Metro: Last Light Redux

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  1. CoKronakan
    Jun 8, 2019
    9
    The world of Metro is based on the lore of the books Metro 2033, and it really feels like a lived chaotic, complex gloomy and bleak world due to the influence of the book/s. The game really visits all of the aspects of the world and how people adapted to live in a post apocalyptic world inhabited by deadly and scary monsters. It flushes out every little aspect if you look close enoughThe world of Metro is based on the lore of the books Metro 2033, and it really feels like a lived chaotic, complex gloomy and bleak world due to the influence of the book/s. The game really visits all of the aspects of the world and how people adapted to live in a post apocalyptic world inhabited by deadly and scary monsters. It flushes out every little aspect if you look close enough and this creates immersion with the world that is amazingly depicting the environment and the situation of the humans, plus this is not forced on the player, which is always nice and allows for a natural discovery of the linear but exposed world of Metro.
    Given the strict linear nature of the game, the story is very scripted and linear but it offers a lot and it works very well, and feels just right that way. All though the linear script causes some gameplay issues when you can not do things differently once you got in to a sticky situation. But that is venial because the game's difficulty feels realistically rash and hard that way. The game engine was really stable and made a game from 2013 look like it was next generation, and was also able to handle environmental detail and animations to and extreme and ultimately made the game more enjoyable and good looking, besides immersive. The main menu already felt really integrated in to the feel of the world and was very well handled and simple to navigate. This applies to the in game menu and inventory and every other option, which internally does not break the immersion. The HUD is simplistic and offers just enough information and this reflects the realistic part of it and the immersion keeps going. Visual effect are amazing, with a really stable and very well performing physics system. The sound, music and audio ques are realistic and supports the already immersive and detailed world and adds to the horror/fear factor of the player. Plus the quality of them is really good. The music is also handled internally and adds to the entertainment and joy factor.
    The voice acting of characters was done really great, with and exceptional script and writing, that -as mentioned before- flushes out every aspect of the world and explores every little humanity left in the characters. The only things that where dull was the silent protagonist, which led to cringe character interactions with the playable character and the fact that dialog was not overlapping in certain situations. But this can be easily overlooked for the quality and depth of the writing.
    The AI was really well designed depending on the difficulty, and felt realistic with proper flanking maneuvers regarding the human NPC's. The boss-fights where the only thing that dragged in this area due to the tactical and strategical level needed to beat their simplistic and repetitive attacks.
    The game was really stable and handled well even on the highest settings, not one crash or bigger issues found all the way through my play-through. .
    The game mechanics was really polished as well, except for the fact that on the stealth levels of the game you avoid the human AI, which takes out the combat challenge because as mentioned before the human AI is the only one which is harder to beat. Although this acceptable due to the nature of the game, that being a stealth game as much as a linear story telling one. Even though stealth is optional it is handled well and is fun and takes practice and patients to master.
    The only bad thing that I can say about the game's linear plot is that some times the characters that you need to assassinate or save, have plot armor and it shows which makes it dull and obvious. Also the cut-scenes are the only thing that break the game flow and the ongoing immersion. At the end you get used to the fact that in every cut-scene you lose control of you character and get punished for it, by a setback or being captured.
    Overall I honestly think that this game is enjoyable, super immersive, entertaining, tells a good story and a very good one at that and is under appreciated. Ultimately it's artistic value is over the roof and it comes down to be an amazing game with great experience, even though not being perfect this is by far an amazingly executed and designed game.    … Expand
  2. LoletinAlexis
    May 18, 2019
    9
    Metro Last Light is a continuation of 2033 very successful, and exceeding 2033 in some aspects, but worse in others.

    Last Light, although it is just as interesting to follow that 2033, I notice a step below in the story that counts, especially because its narrative is heavier.

