Metro 2033 2010

Is it still worth playing?

4A Games' 2010 single player first person shooter with survival horror elements for Windows and Xbox 360. In this adaptation of Dmitry Glukhovsky's novel, survivors of a nuclear war live in the Moscow Metro, and the silent Artyom has to save his home station from the Dark Ones. The campaign is linear, ammo is scarce and military grade ammunition is the currency. A flashlight needs charging, a gas mask has a filter to monitor, the HUD is minimal, and you have a pneumatic crossbow, with stealth by throwing knife or suppressed weapons. Optional moral choices decide between two endings, and it runs roughly eight to ten hours. Set pieces such as turret defense, sneaking onto a tram and hallucination sequences keep a linear structure from feeling monotonous today.