Most stalkers know that artefacts are born inside anomalies. Who creates them is a favorite topic of debate in the bars. Is it the Zone herself? Emissions? God?
Duty sees them as a bane of humanity. Freedom calls them a blessing. Some stalkers go as far as saying that none of these philosophical debates matter.
What matters is that every artefact feels like a gift left behind by something we don't understand, and in the Zone, gifts are rarely free.
Step into the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope and be ready to face never seen anomalies, mysterious artefacts, and secrets the Zone has kept hidden until now.
