METRO: LAST LIGHT (Zero Punctuation) 

Neggative 0 I've never believed that last bit in the slightest, it's like a bad written hentai. Funny how Yahtzee didn't mention it.

Anna , shut thu fuck up

He is

"Recker! Give me sea fore charge!"

Neggative 0 That sex scene was cringeworthy

I hate my grammar...

Marcus Magnusson Still you gave us a really neat fact so minor grammar errors can be forgiven.

Not just Moscow. There are several books in the same universe and in them it is stated that people have also survived in Sankt Petersburg, and even Rome and Napoli. There are also places on the surface that have remained habitable; places that were relatively safe from the rockets. Some say that even the Russian leaders have escaped across the Urals into Siberia (unlikely, given the Kremlin was targeted with some sort of undetectable bioweapon). What's clear is that Moscow, Washington and the entire Middle East were the worst affected by WW3, since that's where most of the nukes landed.

@@uuamenator You are aware that a nuclear blast is just like a giant fire wave right? The reason why one of the cities in Japan was literally wiped out was due to the traditional homes being made out of wood and paper whereas in Moscow, those buildings are made from top to bottom in concrete. The nuclear blast itself would pretty much only lightly damage it but 20 years without maintenance is basically what brought it to the state we find it in.

@@uuamenator I'd imagine it depends on when it was built, during the cold war, Russia was really all about making sure stuff would be made to last pretty much against anything that could be thrown at it. But even then, it's amazing what still manages to stand after an earthquake, so it's not an impossibility that a tower like this could stand after all the damages and years of disrepair.

It was in last light

probably in Venice

I can't tell if that's funny or depressing.

both i guess theres alot of dark humor in the books and games

gregnes2000 I don't think it's supposed to be funny

That is definitely something lost in translation. The storytelling is far more "Eastern European / Russian" than it is "Western," which is why the main character isn't always the center of the story or the events that are happening.

​​​​@@ZodiacEntertainment2 I believe after his meeting with the two people at Polyanka, at least in the English translation, Artyom has some perception that whenever he has set upon his journey with a renewed effort, or belief(?), fate has somehow contrived for him to be carried along: such as simply walking past everyone after cleaning the latrines and the guard not being present, and then him being immediately offered an ability to become cleaned up and left only a station or two away from polis. It also occured to him that it is possible if he should falter, he might loose this thread, and everything would start conspiring against him again (that general theme of distances in the metro not always being as short as they seem on a map comes in to play to cause this to have real weight). If this is the case, he questions whether he has a right to risk losing this thread again due to the threat faced at his home station by lingering for a second longer at Polyanka, and this prompts him onwards. (This revelation and conversation is all later revealed to possibly maybe be caused by toxic gases released intermittently at the station, which are sometimes blown away by winds from the surface carried down through ventilation)

Yeah , it's kinda obvious , since the developper is Ukranian and the game is set in Russia .

Well then they suck at speaking English in their accent because it sounds like a shitty imitation.

Yuki Nitta it may suprise you, but a lot of Russians speaking English sounds like a shitty imitiation of a Russian speaking English. Source: am Russian.

That's the funny part. A real slavic accent sounds like a fake slavic accent.

@@NEETKitten if the real Russians sound like shitty imitations then doesn't that make the shitty imitation a good imitation.

+Red Star well then just UNDERSTAND them man. simple solutions are just so difficult to think of at times...

English version is actually better. This was not the case in the previous game, though.

i will be PRESENT ! dude i WILL BE THERE ! (has a tear in his eye of proud and happiness ) i SALUTE YOU PROUD WARRIOR I SALUTE YOU !

Its the same VAs for english and russian. The VAs speak both. It helped save on money.

put it to Spanish to laugh your ass off, all its missing is a Spanish guitar every time someone speaks

I still seem to have all my fingers. Then again, i dont play COD as much as I used to.

***** Heavy Mess, but the Priiiiize....

Does stop them from telling me that they supposedly engaged in necrophilia with my parents.

