For a start as the only 3D game reviewer here - this game is absolutely perfect in 3D as a matter of fact it is nVision ready. If you are a seasoned FPS gamer when choosing a difficulty don't bother with medium just go straight to hardened, the Russians don't know what hard gameplay is! That or their AI are just totally stupid Vrnet glubbisky nyet! Very good story and brilliant graphics. You might enjoy the sneaking aspect of this game - Stealth gets you a lot more enjoyment for some although run shoot kill is also a Blast (so to speak) - Being a Russian made game and done very well without a doubt there are subtle mechanics in gameplay and in the instructional way that a game is meant to be played that the Russians just haven't been able to grasp. For instance there is an 'I' that appears occasionally that still has no valid purpose. But overall this game is well produced and even though it borrows from many earlier FPS shooters it is a real time waster! Waste as much time as you can just exploring the world because that is what the devs want you to do, explore - find ammo, notes, clues and even the (sometimes) obvious nod to all our old faves -Just look out for a Huge 'M' here and there - Rusky even promotes his game while you are being eaten by mutant spiders! With a little more game testing this game could have been perfect but along with magnificent views and scenery came the inevitable glitches and bugs. Don't worry too much about these as there were only a handful which seemed to appear about half-way through the game. Sometimes a serious bug can make a game unplayable but not in case of MLL. There were times when you could easily skip through some cut-scenes of which there are many,especially later in the game toward the end - it almost becomes an interactive movie but nevertheless a great experience. Goodbye little one!
11 Reviews
Improvement Over The First Game
jacobtinsdale19 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I love this game. The story, the characters, the gameplay, the atmosphere... Not a lot to fault with this game. Some of the characters skins (mainly the trousers with pink lines down the side) I didn't really like. And the boots were not really very good looking. Aside from this, GREAT GAME. Improvement over Metro 2033 in almost every aspect. I don't understand why anyone would not like this game.
There were some people that faulted the game for its use of Female characters being sexualised. I felt the sex scene with Artyom and Anna fit the story, considering the fact they were going to die. The strip club was a little weird, and there were women in the Theater that could be considered 'sexualised'.
I also prefer the style and layout of 2033, but Last Light contains better gameplay.
Final Review: 9.4 / 10
There were some people that faulted the game for its use of Female characters being sexualised. I felt the sex scene with Artyom and Anna fit the story, considering the fact they were going to die. The strip club was a little weird, and there were women in the Theater that could be considered 'sexualised'.
I also prefer the style and layout of 2033, but Last Light contains better gameplay.
Final Review: 9.4 / 10
Best Metro game
jacob-0226612 March 2021
Metro Last Light is definitely the best metro game it fixed all the issues from Metro 2033 it has the perfect story my only issues with the whole entire game are that icons on screen and controls are very weird and I can not get used to it and the graphics (even for the time) are terrible even in the 2014 redux version and the screen feels very dark and the enemies (even in easy mode) are VERY hard to fight but the missions on the surface are very cool the cutscenes also improved from Metro 2033 i also like how the game is very stealth focused
8/10 Awesome
8/10 Awesome
Brilliant
joshb12318 June 2013
After playing and enjoying Metro 2033, I was looking forward to last light. I was thinking to myself whether or not last light was going to live up to 2033. After playing last light I was amazed by how well done the detail of the entire game was. First of all they capture the emotions of characters perfectly and you really feel emotion for some of them such as the beggars also featured in 2033. throughout playing the game you feel like you are learning a lot about human nature, emotion, and morality. The game-play is really good as the enemies you face are not always easy especially if they are in groups giving you more of a challenge. A must play in my opinion and out of all the games I have played this to me has the best story-line of them all.
Really great game.
10/10
Really great game.
10/10
How a sequel should be, extraordinary narrative
Holt34420 February 2019
After replaying Metro 2033 Redux and now Last Light for the second time, now with more knowledge of the Metro universe as I've read the main trilogy and will soon read some of the spinoffs I've to say I played through the games like you are supposed to, stealthy and in a non lethal way. It was fun and fresh to do it without going guns blazing. I finally got the Redemption ending, the true ending and it was one amazing ride.
