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I'm alone, sitting with my broken glass
My four walls follow me through my past
I was on a paris train
I emerged in london rain
And you were waiting there
Swimming through apologies
I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind

I remember a soldier standing next to me
Riding on the metro
I was smiling as you took my hand
Saw the moon, we spoke in france
You were passed the shallow words
Years have passed and still the hurt
You were passed with shallow words
Years have passed and still the hurt
I can see you now
Smiling as you pulled away
Sorry
I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember the night we walked along the Seine
Riding on the metro
I remember a feeling coming over me
The soldier turned and walked away

Fuck you for loving me
Riding on the metro

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Metro" by System of a Down take the listeners on a journey through memories and emotions. The song is about a person who is alone, sitting with a broken glass, and the four walls around him/her remind him/her of the past. The singer then reminisces about a trip from Paris to London, where he/she met someone who he/she was searching for the perfect words to impress. However, he/she couldn't convince that person to change their mind. Amidst all this, the singer remembers a soldier standing next to him/her on the metro. As the singer is still stuck in the hurt, he/she also remembers the night they walked along the Seine and how the soldier turned and walked away. In the end, the singer says, "Fuck you for loving me" while riding on the metro.

It seems the song is about unrequited love or failed attempts at fixing a broken relationship. The singer is stuck in the past, surrounded by the memories, and trying to move on. The juxtaposition of the Soldier and the love interest highlights the personal turmoil between memories of love and war. The haunting musicality of the song adds to the sense of melancholy the lyrics convey, emphasizing the singer's sense of isolation.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm alone, sitting with my broken glass
The singer is alone and feeling emotional, represented by their broken glass.

My four walls follow me through my past
The singer feels trapped in their past and their memories haunt them everywhere, even in their own space.

I was on a Paris train, I emerged in London rain
The singer was on a train from Paris to London, symbolizing the transition from one chapter of their life to another, but the rain represents sadness or difficulties in the new chapter.

And you were waiting there, swimming through apologies
The artist's partner was waiting for them in London, trying to make amends for past mistakes.

I remember searching for the perfect words, I was hoping you might change your mind
The artist was trying to find the right words to express how they feel and convince their partner to reconsider their relationship.

I remember a soldier standing next to me, riding on the metro
The singer remembers being on the metro with a soldier, perhaps symbolizing the harsh reality of the world around them even in a moment of personal struggle.

I was smiling as you took my hand, saw the moon, we spoke in France
The singer and their partner shared a beautiful moment together, appreciating the simple things in life like the moon and having a conversation in another language.

You were passed the shallow words, years have passed and still the hurt
The artist's partner has moved on from their petty arguments, but the hurt from past traumas still remain.

You were passed with shallow words, years have passed and still the hurt
Repetition of the previous line, emphasizing how deeply the hurt still lingers for the artist.

I can see you now, smiling as you pulled away, sorry
The artist can't help but remember their partner leaving with a smile, but also with a hint of remorse.

I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand, 'I'll love you always' filled my eyes
The singer recalls holding a letter from their partner with the sweet sentiment of everlasting love filling their thoughts.

I remember the night we walked along the Seine, riding on the metro
Another memory of a moment shared with their partner, this time walking along the Seine in Paris and riding the metro together.

I remember a feeling coming over me, the soldier turned and walked away
The singer had a sudden feeling during their ride on the metro with the soldier, perhaps symbolizing the realization that they are truly alone in their struggles.

Fuck you for loving me, riding on the metro
A line expressing the pain and anger that the singer feels towards their partner for loving them despite all of the hurt they've caused. The repetition of 'riding on the metro' emphasizes the ongoing cycle of their emotions and memories.

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Comments from YouTube:

3Swords

I still recommend to read the books. The first game is shockingly accurate to the book, but it's a ton of fun to re experience those events through the original words because the author really did an incredible job. The Library had me just as on edge in the book as it did in the game.

Michael Mcdowell

I feel like during a nuclear winter launching more nukes wouldn't sound as bad as now, I mean how many would think it could get that much worse. I know I don't see a huge downside making radioactive land a bit more radioactive.

Rizz Australian History

I was fortunate to get the original metro 2033 for free then getting the rest of the games at a sale.

