Metro: Last Light Redux

It's weird playing through the Redux double package. Since they moved the gameplay improvements from this entry retroactively to 2033, this now feels like a Part 2 of a whole package.

Fortunately, the game is a step up in the writing department. It is much less a series of repetitive missions with different people leading the way. Instead we get more of an adventure to atone for your past, with the occasional side character. Unfortunately, these side characters of Metro's world are still a little underdeveloped, this is especially noticeable with the first woman with important dialogue in the series, Anna. I have heard, thankfully, that the next game apparently steps up in this regard.
The game does pepper background characters throughout its HUBs though. I listened in on most of the missable conversations, and they breathe life into the world pretty effectively.

Within it's excellent atmosphere, there are still some interesting themes woven throughout, with the game's exploration of understanding other lifeforms. They're not tied into the gameplay as effectively as much as I'd like (killing whole hordes to spare the final leader reeks of ludonarrative dissonance to me). Still, it tries. Certainly more than most FPS games out there.

This time through I was a good boi, it felt more like the right thing for the story this time. Its final third was more effective for the mistakes I made in 2033. I'm not sure if the experience is better or worse knowing about the karma system. Regardless, messing up in the first game and then doing things right (mostly) this time around felt like the more interesting story.
If anyone wants an FPS that feels like it's actually trying to say something, I would certainly recommend Last Light and 2033.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not good, not bad
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Nothing difficult
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second live for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Very Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ Depends on you
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

Rating of the game
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10

Enjoyment of the game
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10

Good game, like the previous, but more modern bigger better.

The definitive way of playing the game. It contains the DLCs (now unavailable on the original release), a few graphical improvements and a more sensible amount of achievements.

this game was good,but the fucking sundown level made me quit me personally i like the first and exodus

This is a really good game. And this is a lot more refined than the first game on Steam, it's got basically no bugs and overall I find it an upgrade in most areas as well. The stealth sections are a lot of fun, I will say though that the AI are dumb. At one point I knocked out like 6 enemies basically in the same spot. The graphics are decent too, nothing too special but it holds up considering its age.
I'd give the game a solid 8/10.

Metro: Last Light Redux, karanlık ve gerilim dolu atmosferiyle insanı içine çeken bir oyun. Nükleer felaket sonrası Moskova metrosunda hayatta kalmaya çalışırken, hem mutantlarla hem de düşman gruplarıyla uğraşıyorsunuz. Cephane kısıtlı, ortam kasvetli ve sürekli tetikte olmanız gerekiyor.

Redux sürümü grafik olarak çok daha iyi görünüyor, ışıklandırmalar ve detaylar atmosferi daha da güçlendirmiş. Hikâye zaten sürükleyici, oynanış ise ister aksiyon ister gizlilik odaklı ilerlemenize izin veriyor. Eğer yoğun bir atmosferde sağlam bir FPS deneyimi arıyorsanız, kesinlikle denemeye değer.

After 15 hours of sparing people, knocking out bad guys, finding lost teddy bears and sparing my enemies and teaching the dark ones of forgiveness, they still let me die. 10/10

At first I didnt like it as much as the first one but in the end I think its overall a better game and a great sequel.

8/10

Shout out to my special ops sniper baddie :3

p.s. basically lived through the whole Thorfinn development arc after having a kid follow me around

Game crashes every five minutes, and sometimes it just freezes the PC (even worse than 2033 somehow). Ranger hardcore difficulty is just stupid because in some cutscenes we need to press E, but oh no, I can't know that because I can't see the UI that tells me to press the button, so how should I know that? (And there is not even an achievement for finishing the game on ranger hardcore mode, so it is completely worthless.) While coming to the end of the game, all my diaries disappeared, and my save file got corrupted, so I had to collect all of them again on my second gameplay. So, of course, still I'm going to get all the achievements and recommend this game. The game is good.

Fun game and campaign played mostly on the steam deck and it runs pretty well.