The game is a worthy sequel to the first game, bringing an original story that feels longer and better, but keeping the same tone and feeling that made the first one superb. Having characters like Khan and Miller returning from the previous game was great as they were two of my favorites and right from the beginning we get into the world once again and the missions and locations are in my opinion even better than the first game, except for the legendary library level, that's iconic. With new characters like Pavel, Baby Dark One, Anna and much more. Incredible additions. The overall atmosphere and every single detail of the whole game made this game superb. Remarkable experience only achievable in these games, one of a kind.
The game is a worthy sequel to the first game, bringing an original story that feels longer and better, but keeping the same tone and feeling that made the first one superb. Having characters like Khan and Miller returning from the previous game was great as they were two of my favorites and right from the beginning we get into the world once again and the missions and locations are in my opinion even better than the first game, except for the legendary library level, that's iconic. With new characters like Pavel, Baby Dark One, Anna and much more. Incredible additions. The overall atmosphere and every single detail of the whole game made this game superb. Remarkable experience only achievable in these games, one of a kind.
Wordless!
desirasenal7 April 2015
Where do I begin from? OK, to be honest this is my favorite video game. Hands down, the best game ever(for me of course). Graphics-8/10 Plot and storyline-9/10 Gameplay-10/10 Enjoyment-10/10 Overall- 10/10 The graphics are really really amazing. And the interactivity is superb. It makes you feel like you are actually in the game, and it never fails to entertain you. The game never makes you feel bored, and each and every level is better than the last. The plot itself is enough to entertain you and the voice acting and animations are really realistic. It is scary sometimes to be honest when you are going in the dark but the first person experience just blued my mind. I mean literary it did. This is what makes this game so special from the other FPS games. Other games - Shoot, hide, run reload, shoot, repeat. But this my friends is one hell of a fun ride. Every move changes the whole game and what's about to happen next. There are more to it than shooting.
Just pure awesomeness. ENJOY!THE BEST GAME EVER!
Just pure awesomeness. ENJOY!THE BEST GAME EVER!
A story-driven sequel
anselmdaniel6 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This review contains spoilers for Metro: Last Light.
Metro Last Light is the sequel to 2010's Metro 2033. The game picks up one year after, Artyom launched the missile strike onto the dark one city. The spartan Rangers with the help of Artyom in Metro 2033 have discovered the Secret D6 base and are inhabiting it. Khan suspects that there is a dark one left and conscripts Artyom in a mission to rescue it.
The game is similar to the first game in the series and it is a single-player game focused on its story and world. This second game continues exploring the metro and focuses on Artyom role in the Spartan Rangers. Similar to the first game the second has a redux version with improved graphics and artificial intelligence.
The graphics of this game are beautiful. I played the redux version and I enjoyed the increased fidelity in the graphics. This is a beautiful game. From The dark metro' tunnels to the harsh surface, the graphics accurately reflect the world these characters in habit, The 4A engine can render things beautifully however, there are never an overwhelming amount of enemies on the screen.
The sound of this game is great. There is not a drastic improvement over the first game but there is not a demand to be better. The sound in this game is appropriate for the atmosphere and all of the voice actors, do a great job. The Guns, in this game do sound slightly different as their sound is improved.
The game-play is unchanged from the first game. Artyom the player character, is matched against overwhelming numbers and must manage resources well. The human enemies can kill Artyom in a few seconds. The mutants also pose a threat with the new shrimp enemies. The game intersperses the combat with st friendly stations that the player can explore and shop.
The story like the first game is the main draw. I enjoyed Metro: Last Light's story. It is a good story of redemption that mostly hits the right notes. The characters in this game are more fleshed out in the second game.
I highly recommend Metro: Last Light. This is a good single-player first person shooter.
Grade: A
Metro Last Light is the sequel to 2010's Metro 2033. The game picks up one year after, Artyom launched the missile strike onto the dark one city. The spartan Rangers with the help of Artyom in Metro 2033 have discovered the Secret D6 base and are inhabiting it. Khan suspects that there is a dark one left and conscripts Artyom in a mission to rescue it.
The game is similar to the first game in the series and it is a single-player game focused on its story and world. This second game continues exploring the metro and focuses on Artyom role in the Spartan Rangers. Similar to the first game the second has a redux version with improved graphics and artificial intelligence.
