Metro 2033 Redux

I knew this was a survival game but I didn't expect it to be as scary in some parts for me. Great story, atmosphere, and gameplay. Likes gameplay atmosphere story Dislikes: NA Rating: 7/10

Good game but unfortunately GoG doesn’t include the OSX or Linux versions. Kinda useless.

If shooting is your only interaction with a game, it better be good. Unfortunately, it isn't, immediately laid bare by the fact that the Y-axis mouse sensitivity is lower than the X-axis, an absolutely unforgivable error left in from the console port and unfortunately equally unfixable. So if the gunplay sucks, what is left? Is the story good? The lore may have been interesting back when, but nowadays it represents the barebones basic apocalyptic stereotype. The writing itself is cringe-worthy. It's a coming-of-age story with the manly man father and master figure, and a hero that needs to prove he has the guts to show no emotions in order to be a real man. Been there, done that. So if gameplay and story suck, what's here to love? Atmosphere, maybe, but if that is all you want to get this game for, I pity you. You might as well watch a movie, as this is basically what this game's "gameplay" amounts to anyway: Follow the guy, go through the door that he opens for you, wait till the monsters come, stand still and shoot the monsters, pick up ammo, repeat. Oh, sometimes you have the option to be stealthy, in which case the game implicitly lays out a clear path on how to stealth about the place, so you don't have to worry about having to turn on your precious brain anyway. At least it runs well, looks great and may be a fun romp for people that love the setting.

I'm used to new games crashing occasionally, but with a game this old I would expect everything to be polished. It's not. 10 minutes of gameplay and CTD and so on and so on, I tried all the tutorials from google and nothing helped. If you want to play and not deal with endless crashes get the original, not the redux.

First two shorter sections, basically the tutorial, worked, but after that it's not possible to get to the next checkpoint without a CTD. The original was working REDUX does not.