It's actually so peak oml, just like the last one ( also play this one before it becomes real )

Fun game with campaign, small bugs here and there, nothing major, overall I recommend it

I really loved the first game because of the great fun I had playing it, the only downside was it only took like 17 hours to 100% it. last light continues that fun and multiplies it! especially with some extra content at the end.
spoiler : as a sequel this game just hits right with the redemption ending for the wrong you did in the last game!
had 2 problems with this game tho : lots of crashes and one extra content being so annoying (talking about tower mission) I had to press G multiple times to skip it XD.
10/10 game idc about crashes!

A great sequel to the first game, the improvements are noticable and the world of post apocalyptic Moscow exciting and nerve-wracking as ever.

Un super fps solo qui mélange infiltration et découverte avec une super histoire.

Just like the first game in the series, a gem that takes you back to the golden years of games and gaming. Great story, great gameplay, ... it's metro!

Travelled through half a country for help and then ended up blowing misunderstood creatures. 10/10

Amazing. In many ways better than the first. Story feels deeper. The world building still fantastic. Although the ending did not hold up at all. The game all of a sudden became the shooter it was so much better than previously.

I also had some issues with crashing.

Metro Last Light Takes Place 1 year after Metro 2033 and it improved a lot

This game takes notes from The Metro 2034 Book Like Metro 2033 did with 2033
And i liked the storytelling in this game it did make sense although the Models can look like plasic at times
You won't notice it under such amazing Combat and More that this game has to offer

Combat in general in this game feels really great and Realisic although some parts have ages but who is to blame for that

8/10 I did like Metro 2033 a bit more but good Follow up and a great way to make Metro 2034 Come to a game

From my Metro: 2033 review:
'Now, see you all in about a year when I finish Metro: Last Light'
Written... 5 years ago.

Welp, about time I got back to the Metro series with Metro: Last Light. Now, other than this delay just kind of being funny, there is an important reason why I point this out. Although I barely remember anything from the plot of Metro: 2033 at this point, Metro: Last Light did a fantastic job of reintroducing me to the world of Metro, and picking up where I left off 5 years ago. I never felt lost in the story.

Metro continues to be one of the most immersive series of story-based FPS games I've played. With it's extensive mechanics, and weapons that allow for experimentation, and a variety of playstyles, Metro is incredibly rich, and curated series of games.

If I were to criticize one thing, it would be the endings. Both Metro 2033 and Last Light have 2 endings, a Good and Bad ending. In Metro 2033, the bad ending was the canon one, in Last Light the good ending is. At no point in this game does it mention that the ending is determined by an invisible 'morality meter' that judges your actions and how you interact with NPCs. Because of this, most people get the non-canon bad ending, like myself. This would likely confuse people then going into Metro Exodus as that game heavily contradicts the non-canon bad ending, naturally. But, again, since Last Light never explains this system, most wouldn't even know about this, and just assume the game only has one ending, and the franchise purposefully contradicts itself. I think it was needlessly vague, and only serves to confuse people.

All of this wasn't an issue in Metro 2033 as the more common ending, the bad ending, is the canon one, and leads directly into Last Light.

Overall, I give Metro: Last Light:
8.5 Cute Little Baby Dark Ones in Hooman Clothes out of 10

Well, I guess I'll see you all in 10 years when I finish Metro: Exodus.
(good lord, I'll be pushing 40 by then. where does time go?)

I would recommend not just playing this game but also actually finishing it and maybe even beating it twice or more. The story is fantastic, the characters are amazing, and if you want to be action hero man and shoot all the bad guys you can, or if you want to play it like a stealth game you can. I legit love this game because it lets you dictate how you want combat encounters to play out (personally I am a big fan of picking off most of the enemies and then letting the survivors find the bodies so I can ambush them while they are panicking).

However I cannot say the same for some of the DLC. Most of it is really good The Spider, Pavel, Hansa, Sniper, and the DLC where you explore locations from 2033 are all fantastic.


However The Tower DLC is atrociously bad.

