#metro last light
Background used on the original Last Light english website “Choose your region” opening page.
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Continuation of the official Last Light screenshots from the last post, all extracted from the archived Russian Last Light website.
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Media archival is a passion of mine whether you knew it before or not, and so in that interest I’ve started going through old Metro assets on now-defunct official websites, especially Russian ones. My personal focus is really the original game, and a strange interest in Metro 2033:Wars, but some Last Light stuff is here too, for example these official screenshots from the old Russian LL website. These are 10 of them, the remaining 6 will be in the next post bc tumblr only allows 10 at a time.
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I’ve been messing around this morning with the VQGAN+CLIP AI image splicer this morning, it has some super cool capabilities and listens to really specific prompts! this was for “metro 2033 in the style of disney | unreal engine” after 50 runs, 100 runs, and then after i lost count and the images stopped being noticeably different lol
some funny things to note abt the final image:
- what im pretty sure is trying to be the METRO 2033 logo in the top left corner
- the terrifying monkey tentacle thing in the middle??
- what im also pretty sure is trying to be the THQ logo in the bottom right lmao
- not funny but cool: the rly artsy looking shots of the outdoor train tracks– in fact i recognize the assets and location sourced in the one on the far left
- the red emergency lights merging with the red Metro 2033 logo bc the ai can’t really tell the difference
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sorry I was literally going to die if I didn’t draw this meme. you understand
Sure, it’s been out for quite a while, but it’s getting a PS4/Xbox One overhaul, so it’s timely that I review it now (also I just played it, so it just makes sense!).
Metro Last Light is the sequel to the under performing but popular Metro 2033, based on the book series by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Unfortunately I’ve not played the first game, and that may have hampered my experience a little.
Last Light follows the character Artyom, played by you, as he attempts to traverse the post apocalyptic underground world of Moscow to find the last Dark One alive, an alien breed all but wiped out at the end of the first game. Some want to make peace with the creature, but many more want it dead, and it’s this hunt that drives the plot. Unfortunately, I personally found the story rather hard to follow. This could have been as much as result of me missing the first game as the story here, but I found it complicated and not that engaging. What drove me was how great the game looks and plays.
Graphically,Last Light is beautiful for most of the time, particularly the environments, and I was struck by just how much variety there was considering the game takes place mostly in dark underground tunnels. There’s a huge amount of detail on show, the lighting is brilliant and it makes it a (scary, creepy) joy to explore. This is also helped by very strong sound design. The heavy breathing of Artyom when he changes gas masks never stops being unnerving, with the sound of adding a fresh filter never ceasing to be a huge relief.
Gameplay wise, it is a standard FPS frame bolstered by some effective sneaking, allowing you to tamper with lighting to hide and cause multiple death. There are also some on rails shooting sections and a few ‘boss’ creatures to keep things varied. It’s fun, often tense, and sometimes quite scary, and the locales and gameplay will drive you through to the (quite abrupt) end.
So where does that leave Last Light? In my opinion, it’s definitely worth a play. If you like horror, action, sneaking and great environments to stalk through, all in the FPS viewpoint, you’ll like it. If you can follow the story, you’ll probably love it.
Overall Rating:7/10
These are all based around the Metro series of games and books. I generally used a mixture of the characters from both types of media.
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Artyom - Do you try to do what is right, or what will make others happy?
Melnik - Once you start a task do you always fight to finish it, or are you easily put off?
Khan - Do you hold any beliefs others find strange?
Bourbon - What is your favourite alcoholic drink? If you don’t drink, has anybody described you as scary before?
Ulman - What is something which never fails to make you laugh?
Pavel - Do you love to talk? Do you give nicknames to other people?
Hunter - When you’re angry, do you stay cool or do you lose it?
Sasha - Have you ever fallen so desperately in love with someone that it has left you confused and upset?
Homer - When you’re frightened, do you persevere or back away?
Leonid - Do you disagree with what your parents think politically?
Vladimir - Are you any good at fixing things?
Anna - Were you ever wrong about someone? Did you apologise for it? Why, or why not?
Korbut - Have you ever manipulated or tricked someone?
Lesnitsky - If the opportunity came up for you to spy on your home country in exchange for rank or money, would you take it?
The Little Dark One - Are you forgiving?
Sukhoi - Would you ever adopt?
Ace - Are you a leader or a follower?
Oleg - Were you a pest as a child?
Anton - Have you ever done something great but did the victory feel hollow?
Ten - Have you ever broken a bone?
Daniel - What books do you like?
Andrew the Blacksmith - Would you risk your life to help someone who was being persecuted?
Comrade Commissar Rusakov - Can you be condescending towards others when they don’t understand your belief system?
