S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
and СÑ'алкеÑEU (STALKER) (the movie) (1979)
are based on BOOK called " Roadside Picnic " (1972)
and the METRO 2033: The Last Refuge (2010) is based on novel Metro 2033 (2005 in Russia , 2010 in USA)
Metro 2033 and Stalker are really DIFFERENT.
The Metro universe is set around a nuclear war between Russia and an unknown amount of other countries. The surface of Moscow is heavily irradiated and is crawling with a number of different mutated creatures. Humanity has retreated into the Moscow Metro, where they have lived for several years in fear of their lives, as even more, dangerous mutants threaten their lives. The main series revolves around the two main protagonists, Artyom and Hunter, who both face huge obstacles in their quest to save the Metro.
Stalker movie -
Stalker (Russian: СÑ'алкеÑEU; IPA: [Ë^stÉ'lkʲɪr]) is a 1979 science fiction art film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic. It depicts an expedition led by the Stalker to bring his two clients to a site known as the Zone, which has the supposed potential to fulfill a person's innermost desires.
The title of the film, which is the same in Russian and English, is derived from the English word to stalk in the long-standing meaning of approaching furtively, much like a hunter. In the film a stalker is a professional guide to the zone, someone who crosses the border into the forbidden zone with a specific goal.[3] The word was actually coined[citation needed] by the Strugatsky brothers for their novel "Roadside Picnic" (1972), as an allusion to Rudyard Kipling's character Stalky from the "Stalky & Co." stories. СÑ'алки (stálki) was well remembered by the Strugatskys from their childhood, when they read the stories in Russian translation. In the "Roadside Picnic", ÑÑ'алкеÑEU was a common nickname for men engaged in the illegal trade of prospecting for and smuggling of alien artifacts from the mysterious and dangerous "Zone".
Stalker games -
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a series of first-person shooter video games with horror elements, developed by Ukrainian video game developer GSC Game World for Microsoft Windows. The games are set in the area surrounding the Chernobyl accident site, called âEU~The ZoneâEUTM, in an alternative reality where a second explosion occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred in the near future and caused strange changes in the area around it.
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games all take place in "The Zone", and each follow the story of a different protagonist in the area. Each of these characters are S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s - "Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers, Robbers".[1] and as a result are used to the horrors of "The Zone".
Each of the games share a common trait in terms of plot; the story changes depending on the choices that the player makes. For the purpose of efficiently summarizing the plot, this article will assume that the 'optimal' choices were picked during gameplay.