Metro 2033
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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/16/impressions-metro-2033
First I've heard of this, sounds like a cool mix of Fallout and STALKER. Should be interesting to see how this develops.
First I've heard of this, sounds like a cool mix of Fallout and STALKER. Should be interesting to see how this develops.
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Got my eye on this one.
read about this a year ago in OXM and forgot about it. glad to see it's still coming
Damn, this looks badass. Never heard of it before.
Hope it's more like Fallout 3 than Stalker.
And yeah made by group that've split of STALKER team in 2004 i think (mostly art team), they used x-ray engine and 've been sued for it (GSC accused them of stealing), but won.
Really wanna read the book when it get's translated.
Not exactly, read up on what I've posted higher
Theres even a couple of tech videos showing the 4a engine.
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It does resemble X-Ray a lot, but theres no surprise when its been coded by the same guy.
Would be a great marketing tool if it was... unless the book is a spoiler for the game. :poly121:
The atmosphere is as good as that of S.T.AL.K.E.R. and Cryostasis, gameplay is solid and challenging and the visuals are incredible, among the best I've seen in a game.
Guns feel powerful when used properly and the damage model on the human enemies is incredibly awesome.
It's not without flaws though; Facial animation is dead and the English voiceacting is pretty bad.
But overall it's an amazing game worth playing through, several times.
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Looks nice, though.
Playing this game, I am reminded of System Shock 2 and various other semi stealth FPS games of it's time. Maybe it's just me, but pumping up my dart gun and skewering a tunnel Nazi from the shadows is totally a throwback to the good times.
Dyamn.
(good game, btw)
The "bullets for currency" is cool but I prefer just money if ammo is so scarce: I just cleared a station with only 3 regular bullets in my gun at a time, going on the bullets of every next dead enemy. Very cool (Bioshock 2 eat that!), but you get so few military grade bullets it's a bit of a disaster if you shoot them by accident. And the knife is so useless.
The outdoor levels aren't as good also: the art looks lesser quality, the lighting is more bland and the post-processing makes me feel nauseous.
Ps. To anyone just starting: I. Suggest using the magnum and throwing knives on the mutants, the bastard gun absolutely sucks
I think it's not too hard on the most difficult setting even, I mostly die because of traps and so, just a few times because of an enemy with a gun, and even then it's only vaguely reminiscent of Call of Duty's difficulty.
I didn't find it that difficult tbh, just that annoying amoeba part at the later stages of the game.
Just started reading the book and you can tell the devs did their homework on this title.
Unlike Call of Duty where the highest difficulty means your bullets are made of bread and you're wearing sheets of crackers for armor.
Completed it for the third time today, still want to go back. There's just something about it's atmosphere that is so inviting, makes me want to re-create part of my hometowns shelter in 3D and apocalypsyfy it.
Amazing game for sure, really makes me look forward to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, possibly Metro 2034.
Unfortunatley it's not as deep as S.T.A.L.K.E.R., then again the game is so linear I feel it wouldn't lend itself to having an abundance of modifications and gun-types, would be very awesome if it did though.
You can also pretty much find all the best guns in the game without buying them, which kind of defeats the purpose of hoarding up money for a new weapon.
At least they feel proper and kill the things you shoot at, the pneumatic weapons are especially awesome.
Lets not even mention the hours wasted simply walking back and forth in the game to the two people in the entire game that would buy/sell weapons.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: SHOC is best played with mods imo.
Hope they have some info on the sequel at E3.
Agreed. I feel a huge part of that was due to lackluster sounds and animation, coupled with a weird hitbox and enemy reaction to hits.
This was mostly remedied in Call of Pripyat though.
Gah, yeah ranting. I just recently played through it again.