Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter survival horror game, whose story is based on the novel of the same name. Released by 4A Games in 2010. on Xbox360 and PC. Later in 2014. this game got its remastered version or "Redux" in its name, which was released on multiple platforms.
We are taking role of Artyom into his journey to find a way to save his station "Exhibition" from a new mutant threat. The story is set in post-apocalyptic Moscow, 20 years after the nuclear holocaust. All that's left from humankind had to start living in the Moscow Metro, while other creatures had appeared on the surface.
"Fear the light. Fear the dark. Fear the future".
This is what you're greeted with when entering the game and you will soon find out why. The biggest threat are the mutants, which couldn't be solely found on surface, but also underground, and well, the future of many depends of will Artyom succeed or not.
In this game, all resources you have are very limited, especially ammo, so make every bullet count. Since many places on both surface and underground are still irradiated, you'll have to also make sure to have a non-heavy damaged mask, and to have enough filters for it, since they don't last long. All those resources can be found in stashes and fallen humans, but also bought with ammo, not any ammo, but a special ammo that was made before the nuclear holocaust, that ammo can be found and can be used for your primary weapon, but if you don't need to use it, rather don't , save it for new weapons and the final chapter of the game, where after being away from any station for some time, you'll likely end up without ammo near the end.
While almost every game has some issues, this also has some. The AI is not perfect, in one encounter with humans enemies, I found them doing the same movement from cover to cover even though I was shooting them, they didn't shoot back. The allies AI are also not the best, but they are good at shooting enemies.
Some missions were pretty scary, I have to admit, but some were in my opinion a little bit too hard for the difficulty that has been chosen.
The story isn't groundbreaking in any way, you will probably find reading the novel more interesting, but what the game nailed, was the atmosphere and immersion of the post-apocalyptic Moscow and this apart from the survival parts of the game, is where it shines.
All in all, a great, not perfect game, but acceptable if it takes into account that this game was released in 2010. and that this is the first Metro game in the series.
We are taking role of Artyom into his journey to find a way to save his station "Exhibition" from a new mutant threat. The story is set in post-apocalyptic Moscow, 20 years after the nuclear holocaust. All that's left from humankind had to start living in the Moscow Metro, while other creatures had appeared on the surface.
"Fear the light. Fear the dark. Fear the future".
This is what you're greeted with when entering the game and you will soon find out why. The biggest threat are the mutants, which couldn't be solely found on surface, but also underground, and well, the future of many depends of will Artyom succeed or not.
In this game, all resources you have are very limited, especially ammo, so make every bullet count. Since many places on both surface and underground are still irradiated, you'll have to also make sure to have a non-heavy damaged mask, and to have enough filters for it, since they don't last long. All those resources can be found in stashes and fallen humans, but also bought with ammo, not any ammo, but a special ammo that was made before the nuclear holocaust, that ammo can be found and can be used for your primary weapon, but if you don't need to use it, rather don't , save it for new weapons and the final chapter of the game, where after being away from any station for some time, you'll likely end up without ammo near the end.
While almost every game has some issues, this also has some. The AI is not perfect, in one encounter with humans enemies, I found them doing the same movement from cover to cover even though I was shooting them, they didn't shoot back. The allies AI are also not the best, but they are good at shooting enemies.
Some missions were pretty scary, I have to admit, but some were in my opinion a little bit too hard for the difficulty that has been chosen.
The story isn't groundbreaking in any way, you will probably find reading the novel more interesting, but what the game nailed, was the atmosphere and immersion of the post-apocalyptic Moscow and this apart from the survival parts of the game, is where it shines.
All in all, a great, not perfect game, but acceptable if it takes into account that this game was released in 2010. and that this is the first Metro game in the series.