The orginal had problems. The way I fix the problem with say screen tearing was going to the nivida control and setting vsyn and triple buffering. Actually this work with the stalker games as well. But I have to say aside a few minor problems the orginals atmosphere and level select is better.

Justin Rake

2y↑993

You know you love a game series when you've played all the games and then watch a 3 hour video retrospective about it

Stooney

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The Cold Russain

2y↑138

I always felt that Last Light’s “Call of Duty” feel was justified with character development for Artyom. Like in the first game we see Artyom transform from frail to powerful, but Last light just felt like a further emphasis on Artyom’s now famous courageous and “movie like” bravery. It all just reinforced Artyom’s character development for me.

Nicholas Cauton

2y↑7

As someone who played all three games and beaten them, I completely agree with you. Some people might not like the Call of Duty sellout feel of Metro 2035/Exodus but I firmly believe that was by narrative design. Because by that time, even though it was only a couple of years, Artyom is so experienced with his status as a Ranger, it only makes sense that he is more than just “competent” by that point.

Ten

2y↑69

Something interesting about the different versions of Metro 2033, is that in the original had Artyom actually equip knives and grenades in his hands, whereas the Redux version was just a toggle of which secondary is equipped, which is then used with a hotkey. Not really a huge deal most of the time, aside from the obvious immersion breaking aspect of using the HUD to display info that was previously diegetically displayed in game, but in the Redux version of the Ranger Hardcore difficulties where the HUD is completely removed, it actually makes selecting a secondary much more difficult than it needs to be, mostly on PC. You have to hold the inventory button to cause the weapon switch screen to appear, but it's visually disabled since it's Ranger Hardcore, and then _move the mouse_ in one of the four cardinal directions, listening for a small sound to play to determine if the correct secondary is selected. It's a shame that they decided to do away with the way 2033 originally handled it, though it likely was a side effect of the Ranger Hardcore difficulty not actually being part of Last Light by default on launch, being relegated to pre-order DLC for those who bought it from Gamestop, so that change eventually affected the Redux version of 2033 since it ran on the newer, Last Light version of the engine.

Also, minor thing with the talk about the 2033 ports, it never released on PS3. It was meant to, but that version of the game was kiboshed before release so the original version of the game only ever came out on 360 and PC; PS3 wouldn't get a Metro game until the Last Light, and PlayStation owners couldn't play 2033 until the Redux collection.

I’m Not Creative

2y↑3

@Avalanche Reviews I weirdly enough played my first playthrough of every metro game on RHC difficulty

Avalanche Reviews

2y↑15

I remember really struggling with that on my first RHC playthrough. Then it got to the point, where I remembered exactly what direction each throwable was in. So I could blind select them with ease. It actually felt even more immersive once I got that down.

Ace Hughj

2y↑76

Nice. Metro's always made me wonder with its helmet and I realize why now. The Spartan helmets from stalker mods are literally Metro's helmets! It's the same helmets worn by nosorog exoskeletons in stalker anomaly, and in 3rd person it's almost right outta metro.

Benito Granado

.l p.

Aweille Kevin

2y↑5

worth mentioning the dev team took unused elements from the stalker games and incorporated them. Thats why lurkers in anomaly are actually pretty ok.

Bob The dope man

2y↑338

Pavels betrayal legit hurt me. That's when you know a game is immersive. When you take an in-game betrayal to heart.

Cephalea Orion

I'm gonna say something that will kill most fallout 4 players

blind betrayal

Wyatt Davis

2y↑1

@Bob The dope man lance caused literal trauma 💀

Bob The dope man

2y↑2

@Wyatt Davis Same with Lance from GTA Vice City lol.

Wyatt Davis

2y↑3

“So I took that personally…” 💀

Expoogaloo

2y↑1

It got to the point where even though I was on route to the good ending in my first play through, sparing everyone, lestinsky, the mama bear, I still left pavel to die. I wanted him gone

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Hugo Stiglitz

2y↑15

Hey man just to let you know, Dmitri Glukhovky wrote Last Light. That's why it seems like it was based on a book like 2033 did. He was the writer of the books and all 3 games including Exodus which is a continuation of the end of Metro 2035

Also, Artyom meeting the dark ones as a child isn't a retcon, it's just something that was left out of metro 2033 the game. The book however did make a big deal out of Artyoms memory of visiting rhe botanical gardens with his mom before the apocalypse, and then going there with his friends, letting rhe dark ones in