ChunkNinja Funny enough, my copy of Metro: LL was a gift from a friend of mine which is an avid fan of CoD: MW3. He said the game didn't work properly on his PS3 but on mine runs alright (albeit the occasional freeze, but his PS3 always froze in a particular scene). Of course Metro is a little buggy at times, but I like to think that my friend didn't really grow fond of this game for not shooting Russians XD

ChunkNinja XDD

Fernando Langalú But why would you shoot russians , BTW on PC (aaaaaaaaa *angelic voice * ) game's bug free (99.99% ofc)

Actually there ARE other survivors in other countries. Metro 2033 kicks off with a character returning from visiting a survivor group in the US.

ThatCanadianGamer well, obviously someon will survive, but i was talking about the metros specificly. Does they say he comes from a metro system?

Myrdin90 It's been a while since I played, I can't really remember.

Well lukely the Munich and Berlin Metros both have Nukeliar bunker's built into them

ThatCanadianGamer Neither in the books nor the game do you get radio contact with other countries, but somewhere in either the book or game Artyom thinks that there maybe is survivors in other contries

Well, more precisely it would be "Американцы мертвы и всем плевать", because we don't say in Russian "никто не заботится" (well, maybe only if it's about a child with nobody to take care of him)

@@GeorgAnkar probably google translated, what do ya expect kek

Whoa what the fuck

Mind blown

Shot Up Gaming nope half convinced you changed it before I could scroll up

Shooterman6y What?

Shot Up Gaming No wonder I kept saying Last Night when it was actually Last Light, it wasn't until Google corrected me that I thought the name was that.

+Dandvadan While that is true, according to the game's lore, the Moscow Metro was specifically built to double as a bunker in case of a nuclear fallout ;)

+Druggaar Um... just like real world "lore"

+Dandvadan According to the Universe Metro 2033 Project - books in the setting - peope survived also in some cities in Britain, Petersburg and the most interesting one - in Cracov in Poland where there is no metro to hide in it (they hide all in bomb shelters under Nowa Huta). The funny thing about that book that happens in Poland is that people are killing each other not with shotguns or assault rifles, like AK47 (well there is a faction that occupies Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks, which was a strategic place in Cracov so it had some goodies there, so they were well armed in modern weapons), but with fucking spears, bows, crossbows and muskets. Now THAT is a nice setting for a Metro game :D

I've been a bit out of the loop, but which one of the books is the one in that setting? Also, any general recommendations for Metro books to read, there are just so many of them.

Has nothing to do with ingame lore haha Stalin build them to act 1 as a bunker and secondly it was build in such a grand splendor it was to distract people about the fact they were being opressed.

Do you play a lot of Battlefield?

Madarch Can't say as I've ever played a Battlefield game.

***** Ah. Seemed like a very Battlefeild thing to say, seeing as the M16 is(or at least was) the standard gun for the American team.

Madarch Eh. It's one of the more recognizable American guns IRL too, especially since American soldiers use it wherever they go.

***** Very true.

PonzooonTheGreat "Arr tyom nom nom"

Penningtontj So bad pun .....

SIND Four Much doge

Supermagnificence Yaaarrrrrrrgh

No, he mostly just eats it fast, because Mushroom soup doesn't taste as good as pig sausages.

I think he might do that on purpose.

DeathSpark

A Metro game set in America would have enemy mutants carrying giant cellphones next to their heads, blasting deadly percussive sound waves.

wladdaimpala88 Absolutely.

Yeah, I don't know how he can stomach breathing the same air that everyone else seems to piss into every five minutes...

Suddenly relevant comment in 2020...

+Gen Ohmni Bullshit. All russians (and also some other ex-soviets's) metro sistems are built too serve nuclear shelters.

+Gen Ohmni Bullshit. All russians (and also some other ex-soviets's) metro sistems are built too serve nuclear shelters.

