So it’s unclear whether the announcement meant Redux will be free or whether the original version will make an appearance specifically for this giveaway. The original, or non-reduxed, edition of the game was removed from Steam when Redux came out. However, that is different from the edition currently available on Steam, Metro: Last Light Redux, the remastered version that contains all DLC. They are well worth adding to your collection if you’re a fan of survival horror done right.A potentially confusing element of the announcement is that it specifies the original Complete Edition of Metro: Last Light will be the free offering. Metro on the Switch is just as tense and atmospheric as its bigger cousins.įor me, these titles come highly recommended as ports done right for Nintendo’s three-year-old handheld. There’s no use of the handheld’s touchscreen and load times came feel painfully slow at times. The darker the room, the better.Īnd sure, the controls aren’t as refined on the Switch version as they are on other versions where you can use a proper controller. As the Metro games rely heavily on shadow and darkness to ramp up the tension, this isn’t a game I’d recommend playing in a brightly lit room. So I could see what was going on better, especially in really dark locations. Meaning at times I had to hold the device with the screen slightly tilted downwards. One niggle was that the Switch’s LCD screen can often reflect a lot of light off its surface. I reckon most players would be hard pressed to notice the graphical differences when playing in portable. This is a Switch port that ticks all the right boxes (and runs at 720p, 30FPS in portable mode). Sure, the Switch version has the compromises you’d expect on the handheld: Lower resolution, muddier textures and toned-down effects but when played in portable mode. All the while watching every corner for something out to eat you. Where you have to scrounge for ammunition, filters and wipe grime from your mask. Make no mistake the Switch version delivers in spades with the tension still to the fore. As Artyom moves forward, step by step, avoiding the horrors waiting ahead. The Metro games relied heavily on shadow and darkness to ramp up the tension. I, for one, am in awe of the wizards at 4A Games. There is definitely some kind of dark magic at play here. But here we are in 2020, playing the two remastered versions of the games on a handheld powered by a tablet chipset. When they first came out, Metro 2033 and Last Light were crippling desktop PCs with their graphical demands. To restore power to a door that they need to go through to progress. It’s when Pavel makes Artyom wander through a short section of darkened tunnels. For those of you who have played Last Light, you’ll no doubt know what I’m talking about. It’s testimony to the ability of 4A Games as master of the survival horror game that while I know what I have to do here. They freak the hell out of me with their chittering and fast movement and can only be killed by shooting them on their soft underbellies, only exposing the unarmoured flesh after being bathed in light from Artyom’s headlamp.īut the moment that makes me nervous is one that I’ve played before many times. It’s when Artyom and comrade Pavel have escaped the clutches of Reich soldiers that were holding them captive and find themselves wandering through abandoned metro tunnels, their pursuers slamming blast doors behind them. As the pair make their way through cobweb-infested tunnels, the arachnid inhabitants of those dark places start making themselves known. I’m always nervous during one particular sequence that is relatively early into the game. You have a series that is one of the most beloved of all time. Throw in mechanics such as limited ammunition (forcing you to decide whether to shoot enemies or melee them), medical supplies and air filters for your gas mask. It’s all irradiated ground and foul creatures out to eat you. Not forgetting the mysterious Dark Ones that appeared, throwing life into more chaos. Set in post-apocalyptic Russia, the Metro games are based on the books by author Dmitry Glukhovsky and focus on Artyom and the survivors he lives with deep in the Moscow metro system. Now you can add 4A Games’ Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux to that list of ports done right. Among those The Witcher 3, Doom (2016) and Wolfenstein The New Colossus. In my humble opinion, there have really only been a handful of “AAA” games that have managed to be ported successfully to Nintendo’s handheld in recent times. No, I’m strongly of the belief that the Switch is best suited to games that make the most of its unique features. However, Metro 2033 Redux and Last Light make the grade. I’m not one of these gamers who bleats that every triple A title should come to the Nintendo Switch just because it should.
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