza inani lemisebenzi eziziiprayimari neziziisekondari (optional). Emva kokuthetha Grey, sifunda malunga cache ethile, sifihlwe phantsi mveliso. Ngaphambili, kwaba indawo yokusithela belukuyo utolo. Usenokukwazi ukufumana khona ulwazi oluluncedo. Ukuze wenze oku, kufuneka uye phantsi idreyini, nto leyo swi mgceni kunye ezihangeni. Fumana ukuya khona, achole intonga kunye data kwaye yonke into eza lokuposa. Hi ndlela leyi, oku kuyinxalenye ebaluleke kakhulu kulo mdlalo "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl".
Sicatshulwa umdlalo yakhiwe ngendlela yokuba umsebenzisi nje kubalulekile ukuqokelela zonke iintlobo izinto kunye nezixhobo, leyo kuphela ukufumana. Kwi-Zone akukho into enjalo "okuninzi", yonke into ufuna ukugcina nokukhusela. Okulandelayo kwi lwendaba, kufuneka ufumane amaxwebhu esinye ngaphezulu zomkhosi engunobangela Agroprom Research Institute. Ukuthatha nabo ngenyameko, ngokwasentliziyweni ehlambulukileyo zingathunyelwa kwindawo entsha, apho kukho enye yeendawo ezininzi abaninzi - bar "X-reyi 100." Ibid, kwaye iqala omnye kakhulu womeleleyo drawstrings kulo mdlalo "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl". Passage emsebenzini nganye lizaliseke kuya kuba nzima yaye nzima, ngoko ekhuthaza ungumdlali. Okulandelayo, umdlali uya kufumana uhambo emangalisayo kunye eyimfihlakalo kweelebhu ezimbini, le ndawo ivaliweyo, a zombies ezixineneyo nezinye izidalwa ezimbi. Ekupheleni umntu uyakwazi ukubona nesiphelo eyahlukileyo, konke oko kuxhomekeke kumanyathelo ukuba umsebenzisi wathabatha ngexesha elingaphesheya lamaphulo eziphambili kulo mdlalo "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl". Passage yale fun game kunye nendlela yokuqala, kuba ngalo mzuzu akukho umsebenzi ofanayo, nto leyo ichaza Zone twisiseka, ifumaneka ngeenxa iChernobyl amandla enyukliya.