Metro 2033 Redux

Everything was running fine a few months ago when I played it. I recently upgraded my monitor to a 1440p 144hz monitor, and returned to try some resolutions to see the difference in game, and the problems started. I managed to get 1440p resolution running again on the Dead City mission, dialed down the graphical quality as I was getting sub-60fps. I dropped down to Medium settings and was at about 90fps; then the game shat itself. I can't even get the intro menu screen to load so that I can put things to Very High and just play the game at 60fps and below as I suspect this is one of those games (like Skyrim) that if you try to increase your frame beyond 60fps, the game engine falls to pieces. Anyway, 1-star vote until I get this running. And it's not just me: this game is--I have just found out--infamously buggy and crashy. I have been PC gaming since '97 and I cannot remember a game that has crashed this much. I feel like I'm back in the 90s, actually, trying to get this working--like I'm on a Windows 95 machine without the right drivers or some other problem that used to arise during the Wild West era of PC game development. This game is just as fickle, it seems.

I thought it was a pretty good game myself, played through it once, its a fairly short game, I'd say I finished it in roughly 8 hours or so, its great if you are looking for something to burn through over a couple of days. As far as the story line goes, I thought it was an intriguing one, with a couple of different endings, I only attained the default ending you get if you aren't trying to get the other. To attain the other ending you essentially make the game harder for yourself, knocking out enemies instead of killing them type stuff. A quick google search provides a better explanation, but that's essentially the difference. The Story itself is essentially you are living in a time period after war has destroyed the world in metro systems underneath the cities in Russia, and as result of this war you are fighting mutated monstrosities for survival in this new world. There are many points I'm leaving out because they will give too much of the story otherwise, and its too good to give it away without experiencing it for yourself. Game play itself is comparable to most FPS games, I myself don't play a lot of them though so don't quote me on that. I can say however that for the most part it is pretty intuitive and the controls are not overly complex. On the harder difficulties (which don't play those until you've played through a normal setting some first so you can learn the controls) it removes a lot of the HUD, which normally isn't a problem, and I actually found it makes the game more of a challenge in a good way, except for the fact that you will have no idea at all of how much ammo you have, not just what you have in the clip, but total amount as well. Which makes it much harder, especially when you have to choose between weapons and you are unsure as to how much ammo you have for either weapon. All in all its a good game, would I pay $20 dollars for it, probably not, but if you catch it on any sort of sale I would say its well worth the money spent.

THE GAME MAKES YOU PERFORM MANY TASKS LATER ON IN AN EXACT WAY OR YOU DIE. NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ERROR EVEN ON EASY. I HAD TO WATCH OTHER FOLKS VIDEOS TO GAIN ANY INSIGHT AND EVEN THEN I FOUND UNLESS I PLAYED EXACTLY LIKE THEM I COULD NOT FINISH TEH LEVEL.

I expected a on-rail shooter with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-like setting, the latter was true but the gameplay consisted of forced and badly designed stealth segments which ultimately made me drop the game altogether. Probably worth a playthrough on easy mode for the story.

The graphics are terrible, the immersion is broken, and... IT'S PRICIER! The worst Metro game. At least Last Light and its Redux are more enjoyable, and not a soulless piece of trash. Please GOG, add the Original at a lower price.