Zero Punctuation: Metro: Last Light
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I have played both games, and Last Light is very much a follow in footstep of the first. But much better at walking. Its fantastic. Though, I wouldnt mind seeing a Multiplayer being added on. The shooting is solid enough, and the guns attachments could give a little customization. It would prolong the life of it a little. That aside, Im looking forward to the guaranteed Single player DLC they are planning on.
I love that Yahtzee included those russian bits, it's a nice touch. Although, google translate is not always correct. In the last bit it would have made more sense to say "Всем всё равно" instead of "Никто не заботится". It doesn't sound quite right to a native speaker as that particular expression holds a slightly different connotation in russian then it does in english.
I did not expect that... I was expecting neo-communists, but not neo-nazis. Do they know that the old Nazis used to see them as sub-human and not worth the bullet cost? I will actually look more into this, thanks for the newserttheking said:
I say we give it all the modren warfare players if they all chew their arms off then no one will be able to play those shitty games thus that series will cese to exist >
My memory is a bit foggy so I could be wrong, but from what I remember the book stated that there was a gas leak in that section of the metro, which caused depression, hallucinations and with prolonged exposure - death (ofcourse the characters don't know that and the readers only find out after its finished).Akichi Daikashima said:
I'm pretty sure (at least as far as the book goes) its not Artyom who is psychic, its the monsters communicating with him who are psychic. Except they don't control their psychic abilities very well and instead of saying "Hello we come in peace everybody" they make everybody panic.Akichi Daikashima said:
Similar to how professor X from X-men is psychic but not everyone with whom he speaks telepathically is a psychic (which is a close comparison, since from what I gather those "monsters" are just humans who mutated on the surface).
I think this thread really went *puts on sunglasses* off the rails. [http://cow.org/csi/]
Anyway, like I stated in a earlier comment: real boring games don't excite me, or the world is so huge (like in Fallout 3) then it's worth the time running around in such games. But from what I understand is more of a rail shooter (rail, LOL). So I won't be spending time on a game like this. Maybe next time the developers should ask if they could license the Bethesda Creation Engine?
Anyway, like I stated in a earlier comment: real boring games don't excite me, or the world is so huge (like in Fallout 3) then it's worth the time running around in such games. But from what I understand is more of a rail shooter (rail, LOL). So I won't be spending time on a game like this. Maybe next time the developers should ask if they could license the Bethesda Creation Engine?
Gather round the flaming barrel of garbage children, and let me tell you a story about two young boys who went on a wonderful quest. Well, actually they were young men, and they quit GSC Gameworld just before Stalker was released. Then got funding and formed 4A Games (no relation). These two were the ones that apparently were responsible for all the wonderful atmosphere in Stalker, as the following two games in that series were devoid of it (though mods have corrected that). Unfortunately, with the release of Metro: LL, they have demonstrated that while they may have their own company, they are mostly fixated on atmosphere.
2033 was linear, short, mediocre economy (claims ammo is rare, but fails to make it rare), and the stealth at times was broken (walk through a crowd and you are invisible as long as you do not make eye contact). So just like M$ they promoted those to features, and included them with LL (2034). There are times when stealth does work, but between the lack of opportunity to use it, and the lack of need for it, you almost have to do a play-through with that as a goal. The addition of weapon customization is nice, but more of a gimmick given the brevity of the game. While it is an improvement is some regards, it is stagnant in many others (especially graphical), which makes it average at best.
Two things of special note is that if you load the Russian voices, be warned that the subtitles were not finished at the time of release (and will probably never be). So hearing Russian is very cool, but if you never know WTF they are saying, it is pretty pointless. Now it appears that they did prioritize them so all the major dialogue has subs, but much of the background chatter does not. The second is that if you wanted the Ranger mode, they classified it as DLC and want another $5 for it. Yep, screwing you for $60 US was not enough for such a short game with virtually no replay given that 90% is linear, but they call a difficulty setting DLC. They claim it makes the game harder by limiting ammo, but if you have played it once then you know what is around the corner, and the ammo is still falling out of your pockets. I guess the next thing will be Saving at checkpoints or bug fixes as DLC.
The good news is that this will probably be the last as better games are coming. The first is the MMO Survarium, by the members of GSC but without the dick (owner) that embezzled the profits and then did not even pay his taxes, which cost him is Ferrari's and his company. The second is Nuclear Union which admittedly looks a little underdeveloped right now, but if the game has a decent length and does not lock assets/code away like 2033/LL(2034) then the modding community will embrace it and fix that. So the genre is still alive and kicking, which is more than I can say for Defiance.
2033 was linear, short, mediocre economy (claims ammo is rare, but fails to make it rare), and the stealth at times was broken (walk through a crowd and you are invisible as long as you do not make eye contact). So just like M$ they promoted those to features, and included them with LL (2034). There are times when stealth does work, but between the lack of opportunity to use it, and the lack of need for it, you almost have to do a play-through with that as a goal. The addition of weapon customization is nice, but more of a gimmick given the brevity of the game. While it is an improvement is some regards, it is stagnant in many others (especially graphical), which makes it average at best.
Two things of special note is that if you load the Russian voices, be warned that the subtitles were not finished at the time of release (and will probably never be). So hearing Russian is very cool, but if you never know WTF they are saying, it is pretty pointless. Now it appears that they did prioritize them so all the major dialogue has subs, but much of the background chatter does not. The second is that if you wanted the Ranger mode, they classified it as DLC and want another $5 for it. Yep, screwing you for $60 US was not enough for such a short game with virtually no replay given that 90% is linear, but they call a difficulty setting DLC. They claim it makes the game harder by limiting ammo, but if you have played it once then you know what is around the corner, and the ammo is still falling out of your pockets. I guess the next thing will be Saving at checkpoints or bug fixes as DLC.
The good news is that this will probably be the last as better games are coming. The first is the MMO Survarium, by the members of GSC but without the dick (owner) that embezzled the profits and then did not even pay his taxes, which cost him is Ferrari's and his company. The second is Nuclear Union which admittedly looks a little underdeveloped right now, but if the game has a decent length and does not lock assets/code away like 2033/LL(2034) then the modding community will embrace it and fix that. So the genre is still alive and kicking, which is more than I can say for Defiance.