Jon Blyth memorize S.T.A.L.K.E.R. development

"Also, marketing suggested that we take our rat monsters out - it seems rats are not very well liked in the US.

One interesting item we have in our original design document is called 'gravi-glove' - when equipped, it was supposed to drag physical objects around to your hand and let you throw them at targets. However, after Half-Life 2 was the first to announce a similar weapon, we decided to cut that to avoid possible similarities."

Looking back... S.T.A.L.K.E.R.