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Title: Metro: Last Light
Series: Metro
Year: 2013
Engine: 4A Engine
Developer: 4A
Genre: First Person Shooter
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other Russia is in the womb of a nuclear fallout, the
survival of mankind is at stake, you have killed an opposing species of
creatures called the darklings, there is only one of them left for you to find
and kill before it has any idea of revenge. This task has been given solely to
you because it seems that you the only one capable of understanding these
creatures, the only one who has some kind of link with them…
Yes folks this is Metro last light, sorry if I
didn't give you the heads up but this is the sequel to Metro 2033 a series
based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels that deal with post-apocalyptic Russia in
the years from and succeeding 2033. This in itself is an intrigue title as it
not only did well in representing itself to the player as like a book, but for
a first person shooter it passed the length of game play set by other well
established titles that have horrible storylines in the same genre. Even though
I’ve never touched one of its books I felt compelled to get one and start
reading, perhaps it’s the ominous voice that kept spouting from chapter to
chapter. The release of this title had been pushed back a couple of times as one
of the reasons was that it was meant to be one of the last titles that was to
be released under the now defunct publisher THQ, subsequently it was sold to
and released under Deep Silver. But there’s no blaming here as the quality of
the game play is in the unprecedented state.
You play as the protagonist Artyom a Russian ranger
in the alternate nuclear era, where people are force to take refuge in the
railway tunnels as the surface proves to be inhabitable. In the beginning Artyom’s
leaders learn that after he had supposedly killed all the Darklings, the
unknown mutant species that threatens human life, there’s but still one that
remains. Thus he is entrusted with going off to find and kill it but along the
way he finds a disturbing controversy looming within his own people, and that
the creatures, the Darkilings that he had wiped into brick of extinction were
the ones who once saved his life.
The game play is impressive, breath taking at most times as it seems from beginning to end it never fails even though I found myself lost results of a minimalist HUD, till I found out that pulling out your journal by using the letter ‘M’ on your keyboard and observing the compass needle will point you in the right direction, albeit it would be the last thing you would want to do when hunted down by creepy mutate beasts. As for tool of the trade, you have a variety of weapons to use, my main three were mainly a 12 gauge for close encounters, an Assault rifle or sniper rifle for far-off targets, and a supressed SMG or pistol for those times I needed to be stealthy in confined spaces.
When you are above
ground out in the open landscapes you are met with a city that is crumbling to
the ground, and is surrounded by radiation thus you have to wear a filter mask
accompanied by a filter which are useful in preventing radiation sickness, but
can only last for a stretch of four-some minutes mostly timed by the watch on
your wrist, thus you have to take care of your surroundings for extra filters
or else you just might find yourself running out of clean air.
The verdict?
Playability: C
Graphics: C
Environment: A
Shock & Awe: A
Plot: A
Overall: B***, Awesome title.
Hope you’ll enjoy this one…
Well as for me its
hasta pronto me amigos
