What made Last Light even more enjoyable for me was when all of these elements came together, there were times that I was truly frightened – and that takes some doing for someone who is generally never scared. I personally feel that the first game suffered in the storytelling department, but this game does not.
This is done through journal entries from Artyom and also the dialog from the support cast, which is given a little more time to explain what’s going on.
Though there were many graphical bugs, the game’s story was told very well. Thus, this game was not as polished as the first game was, at least where the graphics are concerned. The game also does not support multi-monitor properly the NVIDIA profile for this game on its website says it does, but the HUD and menus have been shifted to the left. There were other keyboard combinations that would kick me to the desktop, but not close the game. For example, when I held the Sprint button down while pushing forward, Steam’s overlay would appear. There were a few other issues that I had run into, that again, were not game-breaking. These issues were not game-breaking they were however persistent and quite rampant. There were several times that I would run in to issues like textures being stretched on top of the water, the light flickering even though its source was constant (such as a fire), shadows not overlaying on objects so I’d see weird geometric fluctuations, and etc. Given the exquisite graphics of 2033, Last Light is not surprisingly one of the better-looking games out there however it is not without its problems. Will there be salvation for Artyom and the Metro or will it all burn in the fires of war? These are the questions you must answer in Last Light. While on his quest for redemption in Last Light, Artyom finds himself caught up in the affairs of the other factions – Nazis and the Reds – which are preparing for an all-out war and control over D6. Thus, they try to be neutral in the affairs of the Metro stations on a political level.Ĭlick here for multi-monitor widescreen version.ĭuring the last events of 2033, Artyom helped the Rangers gain control of a forgotten Russian military facility known as D6, which holds many advantages to anyone who possesses it. From there, they are dispatched to other Metro cities that might be overwhelmed with local problems, like outbreaks of infection or being overrun by the beasts that now walk the surface, that they cannot handle themselves.
Artyom joined the Rangers in the first game, which hail from a Metro city called Polis. Metro: Last Light is just as dark, however Artyom is now haunted by the events that took place in Metro 2033 and is somehow given a chance to be redeemed for his actions. This was unfamiliar to many gamers and some felt uncomfortable with how dark the ending was (if you chose that route) – but it’s not atypical of Russian literature. The first game took many gamers by surprise, not only for its graphical requirements but also because the game stayed true to the books with its very typical Russian ending.
#Metro last light series#
The Metro series tells the story of its protagonist Artyom, a man who is trying to survive after a nuclear holocaust in the only habitual place left on earth, the Metro tunnels under Moscow.