A truly immersive sci-fi shooter. I actually enjoyed it more than Fallout 3.

User Rating: 8.5 | Metro 2033 PC
By mhaneline | Review Date:
What can I say? This game is so much better than I thought it would be. I was expecting a Fallout 3 meets Deus Ex clone, but this game goes way beyond. The enemies are top notch and the AI is pretty well done. There is plenty of room to sneak if you want to go the quiet route, and of course there are plenty of weapons to help you make things dead. There are multiple ways to get things done (i.e. do you want to sneak over and turn the lights off, then use your nightvision goggles to kill, or do you want to John Rambo it?)

What sets this game apart from other games is the level of immersion and the story telling. They integrate the story in to the game play, kind of like F.E.A.R. did, where you have these well-timed flash backs and cut scenes. The immersion factor is simply top notch. As you walk around in the game world, you can totally get a picture of how the world must look to a child, or a Ranger protecting the Metro Stations.

I can only think that the awesome ambiance set in this game comes directly from the Book: Metro 2033 which the game was based on.

The graphics were outstanding. I played the game on max settings and experienced on average 60FPS with vsync enabled, which means I wasn't dipping below 60 much at all.

I definitely want to see more from this development studio in the future. The game mechanics are very well done and, over all, I have to say that I'm surprised and impressed. I gave it an 8.5 because it's nearly impossible to get a 10 out of me.


Here are my computer specs in case you want to get an idea of how Metro 2033 will run on yours:

i7 920 @ stock water cooled
Gigabyte X58A UD7 water cooled
XFX GTX 275 Core edition @ stock
Corsair Dominator 6GB @ 1600
Corsair HX1000 PSU
Corsair Obsidian 800D
Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima water cooling kit
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate

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