Dmitry Glukhovsky: This time, the protagonist of the Metro gets his voice. And he’s got things to say.
u/Turbostrider27 — 5 hours ago
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"Video games shouldn't be political."
With the latest trailer for the brand-new Metro 2039, the argument has surfaced again: "video games shouldn't be political."
I'll be rather blunt, leaving aside the fact that if someone has played the Metro saga, it means they truly don't understand the messages books and video games are trying to send us consumers.
Secondly, since video games are art, they can (and should) send rather important social messages. Just look back, with titles like Metal Gear for example, where we can't say, "Oh, okay, the game is trying to tell me that people can hide under cardboard."
It's banal how we have to address the same argument over and over again for years, repeating the same concepts just because the authors said the war in Ukraine influenced them.
u/KarmaEWE — 10 hours ago
FYI: STALKER and Metro series with big discounts on Humble Store right now
gamewatcher.comu/FFJimbob — 8 hours ago
Set the FOV to 70 lmao
99% of time it's just fine, but there are certain unique scenes with model animations that are... interesting lol
u/Morf12369 — 9 hours ago
Do you think you would blow (NO, NOT LIKE THAT) up the Dark Ones?
Realistically speaking, do you think you would see them as a genuine threat to the Humanity's survival or/and as generally dangerous monsters that need to be addressed, when you would be in the place of regular people living in the metro and perhaps even in the boots of Artyom?
I mean Artyom did blow them up, its the canon ending, so even when he got certain vague hints, he initially probably thought they are just trying to manipulate him or something, and understandably so:
Dark Ones tried to talk to Humans, tens to hundereds of times in waves, when but not only when searching for Artyom (surely there were other opportunities they could go for to find him, if they would knew), watching Humans going crazy, screaming from agonizing mental breakdowns, commiting involuntary suicides (imagine something like the psykic mutants from Stalker), and also them pushing feral monsters into Human settlements out of fear from the Dark Ones. This way Dark Ones unknowingly wiped out entire stations, including Artyom's home station. They simply didnt understand us and we didnt understand them, it was fundamentally different biological cultures meeting eachother.
Which this almost all Humans to the best of their knowledge saw as a threat, so they wiped their home hive to deal with the problem at its roots, because apparently fighting them directly was a suicide. Until both sides realized through Artyom what they actually did and for what.
Btw now when I think about it, did Dark Ones actually ever said sorry on their side of this mistake or atleast addressed this aspect some other way?
With all selfawareness and selfreflection I think I almost certainly would want to nuke them aswell.
Meme stolen from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/metro/comments/1spvfru/comment/ohfozq1/
u/Morf12369 — 7 hours ago
More theories about the new dark ones: the new design is the actual look of the dark ones, the design we knew is how Artjom sees them.
I want to think that the dark ones when they made Artyom resistant to the mental influence, they also altered how he sees the dark ones (they are already in their "old look" in the flashback bcs that's the only way Artyom remembers them).
Thoughts?
u/Similar-Language-180 — 7 hours ago
Is it possible that in 2039 we will finally have Rat Racing Betting mini game?
If My Memory doesn't fails me: In 2033's novel Artyom ends needing to bet all his money in Rat Racing in order to get a pass to keep moving towards Polis.
At least as an optional mini game i think it could work.
I don't know we could Even get the chance to control the rat during the Race, becoming then the Metro Kart Game but with Rats.
u/Themuzucujata1432 — 7 hours ago
The Metro’s series’ stealth elements is imo one of the GOATs despite not being anything special mechanically.
I say this because of how natural the enemies behave and what actions they are taking up. If you are careful and don’t cause any alerts to go up then you find that most NPCs are basically chilling out, they’re sat around drinking, gossiping, getting on with odd jobs or hiding away in some corner skiving off. Even patrolling guards will actually stop off at points to talk with others stuck on guard duty or get distracted. You can also create distractions without immediately convincing them it’s an intruder in the base.
If you do wind up causing them to raise the alarm without being spotted then everyone freaks out but it still feels natural, they act spooked and worried, moving frantically or hiding if they aren’t a combatant.
It’s such a big gripe since playing the series that I have with other games that pride themselves on being stealth games, like Ghost Recon, Far Cry, TLOU 1 and 2 etc theres no way even professional soldiers can be at constant back and forth readiness 24/7 they never tire or get distracted or complacent and it’s such a shame only a few other games like Hitman or MGS don’t factor in this natural and immersive element to their stealth segments/gameplay.
u/CatBoiGrimBoi — 8 hours ago
dont make the mistake i made and please play metro with low gamma
i was replaying the series since they announced the new game and decided to try it with low brightness since i always played it on normal brightness.
it makes a huge difference and you can kinda understand why the stealth system is so broken. its genuinely SO dark and mirrors how the metro is described in the books.
put on about 25% and you will enjoy it more than ever. im on last light now and im having so much more fun
u/mhmd2-2 — 11 hours ago
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I'm making a fan made Metro TTRPG
I would gladly hear your opinions and requests!
The system is based on Cyberpunk RED and Lancer, with a lot of inspiration taken from other systems as well. I'm an experienced gamemaster myself, and making something of my own has been a dream of mine for a long time.
u/bldngtrpdr — 2 hours ago
I never get the moral point from killing no one in black station to be honest, feels like I should get a point for wiping them out instead.
u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES — 24 hours ago
god sends his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers
u/ashimasi — 1 day ago
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Playing 2033 again, discovered the hellbreath, my beloved, for the first time
Yes I know the meme’s cringy, I DON’T CARE I LOVE THE HELLBREATH
u/shining_monkey_69 — 6 hours ago
Whether true or false, seen or unseen, scary or not, creature or object, what is your favorite supernatural thing in the metro series?
Mine is the Nagornaya phantom, creatures that supposedly emit a confusing fog to disorient their prey before snatching them up, they supposedly prefer the youngest in a group
u/EAT_UR_VEGGIES — 1 day ago