+NoName Needed 1 of... ie a very low statiscal number of metro systems built by humanity are mass nuking of the world proof and talk about missing my point. Is Norad 1 of the few nuke proof installations built by the yanks? Yes. Is it and most of their nuke shelters exclusively military and political access only. Yes. Now look at how the Russians did it and view my comment through ideological eyes.

+Gen Ohmni It's really more of a funding issue and difference in government effectiveness. Less civil liberty means more shit can actually get done (when the system isn't seized by corruption, at least).

Nnelg Indeed. Funding and governmental effectiveness differences derived from 2 different ideologies going at it in any way they could short of war.

How DARE you make me remember that!

I hated those tunnel bits ;-; I always had to take at least one break in each one cause it would spook me too much

+Shaun Friden Metro 2033 was terrifying, but Last Light made the mistake of shoving literal piles of ammo at you. I played it on Ranger Hardcore / Survival, and spent the entire game being pretty much capped on all ammo types. As Yatzee said in another review: It's very hard to feel threatened by monsters if you got enough weapons and ammo to blow the all to Narnia. Shame, really, I liked the tension in Metro 2033.

+Shaun Friden the Librarians are supposed to stare at you until you look away or attack. One of the other rangers told you this before you go into the basement.

You're not supposed to stand still against the librarians, you've got to back off slowly

...the third one could also be a Russian.

That’s just shitty design

Yep, took me forever to figure it out. Awesome game, though!

Idk how many times i've played through that mission and it still fucks with me remembering what I have to do

The logic being that the tank needs to be on a angle for you to get a shot on the ammo

StillGotShit4Brains that i find the COD joke fitting and funny as a fan of the series. also that there is a clear reason that you see and get to experience as to why everybody decided to live in the metro tunnels/stations.

StillGotShit4Brains *random

Besides, Russians are hard boiled people, and this gritty setting is spectacular. Remember, METPO 2⃣0⃣3⃣3⃣ got bad review scores originally, because people played the game like Call of Duty, only to suffocate when their Gas Mask get's blown off. You can thank IGN for that. But Metro 2033 will always be one of the greatest things ever created and is a shining example why you shouldn't give up faith in humanity.... Yet

EraVulgaris It's pretty much the same designers. Spiritual successor and all that.

The shooting in Metro is what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. should of had: My PRECIOUS bullet GO WHERE I POINT THEM, and there's no random bullshit bullet ballistics sending them swaying in the other direction when I point my gun at someone AT CLOSE RANGE

+Judson Joist I never understood how the Oblivion lost mods worked. Is OL2010 the first one? Is OL3.0 Just an update, should I download that instead?

Judson Joist STILL doesn't change the fact that the base game is flawed.

Zelousmarineinspace Flawed in what way? That the condition on the weapons had a little too much impact on accuracy? The S.T.A.L.K.E.R games have a very high dependancy upon the upgrade system, which in many ways is what makes the game stand out. But that means a low grade weapon with no upgrades and in severe need of repair will be really hard to do anything with.

I'm not sure about London or Paris, but New York's subway would flood slowly after the power went out as the pumps that keep the water out would stop working.

Seth Masy Did it? I thought they didn't know either way, what with ruined communication systems. Although the possibility was certainly there.

I'm not sure but as both London and Paris have rivers close to their underground networks it could easily happen there as well

The Doomed I think you're right, even if it wouldn't be flooded right away seasonal floods and rain water would collect water in the system.

legion999 Well I think that we can just assume.

Yes.

Would’ve been a cooler name for the game tbh

It certainly is in Perth.

Yup, Yahtzee lives in Brisbane as do I (Yahtzee notice me!!). It's rather shitfull.

Steve Yuan Melbourne too

"...melee only run." Mic Mule, that is the most insane thing I think somebody could do in a Metro game. I can't imagine that it would even be possible come to think of it.

i did it for the first half of metro 2033 nearly done

Try that in the swamp section adn tell me how it went.

