However, even armed with more ammunition and supplies, Metro 2033: Redux still manages to be unsettling in some places. The original Metro 2033 was billed for its horror environment, and Spartan mode in Metro 2033: Redux was intended to lessen this atmosphere with an increased availability of supplies. Consequently, I unlocked the standard, rather than good ending, and at some point in the future, I will return and play through again to see if I can unlock the good ending. I beat the campaign in roughly eight hours, focusing on completion rather than exploration, and during the course of the game, there were numerous environments to explore and fight through. I went through the story on Spartan mode, so Metro 2033: Redux played quite similarly to Metro: Last Light. Together with the Rangers, they activate the D6 missile silo and install a laser-guidance system at the top of a radio tower, destroying the Dark Ones.

Fighting his way across the surface, and the territories of different factions, Artyom succeeds in reaching Polis, where Ranger Miller agrees to help him defeat the Dark Ones. Twenty years later, Artyom is sent to seek help from the Rangers when the Dark Ones attack their station. In 2013, a nuclear war devastated Russia, forcing survivors in Moscow underground into the metro stations. Then, during the 2015 Steam Summer Sale, the entire Metro franchise went on sale, and I decided to pick up Metro 2033: Redux to experience a remastered version of the story that started everything.

I completed Metro: Last Light twice, once as a blind run and the second time to collect screenshots for my review.

This was because of a promotion that granted me a free copy of Metro: Last Light with my then-new GPU. While it may come across as somewhat strange, I played Metro: Last Light back during 2013, well before I played Metro 2033. “Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.” -Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033

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