Original had a very stark, very Doom 3 look to its lighting. And sometimes in screenshots they might look worse, but believe me – in action the game looks absolutely stunning. however, looks at times completely differently. Last Light had some light tweaks with lighting and contrast in Redux, 2033. Let’s start with the GRAPHIX, since even Metro series always looked great.
And the metro itself felt alive a character of its own. It was a journey and an adventure across different underground stations that felt different, had people who felt real, who felt alive. It was a varied experience with many different sections of the game going for different mechanics and atmosphere. It was the second best game by a Ukrainian developer after Cryostasis. Yet, there are a couple of changes that are questionable at best and outright dumb at worst.
Most of these changes were welcome and make the game far more fun to play. Metro 2033, on the other hand, looks very different now, several levels were combined, some scenes and sections were redone, at times completely, the weapons were redesigned to be closer to how they work in the second game (so you modify weapons now instead of exchanging different weapons with different modifications), controls were updated as well. I’ve already told what I think of the Metro: Last Light Redux, which was less affected by this remaster. Both games got updated voice acting, with the same voice actor for Artyom in all main languages and new localisations including the Ukrainian. Both games were moved to an updated engine with updated lighting, both games have new distinct modes of playing them – Survival (closer to 2033) or Spartan (closer to Last Light). 4A has recently released Metro Redux – a pack of two remastered games, Metro 2033 from 2010 and Metro: Last Light from last year.