Metro 2033 | 
| From: THQ
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Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 49401
Model: 49401
UPC: 752919494011
EAN: 0752919494011
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | An RPG-light story where players encounter NPC’s via engaging and trading activities across the various ‘Station States’ of the Underground, each with its own social system. | | • | A menacing atmosphere incorporating shadows, ambient sounds, lighting effects and claustrophobic scenes to create feeling of tension and fear. | | • | Diversity of combat ranging from brutally intense action from a distance, to melee combat fought with improvised weapons or hand to hand in the half shadows. | | • | A morality system based on points and measured by a proprietary engine that takes into account actions like curiosity, kindness and prejudice resistance, leading to alternative story endings. | | • | Unique economy and inventory management systems based on ammunition and items which can be used to take down enemies or saved to purchase upgrades or buy goods. |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
 Immersive single-player experience. March 19, 2010
M. Torres (Lawrence, KS United States)
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is a really really fun single-player game, it's that simple. I bought my copy on Steam and was able to download/install it without any issues. Here are my machine specs:
eVGA GTX 260
4GB RAM
Windows Vista x64
Core2Quad Q6600
I can run the game at 1280x1024 on DX10 "very high" settings and it runs great. It is a BIT strange to not be able to tweak individual settings (you have to select "low, med, high..." etc, but it doesn't bug me that much.
If you were a fan of the really cool, atmospheric underground parts in Shadow of Chernobyl, you will love this game. It is a very immersive single-player experience. The character models are top-notch, the textures look great and the lighting and graphical effects are spot-on. The English dialogue is very good. I haven't finished the story yet, but so far it has been great as well.
I think you'll find that a lot of people complaining about this game will whine about it feeling like a console port, or they'll complain about Steam for some weird reason, but I had zero problems getting this game up and running, and I don't think my hardware is stellar.
Bottom line: If the game looks like fun to you and you're okay with the fact that it's a somewhat demanding game hardware wise and that there is no multiplayer, you will love this game. And remember, when you see a 1-star review of the game that doesn't actually talk about the game content itself...take it with a grain of salt :-).
Great Game.... July 26, 2010
Paul G. Atkinson (Fort Myers, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read a of the reviews and was very skeptical. However, I am happy with the game and highly recommend it.
I go into every game without any pre-conceived notion of what I think they should be. Other reviewers whining about Stalker this... Fallout that... what a crock. Each game should stand on it's own and this one does. Sure it isn't perfect. I have only played a couple I thought were, so it's easy to want to set the bar to high. However, this is an extremely engrossing game. The graphics are awesome. Also, I guess if you are using an old Atari you might have problems running it. I am having no problem playing it on a 3 year old 2.3GHz dual core with 4GB Memory and a GTX280 card. I have the game set a step below the highest settings allowed on at 28" monitor at 1920x1200. The graphics on this are quite simply, very immersive and extremely well done. You really feel like you are in the subways.
Next, the complaints that it is linear are tiresome also. Some people like that style of play. Crysis is probably one of the best games ever made. However, it is very linear. Pesonally, I don't always want a game with a bunch of side missions that add little to the story, if only to make the game longer. Borderlands, Fallout3, Stalker, and games like Oblivion bored me to tears because of this, while others love that style of game. To each their own I say.
Lastly, everyone likes different things. When I was younger I like the games with big inventories, having to sleep to heal, collecting stuff, building levels and so forth. However, as I've gotten older I just want to play a great game. The simple FPS where you arm yourself and go to work kind of games are my choice now. I don't want to spend a week creating my charater and buidling up levels or over thinking what gun... what ammo, take the side quest, save the princess, where am I on the map... I just want to play. F.E.A.R., Crysis, COD4, FarCry, Half-Life, Bioshock to name a few are just like Metro. Your character is determined, your destination is linear, and there aren't lots and lots of choices, but it is engrossing and fun with just the right mix while keeping the game moving.
So, if you are looking for a game that is fun, looks great, and is worth buying... Metro 2033 is a pretty good choice.
