

If you're easily frustrated, this is not the game for you as death comes often and easy. Make noise though, and your enemies will know where you are. Your health will recharge, but it seems to take longer than most games, and hiding while you get your strength back is a good idea if you take a few bullets. You'll have to juggle all of these things when getting into gunfights with other survivors, or the mutants that live in the tunnels. Glass scattered around the floor can give your position away, as will cans hanging from strings. Instead of dying, you just got a little richer. Do you kill them, or save your ammo? Trip lines are waiting in doorways, but if you see them in time and follow the cable you can disarm them by taking out the shotgun shell that would have gone into your head. In one scene horrid mutants sniff around your character, and may not attack. There are holes in the ground you can fall into, so pay attention to where you're walking. This is not your average first-person shooter.Īlways watch your surroundings, as death comes easily, although not cheaply. Something that sings beautiful songs, and then steals your mind.

If that wasn't enough, there is something worse in the tunnels. You live in a small pocket of civilization underground, but the attacks from mutants have been growing in frequency. The game takes place in Moscow, after the bombs drop. In other words, you are going to have to try very hard to survive, and the game reminds you constantly of how brutal and desperate your existence is. Every round you fire limits your ability to buy what you need. Every bullet you find can be used as currency, but you're also operating in an incredibly hostile environment. Your flashlight has a charger that you have to manually pump to make sure you can see where you're going. When you pull a gas mask over your head in Metro 2033, you adjust a dial on your watch to let you know how many minutes of breathable air you have left before you asphyxiate.
