Metro: Last Light

Imagine you are in the year 2034, the world has been laid to waste and you are a Russian survivor living in the metro system under Moscow. Your stations are under constant attack from mutants, while at the same time the Reds and the Nazis are fighting to control your station instead of surviving as a race the humans prefer to kill each other. This is the base story behind the Game Metro: Last Light, the sequel to Metro 2033; both are based on the books by Dmitry Glukhovsky. I will not spoil the game for anyone I will simply review the game itself. To start off I am not a huge graphics guy I prefer story content over graphics and this game is amazing in both. The game looks amazing, there were a few times when people were talking and the heads were just moving instead of the lips but I can live with that. The lighting in the game was amazing from the way it lit faces to the shadowing of the characters. Above ground the designers really captured what a destroyed Moscow would look like in the spring. The arrival of spring gave me hope, spring brings new life and I got hope for the metro. The grass, water, and sky were built perfectly even the rain was amazing; it forced you to wipe off your gas mask, something new. When your gas mask got dirty, bloody, or damp you could wipe it off instead of just waiting for the effects to disappear, like in most games. There is some nudity in the game, and I must say that the developers did a good job at animating the breasts of the females. All in all the game has an amazing look and just built off of what Metro 2033 developed. The controls of the game changed a bit, they were not hard to change to though. The controls now follow more of a traditional FPS rather than the Metro style. Instead of cycling through your several weapons using the D pad you now are only limited to three weapons and you cycle using Y ( I am talking on the Xbox). To put your mask on you must hold the LB and then press the X button, same to change your filter, hold LB and press A. This was confusing at first but it made it easier in the long run. You can change ammunition types through the same process except you hold Y then you can change your thrown weapon or you can change your ammo to your Military Grade Ammo. Like I stated as you play the game more the controls become natural. The story line is amazing in the game just as it was in Metro 2033. Like I said I will not spoil it but there are turns in the story. There is the perfect mix of stealth and action so you do not get bored just sneaking around the entire game. Even though there is no multiplayer there is the ranger mode you can play after you beat the game the first time. Every franchise can take a note from the Metro games, to make a good game you do not need multiplayer, the story mode should make the game with multiplayer being second, it brings us back to the roots of gaming. Now it is time for me to finish up my review, Metro: Last Light is an amazing game it is good for anyone over the age of 17 since it is M rated, even if you are new to the Metro you will enjoy the game. I give the Game a 5 out of 5. Oh and as for if you survive the Metro you will have to play and find out yourself