THQ announces Metro 2033 (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/22/thq-announces-metro-2033-a-post-apocalyptic-fps/)
A new trailer for Metro 2033 and some info
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Metro 2033 is a survival horror FPS taking place years in the future, deep inside the Russian transit system. Hockey-masked goons and creepy critters lay in wait. A release date of 16th March , 2010 has been given
Pants.
looks OK, like FEAR but without a little girl to sh*t you up. I like Horror games, i will have to play the Condemned series, they look pretty good.
I have the first one but havnt played it. Condemned that is
Quote from: Failed on January 10, 2010, 12:38:54 PM
looks OK, like FEAR but without a little girl to sh*t you up. I like Horror games, i will have to play the Condemned series, they look pretty good.
The first Condemned is brilliant, also an easy 970 gamerscore too, the second game wasn't too bad either.
i tried to play the 2nd condemned, but after the mannequins part i was like f*ck this and turned it off. :-[
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on January 10, 2010, 04:53:17 PM
i tried to play the 2nd condemned, but after the mannequins part i was like f*ck this and turned it off. :-[
lmao I remember the message you sent about the mannequins. you was a little freaked out
haha...yeah it was pretty scary
I've got condemened and still never played it!
Metro 2033 gets box art, new screens
Hey, whaddya know! Metro 2033 apparently does allow players to exit the titular Russian metro system, as evidenced by the smattering of new screens handed over this morning by THQ. Included among them was the requisite box art shot, featuring a strikingly Helghastian face hovering just above the game's logo. Though we've yet to hear an official release date for the title, last week's three full minutes of gameplay and today's cavalcade of screens (including the game box art) give us the impression that we'll hear about that sooner rather than later.
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Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on January 10, 2010, 04:53:17 PM
i tried to play the 2nd condemned, but after the mannequins part i was like f*ck this and turned it off. :-[
:D I loved that part. I think it actually scared the breath out of me. I dropped the controller.
BOO! (http://www.hooplanet.co.uk/content/data/upimages/scarymoments/mannequins.jpg)
Well,I'm not playing that then! Scared the heebie geebies out of me-that's just the picture!
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on January 15, 2010, 06:35:40 PM
Well,I'm not playing that then! Scared the heebie geebies out of me-that's just the picture!
In that case, see it in motion ...
Condemned: Criminal Origins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPP5Ja7YNas)Condemned 2: Bloodshot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWDpzaVXhrc)(I'm going to post direct youtube links for now on, so Kore can stay in the conversation ;))
Sorry Neato-not watching it.I'm a wuss! ;)
oh my god that is so wierd. That would have kept me off my xbox for a whole week. There is no way I am playing that game
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 16, 2010, 09:57:24 AM
oh my god that is so wierd. That would have kept me off my xbox for a whole week. There is no way I am playing that game
Are you referring to the Condemned vids? Great games but about as scary as a game of FIFA
Yeah I am. I guees that depends on how much of a scardy cat you are. I am a wuss so I will avoid at all costs
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 16, 2010, 11:36:35 AM
Yeah I am. I guees that depends on how much of a scardy cat you are. I am a wuss so I will avoid at all costs
Good point, i thought F.E.A.R. while being a damn good game was also totally unscary, Dead Space too, neither of them are even remotely close to anything resembling scary but both great games.
You should give Condemned a go though, it's a bloody good game.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 16, 2010, 11:48:43 AM
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 16, 2010, 11:36:35 AM
Yeah I am. I guees that depends on how much of a scardy cat you are. I am a wuss so I will avoid at all costs
Good point, i thought F.E.A.R. while being a damn good game was also totally unscary, Dead Space too, neither of them are even remotely close to anything resembling scary but both great games.
You should give Condemned a go though, it's a bloody good game.
I have the first one and after watching that mannequin scene i think i am gonna play it with the lights turned up full!
I have the first one too and to be honest it doesnt look as scary as the second
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 16, 2010, 08:34:25 PM
I have the first one too and to be honest it doesnt look as scary as the second
the second game is good but falls into that stupid "lets add monsters to spice things up" routine & subsequently suffers
my heart rate went up from just watching the vid.....when i played, i moved alot slower. i heard a noise, turned around and there was a mannequin in my grill. scary stuff.
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 16, 2010, 11:36:35 AM
Yeah I am. I guees that depends on how much of a scardy cat you are. I am a wuss so I will avoid at all costs
Don't listen to Crac. He's not human. The games scared the pee out of me.
The best part was in Condemned 2 and you had to outrun a rabid grizzly bear. Very random, but very scary.
... what were we talking about? OH YEAH!
Metro 2033. ;)
Well played Neato ;)
not scary at all ;D
Quote from: nCogNeato on January 18, 2010, 08:39:59 PM
He's not human.
further proof that gingers have no soul ;)
THQ has confirmed that post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Metro 2033 will be released in Europe on March 19 for Xbox 360 and PC.
Alongside the standard boxed release, the title will also get a limited edition featuring access to an in-game automatic shotgun, along with four cards by Russian painter Anton Grechko, who created artwork for the game.