Artyom has dealt with immense guilt through the events of each game/book. In 2033 the guilt of letting rhe dark ones in, and in Last Light, and 2035 the guilt of destroying them and dooming humanity in the process (even though the book 2035 does mention the events of last light and the dark ones returning)

2035 is in fact mostly about artyoms guilt driving him to the surface to find signals from other regions of the earth. Metro Exodus does touch on this at rhe start but the 1st hour of Exodus is basically a short cliff notes version of 2035. A ton happens in 2035 and it's actually a fantastic book. Almost as good as 2033 if not better

Stefan Czar

They’re still some of my absolute favorite books/games

Stefan Czar

I liked it but didn’t like how the later books handled the supernatural elements

TurokRevolution

2y↑39

The stretched image in Metro 2033 and Last Light comes from your ultrawide monitor.
A have a monitor with the resolution of 2560x1080 and put the game to 1920x1080, like it was for you, the game was stretched.
Then I launched the game on my second monitor which is 1920x1080, and the game looks like it should.
This is only an issue if you play the game on an ultrawide monitor in 16:9.

Also, Artyom has a different watch debending if you play on Survivor or Spartan mode, that's why they were different in your console comparison

Your video got me in the mood to play all these game all over again.

Justin Ray

Same

Tormented Slayer

2y↑23

Metro was one of the best series I played in a long time! The story had me enveloped in all the mysteries of the Metro.

×êñð_Çhrï§†_ßlå¢kðµ†

2y↑35

You can stop the filter drain by taking your mask on and off and waiting until you almost suffocate and then putting it back on again and repeating. Kinda cheap but I did do that when I played last light on ranger hardcore.

×êñð_Çhrï§†_ßlå¢kðµ†

2y↑5

@jack van horne Yeah it really helps if you want to go digging through all those nooks and crannies. And once you start it just becomes habit. But you do find alot of filters in those corners so realistically you dont really have to do that for more than the first couple levels.

jack van horne

2y↑12

Dude there were parts of that game that FORCED me to do that. I made the mistake of trying to enjoy my environment too much lol

YA BOI Sparkle648

2y↑77

Literally watched them all within like 3 days when the Exodus video came out and now with this you're already making me want to watch it all over again in this combined package!
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GIVE ME MY FREE TIME BACK!!! WHY MUST YOU MAKE VIDEOS THAT ARE SO ENTERTAINING!?😂😂😂
I'm supposed to be studying! Not listening to your buttery smooth voice😂

rabid beaver

2y↑9

This one of of the few series that i can remember almost everything about, some areas are just so memorable and well done that its hard to not feel immersed.

Like you actually visited a unique place and had memorable experiences

WRLD OverHeaven

2y↑44

Hell yeah, another full series compilation from my favourite, underrated, buttery-smooth-voiced content creator!

ActingAnimal 88

Sorry I responded to the wrong comment

ActingAnimal 88

Pavel said he hates them but the reason nobody comments on them is because they don’t spread throughout the metro, they stay in the pitch black portions and literally can’t come out from those places without burning up. If you’re talking about the “regular” spider that you don’t fight and just live in corpses and webs, then yeah they’re weird and creepy as shit but we have spiders that are about that big irl like banana spiders etc.

Henry Owens

2y↑4

Die Hard Metro enthusiast here; read all 3 novels, played all three games several times over, all on the difficulties that minimize your HUD access and generally make the game more intense and demanding, and I’ve got to say, you nailed this. Every selling point and aspect of the games I would’ve pointed out, whether for praise or critique, you raised. I’m glad that this video is out there now, these are absolutely top tier games that deserve recognition for being damn good SINGLE player games in a multiplayer age. Thank you!

Crimsanity

2y↑36

That softlock on volga wasnt really a softlock, I found it was just because at some point, the movement for the boat went from the stick to the triggers

Deus_nsf

2y↑11

I'm watching the video still, I'd just like to say that, despite how brutal the original Metro 2033 PC version can be and how hard it is to get a legal copy of it, I cannot stress enough how I recommend it to fans of Stalker or the Metro Redux, it is 4A's original and unfiltered vision and it's just a blast to play, despite the fact that it's clearly aimed at gaming veterans.
also, dont enable Advanced DOF in the video options, it breaks some lighting shaders :)

Rolling Gamer

same, i got it free when i got the set

history nerd

i got it free on steam not long ago, i think it was part of marketing for exodus

fab

This is so weird, but I got given 2033 by steam like 4 years ago. I don't remember why though.

