FPS Guru writes:
'Metro 2033 was one of those games that caught me completely by surprise. At its core it was a face shooter with all the trappings of a normal first person shooter. Well, almost all of them. Unlike a lot of the face shooters out there, you weren't barraged with a ton of enemies in overwhelming waves. The first game put you in the shoes of Artyom, one of the survivors of post-apocalyptic Moscow. Everyone has taken to the shelter of the underground metro system to avoid the irradiated surface and the mutants who dwell there. While Metro 2033 was more linear than I tend to like in my games, it didn't bother me in the slightest because it was VERY fitting for the story. I mean, if you think about it, the metro system in most major cities are very linear by nature. It wouldn't make much sense for there to be huge wide open city-sized areas underground. Metro Last Light picks up pretty much where Metro 2033 left off. You step back into the shoes of Artyom shortly after the events which took place at the end of Metro 2033.'
The Metro video game series started with a humble b-list title, before building a strong fanbase and becoming a pioneer in the industry.
4A Games celebrates the 10th anniversary of its first-person shooter by offering it free for a week.
4A Games' Metro: Last Light originally launched on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC 10 years ago today, and still holds up.
I got bored of Hogwarts crazy quick and it's bugs, was looking for just any good game got the Metro trilogy for about £8.50 in a Steam sale played through 2033 Redux, Last Light Redux and now am on Exodus. The series is awesome, the first two are like more liner story driven FPS with a few options to confront the levels, stealth, no kill runs and guns blazing, depending on how you play effects the story and its outcome. Third game I'm playing now is heavy story driven (but optional if you don't want to listen you can just walk away... I don't know why you would though) with large open levels that take hours to explore and still some of the best use of RTX I've seen to date, can play this game on ultra with DLSS set to quality, raytracing set to ultra at 4K with no dips, played on Extreme setting and was getting a few drops around water and some interiors.
Cant recommend this series enough and as a new fan I can't wait to see the next game in 2024... I also got the audio books so looking forward to see how well the games follow the original books. A4 Games are extremely talented.
Beat Redux and Last Light. Really good games. Haven't played Exodus yet, was thinking I'll get it for ps5 just havent yet. I will.