    Last Light mitigates the problems of gameplay and provides very fun combats, with a much better AI.
  3. Esthete
    Mar 19, 2019
    7
    If original Metro (6/10) was only a draft, then Last Light has already become a game. If we compare Metro Last Light with Metro Exodus, here gameplay is better than in Exodus, probably because of more small game's levels, but in Last Light more weak plot. Last Light leaves mixed feelings. On the one hand, atmosphere, gameplay and staging of the cutscenes is made at the level of the AAAIf original Metro (6/10) was only a draft, then Last Light has already become a game. If we compare Metro Last Light with Metro Exodus, here gameplay is better than in Exodus, probably because of more small game's levels, but in Last Light more weak plot. Last Light leaves mixed feelings. On the one hand, atmosphere, gameplay and staging of the cutscenes is made at the level of the AAA projects. On the other hand, terrible animation, which in Exodus has become only slightly better; disgusting behavior of weapons, impact, etc; weak plot; not working morality, as in Exodus; weak Russian localization; discrepancy of game objects with real prototypes, mute Artyom, periodically flickering characters and objects, apparently problems with rendering; about the sound of shooting and reloading weapons, as if, from early 2000s, well, if you 4A Games couldn't record the sounds yourselves, then you could use ready commercial soundbanks, why you used the semblance of sounds, and continued to use in Exodus? И, наконец, для 4A Games, if in future in your games, you once again decide to play with morality, then for a start, carefully to learn the games in which morality works. Because in your performance morality doesn't work.… Expand
  4. perozh
    Feb 26, 2019
    5
    Мдаа, никого не убивать в шутере, чтобы получить "хорошую" и каноничную концовку. По-моему это какой-то бред...
  5. SlenSim
    Feb 18, 2019
    10
    Вторая часть серии в новой обёртке, что может быть лучше? Оставляю этот обзор в целях спасения от Стимботов, хех.(Типа Кремлеботы, но от Стима, гыыы) Игра - класс. Техническая часть, как и в новой не очень, но зато сюжет и атмосфера - высший уровень.Вторая часть серии в новой обёртке, что может быть лучше? Оставляю этот обзор в целях спасения от Стимботов, хех.(Типа Кремлеботы, но от Стима, гыыы) Игра - класс. Техническая часть, как и в новой не очень, но зато сюжет и атмосфера - высший уровень.
  6. QuatokyTonberry
    Feb 6, 2019
    7
    Gameplay: - Good
    Story: - Good
    Visual: - Very Good
    Music and sound: - Normal
    Average time: - 14H
    Score: - 7 (Good)
  7. MavenUMP
    Feb 4, 2019
    7
    Almost similar quality-wise to its predecessor
    The atmosphere is still great, everywhere is something going on. Linear but not overly scripted game. Rather resembles Half-Life than Call of Duty. It has a few unnecessary immersion-breaking cutscenes or ingame-script sequences which prevent this game from being a masterpiece, though.
    sidenote: since Exodus will be temporarily exclusive    Almost similar quality-wise to its predecessor
    The atmosphere is still great, everywhere is something going on. Linear but not overly scripted game. Rather resembles Half-Life than Call of Duty. It has a few unnecessary immersion-breaking cutscenes or ingame-script sequences which prevent this game from being a masterpiece, though.

    sidenote: since Exodus will be temporarily exclusive because of a di€k move from publisher/developers and Epic you should consider avoiding buying this game to not support such a$$hat behaviour!    … Expand
  8. Sale73
    Feb 2, 2019
    0
    Just as 2033 thi game in my opinion is boring, boring gameplay, again there is not much to explore around, same not so special weapons and not so great fps feeling, that feeling when you shoot, just don't feel it in this game, performance on pc worse than non-redux version so no idea what happend there, game is not good. Not recommended!
  9. nofunaloud
    Jan 31, 2019
    0
    Trash Developers
    Trash Publishers
    Trash Game

    Combat is boring, the story isn't special, and worst of all the company tries to hide from criticism.
  10. NightGeisha
    Jan 30, 2019
    8
    Metro: Last Light Redux is a "rebuild" of the 2013 title with the same name.

    This post apocalyptic first person shooter, is an story driven linear adventure. The story is not awesome, but we are carried by it and immersed, with all the action, moments of tension and details of this toxic and decadent world. Graphically this 2014 rebuild is awesome, and its impressive to see how much    Metro: Last Light Redux is a "rebuild" of the 2013 title with the same name.

    This post apocalyptic first person shooter, is an story driven linear adventure. The story is not awesome, but we are carried by it and immersed, with all the action, moments of tension and details of this toxic and decadent world.

    Graphically this 2014 rebuild is awesome, and its impressive to see how much the devs was able to improve in one year with the tools they had at they disposal. Even to the 2018/19 standards the game is awesome visually, and some light/shadow effects are simply breathtaking.
    The soundtrack and sound effects are generically good. The noise of the weapons, the background noises or weather sounds are very good, but the dialogues are terrible some times. Bad acting, the eco of the dialogue not match the surrounding scenario and so many other aspects really show lack of resourses or "know how" in this aspect.