More THQ brilliance, but this is not STALKER underground.. April 8, 2010
DaveTheRed (las vegas, NV, USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been playing for only a few hours and was expecting, perhaps hoping, for an underground STALKER experience..but upon further thought how could that be possible? While STALKER was about an open world, free to roam and kill as you please with a full arsenal of state of the art assault weaponry, METRO is a different experience altogether, based on an excellent book btw, about humanity pressed underground..kids today do not know of the fear the cold war pressed upon us, where nuclear war and bomb shelters and warhead counts were a part of the nightly news and gradeschool textbooks..and we were taught that the russians were the godless enemy who wished to attack us at any time with nuclear ICBMs... and now they play on every team in the NHL, and we love the ones on our team and hate Ovechkin, that ruthless bastard..but i digress..
Compared to STALKER, METRO feels kinda 'consoley', less complex, less weapons, less controls..no worry about food, sleep, inventory management, who to befriend, deciding which weapons to carry...METRO is very linear, so the impatient can always figure out what to do next..but linear is not always a bad thing, witness COD, and so was DOOM, and it reminds me of DOOM on earth, under a huge city like Moscow, very realistic and just about what you would imagine it to be. The most valuable thing is quality ammo, used for currency as well. Its not a pleasant world after a nuclear holocaust (hoping theres no patent on that word yet) and the atmosphere of the game fully conveys a bleak, stifling underground living world...after awhile all i wanted was to see the sun..but i might have traded that opportunity for 200 rounds of military grade ammo.
Stunning game, but needs the ability to save freely July 5, 2010
Paul Tinsley (Colorado Springs, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have a pretty hardcore rig, so I have been playing this game maxed out and I have to say, the graphics and fluidity are the best I have seen to date. The game requires quite a lot of stealth and I really missed having the ability to save when I wanted, rather than at pre-defined checkpoints. This would have dropped the game to 4 stars, were it not for the fact that this game plays flawlessly without issue on my system. I can't remember the last game that I played without a crash or hitch, so my hat is off to the excellent standard of software engineering and artwork put into this game.
It isn't a sandbox, and the route through the game is fixed, so you do miss that feeling of freedom. However, if this had been a sandbox game, it would have challenged that heady throne taken by Fallout 3. There is a lot of tension in the game, from the heavy breathing and swift attacks made by the monsters, to the need to find respirator apparatus to survive certain areas. There are a number of tactics that you can employ, such as extinguishing lights, using silent weapons and even shooting off the respirators from your opponents that adds lots of extra dynamics to play.
I obtained the game directly from Steam, and I do have very mixed feelings about using Steam. They have a licensing model that allows them the luxury to completely rid you of all your games with impunity. Whilst I doubt they would do that, most large companies have no sense of benevolence where money is to be made, so I am expecting the draconian grip of control to start squeezing tighter by Steam, once they feel they have secured sufficient market share. It's an inevitable "evil" where large companies are concerned, despite the better wishes of their employees, I suspect.
You take a risk using Steam, but where the quality of this game is concerned, it is money well spent. I have had a great time playing it, and that's what counts at the end of the day.
Not like STALKER - and hurrah for that! April 24, 2010
shinysteve
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Initially I posted a less than favourable review on Metro 2033 - because of various frustrations I had while playing the game (lack of ammo, feeble weapons etc)
Any yet - even after posting that review - I was still drawn back to playing the game.
Why? Because of the compelling atmosphere and - once I got the hang of it - the total immersion.
After watching a few walkthrough videos of Metro2033, I began to appreciate what a great game this is - and also, what a quality game it is.
Some may say that it's a very linear game - and in a way it is. But it's based around adventuring in an underground Metro system where all tunnels have to lead somewhere - so that's totally logical. It's not an open sandbox environment.
It is also very story driven, so you don't find yourself getting sent on pointless side-quests; there are no go-here-and-get-that-then-bring-it-back-to-me-to-get-useless-reward scenarios here. You're continually scavenging for weapons and ammo - and when you arrive at secure Metro Stations, you're able to trade ammo and buy upgraded weapons etc.
In between stations - it's a fight for survival. It's a stark world portrayed in Metro 2033 - and living in it isn't easy. But that's how it should be in a game portraying post-nuclear Moscow - and the game's graphics, sounds, NPCs and AI portray this beautifully.
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