S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gone gold!

In June 2004 I posted about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and how I was looking forward to it. Today I learned that it has finally gone gold as of 3/2/2007 and will be available for purchase 3/21/2007. Will it be worth the wait?

http://www.stalker-game.com/en/