

The vast majority of the game can be completed using stealth, and there are only a handful of places that require outright combat with no way to sneak past the danger. Stealth is another important element of Metro 2033 Redux. You are by no means required to use stealth, but sneak melee attacks and outright avoidance of combat can save you a lot of bullets. Some of the guns are military equipment, and some are original creations of the Metro's gunsmiths. You will constantly be looking for new filters as well as the occasional replacement mask when yours has become too damaged as a result of combat. Gas masks are a necessity to anyone travelling outside of the safety of the Metro system. Shooting them will deal more damage than the standard hand-reloaded bullets, but you are literally "shooting money" and it's best saved for the most dire of situations. Military-grade assault rifle bullets are used as currency.

The Metro games are notable for a number of gameplay features that fit the post-apocalyptic theme. Artyom has to get help from the Ranger order by leaving the comfort and familiarity of his home station lest it be destroyed. Hunter hands Artyom his dog tags and instructs him to make his way to Polis Station should he not return - and he doesn't. A 20-something-year-old man living in the VDNKh station, where he meets a man named Hunter. Hunter is a member of an elite order of soldiers known as Rangers, and he brings dire news - Arytom's home station is under threat from the Dark Ones. As if that weren't enough, there are creepier paranormal happenings such as strange, human-shaped shadows lingering in the dark and psychically-gifted "Dark Ones" whose mere presence can cause humans to fall unconscious.Įnter the hero of our story, Artyom.

The surface is mildly radioactive, the air isn't safe to breathe, and mutated wildlife are a constant threat.

World War III has happened, and many people in Moscow and the surrounding area managed to survive by escaping into the Moscow Metro. Metro 2033 Redux is based on Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro book series and expanded universe.
