The developers did an excellent job of making the Metro feel cramped and lived in Before Hunter leaves for the surface, he gives Artyom his dog tags and tells him that “If he’s not back by morning”, to go to Polis Station and give his tags to the Rangers there. It’s hard to tell the mutants apart) and Artyom, his uncle and Hunter must fend them off. Almost immediately after this exchange, Exhibition is attacked by a horde of “Watchmen” (I think. Artyom’s uncle tells Hunter about the “Dark Ones” and how they’re a threat to the station. One day a Ranger by the name of Hunter shows up and gives Artyom a postcard of New York City-evidently, Artyom likes to collect things that remind him of the world before it effectively ended. It’s unclear what happened to his real parents, but he lives with his uncle inside VDNKh Station (Exhibition Station). The important thing is that there IS survivors living in tunnels as the world above them mutates in the radioactive remnants of our past lives.Īrtyom was born shortly before the bombs fell and spent most of his life growing up amongst the tunnels of the Metro system. It’s never revealed what or who started the war and who, if any, were the victors, but that’s probably not important anyway. I mentioned earlier that a nuclear war forced humans-or at least the people of Russia-underground to survive amongst the Metro tunnels. Advertisements Story, Characters and Mutants There’s an overreliance on defending waves of mutants in some levels which, on Survivor mode, ends up being more frustrating than a tense moment. You will be doing quite a bit of shooting in Metro 2033 despite its insistence that stealth is the way to go. So when you fire the “Bastard”, which is a submachine gun made out of a bit of piping and wood, it feels as janky as it should. Access to weapons was almost nonexistent so the inhabitants of the Metro had to use bits of scrap to cobble together a gun capable of firing bullets. Metro 2033 takes place 20 years after a nuclear war forced humans underground. Now, that might come across as a negative but hear me out. In Metro 2033, however, they don’t feel all that great. Guns are cool and shooting them feels great. But shooting is so much more fun, right? It’s like a primitive form of therapy, which is ironic because I’m sure cavemen didn’t have AK47’s or Shotguns, but if they did they’d feel the same as we do. The downside to creeping around in the dark is that it’s harder to spot a tripwire or the makeshift “hanging cans” alarm system in some areas.ĭon’t get me wrong, sneaking is great. You have to be careful though, because enemies will notice a light being put out or destroyed if they’re stood too close to it. Enemies are essentially blind in the dark, which is great because you can turn off/shoot almost every light source in the game. The thrill of sneaking by patrolling enemies and knowing that if you were to be caught, you wouldn’t have the ammo to survive the battle, is truly one of the game’s highlights. While the stealth system isn’t the best, it’s definitely competent. Advertisements Sneaking through some vents with questionable fungal growth Instead it’s best to use stealth wherever you can. You can get through the game by shooting your way through it, but you’ll likely be constantly low on ammunition and health. This is the mode to play on because every encounter carries a higher risk. But the biggest feature of Survivor is the distinct lack of ammunition to be found which forces you to value it a little more. Filters don’t last very long and the watch on Artyom’s wrist is analogue. Artyom moves, aims and reloads a little slower. Survivor mode is the traditional Metro 2033 experience. There’s nothing really to say about this mode, it’s pretty generic stuff. You can play the whole game by shooting your way through every encounter without worrying about managing your gear or health. But, interestingly you can also set a game mode. There are the standard settings, named Normal, Hardcore, Ranger or Ranger Hardcore in Metro 2033. Metro 2033 Redux Review Gameplayīefore you start playing Metro 2033, the game asks a seemingly important question in today’s video game landscape, what difficulty do you want to play on?
Metro 2033 redux review series#
Having only ever played half of Metro Last Light, I decided now was the perfect time to experience the entire series right from the beginning (also, at the time of writing this, Metro Redux was on sale so why not give it a go?). Sadly, it failed to make its way to the PlayStation 3, but in 2014 Metro Redux was released for PlayStation 4. Advertisements 10 years ago, 4A Games and THQ released a video game adaptation to Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novel of the same name which received favourable reviews.