Re: FREE GAME: Metro Redux

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:06:12 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

On 14/04/2025 19:48, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 
Hey, a freebie on GOG. It's been a while; I've missed these.
 
* Metro 2033 Redux
https://www.gog.com/en/game/metro_2033_redux
This is the 'remake' of the original game, with (slightly) updated
visuals and minor tweaks to gameplay. Personally, I found the original
version slightly more appealing in its visuals (the redux version
gives everything a plastic-like sheen that feels out of place) but
either way, it's still a good game. It's a corridor shooter with the
moody atmosphere of the STALKER titles; some people think its gameplay
is a bit too restrictive, but I think it a nice change of place from
the aimless wandering forced upon you by giant open worlds. Plus, you
get to shoot Nazis (mutants too, but Nazi-shooting is a skill we
probably need to sharpen these days).
 
Available only for 48 hours (give or take a few hours, depending on
when you read this post). Alas, I already have this game on GOG, so I
cannot benefit, but if you don't own this one yet, here's your chance
to get your hands on this classic.
 

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I've got both 2033 and Last Light and they are games I put in the
category of enjoyable for what they are but they aren't games that will
particularly sit in my memory. Something I did feel helped was I already
knew that yes at first glance they look and sound like Stalker but as
you say they are corridor shooters with a similar, but more light
hearted, atmosphere. That meant I didn't have an unrealistic expectation
of what I was getting. The Outer Worlds falls into the same territory as
unlike the relatively common negative reviews I saw, this wasn't
Fallout:NV and nor was it intended to be.
>
I do agree that sometimes (and for me it's more often than not) it's
nice to play a game that is tightly focused and although relatively
short compared to the 80+ hrs titles they pack a lot of fun into fifteen
hours or so.

Heh. Light-hearted is not how I'd describe the Metro games. In fact,
given the comparison between the two, I think STALKER is the less
serious of the two, what with it more of a usual power fantasy (not to
say there isn't some of that in Metro either --especially the third
game-- but its more evident in STALKER).

Metro suffered a lot more from the comparison in its early years;
superficially it resembled STALKER and were disappointed when it was
more of a "Call of Duty" cinematic experience. But as time passed, it
earned its own identity and started to be received more favorably.

Then came the third game and they went all open world. Now the
comparisons between the two franchises were valid, and Metro did not
come out ahead. Its only saving grace was that there was no STALKER
game to compete with at the time so people accepted it grudgingly
because it was available ;-)