    Overall the game is good, and oblivious to all the controversy that surrounds the developer in 2019 with the release of their new game Metro Exodus, I have to recommend the game.

    I leave you all a small video with my first minutes of gameplay at the link: https://youtu.be/znQviDOtQBI and a bigger one showing some of the more intense moments of the game, at the link: https://youtu.be/DTtXmLoOzP0

    Hope you liked it!    … Expand
  11. Smc88
    Jan 29, 2019
    9
    I feel like they did an awesome job with the detail, mechanics and graphics of this game.
    A true FPS survival game done right. Really sticks to the books story line as well. Great job 4A Games.
  12. trarantino
    Dec 31, 2018
    8
    Игра шидевр! Просто лучшая игра всех времён и народов. Какая графика, какой графон!
  13. LetMePickThat
    Aug 7, 2018
    9
    Metro LLR is incredibly good. Visuals are top notch, the story is more convincing and more interesting than 2033's one, and the gameplay feels better. The only complain I can think of is the rather stupid way devs implemented the higest difficulty levels, by just making weapon and inventory menus invisible instead of providing for an alternative way to select items.
  14. RagingPoet
    Aug 6, 2018
    7
    Metro: Last Light has plays exactly the same as Metro 2033: great atmosphere and immersion, good visuals and sound, few bugs here and there. The only slight negative difference is that boss fights are very tedious.
  15. eva3si0n
    Jul 23, 2018
    9
    Metro: Last Light a fine example of how the qualitative sequel has to look. in him almost everything is improved and expanded twice. The plot as well as a ranshchsha continues I nachatat history with black in the first part. The gameplay became much more dynamic, and the main thing there was an idle time, but after all a stealth. The only disappointment - the mechanics of firing both was aMetro: Last Light a fine example of how the qualitative sequel has to look. in him almost everything is improved and expanded twice. The plot as well as a ranshchsha continues I nachatat history with black in the first part. The gameplay became much more dynamic, and the main thing there was an idle time, but after all a stealth. The only disappointment - the mechanics of firing both was a curve, and remained her.
    Remaster is executed perfectly, at least on PS4 Pro, especially were successful dynamic shadows. I expect Metro Exodus.    … Expand
  16. Diegochocho
    Jul 5, 2018
    8
    Misma jugabilidad que el anterior, con nuevos paisajes y una historia aun mejor que la anterior, hermosa en pocas palabras.
  17. muzmuz
    Apr 8, 2018
    8
    An action-packed and heart-pumping atmospheric survival game that will leave you breathing heavily in anticipation of what will happen next. Metro: Last Light offers its linear story-focused first person shooter in a well-executed manner, giving you a choice of stealth or guns blazing similar to its predecessor, Metro 2033.
  18. Nazar228
    Feb 27, 2018
    9
    The continuation surpassed the first part of its atmosphere. Great game. I recommend!
  19. CaptainKESA
    Jan 16, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overview:
    Metro: Last Light is the next chapter in the series that started with 2014’s critically acclaimed Metro:2033. Developed by 4A games and published by Deep Silver, Metro: Last light offers more spine tingling chills and pulse pounding action than its predecessor. Expanding and refining its tried and true Survival Horror/FPS formula Metro: Last Light offers players yet another foray both in and below the post-apocalyptic world of nuclear fire scorched Moscow.

    Story:
    In:Last Light players resume their role as Artyom, who was once just a simple twenty year old survivor living in relative safety at his home station within the Metro. Now, after his many victories and hardships from the previous game, the young man has been inducted into the legendary faction known as Rangers of The Order. Our hero has been recently promoted and is now tasked with his most dangerous mission to date. He must infiltrate and recover technology inside a bunker known simply as D6. Throughout the course of his adventure, Artyom becomes embroiled in the growing war between The Order, the Neo-Nazi faction known as The Fourth Reich, and the communist army known as The Red LIne. All of these groups have one thing in common, they want what’s inside D6. Now the race is on to see who will come out on top in this fight for humanity’s very soul as well as which ideology will reign supreme within the new world.

    Gamplay:
    Last Light continues along the same line as the first game placing the player in the driver’s seat of the action through the eyes of Artyom. All of what made the previous installment so exciting returns. Various upgrades and enhancements have been implemented such as more weapons/tools at the players disposal, vehicle combat, more exploration, bigger environments and upgrades to enemy AI. These factors combine to deliver far more fleshed out experience, adding a new level of depth to the already rock solid formula found within the previous title.

