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Based on the Russian novel Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro: Last Light is a post-apocalyptic horror first-person shooter that serves as a new chapter in the Metro saga and is the sequel to Metro 2033. Like its predecessor, the game is a primarily story-driven shooter with heavy stealth elements. Artyom may carry up to three weapons at a time, however bullets are scarce and valuable to the point that higher grade bullets are, in fact, the Metro's currency. When dealing with armed opponents, stealth is encouraged and it is wise to save ammunition for the many mutant creatures encounter…
- Released
- 2013
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- 4A Engine
- Franchise
- Metro
- Developer
- 4A Games
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
Key facts
- Developer
- 4A Games
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Director
- Andrew Prokhorov
- Designer
- Viacheslav Aristov
- Programmers
- Oles Shyshkovtsov Alexander Maximchuk
- Artist
- Andrey Tkachenko
- Writers
- Dmitry Glukhovsky Andrew Prokhorov Paul De Meo
- Composer
- Alexei Omelchuk
- Series
- Metro
- Engine
- 4A Engine
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 OS X Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Stadia
- Release
- May 14, 2013 Windows , PS3 , X360 NA : 14 May 2013 AU : 16 May 2013 EU : 17 May 2013 OS X WW : 10 September 2013 Linux WW : 5 November 2013 PlayStation 4 , Xbox One NA : 26 August 2014 EU : 29 August 2014 AU : 4 September 2014 Nintendo Switch WW : 28 February 2020 Stadia WW : 23 June 2020
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Mode
- Single-player
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.4a-games.com/metro-last-light
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- publication date
- 2013-05-16
- announcement date
- 2011-00-00
- review score
- 83/100
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Metro: Last Light is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. A sequel to the video game Metro 2033 and the second installment in the Metro series, its story follows Artyom, a young soldier living in the Moscow Metro after a devastating nuclear war. Tasked with finding the mysterious Dark Ones, Artyom must venture to different parts of the metro system, and the surface filled with radiated gases, and fight against different factions and mutated monsters. The game improves on various gameplay mechanics of 2033, and introduces elements such as weapon customization.
Developed by a team of about 80 people, Last Light is a direct sequel to 2033, with franchise creator Dmitry Glukhovsky writing the game's dialogue and main story outline. Multiplayer modes were planned but were eventually scrapped in order to focus on single-player, which the developers hoped would "rekindle memories of Half-Life 2". The game was originally set to be published by THQ, which provided a very limited budget for the game's development, causing the team to work under extremely difficult conditions. Koch Media acquired the rights to the franchise following THQ's bankruptcy. A planned Wii U version was ultimately canceled. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2013.