Ruben Lopez

I agree the atmosphere of the original 2033 is way better

oli smith

I played exodus on my ps4 pro with 4k tv and didn’t have any issues

Hugo Stiglitz

2y↑37

One of the best stories in gaming and an endlessly immersive FPS. I'm always telling people how good this series is because it's absolutely legendary and so underrated only because of people not playing it

Ylijumala

2y↑2

Absolutely top notch review, pinpointing things that average person would skip past. This is how a review is done. I'm subscribing.

Rear

2y↑20

12:30 Hunter was Uncle Sukhoi's friend from his days as a Spartan/soldier. Artyom only got the mission because Hunter was desperate and Artyom wanted to get out of VDNKh.

Jamang

2y↑14

Hell yes a new long video to fall asleep to, and a perfect series to listen to. I picked up metro exodus without playing either of the other games not knowing there was others, I was obsessed with it and loved it. Once I beat it multiple times I learned there was other entries to the title, I then played all the games in order. I have to say my all time favorite was metro last light redux, the overall feel to it with the gritty dark color scheme with the limited amount of ammo really made you feel like you were Artyom. Anyways, I can’t say if this is a great video or not since I haven’t watched it yet but I’m sure it will be great just like the others I have listened to from this channel. Keep up the good work!

eric iwrin

2y↑5

In regards to getting the bad ending in last light over and over... I have to ask if you made sure to save the mother bear... That is the one of the big karma point opportunities in the game like sparing Povile.

Genome Soldat

2y↑51

I hope this dev is allowed to still continue making single player focused FPS games. Tired of most trends in Western AAA FPS games.

Tekisasubakani

2y↑1

@Mehmet Oğuz It's going to be interesting, seeing where they go with a new story line, as Artyom's story has reached a definite conclusion, one way or another.

Mehmet Oğuz

2y↑3

@Jagdflieger yeah I trust too and I wasn't know that multiplayer might be standalone. If it be a plus to singleplayer experience, it is just perfect. My hype is refreshed, thank you.

Jagdflieger

2y↑2

@Mehmet Oğuz they said that the multiplayer might even be a standalone game, and that it will in no way affect the main story. With the amazing work on their previous games I trust the devs

Mehmet Oğuz

2y↑6

@24fretsoffury Metro is my favorite game series, but 4A Games announced Metro 4 will include multiplayer. This makes me worried.

24fretsoffury

As long as the Publisher doesn’t push them to turn it into CoD, Warzone or not. They’ve proven that they have respect and love for the series, and strive to push the series in a good direction.

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GSWoof

2y↑13

To be honest i remember the ending to the Metro 2033 got me confused and at the end i aimed at the dark one for a second before realising it's not trying to hurt me and then it hit me that they were never my enemy and i shot the guiding system like if i was using aimbot. It was so quick that i didn't realise what i did at first.

Justin Ray

2y↑1

I always come back to these games when I can't think of anything to play. The combat is great, the story isn't patronizing or overbearing, and the environments are just fucking awesome.

Rooks Nemesis

2y↑5

I absolutely agree with you when it comes to Exodus, by far my favorite title in the franchise..

At least once a year I sit down and blow through all 3 games back to back (and like you only the hardest of difficulties) with the exception of Exodus, which I play new game+ so I can enjoy the weapons I had previously..

When playing the games back to back..by the end you feel as if you just binged watched an epic saga and your on the edge of your seat frantically looking for the release dates for the next season or release lol..

Edit.. And the DLCs for Exodus are alotta fun! Getting more story with "the yankee" was much appreciated..

DeliveryGodNoah

2y↑564

Though Metro 2033's "karma" system could be seen as rudimentary and often ambiguous, I respected it because by default you're on the "bad" route. So many games make you put effort into being "bad" or "evil". I always loved how 2033 flipped that and made you put effort into being "good", because in reality, we're all pretty shitty people. It's our humanity and our choice to put effort into being better people that's the harder journey.