Both editions are available now for pre-order, with certain selected retailers offering Metro 2033 Xbox Live Avatars for anyone who does so.
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nice, not as cool as my prize sniper rifle but still pretty cool :)
That picture shows it's actual size :P
Metro 2033 Achievements (http://www.cheathappens.com/show_cheat.asp?id=27223)
Xbox 360 wold has given it 9.0 / 10
Here their review:
You're crouched in a corner clutching your AK-47 with both hands. You're down to your last magazine. Five monsters are trying to get a lock on your scent in the next room and just beyond them a group of Nazis are sitting at their sentry post waiting for movement. You should have saved some ammunition but you blew it all to buy a sniper rifle at the last outpost. Nietzschean law doesn't apply: what doesn't kill you here just makes you weaker. You want to go back but you can't: the shelter doors are locked and won't be opening again any time soon. Life in the Metro is tough - but above ground the situation's even worse.
Your mother would have told you this but she died when you were young. Life in a cramped station was all you knew, so who can blame you for wanting to venture outside? But the sky doesn't look like you'd imagined. The postcards pinned to your wall depict clear blue heavens. Here, though, rolling storm clouds and dust blot out the sun.
You count yourself lucky given that the hole in the ozone layer makes sunlight deadly but then you remember the tough spot you're in and your grip on the weapon tightens. It's crazy to let your mind wander like this and you blame it on your gas mask's clogged filters. Your visor slowly fills with condensation. Your laboured breathing is now accompanied by pronounced wheezes. Any louder and you'll alert the monsters. What a fine mess you're in - not enough air, not enough bullets and no options but to press on. But you're having the time of your life.
MIDNIGHT TREAT TRAIN
Metro 2033 is going to have its fair share of detractors. We'll lay down the Joker card early: the shooting isn't all that great. As we feared last issue, the guns do feel underpowered and enemies sometimes absorb a bullet or two without even flinching. If you're after a great blaster then Metro 2033 may not be for you. Nor is it designed to be. Bioshock isn't a great blaster either, but that certainly hasn't held it back.
If you play Metro 2033 in the right way - stealthing and planning assaults like John Rambo Version One rather than barging through the front door with double rocket launchers like his carnage-loving later-ego - the shooting issues become non-issues. Decline, and fail to look past the resulting gunplay shortcomings, and you'll officially have a heart colder than the Moscow nuclear winter. Like 2K's watery adventure, Metro thrives on its atmosphere. And it's in this area that 4A Games delivers in way perhaps nobody expected.
For starters, the dank tunnels of Russia's Metro system are more evocative and more powerful than anything explored in the return visit to Rapture. Metro 2033 opens a window into a world totally unexplored on Xbox 360. Step through it and there's an unshakable feeling you're trespassing into a PC game. Yes, there are a few moments where the edges are so rough you wonder why Black & Decker didn't pick up the publishing rights and stock Metro as part of their hacksaw range, but the unique look and feel is fascinating to behold. The world is utterly captivating: if the theme is strictly Fallout and the concept is Bioshock, Metro's closest cousin in terms of game mechanics is undoubtedly Half-Life 2.
FREEMAN FIGHTERS
There's no blinking arrow in the centre of the screen to guide you forwards and little in the way of hand-holding. Struggling to open a door? The solution might well involve working your way into a neighbouring room to blast away the plank of wood wedging the handle, or to blast the anchors of a chandelier's cabling and swing the broken light into the entrance. Very PC, very Half-Life, and we're sure you'll agree that any game taking its cues from Valve's masterpiece (at 97%, the second-highest scoring title in Xbox World's history, don't forget) is going to be worth a look.
4A Games have approached Metro 2033 with all the confidence of a Valve, and a healthy portion of the talent too. The game boldly flits between solo and cooperative missions with just the right balance, and occasionally spices up the mixture by throwing you into a few (actually, genuinely superb) on-rails section when you least expect it.
What really resonates, though, is how the game hasn't been dumbed down for consoles. Fail to keep your torch topped up* and you might just miss a hidden tripwire which hurls a spiked pendulum into your noggin. Ignore the audio cues that indicate a crumbling ledge and you'll be dunked into toxic soup before you know what's happened. Metro 2033 is never unfair - 4A mercifully fixed the ammo and difficulty spikes present in last month's preview code - but, simultaneously, it's far from forgiving.
Fortunately, some truly inspired level design has an uncanny ability to make you feel clever. One set of tunnels plays home to a war between the Reds and the Nazis. (Yes, future Nazis.) Holster your weapon and it's possible to remain undetected for the entire chapter. Careful sneaking will lead you to the scene of an execution; a soldier is on trial for desertion of his post and, as he pleads to his captors, he reveals that he was trying to flank the enemy forces by using a secret passage. Follow his instructions and you too can use the spaghetti-like collection of pipes to crawl beneath the battles above, completely subverting your involvement in the tussles between the factions. And, as you sneak under the walkways, you'll feel like you've genuinely outfoxed everybody else.
