![]() ![]() Stealth sees enhancements across both games, allowing you to simply knock out instead of killing enemies. Also improved is the way human enemies react to you, no longer is everyone on alert at once, you can cause problems and hide and they will calm down, person by person. And Spartan makes the scarier parts of 2033 more enjoyable. It doesn’t remove the more action-intense levels, but Survival does make ammo and other resources more scarce in Last Light. Both games can be played with either style, something not previously available. Spartan and Survival styles allow for different kinds of players. Spartan is for those who liked Last Light more, which had a focus on action, and Survival is for those who enjoyed the style of 2033, which was more like a survival horror game. Ranger and Ranger Hardcore are not too different from one another, but strive for immersion by removing the HUD either partially, or completely, respectively. In bringing parity to both games, Ranger mode appears as a new difficulty option, previously locked behind paid DLC. All of the previous DLC is now included at no additional cost, as well, providing almost a dozen additional hours that compliments the main story. Playing Last Light Redux has no such problems. Having gone back to test Metro: Last Light on newer hardware, it had some issues. There are minor graphical improvements and stability. Not much as has changed since the original release. What follows is a diversion from the original “Metro 2033”, and does not sample any portion of “Metro 2034” novels. Gunplay is based on Last Light, mouse movement and weapon handling feels tighter and more responsive. The game remarkably tracks whether there is a bullet in the chamber or not, when reloading.Ī decision was placed before you at the end of Metro 2033, and without providing details as to what that is, Metro: Last Light picks up a year later decidedly using one particular decision from that binary choice. Weapon customization is now present in Metro 2033, complete with all weapons from Last Light and the DLC that came with it. Load screens that previously segmented levels have been removed for cohesion, and thanks to greater memory capabilities.īorrowing gameplay elements from Last Light like the mask wipe allows you to increase visibility when going through harsh climates above ground, is a wonderful addition. When you travel to the surface, a day to night cycle is there that changes the overall feel. People’s faces are more detailed and overall improved, no longer looking like clay dolls, which is much more visually appealing. Everything has been reworked in Metro 2033 with the Last Light engine from lighting to cutscenes, all in the first-person for greater immersion. And so, this version of the game gains the biggest benefit of bringing the improvements and stability from Last Light into 2033. Originally released in 2010, both the PC and Xbox 360 told a great story among buggy AI, incurred less than stellar performance, and had minor issues with certain mechanics. It is here that you will embark on a scary journey below and above ground, taking on horrific monsters with very little ammo and resources to carry you through. Things have changed in the world, nuclear winter devastates the surface, and creatures mutated by the radiation now inhabit the tunnels as well, encroaching on Artyom’s station he calls home. Update : Review updated to include impressions from the PS4 version.Įither for the first time, or again, you’ll play as Artyom, a survivor of a group of 40,000 people who took refuge in the Russian Metro tunnels to avoid devastating atomic bombs detonating on the surface. Many significant, substantial changes have been made to remaster each game that warrants the purchase, even if you’ve played recently. It might be easy to think that it’s just Metro 2033 as an HD remake and a simple re-release of Metro: Last Light for a quick cash-in to go along with it. Firstly, it contains both Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light in a bundle. ![]() With just over a year separating the release of Metro Redux with Metro: Last Light, one has to wonder what makes this release so special.
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