In March 2010, Deep Silver has published the same name and developed by THQ shooter on the PC and XBOX 360. After the success of the game followed in mid-2013 to continue with the game METRO LAST LIGHT. Also the continuation succeeded to build on the successes of its predecessor which again put a lot in terms of graphics and atmosphere it. A few months ago Deep Silver was then known to revise both games and want to bring a box with the name METRO REDUX on the new Playstation 4, Xbox One and again on the PC out. We tested the PS4 version for you and tell you whether or not a purchase is worthwhile.
Story:
Where and how people live to a global nuclear war? How they spend their time? What do they have to worry? How do you imagine your future? These are precisely the questions that the Russian author Dmitry Alexeyevich Glukhovsky has also provided and a scenario devised in which the few survivors protection in underground network beneath the streets of Moscow are looking for the eponymous metro. He wrote the novels Metro 2033 (release date of 2007.) And Metro 2034 (release date: 2009), on which to build the games.
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Main character in the books is the young Russian Artyom, who lives in the Metro station VDNKh. The stations are constantly being attacked by mutants and Artyom experiencing right at the beginning, how it could happen that these mutants reached under the earth. A soldier, who introduces himself only as Hunter, broke as a child with a hermetically sealed-off friends gate in an uninhabited neighboring station, which led to the surface. The sight of the ruins of Moscow frightened the children so much that they fled without closing the door. Now Hunter wants to make that mistake again well and close the gate to make the underground shafts again safe.
Hunter asks Artyom from this danger to warn you if he does not return within a few days. In fact, Hunter remains disappeared and Artyom embarks on an adventurous journey through the Metro. Here are not only the mutants a big threat from outside. There is also within the station network of underground threats, for example by bandits and highly contaminated areas. Artyom gets on his journey again and again in the crossfire of different stakeholders as fascists and communists. Large end of his journey there is finally, not only to find help for his home station VDNKh, but to make the entire Metro back to a reasonably safe place.
Deep Silver will be responsible for the adaptation of a video game and the game METRO published 2010 2033, which is based on the action of the first novel, but much more action-packed, it is is basically a shooter with a lot of exploration, atmosphere and horror. The continuation METRO LAST LIGHT leads the story to Artyom further and is thus completely independent of Glukhovskys second novel, which tells a different story. METRO REDUX combines both games for the first time together in a box and a Blu-ray Disc.
Atmosphere:
We have rarely seen a game that is so credible and convincing brings its atmosphere across. Intensive describes the Games experience best. The game lives of its great atmosphere which is maintained over the entire season. In the dark tunnels of the Metro, it is never boring, make sure varied level design, excursions to the surface and the enormously strong staged scenes in the various stations and to other survivors. Those who want to can here stubbornly to increase its equipment, buy weapons and filters for the respirator and then pull ahead and follow the story. But who METRO REDUX so missed playing a lot. In every corner of the stations we can listen to conversations of people who are desperate because they miss family members who are trying to make them laugh their children or to teach them something. We see market squares where in makeshift gardens grow vegetables or keep pigs residents.
Women and men sitting around campfires together and talk about their past before the great war or hear the guitar playing of a musician. Who will listen to the stories of the people themselves might remember war stories from the education or stories of their own grandparents. The dark damp underground tunnels, the perpetual threat of mutants as well as the former metropolis of Moscow, which consists only of ruins, designed daunting and very convincing. Again and again we remain speechless when it allowed the time and admired the stunning scenery. The atmosphere in METRO REDUX hear our opinion about one of the densest, which can currently be found in video games.
Gameplay:
METRO REDUX is primarily a shooter, after all, we are in a majority of the game in firefights with other survivors or Mutants that are clearly in the food chain above us. Weapons There are therefore in a variety, the spectrum ranges from simple knives, pistols over to various guns. Ammunition is in METRO however not only scarce, but also serves as a medium of exchange and payment. So it's always a K (r) ampf whether investing his saved up ammunition in new equipment, or whether one part on the one or other tough fight.
