Tag: Metro 2033
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Games of the Generation – Part 4: The Sublime
In the age of the Romantic poets the idea of the sublime came to mean an overwhelming, almost religious feeling of awe in the face of nature; an intoxicating mixture of pleasure and fear. The Romantic poets and wealthy patrons flocked to the Alps in droves, and those snow capped wonders to them couldn’t have…
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Metro: Last Light
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. The silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token, and the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Metro”. Metro: Last Light may be the most beautifully grim game I’ve experienced in…
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Metro: Last Light release date confirmed for May
Metro: Last Light was originally scheduled for release in March, but following THQ’s recent bankruptcy and sale of the franchise the game’s release remained uncertain. Now Koch Media, parent company to Deep Silver, has announced the release will happen on May 17th in the UK, and May 14th for North America. The sequel to 2010’s…
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A Postcard from Moscow
I recently built myself a new PC, which always warrants the immediate application of a snarling, resource-hungry beast of a game that I never dared to run on my old PC. One of the games I’d been saving to place inside the new wizard box is Metro 2033. Metro 2033 is a game delivered from…