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Metro 2033

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First release
Mar 16, 2010
Developer
4A Games
Publisher
THQ
Engine
4A Engine
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Shooter · Warfare, Action, Science fiction, Horror, Thriller, Survival, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements, based on the Russian book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Most of the game takes place underground, but several times Artyom will have to venture outside, into the perpetual nuclear winter. Game progression is fairly linear, though areas may be explored more thoroughly for items and ammunition. Setpieces include a few on-rails sequences, missions that involve defending a location from an onslaught of monsters, and others. A few stages can be completed in a stealthy fashion.

Also known as Метро 2033, Metro 2033: The Last Refuge

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Storyline
Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside. You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.Read more

Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside. You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 16, 2010
Xbox 360
Mar 16, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 18, 2010
All 8 release dates
Xbox 360
Mar 18, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 19, 2010
Xbox 360
Mar 19, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 25, 2010
Xbox 360
Jun 25, 2010
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
11h
Main + Extras
10h
Completionist
27h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
ghosts, assassin, post-apocalyptic, bloody, paranormal
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At a Glance

Critic Score
87
Main Story (IGDB)
11h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
10h
Completionist (IGDB)
27h
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