Micah Foley

what you said really reminds of the best explanation of racism i ever heard. basically, the idea was that we all have that animal instinct towards xenophobia, no matter who we are, but being good people means not only acknowledging it, but seeking it out in ourselves in order to combat it intentionally. and so if we decide to pretend it doesn't exist, or that we're not effected by it, that in essence is what would make us a racist. rather than doing or thinking overtly racist things. and then obviously, people who embrace and empower that xenophobic instinct are what we call bigots. that whole idea that racism (or homophobia or transphobia or whatever) isn't something we do, but rather something we don't do...that totally changed the way i looked at all the -isms and, i think, made me a much better person. it made me wish i could broadcast that idea to the world.

Kakyoin the milf hunter

2y↑1

@Jack The Ripper Being a satanist doesn’t make you a bad person

Slavic_Shinobi76

@Jack The Ripper why would you kill an unarmed man? I'm assuming you mean the civilian that you can find in on of the rooms in the church that asks you to teach him how to worship satan. You do realize he says this because they think that heretics (aka artyom and the gang) worship the devil, and he only asks you to teach him is so that you spare him because, again, they think heretics are evil and kill innocent people.

Aidan Leahy

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BigChonkems

2y↑2

@101IQ Exodus actually rewards (albeit only half a positive karmic point) you for mercy killings, which is better.
Edit: this feature was introduced with the Ranger Update but didn't work until Enhanced Edition came out.

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Harley Owen

2y↑1

This was basically all my thoughts on this series. I picked all 3 up for free on Game Pass and I had always been curious about this series going into it pretty much completely blind only thinking that it was a fps horror game. And I was blown away by the quality of the game and story in all 3 titles. And playing through them all one after another I thought that they were masterpieces in their own rights. And while I can understand why people wouldn't like Exodus but from a story and game play goes I think it was the perfect direction to go and I would say it is my favorite in the series. Not that I don't think the other 2 are bad, but I think Exodus took the same formula from the first 2 and just made it bigger, while I enjoy the styling changing and evolution, I can see why some could be put off by it. I played through all of them twice and I can't recommend them all enough.

krayzieridah

2y↑2

This video might be 3 hours long, but for me it's 3-4 days long. The soothing tone of voice from Avalanche drifts me to sleep at night after approx 20 mins. Thank you! Keep up the good work.

Davis Hickey

2y↑1

Forgot to check in with you when I made my new YouTube account, glad to see your still making awesome content. Your retrospectives are some of the best on this site.

The kind of content I've been praying for ever since G4 went to shit.

Keep it up, man.

TimTamTon

1y↑1

god G4 feels like ancient history

Seratha Evistille

2y↑1

There is one thing I'm surprised you neglected to mention. In Exodus, at least on Ranger Hardcore from my experience, it is seemingly very possible for any gun to one shot kill you. I've been shot by AKs at extreme distance by a single bullet and gone down. I am convinced the enemy are either capable of headshoting Artyom... Or just have ridiculously high damage on the highest difficulty, or Artyom's health is catastrophically low. Whatever the case, I find this to be a flaw, especially in the God awful firefight in the Baron's throne room. Yamantau it's mostly fine as the cannibals can hardly ever hit you, but God is it a frustrating experience. Oh, and a lack of being able to save on Ranger Hardcore I also find frustrating. Yes, it technically makes the game harder but... It really only makes it more frustrating and less fun. And fun is always the goal as far as I'm concerned.

Powah

2y↑59

Nice, a Prince Of Persia Retrospective would be cool in the future!

Just_Daniel

PoP trilogy is great, but after two thrones i have no idea wtf happened to the series

Oh-not-the-bees

2y↑1

@wiwysova oh childe, if you only knew.

Gamezy

2y↑2

@Lance Legstrong I speak for the entire community that your comment is WRONG

Dávid Pintér

2y↑4

@wiwysova i just watched a 3.5hour long retrospective on PoP so you are incorrect

wiwysova

2y↑1

@TheSeductiveGiraffe because there isnt enough substance in PoP for anything in depth.

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James Abernethy

2y↑2

Another amazing retrospective. Solid analysis, injected with personality and so easy to listen to. I only played the first one when it came out, although I like the game and appreciated so much of what it was trying to do... it still never connected with me enough to follow the series. I play FPS as part of a balanced gaming diet rather than it being a religion for me. I love the stalker games and could feel, not just see, the connection. I know people will tell me i'm missing out on so much. Anyway, another great review. I really admire people who can do lengthy videos that flow so well.