In case you don't know anything about the game, The Metro series is at its best when you are taking advantage of stealth to ambush enemies to pick as many of them off as possible to turn the tides in you advantage, as even on the easiest difficulty if you get swarmed at close range by either mutants or humans you will die fast.

The Tower DLC takes place in well lit areas where stealth is impossible and literal actual waves of enemies are coming at you and will be shooting you so much that your aim will be jumping around like a pogo stick. It literally takes the games core mechanic of allowing you to chose how you take fights and throws it out a window.
I could make this review like three paragraphs longer and still not tell you how much I hate this DLC.

That said all of the DLC comes with the game for free, and the Museum DLC does let throw shrimp fights (makes sense in context).

9.5/10 I highly recommend you try this game, hell I completed this game on Ranger Hardcore (the hardest difficulty) because I loved this game that much and got all of the achievements.




The tower DLC is terrible though if you are a completionist don't get that achievement, but if you absolutely have to, do it on the lowest difficulty you will thank me if you do.

Solid game! I enjoyed it a lot more than the first Metro. Definitely worth playing!
Combat 8/10
Story 9.5/10
Atmosphere:10/10

Great story , thrilling gunplay, impressive graphics and sound, This game is the one I keep coming back to.

I really like the game, and I enjoyed Metro: 2033, this one even though is newer than 2033 has been having lots of crashes on my PC even making it crash as well.
In Safe Mode too - shame as I tried to power through it but its getting annoying.

More of the same, but this entry feels more action-y than the first game.

Music is good. Atmosphere is still good.

In the first game I found more safes then keys, in this one I found more keys than safes, somehow.

DLCs are well hidden in the main menu

Technical State

Quite disappointingly, I have experienced 4 crashes in this game. None in the original redux.

Game force adds English (US) keyboard layout for some reason.
Vsync doesn't work properly and locks FPS to 60 instead of the monitor refresh rate, which in my case is 144. There's no other way to limit FPS.
There's no windowed mode, and fullscreen blocks hardware media keys.
Reflections look bad, especially on walls, reflecting huge parts of the screen such as your gun or a character next to you.

All of this also applies to 2033 Redux, except for the crashes.

Metro: Last Redux is like riding a train through a post-apocalyptic nightmare—except the train is on fire, there are mutants everywhere, and you forgot to pack snacks. But hey, the graphics are chef's kiss and the atmosphere will make you question your life choices. 10/10, would get stuck in a dark tunnel with mutant creatures again.

Metro 2033 is a fun and challenging game. It does not hold your hand, there will be some points where you might get stuck. You need to watch your resources and use them when you need them. Your choices make a difference in the game, and if you've played the 1st one, I believe how you handle its campaign will influence this one.

I recommend playing the 1st game, Metro 2033, because this game doesn't teach you much aside from stuff I would consider as new to the player during their 1st playthrough. You don't need it, but the behavioural patterns of monsters found in the 1st game aren't explained from the get go (unless I missed it). I guess its not necessary when you're shooting at them. For the most part.

Personally I enjoyed the weapons and grenade system put together. Claymores came in handy a time or two. The only part was I admittedly got lost from time to time, almost once per level. Maybe I'm just not good at figuring some things out quickly. If there were some form of subtle hint from time to time (again, I might have missed that too), I would have likely not gotten stuck as often.

I bought both games, likely over 10 years ago now. I was in college, lost the time to get farther than halfway through the 1st game's campaign. Completely forgot until a few weeks ago. I have a newer computer now, and while the graphics are amazing, windows 10/11 users might have to mess with the game's compatibility mode to get it to be stable.

Story was good, gameplay was good. Scared me more times than I can care to admit. SOME OF THOSE MONSTERS REALLY JUST COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND RIP YOU TO SHREDS!

perfect sequel of a great game, same vibes, better story, loved the new characters. highly recommend

Game has a problem with auto save points. You only can load the most recent save. Problem with this is sometimes it will save to a point where you are trapped underwater with no way to escape. The only option at that point is to start a new game and work your way back to the point where the problem happened, which may take several hours to reach, and hope you make by on the second attempt. VERY ANNOYING. Otherwise it is an interesting game with a good story line.