Train Simulator 2014

Play the Stalker games

You are in luck. They are creating an open world metro game in the moment.

efineter I prefer Autumn Aurora 2, besides I think it's best to play the game in it's original state first time round and then mod it.

Daniel Hadlow XD

nice man same

***** I have metro 2033 and last light but really haven't gotten around to finishing the series, but I loved the atmosphere of the first so much I probably will very soon

+Minh Duc Nguyen Or they could just make Stalker 2. Call of Pripyat may have been a turd, but was a step into the right direction - now they just need to do it porperly =)

+Chillermushroom That just a dream but who know. 4A Games is making an open world Metro game.

you mean Fallout 4

+Minh Duc Nguyen you mean Fallout

@@bequanma This is an old comment but STALKER 2 is back on. Apparently they, GSC, have licensed the unreal engine for it so who knows what we will get although it should run better lol.

I think, given the size of the team and budget, Metro last lIght was the best game it could be, and even without open world (Which would be AMAZING) It gave you a lot of pathways.

Open world Metro would be terrible.. Stop trying to change good things into ones that don't fit them. This isn't Stalker. Even that wasn't really open world.

xSomeRandomGamer Did you read my comment? I said an open world in the tunnels. Just like the section where you get to ride the train car thing. A bunch of tunnels you can get around and explore new stations without being pushed in and out of them.

Antoha0102 I know what Random meant and i kinda agree it wouldn't fit with the game type. However it would be amazing if they could make a open world.

sam shaw wat

All the while Fallout players are vehemently adamant that no other country in the world survived the nuclear war. Because no Vault-tec.

Медвед well you know that kinda makes sense for the fallout universe i guess.. its still fiction right but i get what your saying zero survivors makes zero sense

fonkyman Plus it's not at all beyond the realm of possibility that China, Russia, or any other major world power could come up with something similar to the vaults. You'd think that since the cold war lasted from the 1950s all the way to 2077 everyone would have adequate nuclear protection by then, especially considering the technological advancements that, after all, aren't exclusive to America.

Медвед true but like i said if the writers say its so then its so.... besides i personally feel that fallout is done... and as far as metro goes id really like an open world rpg like the witcher and then im done with that to :P

Herø brine What did they give you?

an address to a gay bondage club

Herø brine Did you go?

Hey what's the address

+Herø brine Next time on "Things That Never Happened."

Yes

Kane and Lunch 2: Dog Days

the latter.

It's a joke from when Last Light was first announced. For some reason news chanels were announcing the game as "Metro Last Night" This videos title is a joke but the original announcement was a typo.

ypa!!

+spinax22 Сука Блуат.

:C

Cyka bylat

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE because the "Last Light" is a reference the last Dark One: and Night is dark :v

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE because it was a typo.

You got to turn off all the lights

Old post. But it's a reference to another video game reviewer (not sure who, probably IGN) who misspelled the title as "Last Night".

Except the game doesn't tell you what to do, at least not actively. It's not shoving objective markers in your face, it's leaving you to intuit the way forward.

+Peter Hanson it does actually. If you pull up the notebook the compass on it points towards where u need to be

+Draconisraa That tank battle is still BS. Every LP of Last Light I ever watched featured several deaths, until the player accidentally shot the wheels and went "oooooh, that's what I'm supposed to do - well fuck you very much, game".

Chillermushroom oh certainly. I knew in advance what to do because of this review but i still took a couple tries because i was on a highish difficulty setting.

Draconisraa Same here, went straight for the wheels^^ But when you're playing on Ranger Hardcore and roughly 4 out of 5 deaths are not caused by enemies killing you, but happen due to bad signposting or lacking information, then you know there's room for improvement.

LOL!!!! I died heaps !!! I didn't google it though,,, Just bought Redux for 2033,,, CAN'T FRICKIN' WAIT !!!! I think it was the better of the two. Since playing these games on 'hardcore' I now play all FPS with no aiming reticle & as little hud as the game allows,,,, immersion. Have a go at Stalker SOC with the Oblivion mod,,, Yahtzee liked Clear Sky , Shadow of Chernobyl was heaps better.

