At a moment in the gaming industry where we can't seem to get creative story driven FPS survival games, Metro 2033 Redux gave me a breath of fresh air when I played it last year. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to one of the greatest FPS survival game series of the better part of 2010s, the Metro series. Metro 2033, having been inspired from the famous book series of Dmitri Gluhovski, had pressure on its shoulders to carry the impact of the books onto the gaming scene. The original first game came out in 2010, and what a great impact it made. As a person who is scared to death of anything related to horror genre, Metro made me play through the game with excitement and curiosity as to what would happen next. Let's talk about Metro 2033's biggest strengths first. The atmosphere and the storyline is the main focus of these games. And it makes sense in that regard, because the game needs to use them both to give an impactful playthrough to the consumer. Metro 2033 does this perfectly, slowly introducing you to the main character, Artyom, as you start discovering what the Metro is about, and the extent of darkness and horror that lies beyond it. The journey of Artyom is handled pretty well I would say, there are definitely some moments in the game that you will not see coming. I felt nervous as I played through some of the levels, where you truly feel the darkness of the Metro in first person, as you await what will happen next. Metro 2033 is a FPS game in its essence though, meaning we get to use weapons. This game gives you both a stealthy and a straight up open conflict style gameplay. You are welcome to choose whatever one you want, but the action is good. Definitely not excellent, because it definitely feels a bit simple and rusty when you play through the game, and the action patterns do start to repeat themselves deeper into the storyline, but it does the job enough for me. The visuals are amazing for the time this game was released at, as the music compliments the tense playstyle. It gives you the shivers at certain moments. I would say it's almost perfect, with minor improvements that could have been made at certain points. Believe it or not, this is also an RPG game, that gives you different endings with what you end up choosing or doing at certain moments of the game. Now, I personally don't really think this game needed an RPG style gameplay, a fixed storyline would have been good enough anyways. But it's out there for people that prefer this. Final words: Metro 2033 Redux is the first game of the Metro Series, and I believe it's a very solid introduction to the franchise. The atmospheric and immersive playstyle it provides is not found in many other games, to this day. The storyline is very original that keeps you at the edge of your seat. A very solid game that you should try out if you are into story driven FPS horror-action games.

Il ne faut pas chercher ! Objectivement ce jeux est un des meilleurs au quels j'ai déjà jouer. Les détails, les graphismes, la DA, le scénario, la technique utilisée, NON sérieusement, ce jeux est vraiment sortie en 2014 !? Sachant que c'est un REDUX, le jeu est réellement sortie en 2010 les bros ! Il sait parfaitement retranscrire chacun des détail de l'univers, de l'horreur qui m'a réellement fait transpiré Jusqu'à la mise en scène des PNJ qui donne l'impression des vrai discutions dans le metro. Le seul point négatif que l'on pourrais lui donner c'est que c'est qu'il se termine très vite. Je l'ai pas forcément rush et j'ai fini en moins de 10h. Mais franchement se point négatif n'en est même pas un tent le travail derrière ce jeu doit être colossale.

Metro 2033's focus on atmosphere and horror does wonders for the game's longevity. Its post-apocalyptic setting that mostly sees you exploring dark, dingy, and barely lit underground metro tunnels is filled to the brim with fantastically realised locations that are very easy to get lost in. From the minimal HUD, the small light indicating how visible you are, to Artyom's breathing that gets more and more desperate as his filter slowly depletes, the game tries (and succeeds) in completely immersing the player in its world. That is until you hear the often awful accents and voice acting, until you shoot your way through the 15th horde of enemies, or until you realise that not only are most of your companions invincible until their scripted deaths but also that they are also there for a pretty big chunk of the overall experience, destroying the tension in the process. While I would still recommend this experience, I have to say that I wish the game was more confident in its world and tone and allowed Artyom to be stuck alone in the tunnels for far longer than he actually is.