Metro: Last Light Redux

This game feels so real. It's THE FUTURE if Earth gets ever nuked. Humanity locked down in metro tunnels is going to fight the last war. And you have the power to stop it. Epic story setting, but you can influence none of it. "Don't do this, Artyom, you dumb!" You'll find that this is your third/fourth sentence you'll mumble most often (with "running out of ammo again", "running out of filters again" and "where should I go now?" being the other three). Let's check gameplay. Not much improvement from M2033. It's not some bad thing, just don't expect more. Same minimal UI. More fights with human opfor, more "on your own" content (or at least it feels like it). Bossfights? Yes, I said bossfights. Like three extremely tough monsters and a human one. As in M2033, the gameplay is heavily planted in atmosphere itself, in your fear and uncertainty. Less weird/bad bits than M2033. Most things you'll do feel natural, less paranormal phenomenon usage, albeit stealth works in same bad way - you'll go unnoticed more time you'll think. But if I could get rid of one thing, it'd be unskipable cutscenes where no checkpoint follows. I had to consult walthrough two or three times, however. [spoiler?] That D6 mission... Disabling the tank is not much natural. The regular ending is not canonical according to the books. Regular? Yes, your actions through the game decide whether you'll get regular or "bonus" (canonical ending). If only these were less balanced. It's tears or tears choice. [definitely spoiler!] Canonical ending and survival of Artyom feels good, but sacrificing your own life to save whole metro and kill a lot of commies - that's how a man should go![/spoiler][/spoiler]

master piece of a game, great story and wonderful atmospher really worth purchasing

Metro Last Light, is a follow up to Metro 2033, an atmospheric survival horror all about managing your ammo and gas mask filters as you go progress through the game. A lot of varied challenges and tough enemies and also some clever stealth sections, even if a lot of times the enimies look like they are blind and can't see you in plain sight... I really like the no HUD thing from Ranger mode. It really adds to that realism in a more clever way by adding an air counter on your watch in which you can zoom in at any given time and you can check your ammo reserves by equiping the journal and looking at it. The gun play feels good, the atmosphere is great and unsettling, and enviromnents are breath taking. The Story is obvisously it's strong point, but I won't talk about it here to avoid giving any spoilers. Altough I will say that the ending section, was kind of week in my opinion. Just a nitpick of mine. It's an awesome game and I recommend it to anyone that enjoys dark amostpheric survival horror games. However, if you can, get the vanilla version of Metro Last light. The Redux version is full of glitches and crashes that persist throughout the game, to the point where in specific sections, it constantly crashes leaving no choice but to restart the chapter. My Verdict is an 8/10 for the game and a 4/10 for the Redux version.

This was my first actual purchase on GOG, and my favorite, I love everything about this game from it's beautifully crafted enviorments and fantastic world-building to the gunplay. It has that ability to really make you feel like you're a part of this world. Post-apocalyptic goodness for a $25 price tag, definitely recommend this game. For the full experience, try it on Ranger Hardcore mode.

I mean.. cool story, setting, visuals (the sound is weird sometimes) but so many bugs make me sick after this game. May this gaming studio never make another game..