Recent reviews by wray

Simple and effective gameplay loop. Will pull you into the zone in no time flat.

Short and effective. Powerful and noisy.

It's like pikmin.

Metro: Last Light is an improvement on its prequel game in practically all respects. The game is beautiful, and not just graphically, as there is very obviously a lot of effort into the stage design, the action oriented stealth and gun segments as well as the lulls in which you walk about the various stations to get a look into the setting, where you are shown the livelyhoods of the metro dwellers attempting to live lives as best they can in the aftermath of the world being gutted of its color by nuclear holocaust.

The stealth mechanics are much more forgiving than 2033's were, to the point some would argue is excessive since the people you're sneaking up on are basically rendered incapable of seeing more than a foot in front of them (four if they're standing next to a lamp). But compared to the last game, where stealth was more or less impossible without repeated attempts and memorization, I found it much more fun to play through.

With that said, why the thumbs down? Basically, despite it being a fun, well made game, I'm not comfortable recommending it. The eyeroll worthy treatment of women in the game, culminating in the (mercifully short, at least) forced first person perspective sex scene where Anna waxes philosophic about humanity's future, and then pulls her tity out, made me roll my eyes out of my head and squirm in my seat with embarrassment.

It's not like these moments (there are a few, by the way, the moment in the brothel, the bandits sexually menacing a woman they had captured, etc) took away the fun I had playing up to that point, but it certainly marred what I was fully prepared to call a top notch gaming experience.

So in short, Metro: Last Light is a good game, just one I'm not enthusiastic about getting others to play. I hope any further entries in the series forgo these offputting elements, as without them, the game is very enjoyable.

SHUNT THE UNRULY CUBES AND BRING ORDER TO THE VOID

The puzzle mechanic is fun and the sound direction is amazing, but there's only six boards each with a single song. Sad because it showed a lot of potential, but there's just not enough content here to justify a purchase, even at five dollars. You'll extract all there is to get from this game in two hours.