Metro 2033 is the brainchild of 4A Games ( Oles' Shiskovtsov and Aleksandr Maksimchuk) who left GSC Game World to develop the series based on the novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky. It manages to rise above the standard FPS fare by providing a decent story, great atmosphere and generally strong overall performance. It was good enough that it has spawned two sequels as well as Redux version that updates it and fixes many of the issues present in the original (and is obviously the one that should be played), but since this is the only version I have, I had to make due.
Presentation: The original 2033 looks a bit rough, but, again, for 2010 is probably pretty damn good. The voices are still good, however, and fitting for the Russian setting. While the creature design is good, the setting is what... |
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3.5/5 |
