Playing Metro 2033 in Spartan mode, however, mutes its most interesting element. Spartan mode aligns more closely with the original design of Last Light by giving players more resources and providing a more action oriented experience. Survival aligns more closely with the original design of 2033 by giving players less ammo, limiting supplies and presenting players with tougher A.I. The primary mechanic justification 4-A Games has given for the remaster is the option of two different gameplay modes in each game: Survival and Spartan. The game does come with Ranger mode, a mode that caused some controversy when it was not included in Last Light’s original release but was offered as DLC. When playing Last LIght Redux, however, I was unable to really tell how the game had been graphically improved. Additionally, a few mechanics from Last Light have been added to 2033, like recharging flashlights, and my favorite, the gas mask wipe mechanic, where players must wipe viscera from their gas mask to unobscure their view. The lighting is much more nuanced and dynamic and the control scheme has been updated to match that of Last Light.
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Having played both games on PC prior to Redux, I can say that the remaster of 2033, a game that came out over four years ago, is impressive.
It is important to note, however, that 2033 came out in 2010, and Last Light is barely a year old, which brings up the question of whether or not these games are worthy of being remastered. Such moments breath life into the Metro by treating the game’s citizens as human beings struggling to preserve art and culture in a world where there is very little beauty.The Metro games care about their worlds more deeply than most first person shooters. In Last Light you will find a man making shadow puppets and explaining the difference between animals like birds and elephants from the mutant demons the children of the Metro are accustomed to. In 2033 players will come upon groups of people huddled around a fire listening to a man play Russian folk songs on a guitar. And yet in the midst of this harsh world these survivors fight to preserve truth and beauty. There is very little joy in these settlements, ravaged as they are by tragedy and brutality.
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In each settlement you are free to wander around for as long as you like and listen to the stories of the survivors. Time in the tunnels is so eerie and chaotic that the peaceful moments in various settlements are a welcome respite from the madness. Both 2033 and Last Light excel at placing players in tense situations in which they must carefully manage their resources. While in the tunnels, players are often forced to navigate with a flashlight that must be charged with crank. The gas mask uses filters that run out over time forcing players to either move very quickly or scavenge for extra filters. When forced to the surface, players are confronted with a larger and more fierce contingent of mutant enemies as well as the added tension of wearing a gas mask. These journeys are difficult because of confrontations with warring parties and mutants and the fact that you are armed with meager equipment and low quality ammunition. The two games are mostly made up of treks between small settlements in the tunnels which sometimes require brief trips to the surface.
Unlike other post-apocalyptic games like Fallout or Borderlands there is little levity in the world of the Metro games, and rightly so-the world is falling to pieces and the few people left have resorted to warring over the few remaining resources. The two games are based on Dimitry Clukhovsky’s novel Metro 2033, which is set in the subway tunnels of post-apocalyptic Moscow in the year 2033, twenty years after nuclear war decimated the world and left the surface of Moscow uninhabitable. For those who have never played either game, Redux is the best way to experience them. Kiev-based 4-A games recently remastered both games and released them as Metro Redux. In a slew of unexceptional and formulaic post-apocalyptic first person shooters, Metro 2033 and its sequel, Metro: Last Light, shine as a stunning examples of incredibly well realized worlds.
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