Metro: Last Light Redux

After playing through the three S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-games, this game was a small improvement, but it also had its share of things that annoyed me, just not as much as in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-games. The positive: + The graphics looks good to me. + Interesting and original story. The negative: - FAR to linear. A couple of my favorite games are Doom 3 and Dead Space I and II. Those are relatively linear. But in this game you are literally walking through tunnels/tubes a lot of the time, and if you are not walking through tunnels/tubes you are often just a passenger on a ride with little or no possibility to influence what happens. Same thing that I disliked with Borderlands. - Mostly impossible to skip cut scenes. - Impossible to save manually. So if you are struggling with a part of the game, you are doomed to play through the same part time and time after time after... And possibly watch the same cut scenes with no possibility to skip. - You often have an NPC following you around, guiding you and virtually holding you hand, almost as a personal assistant. Except for that in this case the assistant seemingly randomly may or may not help you. - Sometimes there was to much running as in mazes when on the surface. - Terrible timed areas because of lack of air filters. - At times you suddenly and without much warning had to tap "E" to survive. Something I have hated at least since I played the "Resident Evil"-games! But at least tapping "E" was consistent and did not change... - Froze for a period of time a few times. At the same time the game seemed to continue in the background since the sound played on, so this could have caused me to die (but luckily never did). - Crashed repetitively at one point in the game. Crashed every time I reloaded, and after every restart of the game. Luckily I found the solution online: Turn off advanced physics, and luckily the game saves was not corrupted. - Startup sequence takes FAR to long and seems to be impossible to skip!

When its a semisandbox shooter and walking simulator its great, when it does anything scripted it sucks ass with instafail segments plus very obtuse and obfuscated goals or way to reach it. There will be "dramatic" passages where a player can have the enjoyment of going over and over the same scripted segments until the very minute or stupid detail becomes clear.... A Boss fight at a staiwell comes to mind, really idiotic, really frustrating..... Go S.T.A.L.K.E.R - i die but at least it was my way, my choice...

A lot of people commented on different aspects of the game, but one extremely annoying quality wasn't mentioned. Namely, you can have only one game in progress. I went third of the way through the campaign and realised I was getting bored with the gameplay, so I'd thought I'd try "ranger" mode. But that requires erasing the progress I made on the regular run. I wanted to try some of the side stories from DLCs, but that requires abandoning progress in the main campaign as well. Bloody ridiculous.

Metro Last Light has an incredible atmosphere, oppressing, danger and captivating, many STALKER's developers work in this game and it show, once you enter the metro you will be part of it's world, a world that is dying but still feels alive, with a lot of interesting characters, a rich story and an inedible gameplay, where you can choose between stealth or pure action, both work very good. The game has incredible graphics that looks awesome even to this day (except for the faces), a masterful guitar soundtrack, simple but that fits like a glove for the game. So, to resume, play this game, you won't regret it and if you don't have the other you should consider to purchase them too, because Metro Series are one of the best franchises in gaming.

Story: 4/5 Worldbuilding: 5/5 Art Design: 4/5 Graphics: 5/5 Sound: 4/5 Gameplay: 4/5