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Metro: Last Light
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The sequel to the underground hit Metro 2033. Set in Moscow in the year 2034, the player will be caught between warring factions vying for a doomsday device.
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"4A Games makes impressive strides in improving Metro's core gameplay without losing the pieces that made the original so special."
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A Gorgeous Visual Adaptation of a Book; A RelativelyPoor Game

First things first, this game is gorgeous. The overworld, which was frozen in the first game but is now symbolically thawing, looks more or less like STALKER taken to its aesthetic conclusion. At time… Read more

An Apocalypse Worth Avoiding

The world of the post-apocalypse is one that video games have tried to sell for as long as anyone can remember. Many games have their own twists and ideas about how it will happen, and Metro: Last Lig… Read more

Metro: Last Light: A game where the biggest issue is that it is so good, that by the end you want even more

The Metro series has been one of the strongest post-apocalyptic games to come out of the last decade, up there with the greats such as Fallout and STALKER (Which it will inevitably be compared to, eve… Read more

One of best games of 2013, no question

While I can certainly appreciate the more bombastic spectacles in terms of first-person shooter campaigns (after all, a fun roller coaster is a fun roller coaster), I much more prefer the more story-d… Read more

Last Light brings across its aesthetics from the original and improves upon them visually and thematically.

Metro 2033 was a beautiful looking first-person shooter that imply oozed atmosphere. The mysterious setting of post-apocalyptic Russia won me over, sticking most of the action in gloomy underground tu… Read more

A beautifully rendered world that unfortunately breaks the immersion in several ways

The world of Metro: Last Light is a horrifying one. It takes place after a nuclear apocalypse has rendered the surface uninhabitable, due to radiation and mutant creatures who have made it their home.… Read more

An atmospheric adventure friendly to different playstyles

Metro 2033 was a pretty fantastic game. Set in a post-nuclear Russia, a setting rarely featured in Western games, the remnants of humanity struggled to survive a harsh new world by settling in the und… Read more

Vast improvements to the gameplay make Metro: Last Light a better shooter without losing its unique style.

In 2010 we were introduced to Metro 2033, 4A Games' first attempt at bringing Dmitry Glukhovskys' novel to the video game realm. The result was a product that was drenched in atmosphere, but more than… Read more

Last Light makes a few much-needed improvments over its predecessor while maintaining what it already does best.

Despite its numerous flaws and shortcomings, Metro 2033 is a game that resonated deeply with me. Its rich atmosphere and convincing, lived-in environment pulled me into the experience like nothing els… Read more

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