This game features.
Some of it or all of it is there, alongside others.
For a long time, it was awhile.
Anyways, it is good to play. Side story 👍🏿 too.
If only the cutscene skip was there. Replayablity harmed in the making.


Sound Ideas cannot even comprehend the affliction they've caused. Pavlovian response to chops of wood, glass, whistles of wind----now, I am this, for why?
For cultural significance, make library free for all.

I don't regret it 👍🏿.

Apparently I have played this game for 50 minutes now. I shot at about 3 things. It's like an interactive movie, where you have to press E or F or whatever to continue the story. Much like Dragon's Lair was back in the day.

Overall great experience, improves everything good about Metro 2033 but with a much better story.
9/10

A sequel to Metro 2033 which builds upon the foundation laid by it's predecessor. And like with a sequel I found everything to be better. Better story, gameplay, environments, characters, immersion and atmosphere.

Post-apocalyptic Russia, vodka, boobs, asses... what else could you want :D
Game is great. Similar to the 1st one, maybe even better. There are a bit more stealth oriented missions as well.
Really love it so far <3

Great game overall. the story slaps and is engaging all the way through. Highly recommend

if they would fix the bugs that prevent you from moving this game would be amazing.
literally fighting the monsters my guy just freezes and refuses to walk, run, shoot, stab, throw granades or knives or anything else, he just doesn't do anything. it is a game breaking bug and a shame after all these years it is in the game.
I don't remember this bug on the gog version at all but it's been a while since I played that version.

game made me learn the russian lifestyle of a sewer tunnel maintenance man, i also ragequit halfway through because it was my first time, and the hardest difficulty literally made prompts impossible to see

dayz/10, why do you make me learn russian again?

great game, also dont blow all your money on the venice level you'll know what i mean when you get there, however I loved this game however even though 2033 was shorter i thought it can not be beat, still highly recommend this game and think it is worth the price.

while i do have to admit i prefer metro 2033 in terms of story last light was a great game that really added to the gameplay foundaiton left by 2033

Just when you thought the first game was a perfect story. This game comes and shows you that there is so much more to show in the Metro universe.
Better graphics, better dialogue, unique choices to make that change the ending of the game.
I will say, with the better graphics you start to loose the horror of the first game, but the up close details of these monsters are terrifying.
10/10 game in my opinion.

Metro: Last Light Redux

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

=== ( 🎯 Difficulty ) ===
☐ No Difficulty
☐ Easy
☑ Standard
☐ Big Learning Curve
☐ Hard
☐ Impossible

=== ( 👪 Audience ) ===
☐ Everyone
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Mature

=== ( 👀 Graphics ) ===
☐ What Is This?
☐ Bad
☐ Acceptable
☑ Good
☐ Great
☐ Stylistic
☐ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece

=== ( Sound/Music ) ===
☐ Bad
☐ Nothing Special
☑ Okay
☐ Great
☐ Beautiful
☐ I´m Gonna Cry

=== ( 🌏 Story ) ===
☐ This Game Has No Story
☐ Nothing Special
☐ It´s Alright
☑ Well Written
☐ Epic Story
☐ Thinking About It, When I Sleep

=== ( Grinding ) ===
☑ Nothing To Grind
☐ Isn't Necessary To Progress
☐ Average Grind Level
☐ A Lot Of Grinding
☐ You‘ll Need A Second Life For Grinding

=== ( 💎 Price ) ===
☐ Free
☐ Underpriced
☑ Perfect Price
☐ Could Be Cheaper
☐ Overpriced

=== ( ☣ Requirments ) ===
☐ A Toaster Could Run This
☑ Low
☐ Average
☐ Above Average
☐ High End
☐ NASA Computer

=== ( ⏰ Game time/length ) ===
☐ Really short ( 0 - 4 hours)
☐ Short ( 4 - 12 hours)
☑ Average ( 12 - 24 hours)
☐ Long ( 24+ hours)
☐ Multiplayer/Neverending