Bret McGonigle

2y↑1

Great video, I really loved these games at release and have not yet played the redux versions but for the price I'd consider them well worthwhile based on what I'm seeing - I may pick them up soon next sale I see and play them again.

As for scaling, it's definitely something to do with your monitor, it must be doing something to your game causing it to look like that. I actually was thinking about it the entire time you were talking haha until I got to that section, I've never had my game look skewed like that playing on a 16:9 or 16:10 monitor. However if I hook an ultrawide up, it gets very strange looking and I can't seem to fix it. If you have a standard monitor to record on, try disconnecting your UW and start up the game with only your regular monitor connected and see if it is still distorted like that. Well, too late now but if you ever get the itch to play these again :)

Edit: most likely the secret is that as long as the monitor is connected, it's going to cause Windows and/or your Gfx card to behave differently

Lulaire Noroub

2y↑2

I bought 2033 as a part of the thq bundle when they folded. It was not the redux version. It took me until a few weeks ago to play it. Somehow, I think that was the right move. Waiting that long lead me to appreciate the design a lot more than I think I would have at the time. I loved how desperate and sloppy it felt. I started playing last light immediately after, and it kind of just felt like another clean modern stealth game, which is fine, but there's just other games I would play first of that's what I'm after

Black Mamba

2y↑11

This is one franchise that I feel like it deserves even more recognition than call of duty, exodus was such a joyful experience, if you take the time to sit down and listen to all dialogue and interact with the NPC's you'll experience rdr2 levels of story telling, you'll start the game with that feeling of "eh" and end it with a manly tear sliding down your cheeks

DeusX

I didn't dig Exodus when first playing it. I'm now on my second playthrough on Ranger Hardcore and so far it's much more fun than my first playthrough. Still, i think for me metro profited from its linearity in the first 2 games

Mason Fletcher

2y↑1

Yeah the ending I got made me almost as sad as the ending I got to rdr2 made me. I instantly thought of rdr2 when I beat exodus and reflected on all of the train conversations like they were rdr2's camp convos

MCC

2y↑1

The atmosphere in 2033 is second to none, especially on your first playthrough. Best recommended for a cold and dark winter night for that extra immersion when you can snuggle in under a blanket and crawl through the tunnels while a cold wind is howling outside of your window.

MyNanasOpanas

2y↑18

One of the only franchise series where all 3 titles are absolute chefs kiss masterpieces. Played all of them multiple times and with this, I believe it's time for another play through of them.

MilkMan

@Rocopoco 1 well at least you gave a reason. Not often to people give a reason without insults. Thank you

Rocopoco 1

2y↑2

@MilkMan it was. Very disappointed. It lacks the atmosphere of the first two games. Plus the ending is so bad.

MilkMan

@Rocopoco 1 BRUH WAAAAT

Rocopoco 1

Exodus was trash

Spencer

2y↑1

My first metro game was last light redux, I played ranger because I thought I could handle it, the lack of ui had me believe that guns were not able to be picked up and I played a decent amount of the game without guns which was absolutely awful, until I happened to press f on a gun which caused me to promptly reset my game and play with some fun

Gourmeteando Con Rulo

2y↑2

Hearing you praise the book as your second favorite had me deeply nodding in agreement, I still don't understand how the writer managed to pack so many complicated subjects/themes like philosophy, esoteric mysticism, science fiction and horror into such a digestible story.

Marcus Romulus

Shame 2034 and 2035 weren't as good as 2033. I think 2034 is an okay to just good book but I do have my reservations of cutting Artyom to a single small paragraph and one of the 'new' characters adds basically nothing to the story while another doesn't add much. 2035 I have little positive to say about it. Miller becoming a right C*** for no reason whatsoever, Artyom's "character arc" being totally bizzare, and other various issues like being able to cross a mile aboveground basically naked and without any sort of mask with limited repercussions. I did like the little extra world building, the Metro 2 line and it's addings on and the several stations we read about.