And......

I think he's making a pun.

MonkeyTardis Never has a game name in a Zero Punctuation review been anything but the exact correct name of the game. The name of this review on the Escapist site reads correctly "Last Light", so this is most definitely a typo.

Thank you Captain Obvious! No seriously thank you, cuz i sure as hell missed it.

I think it's a pun.

"metro last night" AKA Met you last night

kingemocut When Last Light was announced it was mistakenly called Metro Last Night all over the internet.

DManVI ah. thanks for clarifying :)

try the game HATRED your not a nazi but it fits what your discribing

Better yet, a WWII shooter where you play a young man in the Nazi army and see the war from their perspective. The vast majority of the Nazi's weren't evil, they were just soldiers doing their jobs under threat of they and their families being killed or thrown in camps for not supporting the Reich. Many of Hitler's generals and top brass thought he was insane as the war progressed, especially with the mass amounts of civilians he killed and his crazed policies. Hell, Rommel, one of the greatest generals ever, grew to hate Hitler in the latter part of the war. I'm tired of the universal demonization of Germany during WWII. They were/are a proud people, put under the boot heel of Europe after WWI. Hitler brought them from nothing to the greatness they once were, which revitalized the German people. Seeing the war from the eyes of a young man and his experiences through the war, from him joining up out of pride for his country, slowly washing away after the seemingly endless fighting and the horrors he witnessed/was forced to endure due to Hitler's insanity. Be that shooting civilians prior to the involvement of the gas chambers or witnessing the horrors of the concentration camps.

Miccollo seems like something i would play

TheColorblindpony spot on.

Miccollo I would like to see this also. I am not a German but, I have seen and talked with people of the 'other' side of Germany during WW2. If you could have a choice to defect to the partisans forces, French resistance, or any other allied forces, it would make the game more interesting in multitudes of obvious reasons. or working with the Gray Market to save people because of morality conflict or just work up a retirement cushion for post war life. That would be a good learning game perhaps but, most gamer who view games as id put it 'porn' of sorts would overlook it and the media would have a turkey hunt with it.

When I first came up against bullet proof crabs I was creeped out

mm i didn't care, read the book and you will be so mad that they ruined the game

LateNightCommsGaming what are you talking about? the game was awesome sure it wasnt like the book but the games atmosphere was displayed in your mind not in front of you at all times, you had to think about what was going on which can be creepy itself its not like out last where theres blood everywhere with people chasing you, metro was about the aftermath of a bombing where everywhere on the surface is torn apart with terrifying mutants everywhere and that already is creepy thought when you think about it.

marky mark im not trying to argue man :/ but the game's atmosphere was the worst part, people had computers for crying out loud, rooms, guitars, vodka! in the book people had to sleep in tents, the ONLY drink there was is this awful tasting "Mushroom Tea" there was no power aside from fires and because of the fires and all the smoke, lung cancer was a common thing, there were also no "Nosalis" or whatever in the tunnels. The book was a perfect description of atmosphere, the game had people singing, strippers, drinking Vodka, handing guns around like they grew on trees.. Oh yeah, and PLENTY of mutants in the tunnels for your Generic FPS monster needs, :/ the game was awful in my opinion. It failed to capture what made the book so amazing

LateNightCommsGaming ok well i wont argue everyone has a oppinion

I did, it ran like crap even with the mininum settings and fulfilled requirements.

Last Light actually seemed to run much more efficiently than 2033; which is understandable if you look at 4A Games' publishing history (literally just those 2 games). The first game took some insane hardware specs for the time and would still get sluggish at times, but I could run everything on max settings in Last Light with a 660 Ti

JosephTX89 I could do it with a 560

I had no problems running it

Have you tried turning off the PSYX? Think that's what it's called. I ran my game with that on with lowest settings and that on and it was awful. Turned it off and put it on Ultra and it was perfect.