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Metro 2033

4A Games

2010•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 10 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrorscience fictionthrillerwarfashionmonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/dancepoliticalrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a morally murky shooter, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

897 ratings

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About This Game

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements, based on the Russian book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Most of the game takes place underground, but several times Artyom will have to venture outside, into the perpetual nuclear winter. Game progression is fairly linear, though areas may be explored more thoroughly for items and ammunition. Setpieces include a few on-rails sequences, missions that involve defending a location from an onslaught of monsters, and others. A few stages can be completed in a stealthy fashion.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHorrorScience fictionThrillerWarFashionMonster/alien/supernaturalMusic/dancePoliticalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

GhostsAssassinPost-apocalypticBloodyParanormalMinigamesDystopianGuitar playing

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Details

Developer: 4A Games
Publisher: THQ
Released: 16 March 2010
Series: Metro
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 11h rushed, 10h normally, 27h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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