    Graphics/Art Direction:
    Graphically, Last Light ups the ante from its predecessor. 4A Games has revamped their already impressive engine. Upgraded with better textures, lighting effects and shaders, Metro:Last Light truly delivers on all fronts. Of particular note are the ultra realistic fire effects. For example, flames dancing across the thick spider webs or Artyom’s lighter illuminating darkened pathways are always a pleasure to behold. Yet another couple of minor but no less impressive details are the facial animations and the modelling of each character’s hands. As simple as those two things might sound they are some of the hardest things for developers to nail, even today. Both of these minute details add to the player’s immersion throughout the course of the player’s adventure as they are constantly on display in both cutscenes and gameplay alike.

    Soundtrack/Audio Desgin:
    The Soundtrack for Last light is dark, rich and atmospheric as ever. The musical score features everything from subtle guitar strings present in the opening cinematic to the much more dramatic orchestral tracks present within the action sequences. The top notch voice acting and narration returns as well, with the script writing being particularly noteworthy. Metro stations come alive as the player walks through the markets, bars and other areas of these underground “cities”. Tens of NPC’s speak on a variety of subjects such as Artyom’s exploits, politics, hunger, recent battles in the tunnels or on the surface etc. This makes the player stay engaged with the fast paced story and adds real depth to all the characters and the world as a whole.

    Final Thoughts:
    In conclusion Last Light is everything gamers look for in a sequel. Better graphics, more options for both combat/stealth approaches, a tighter more fleshed out story and voice acting combine to deliver a game that improves on its predecessor in every way. Building on the success on their previous title, 4A and Deep Sliver showed they did not rest on their laurels and were able to expand their franchise while maintaining the essence of what made Metro:2033 so great. As an added bonus, players that pick up Metro: Last Light Redux can get their hands on this beautifully crafted game with all the DLC included for the low price of twenty dollars. This package is one of the most enticing value for money propositions on the market today.    … Expand
  20. ESKORPION
    Nov 9, 2017
    10
    Probably best game ever played after Half-Life saga. Even Im not such a political, game inmersion is very good. Story is awsome. Textures and variety at high levels of how a high quality game should be. Thank you for making these nices games. Absoltetly amazing.
  21. OberiousLocke
    Jul 27, 2017
    0
    Like it's predecessor, it's a great game.

    Unfortunately, also like it's predecessor, it has a moronic moral choice system that dictates what ending you get and gives you no indication until you get to the end of the game, constraining what you're allowed to do/how you're allowed to play if you want the good ending. A fine example is given at the end of the game where you have the option    Like it's predecessor, it's a great game.