=== ( 🐞 Bugs ) ===
☐ Game itself is a bug
☐ Lot of bugs
☐ Few Bugs
☑ Nothing

=== ( Controller Support ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no

=== ( Steam Deck Friendly ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no

=== ( Enjoyment ) ===
☐ I´d Rather Watch Grass Grow
☐ Hard To Enjoy
☐ Repetitive
☐ It's Okay
☑ Fun To Be Had For Sure
☐ The Kind Of Fun You Will Remember
☐ Life Changing

=== ( Replayability ) ===
☐ One-Time Experience
☑ Only For Achievements
☐ If You Wait A Few Months/Years
☐ Definitely
☐ Infinitely Replayable/Multiplayer

=== ( Worth Playing ) ===
☐ No
☐ Wait For A Sale
☑ Yes
☐ I Can´t Recommend It Enough

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[th]TOP FUN THINGS TO DO:
⭐️ Adventuring through a metro or above a post-apocalyptic world.
⭐️ Choosing to be stealthy or shooting your way through areas.[/th]
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[th]THE UNIQUES:
💎 Intelligent AI, not many games have this feature.
💎 Living down in a metro station.[/th]
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[th]PLAYER GAMING REQUIREMENTS:
💼 Post-Apocalyptic.
💼 Action.
💼 Nudity.[/th]
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[th]PROS:
+ The gameplay is a ton of fun with a great variety of stealth and shooting, each level being different to the last. It's the highlight of the game, 4A Games certainly know how to make a well balanced stealth game.

+ The game is brought to life with a very atmospheric world, the weather effects, sounds, and so forth shows how dangerous the outside world is.

+ There's a handful of horror elements when adventuring down into the spider infested catacombs and dens full of mutated creatures.

+ Ammo is scarce, especially on ranger mode, it'll make you think about shooting up the place if it means you can save a few precious bullets.

+ It's a very story driven game with lots of surprises around the metro and the outside world.[/th]
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[th]CONS:
- I said this was a story driven game but sadly I did feel like the story was a little all over the place, where one mission ends and then suddenly you're in a completely different area.[/th]
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[tr]
[th]VERDICT:
Metro Last Light follows on from it's first title Metro 2033, it does a very good job telling this unique story even if there are area's that feel a little confusing. It's for players the like being stealthy and enjoying a post-apocalyptic world with a story that'll keep you interested til the very end.

If you have any plans on playing this game, I strongly recommend playing Metro 2033 first, it shows how deep the story goes with different organisations. Anyhow, thank you for reading my review and I hope it's helped making your decision.

Total Score = 82/100.[/th]
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[tr]
[th]OVERVIEW:
A sequel to the video game Metro 2033 and the second installment in the Metro series, its story follows Artyom, a young soldier living in the Moscow Metro after a devastating nuclear war. Tasked with finding the mysterious Dark Ones, Artyom must venture to different parts of the metro system, and the surface filled with radiated gases, and fight against different factions and mutated monsters.

The game improves on various gameplay mechanics of 2033, and introduces elements such as weapon customization.

■■■■■■■■□□ 8 / 10
Developed by a team of about 80 people.... truly amazing.[/th]
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[th]RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS *: Windows 7 or better
Processor: Any Quad Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 480
Storage: 10 GB available space[/th]
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Review to Metro 2033: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202022263/recommended/286690

Good game otherwise, however writing women was not a speciality for the team eh?

What a great game and and excellent ending. It makes me want to play the first one all over again.

Just like S.T.A.L.K.E.R but more linear and it has better graphics!

If you are playing this game after exodus, don't expect the same experience. The game arguably has some frustrating moments where you have to figure out things with little to no guidance. The ending is definitely not the best part of this game and just falls flat compared to other moments in this game. Overall I would say its a worthwhile experience but don't expect the same depth as exodus.

Great game, good story, great combat & prefect graphics.
 

Great spin on the Post-Apocalyptic genre and it even got me reading the books that the games are based on.

Great game, good story, great combat & prefect graphics