Like its predecessor Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light is played from the perspective of Artyom, the player-character. A sequel, Metro Exodus, was released in 2019. The game's novelization written by Glukhovsky was published as Metro 2035 in 2015. The game was a commercial success, with its first-week retail sales in the United States surpassing the lifetime retail sales of 2033. The pre-order bonus Ranger mode, marketed as the definitive way of playing the game, triggered controversy. Praise was focused largely on its atmosphere, world design, tone, graphics, and gameplay, while criticism was directed particularly at the artificial intelligence and technical issues.
The game received generally positive reviews from critics. A Wii U version was planned but was ultimately canceled.
Originally set to be published by THQ, which provided a very limited budget for the game's development, Koch Media acquired it after THQ's bankruptcy. Multiplayer modes were planned but were eventually scrapped in order to focus on single-player, which the developers hoped would "rekindle memories of Half-Life 2". The game improves on various gameplay mechanics of 2033, and introduces elements such as weapon customization.ĭeveloped by a team of about 80 people, Last Light is a direct sequel to 2033, with franchise creator Dmitry Glukhovsky writing the game's dialogue and main story outline. Tasked with finding the mysterious Dark Ones, Artyom must venture to different parts of the metro system, and the surface filled with radiated gases, and fight against different factions and mutated monsters.
It was developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games, published by Deep Silver, distributed by Square Enix in North America for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2013.Ī remastered version of the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in August 2014 as Metro: Last Light Redux within the Metro Redux package.Ī sequel to the video game Metro 2033, its story follows Artyom, a young soldier living in the Moscow Metro after a devastating nuclear war. Metro: Last Light is a post-apocalyptic-themed, first-person shooter video game with stealth and survival horror elements.
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