Who does not want preschen in Rambo-style in hostile stations, can use lots of stealth possibilities of the game. Artyom can zoom even to opponents sneak off and unseen. This not only saves ammunition, but also noiseless and extremely important in many situations. In order to remain undetected Artyom lamps imposition or their bulbs Unscrew who he comes close enough.
In addition enemies and treacherous light sources, also falling in many stations set up, making the triggering either noise, or do us in the worst case damage. Also lying around shards can make life difficult for us and especially in abandoned stations have to keep my eyes open. Here are like to the bottom after, we fall into pits and end very quickly as a monster meal. Small switch puzzles loosen the shooter everyday just to, but are not a challenge and usually only means that somewhere a door opens, or one light on or off.
In addition to the weapons Artyom has a few other pieces of equipment at all times. Important in the tunnels is especially the flashlight, which we always have to recharge the battery by turning a Dynamos after some time. Especially contaminated areas in the tunnels or generally on the surface we can enter only with a respirator. Their filter always hold but only for a certain time and must be replaced afterwards. We must therefore not only constantly keep track of the clock that is meant literally, because a button looks Artyom on his watch but also search all by lying about filters, or they buy from dealers for expensive ammunition. In particular, in fighting ensures that for quite a strain when you run out of filters. In addition to syringes for the ailing health Artyom also carries a small compressor with them to pump air pressure powered weapons again.
METRO REDUX is the way almost completely without HUD. Only a small circle menu used to select the appropriate equipment. Who is looking for a special challenge, the minimum HUD including crosshair can completely hide and will have the remainder of the respirator and the ammo itself and without aids to keep in mind.
Graphics:
METRO games have on the consoles never look bad but are fancier than ever, thanks to the revision and the next-gen Power. While has not done so much at METRO LAST LIGHT, has benefited in particular, the 3 years older than Metro 2033 of the revision! The great strength of the games are clearly the environments, be it the claustrophobic underground tunnels, stations or the sprawling ruins of Moscow.
Especially the textures are have improved remarkably and the lighting and smoke effects can be more than excellent. Details like drops on the breathing mask not provide the right atmosphere, but just look fantastic too. By pressing a button we can incidentally wipe his hand over the mask in order to clean it of water droplets, dirt and blood a great detail!
Sound:
The soundscape is also very well done and really adds to the atmosphere of the game in strong. In particular, the noise in the tunnels is very atmospheric and often scary really. The speakers make a good impression, even if the Russian accent of German speakers sometimes sound a bit fake. The English version is there a bit more successful. The sounds of weapons and especially the mutants, however, are again very successful. High praise deserves the soundtrack from METRO, which is in the right places and quietly takes a back seat, but what is happening well accompanied in battles. Highlights include the guitar pieces and vocal performances in the various stations.
Scope:
METRO REDUX Box can be bought for 40 and contains the revised Games Metro 2033 and METRO LAST LIGHT together with all DLCs. Part 1 here has a circumference of about 7 hours and for part 2 you can expect 8 hours. That's not very long, but you will be well entertained during the whole season through, and no lengths. Replayability hardly offer the two games, unless you want to experience the game in a new and very challenging levels of difficulty again. The worry besides ammunition shortages and fewer filters for the respirator by the absence of a crosshair for more thrills. A multiplayer not found in METRO, but also do not really need him. Not every setting is appropriate for a multiplayer and we miss at this point no.
Conclusion:
For a fair price of 40 is obtained here two truly outstanding games that can be divided without a guilty conscience in the Must Have category. METRO stands out not only for its fascinating history, but above all by its staging and the outstanding atmosphere. In particular, fans of games like fallout and STALKER can safely access and be really entertained. However, if you have the two games already on the PC or another console, to decide whether the graphical makeover and the included DLCs reason to buy him enough itself. Deep Silver's price policy is here anyway much fairer than many other ports for the PlayStation. 4