    Unfortunately, also like it's predecessor, it has a moronic moral choice system that dictates what ending you get and gives you no indication until you get to the end of the game, constraining what you're allowed to do/how you're allowed to play if you want the good ending. A fine example is given at the end of the game where you have the option to kill a traitor to your group, and killing him is the evil option, despite all the evil things him and his group have done. Automatic 0.    … Expand
  22. omer123
    Feb 3, 2017
    9
    this game had one of the best fps gameplay its very deep its thrilling and engaging with a suprising stealth mechanic a great story that it well let u keep engaged the game had very out of place sex scean and strip club i **** love the weapons in this awsome game they are fricking badass metro last light is less than 15 hours to complete I complete it at 14 hours so u have gameplay timethis game had one of the best fps gameplay its very deep its thrilling and engaging with a suprising stealth mechanic a great story that it well let u keep engaged the game had very out of place sex scean and strip club i **** love the weapons in this awsome game they are fricking badass metro last light is less than 15 hours to complete I complete it at 14 hours so u have gameplay time the game can be better if atleast it had an openworld to explore which it doesn't had its just 32 chapters to without side quest and openworld its just missions but still because the gameplay the athmosphere the suprising story give this a great raiting for me and I absolutley like this game its very great game an 8.5 out of 10… Expand
  23. residentvl
    Dec 16, 2016
    0
    Whatever difficulty you think you can handle, set it lower, this game is mostly playable on the difficulty you think you can handle, except there are certain segments that will suddenly be 100 times harder than anything before it and you'll just have to completely restart the game to fix the difficulty because there's no real way to change even from the main menu. This game is only forWhatever difficulty you think you can handle, set it lower, this game is mostly playable on the difficulty you think you can handle, except there are certain segments that will suddenly be 100 times harder than anything before it and you'll just have to completely restart the game to fix the difficulty because there's no real way to change even from the main menu. This game is only for highly skilled players, no one else.… Expand
  24. duckhost
    Nov 15, 2016
    10
    One of the few suquels that can be better than the first one, and it's well optimized too! A great game, a must play even if you dindn't played the first one!
  25. Frenetik
    Nov 6, 2016
    10
    This game along with the original Metro 2033 is one of the best atmospheric shooters ever made. Its not particularly scary but it tells a dark, depressing story and engages your emotions like few games ever did. The only thing that bothered me were those forced boss fights which kind of broke the immersion for me but fortunately there were few such encounters and they were over pretty fast.
  26. Sir__Lancevrot
    May 22, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Если сравнивать с 2033, то "Луч надежды" имеет как и суммарные минусы так и плюсы. Из плюсов: сюжет стал значительно интересней; некоторые gamrplay этапы сделаны хороши (например момент с дрезиной очень напоминает момент с багги в "half life 2" только более коридорный). Из минусов: такая же проблема с фильтрами; порой встречаются очень идиотские моменты в игре, из-за которых хочется бросить игру (например момент, где надо добраться до храма, у меня кончились фильтры, и было очень темно, а так же куча врагов и самое главное вообще непонятно куда идти); но самое главное-концовка, проблема не в том, что главный герой погибает, а как это вписывается в сюжет. Всю игру у нас была цель найти "черного" и мы шли к ней, а после того как заполучили это, то на нашу базу нападают мы еле как отбиваемся, вроде бы все, но "внезапно вдруг" прибывает еще толпа врагов, мы взрываем все и себя, и все- конец. Я очень долго недоумевал от этого, из-за этого желание пере пройти игру падает на 4/10. Но в целом играть в нее интересней, чем в 2033.… Expand
  27. mikhailmaldonag
    Apr 24, 2016
    10
    WOW. Game is better than original "Last Light". The previous one was broken, stupid A.I. and very easy. This one have better graphics (no very great for 2014 standars, but good is good) and the differents between Survival and FPS-Doom-KillEveryONE are real now.

    Playing for the second time, the game is a soid 8. But I put it 10 because this is a must for people whom never play metro before.
  28. chronoT
    Mar 20, 2016
    8
    Metro LLR is definitely worth a play through, the graphics are very good and the game is hard to put down once you get going. The atmosphere of course is the best part, and the visual effects are top notch. There are a few minor points to make though, which bring it down from a 9 to an 8. This includes the fact that the game overall is short, less than 10 hours for a full play through, andMetro LLR is definitely worth a play through, the graphics are very good and the game is hard to put down once you get going. The atmosphere of course is the best part, and the visual effects are top notch. There are a few minor points to make though, which bring it down from a 9 to an 8. This includes the fact that the game overall is short, less than 10 hours for a full play through, and several of the missions were outright annoying and poorly designed in my opinion. The sound effects and music meet expectations but the voice sound is sometimes hard to hear and understand because it gets muffled by other noises or your location relevant to the person talking. Once you get over the little flaws, Last Light Redux is thrilling and satisfies your apocalyptic FPS needs.… Expand
  29. SPARTACVS
    Mar 5, 2016
    5
    Game too hard even at easiest setting. Some serious bugs. Many levels are tedious and annoying (marshes as an example). Intro menu is cool but way too long and cannot be skipped. Too much survival-like for my taste (didn't account it in my rating because it's more a personal preference).
  30. dugazoid
    Feb 13, 2016
    7
    I enjoyed a lot Metro 2033, so I had a lot of hype for this Last Light. Nice gunplay, nice graphics, but not a great storyline, and it felt like I was playing a CoD or something like that.

    I did not enjoy it like Metro 2033, but it still worth it.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 15, 2014
    78
    If someone owns Metro: Last Light, there's absolutely no reason to buy the Redux version. Graphically its the very same game, while the DLC content and the Survival/Spartan mode are not enough to justify this new release and the 20 euros price, even with the differentiation the later offers to the gameplay. On the other hand, whoever hasn't played the original game yet, has another good reason to do it now.
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  2. Hooked Gamers
    Aug 29, 2014
    80
    The game becomes much more of a survival-horror title with the new available options, and if you’re new you can try both styles and decide for yourself. Otherwise, there’s really no reason to prefer the original over this remastering.
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  3. PC Gamer
    Aug 20, 2014
    80
    Still as atmospheric and impressively grim as it was last year, but inessential if you have the original.
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