CHOO CHOO ROCKET
To ensure you never find a comfort zone there's an arresting paranormal edge to the post-apocalyptic pilgrimage across the devastated Moscow Metro. When the lights are off and the surround sound is cranked up you're subjected to as immersive an environment as anything currently on the console. The only way Metro 2033 could be more atmospheric is if each box contained a plane ticket to Russia for a guided tour of the city's abandoned subway tunnels.
We're not just talking about the obvious pointers either. The stunning visuals, creepy enemy design and sound effects all play their parts as you'd expect. But it's the little details which really grip you. It's the people who proudly belt out Russian songs with voices ravaged by twenty years of impure air and vodka diets, or the moment you overhear a young boy telling his friend how the nosalis monsters steal away children and scoop out their brains for food. It's the time you carry somebody to safety and feel the controls turn sluggish because of the added weight. The way your lighter's flame will react with acute precision to wind or movement. Everywhere you turn there's something of note. Stories about the last stand of desperate survivors are told through a series of visual clues: spent casings and blood trails paint a picture so vivid you didn't need to watch the events to understand what passed.
TUBE WAILS
We probably missed plenty of goodies too, though not for want of searching. Metro 2033 sometimes fails to lead your eye to sequenced events (the first time we found a 'ghost' we couldn't see it because our flashlight was off) due to a little design naivety. An especially sloppy decision proclaims one on-rails level is named 'Chase' - well before the surprise attack and pursuit in question actually gets underway.
The chief issue, though, is one we've already mentioned: the shooting - and it's this black mark which stops Metro 2033 from challenging the absolute best FPS titles on the 360. But it's a problem you soon learn to forgive, and by the time you're a few levels in, the iffy fighting hardly harms the other features at all. Besides, it's something 4A Games can work on during the sequel's development. The Metro 2034 book is already out, and THQ simply have to order another game as soon as they possibly can. Because while the wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Half-Life 3 on 360 continues, Metro 2033 is the only real alternative. And, if PC shooters are your thing, what an alternative it will turn out to be.
It does look like a cool game, but Xbox 360 World suck so I don't take on anything they say, they do belong to CVG afterall.
anyone getting this game?
nope, i might rent it if i have nothing else to play though or if it turns out to be amazing.
oh, it'll be amazing alright. ;)
Metro 2033 patched for DLC support
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We know you probably flew into a rage when a recent Title Update denied you a few precious seconds of Metro 2033 play time, but we've been assured by developer 4A Games that it's all for a good cause: To prepare for upcoming DLC. On the game's official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/notes/metro-2033/metro-2033-360-title-update-prepares-game-for-dlc-and-adds-a-new-control-scheme/370181813821), a spokesperson confirmed that additional content was in the works, but didn't provide much detail, saying only that multiplayer would be impossible and that "it won't be new SP narrative content, 'missing levels' or anything like that - it's something we're only just starting production on."
Wait, it won't be new single-player story bits or multiplayer, so what does that leave? While novel, we're not sure "Flashlight Hand-Cranking Time Attack" would be a huge step forward.
My rental is coming today.... I just hope this is an easy game to whore cheevos off
Quote from: Astrex on March 19, 2010, 09:53:34 AM
My rental is coming today.... I just hope this is an easy game to whore cheevos off
I've got it on my rental list but i've got Rock Band Beatles coming today!
I'll let you know a little bit later once I have played a couple of levels how the game plays, but from everything I have seen so far the game looks L33t :P
METRO 2034 ...... in 3D >_<
We're showing Metro 2033 in 3D right now, which Nvidia is showing as one of their key demo products. We're going to be doing a 3D version of that on Metro 2034 - the sequel. And there will be some engineering costs there, but that's in our lowest cost centre in the world. Those games are unbelievably reasonable, they're built in Kiev.
It was nice to see a successful Russian game, other than Tetris
I will rent the one, and I hope you can turn off that 3d rubbish just gives me a headach
Still need to pick 2033 up. Tescoe have it at £24.99 but i'll more than likely rent it. Need to finished Dead Space off first though.
I wouldn't buy it, it's only worth a rental and only one playthrough really, there are 3 endings and you would need to play the game a couple of times but once you done it once your done.
Great game though ;D
Yes i have it on my rental list too, Miserable cooley who some of you know rented it and he raved about how good it was.
I picked this up the other day.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
Such an awesome game. So atmospheric. Everyone should play it. If you see it pick it UP!
It make me very happy Mable and that is good thing.
and and and and and and and and
It's kinda scary at times.
It's pretty good, some dodgy collision detection and AI but still a good game, sequel coming soon too apparently!
Quote from: MacheteMable on June 22, 2011, 05:19:36 AM
I picked this up the other day.
Ditto. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
Been meaning to get this for awhile.
Quote from: sambo on June 22, 2011, 05:04:05 PM
Been meaning to get this for awhile.
Do it!
Mine was only $25 at Gamestop.
Only problem is it seems to be hard to find.