The graphics of this game are beautiful. I played the redux version and I enjoyed the increased fidelity in the graphics. This is a beautiful game. From The dark metro' tunnels to the harsh surface, the graphics accurately reflect the world these characters in habit, The 4A engine can render things beautifully however, there are never an overwhelming amount of enemies on the screen.
The sound of this game is great. There is not a drastic improvement over the first game but there is not a demand to be better. The sound in this game is appropriate for the atmosphere and all of the voice actors, do a great job. The Guns, in this game do sound slightly different as their sound is improved.
The game-play is unchanged from the first game. Artyom the player character, is matched against overwhelming numbers and must manage resources well. The human enemies can kill Artyom in a few seconds. The mutants also pose a threat with the new shrimp enemies. The game intersperses the combat with st friendly stations that the player can explore and shop.
The story like the first game is the main draw. I enjoyed Metro: Last Light's story. It is a good story of redemption that mostly hits the right notes. The characters in this game are more fleshed out in the second game.
I highly recommend Metro: Last Light. This is a good single-player first person shooter.
Grade: A
Nuclear greatness
Badr90s6 October 2021
A way better sequel that made people know Metro and got their attention, the underground society and it's conflicts, the characters and soundtrack, the bossfights and ending, this game is super you can tell just from it's intro.
Not quite as authentic feeling as the original game, but still decent.
BudgetSecurityGames16 September 2015
Graphics are great, but no better than the first game. Even with the tunnel setting, it is more linear and scripted than I would have liked. Some of the voice acting is mediocre, and there were a lot of recycled voices.
This is not a bad port, but there is still significant consolitis: the usual annoying checkpoint save system, too low FOV, mouse acceleration, unskippable intro video, etc... (some of these can be fixed in a config text file). There is an increased emphasis on action and repetitive stealth, possibly at the expense of survival and exploration elements. The AI is dumbed down with unrealistically poor sight in the dark, laughably poor hearing, and weak search behaviour. This was probably done to make a stealth approach easy enough for the average console gamer. You observe the AI's repeating patrol patterns, sneak past when an opening appears, then, when the path seems blocked, a scripted event or interactive item lets you sneak past again. repeat. repeat. repeat, and so on... While FarCry3 stealth was also unrealistic and repetitive, it was at least much more fluid and dynamic. The DLC is of a lower quality, with more bugs and poorly balanced difficulty.
Despite its flaws and the undeserved hype, this is still a decent game I can recommend quite easily.
This is not a bad port, but there is still significant consolitis: the usual annoying checkpoint save system, too low FOV, mouse acceleration, unskippable intro video, etc... (some of these can be fixed in a config text file). There is an increased emphasis on action and repetitive stealth, possibly at the expense of survival and exploration elements. The AI is dumbed down with unrealistically poor sight in the dark, laughably poor hearing, and weak search behaviour. This was probably done to make a stealth approach easy enough for the average console gamer. You observe the AI's repeating patrol patterns, sneak past when an opening appears, then, when the path seems blocked, a scripted event or interactive item lets you sneak past again. repeat. repeat. repeat, and so on... While FarCry3 stealth was also unrealistic and repetitive, it was at least much more fluid and dynamic. The DLC is of a lower quality, with more bugs and poorly balanced difficulty.
Despite its flaws and the undeserved hype, this is still a decent game I can recommend quite easily.
Better than 2033
Heartburnt_Kid1 January 2021
Last Light's difficulty is a bit more lenient than 2033's original survival gameplay. The story felt shorter and has less side stories, most of the missions are all connected to the main event. Thanks to the smaller cast of characters the game feels more enjoyable, memorable and not as chaotic as 2033. That of course doesn't make up for the lack of gameplay innovation, the story is shorter and there isn't much new to make the game be a sequel. I personally think it should have been a DLC because there really isn't anything revolutionary.
The weapon configuration and FPS system are unchanged from the previous game. You can jump straight into this game without any tutorial introduction if you have already played 2033. Also beware of moral points, it can change the ending drastically.
The weapon configuration and FPS system are unchanged from the previous game. You can jump straight into this game without any tutorial introduction if you have already played 2033. Also beware of moral points, it can change the ending drastically.
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