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[Metro 2033] Last Light is almost upon us, Artyom..
John Zoidberg
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Wikipedia wrote:Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter video game, which is based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was developed by 4A Games in Ukraine and released in March 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. A PlayStation 3 version was planned, but ultimately cancelled. In March 2006, 4A Games announced a partnership with Glukhovsky to collaborate on the game. The game was announced at the 2009 Games Convention in Leipzig; along with an official trailer. A sequel was announced, currently titled Metro: Last Light. As part of the marketing campaign for the series upcoming sequel, THQ had offered free copies of Metro 2033 until 17 December 2012 (or until product keys ran out) to individuals 'liking' the Metro (THQ) Facebook page.
Wikipedia wrote:Metro: Last Light (formerly Metro 2034) is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It is set for release in May 2013. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and features action-oriented gameplay with a combination of survival horror elements.
Previously announced as Metro 2034, the game is a sequel to Metro 2033, and although author Dmitry Glukhovsky has apparently been working with the developers, it bears no relation to the book Metro 2034. Initially, the game was to be published under THQ and expected to be released in the middle of 2012; it was announced on February 2, 2012, that the game would be delayed until the first quarter of 2013. Following THQ's closure in January 2013, the intellectual property was acquired by video game publisher Deep Silver.
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Just pre-ordered this and I can't flipping wait. Metro 2033 came out of nowhere for me and cemented itself as one of my favourite games of all time. New trailer came out today also:
That new trailer is waaaaay too overdramatic, though.
Not like it would even remotely keep me from getting this, but still, pretty over the top as far as the whole "LEADER-HERO SAVE WORLD" thing.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Oh and I bet you the savior the trailer is referring to is not Artyom. Fake-out seems so likely.
Shogun Streams Vidya
Both look good though, could always use some more post apocalyptic video games in my life.
That being said I am going to be waiting for @helloween to do a LP of it, because Sausagemonstersv2
Unmodded STALKER is only hard for the first hour of play. Then you wander somewhere there is a good gun in a static stash, grab that and the world is your mollusc. I played through COP again the other day, it's pretty tame.
I should go finish the original Metro game
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Let me put this calmly...
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?
The thing that made the original stand out so far, how immersive it was due in part to lack of HUD, is a MOTHER FUCKING PRE-ORDER BONUS?
Hey guess what 4A Games, this was gonna be a birthday gift, but since thats in August, and what made the game so appealing is now a piece of shit pre-order bonus, I guess theres no fucking point, eh?
In other news Elder Scrolls 6 will have 8 classes to choose from, but if you preorder you can level up individual skills instead!
If you pre-order the next Mario game, you can ride Yoshi in the game.
If you pre-order Zelda, you'll get to fight a boss at the end of the dungeons.
If you pre-order Pokemon, you'll get to trade pokemon with your friends.
No wait none of that is true because it'd be fucking stupid!
I might be broke but I'm somehow going to get this game.
Steam: CavilatRest
Buy a new graphics card, Nvidia has last light bundled right now and that would be the most expensive way to do it.
I'd have to buy a desktop to go with it. Given the fact that my current laptop hits temps of 130 celsius though that's probably needed.
We're going back to D6 with 2034 I think right?
Steam: CavilatRest
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Yeah. The modes came well after the release and it was free iirc. I haven't read up on the situation this time around but I hope it's just a case of pre-order and get Ranger mode from the outset and anyone else gets it free a week or two later.
E: appears though they're doing the Battlefield thing where the initial copies are the LE, so preordering isn't strictly necessary if you snag it before they run out. I still maintain it's pretty weak, but just less so.
I think its pretty cool and all, but I am literally 5 minutes from the end of the game and there is no filter in sight.
Hopefully all the chaos surrounding THQ's demise and the license being shipped around didn't stop 4A from polishing and refining Last Light. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
No pre-load yet but still good to have.
Good idea? Bad idea?
Not even turning on vsync in the config files worked?
Like, as I recall, one of the things you need to do is not take the very first gun offered to you so that you're dependent on your NPC allies for the ensuing fight. Which is just like, there is no rational reason you would make that choice if you didn't know about the "good" ending stuff ahead of time.
I don't think this is correct at all. There's also nothing you "need" to do really anyway, there's just a ton of small moments that will get you good moral points, and a few that will get you negative ones. Most of the negative ones are pretty straight forward. The good ones can be a bit obtuse though. Things like "talking" to NPCs even though that just means standing around them and listening.
I really admire the game, because after my first playthrough I realized that I'd done the "right" thing with all the clear, well-presented and binary choices, and still done wrong because I hadn't paid deep attention or reconsidered what was happening. The game doesn't care if you "fail" (and is even unfair in distracting you with less important choices like refusing bullets for payment), and that works really well for making a strong argument with its mechanics. I do think that some of the important moments have design issues-
but if you view the goal of the game as getting the player to take Khan's lesson to heart by "failing" and regretting it, while not feeling cheated (I feel that the "good" ending is still *just* reachable enough if you don't know that it exists, and more so if you do), then even those flaws work in the game's favor.
It's more relevant if you're playing STALKER, but it's a good idea anyway because it's a good read.
Also I don't exactly understand the ending anyway. Or at least I don't agree with it.
Even if the Dark Ones were just trying to communicate with the metro dwellers and driving them crazy as a side-effect, they were still driving them crazy. I like Khan's analogy to fire, but if a fire was approaching my home town I would still try to stop it.
But honestly, the choices/ending being kind of clunky and weird I don't especially mind in Metro 2033. It feels foreign, just like most of the game, if that makes sense.
It's never a bad idea, or a bad time, to read Roadside Picnic. Great novel, and a quick read. Also, unless the Wikipedia page is way out of date, it has been made available for free legal download by the Strugatsky brothers.
Yeah, I was always able to get the option for the good ending, and I don't think I ever "reached out" in any of the visions. I just did stuff like not taking what I didn't need and that sort of thing.
Not that the morality system was in any way clear, but still, I found it a welcome change from the usual Bioware-type morality systems which give you "Lucifer made manifest" or "ultimate saint" options and try to pass them off as meaningful.
No I changed it in all 3 places and it is still very, very choppy.
PC Gamer article about Ranger mode being preorder only.
Wow the article makes them sound pretty damn decent. Its a PR puff piece, but it is so easy to sell executive meddling.
Important bits:
-still looks pretty graphically intensive
-your watch gives an EXACT amount of time, in seconds, that your current filter has on it
-looks like the PC version gets gamepad support this time (and it looks like they could actually be good)
-lots of crazy great details like flies walking across your gasmask faceplate
-more variety to the environments
-lotsa critters, both dangerous and just for flavor
Overall, the animations and environment design just absolutely scream more of the same great stuff Metro 2033 had, so I just Steam preordered the thing without hesitating. Dunno the size of the "open" areas, but the swamp in the video also gives a huge STALKER vibe, which is works for me in all sorts of delicious ways.
EDIT: And another 20 minute video:
I haven't watched this second one much, so beware of spoilers. I don't know if it actually has any, but that's a possibility.
Although getting a gun/bullet advantage is not really something I'm into, and I hope there is a way to disable that (although I doubt it).
Having the spear gun makes the Library much more straightforward. Overpressure it, hit one of the big bads with a headshot, then hit them once or twice more. Collect arrows, repeat.
Or if ammo is the problem, stop shooting them. It's touchy, but you can keep them at bay by just staring at them and backing away; unless you shoot them, they don't really give chase as long as you look at them. Fairly easy to get turned around inside there, though, so that's pretty understandable.