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A short comparison in post-apocalyptic gaming

by I Commentator I

© 2010 Declan S

A society being rebuilt after the fallout of a nuclear war? Sounds familiar…

Metro 2033, developed by 4A Games and published by THQ is the newest first person shooter on the Xbox 360.

Adapted from a novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 throws you in to a world where a nuclear fallout has left Russia contaminated, and the survivors have been pushed underground into the Moscow subway.

Now they are in a desperate struggle to rebuild society fighting against 3 other rebelious groups, and to fight off not only mutants but also Paranormal forces known as Dark ones.

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To throw a spanner in the works, the people are not unified either, and factions of communist reds and fascists are locked in an epic struggle for control of the metro system. Meanwhile, raiders sporting gas masks roam the abandoned city of Moscow in search of loot.

So can it be compared to Fallout 3?

Whilst both games share obvious similarities, being first person post-apocalyptic shooters, they are strikingly different in many ways.

Fallout 3 falls more into the Roll Playing Game genre for one.

Metro draws on Roll Playing Game elements, such as looking around for loot and the ability to trade – yet at the same time does not include such things as leveling up, and is more comparable to a game such as Bioshock or Half Life.

Metro 2033 is highly story driven, and is for the main part linear in storyline. This contrasts with Fallout 3′s post-nuclear damaged world where there is more choices in what you do.

Metro 2033 has a much darker storyline than Fallout 3, and is definitely in some part a survival horror game.

This is especially apparent during the “Old Moscow” episodes, when you are repeatedly ambushed by mutants whilst making your way through the abandoned buildings of Moscow’s past.

Overall Metro 2033 is one of the most interesting games to be released on the Xbox 360 in 2010 – and gives an experience that cannot really be directly compared to another game.

It provides a strong single player experience taking elements of Bioshock, Fallout 3 and Half Life 2 alike in order to create a compelling single player experience.

Full review up on OXCGN soon.

© 2010 Declan S

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