Originally Posted by grindy

Just don't piss in his mouth or shove stuff in his dick. He tends to frown upon that.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Started playing Metro 2033: Redux, the remastered version of the original Metro 2033. Aside from some framerate issues it's pretty ****ing sick so far. Think Doom by way of Fallout. ****ed up mutant monster things show up out of nowhere as you make your way through dank, shadowy, Russian subway tunnels (the surface being an irradiated wasteland). It's a full FPS, but with upgradeable weapons and metro stations that are populated by Russian survivors that function as cities and markets, so it's got RPG elements, even if they don't creep into the run-and-gun gameplay.

It's all mission-based, so you're not exploring an open world, but the environments are gnarly and creepy as ****, with the constant threat of half-seen, demon-looking monsters bum rushing you and taking way too many bullets to ****ing die. The combat is therefore intense and chaotic and you will probably die quite often. I'm only a couple hours into the game and it's already somewhat challenging.

It's also got survival horror elements and aesthetics, with weapons that aren't entirely effective against anything but humans, and limited ammunition (though not prohibitively limited) that makes every encounter into a moderately nerve-racking event often preceded by howling freaks that you can't see and therefore spend a good twenty seconds frantically searching for, lest they eviscerate you from behind. It doesn't help that the enemies are faster than you. I wouldn't call it scary, at least not yet, but it's still an unnerving experience.

ATM I highly recommend it to fans of post-apocalyptic games, unique first-person shooters, and horror games.

*patiently awaits a response from Yac*

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

If you want the open-world experience you gotta play the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by bulbasaur

i'll probably end up buying shaq-fu: the legend reborn for some reason

Originally Posted by RoxyRollah

IMO I don't know jack-**** though so don't listen to me.

Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle

The problem is that most police officers in America are psychopaths.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

You're a terrible dictionary.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I've already played the first game a bit, and that **** is surprisingly hard. Also satisfying when you figure out some 1337 way to deal with a situation other than just a gun fight. My favorite was when I spooked a pack of dogs, which caught the attention of the guys I was trying to sneak around, leading to a pretty awesome melee between the two groups that I roundly ignored as I breezed past them. I really need to play that again.

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

That was always the charm about that series, all those emergent gameplay instances.

When you're finished with Metro 2033 I'd highly recommend playing the sequel, Metro: Last Light. It's largely the same but a bit tighter in the gameplay front and less buggy.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.