METRO: Last Light Preview

Genre : FPS

Developer : 4A Games

Publisher : THQ

Platform : PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U

Release Date : March 2013

Web : www.enterthemetro.com



Metro 2033 wasn't the end of the story, actually it was the beginning. This masterpeace, which was created by Dmitry Glukhovsky, tells us events that happened in a post-apocalyptic world. It's impossible to live on earth without a mask by the effect of deadly radiation. That's why survivors have left the earth behind and live underground in the metro stations. But underground is not as safe as they imagined. It's easy to hear the sound of terror in those tunnels. In Metro 2033, we experienced that terror of creatures. Next, we will witness the fight between humans. Creatures want to exterminate our species in Metro: Last Light. But mankind don't care about this and fight each other with greed and hatred.

Accordiing to the developers, Metro: Last Light is not going to be an ordinary FPS or survival game. There will be some psychologic elements, conflict between humans and other many things that we can't see in most of the games. Developers are very assertive about these facts. Last Light's developer is 4A Games and they use their own engine named "4A Engine" for this game. Although there is not any other game that is created with this engine, it looks very good in the pictures, videos and other media products about the game. But of course it not just about engine, it should be used well. And I think 4A Games is the best company for that, because it's their own engine.

Metro: Last Light will be as long as the first game and it will have some new creatures besides other creatures that were in the first game. You will be able to interact with environment while you fight them. For example, things that you hide behind to cover yourself will be breakable. Of course we will step outside in this game. We will put our oxygen masks on, complete the missions and try to stay alive. But don't forget, if your mask is broken, that will be your end.

4A Games claim that the equipments that we use in the game will be better. They say that second game will have a different gameplay. We can't know if it will be better or not, but I think it'll be much better. Last Light is claimed not to be just a FPS game, it will also be a survival game and show us the importance of air that we don't appreciate today.

Other than these features, stealth will be an important part of the game. Humans are going to be your enemies as well as creatures, so you will need to be quiet, even invisible. I'm not talking about a fantastic "invisibility" of course, but you will need to act wisely and eliminate light sources like bulbs without being seen. But you should be careful when you blow the bulbs, because your enemies can hear you when you do that. You will have to move in the darkness and reach your target.

Metro: Last Light is being developed by 4A Games and will be published by THQ. We will be able to play it in this year, 2013 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Also it's being developed for Nintendo's new console, Wii U. What do you think, will it be able to be as successful as the first game?

Here is a Metro: Last Light gameplay video;