Tiz Tiziani

2y↑2

I stumbled over your Stalker series and now I'm watching every video.
Very good cutting technique, good writing of your script and on top of that, you have a pleasant voice.
Mad props! You gained a new sub💪🏼

Cody Villarreal

Great video man, really enjoyed watching the whole thing. Played through all three games this past month and really enjoyed the whole experience. 3:16:00 The boat issue was a problem for one of the boats during the Volga level, didn't soft block me luckily but was kind of annoying. Played on the PC as well.

rkhale02

Weirdly enough, i've owned Metro 2033 and Last LIght for years, and i loved the writing and characters and world, but couldn't get into it. Exodus caught me instantly and after completing exodus, it got me to finally play 2033 and last light and get all the way through it.

Matthew Clark

2y↑1

Wow. Great video. This is the first time hearing about this series for me, and before this, I’ve had absolutely no interest in this type of game, but this video was super riveting.

xKaydo

2y↑2

The port sections of your videos are super cool because I usually try to never buy a game twice. It's cool to see the different forms the games were released in.

Duck

2y↑6

In meto last light to get the good ending you have to actively spare/use non-lethal take downs in most sections of the game.

ThatZenoGuy

2y↑1

Not true, you can get the good ending without non-lethally taking down any enemy.

You simply have to get the various moral points through the game, such as watching specific events, listening to conversations, playing guitars, etc.

AntsDeathmatch Inc.

2y↑1

@Filip Studený killing people when it could've been avoided literally drains your karma, what you're saying is contradictory to the actual system in place for the games.

On top of that, it's not worth lying about since it's juet a game no less like huh?

Filip Studený

@AntsDeathmatch Inc. Nope, I was able to kill my way through the games and still got good ending, you just need collect every good karma point

AntsDeathmatch Inc.

@Filip Studený you really can't, though. There's entire videos that break it down (plus my own experience on the game to boot) that shows you need to spare everyone for the morally good ending. Exodus is the same way, they stuck with the system because players are able to figure that out quicker on their own compared to the OG 2033.

Filip Studený

2y↑5

Nope you can kill as much as you like you just have to get enough good karma points and spare Lestnitsky and Pavel

Brian Roberts

One thing that’s cool about every Metro game is that they’re available for and play very well on the Mac, even the Redux versions. Somebody at 4A really must love developing for the Mac, and I’m so very grateful for their work and passion, and have rewarded them with my cash.

FIDEL CASHFLOW

Thanks for the video. The Metro series is pretty good, but I think that there's a few defining factors that keep it from being great. Number one is the way that character interactions are constructed from a technical perspective. There's all these weird pauses and then characters nearly talking over each other at random parts of the conversation where it doesn't make sense to interrupt somebody. The second one is the sheer amount of glitches and bugs. The biggest one I encountered was in the first metro, on one of the rail shooting missions My character would automatically put the night vision goggles on as soon as the scene started. Leaving it impossible for me to find the enemies. I restarted my PC and tried everything I could. I even went back about 15 times and tried to just beat the level with the night vision goggles on but it was impossible. I finally had to restart and lost hours upon hours of gameplay. The final one is the stealth or lack thereof. The enemies are way too sensitive, if you drop a pebble out of your pocket all the enemy starts screaming that you're there no matter how far away they are from where your actual location is. If they could just fix those what I assume to be relatively easily fixable technical problems this would be a complete masterpiece.

Oh and a random tidbit, if you find yourself continuing to run out of filters on the higher difficulties, if you don't mind the annoyance, you can just put your mask on for one second, then leave it off for the five or six seconds that makes up the countdown to radiation death timer, put it back on for one second to reset the timer, then take it off for another five or six seconds, rinse and repeat until you're out of the danger zone. I actually ended the game with a filter surplus that way for the first time in my four or five playthroughs on ranger hardcore

Nein ne

2y↑1

I stared to play this kinds of games 1998 with Fallout 2, later fallout, Stalker, Wasteland, Wasteland 2, Underrail, Age of Decadence and a few others and i think Metro 2033 has the best mix of them all. Truly a Masterpiece.

Snark

2y↑1

Discovered your channel not too long ago and you just so happen to cover my absolute favorite gaming series. Love this channel ❤️

Seratha Evistille

2y↑1

You can actually see a Dark One as early as the Chase level, between Exhibition and Riga. Just as the anomaly appears and knocks everyone out, if you turn around, you can see the shadow of a Dark One. (There's also Human 'ghosts' shadows in the tunnel before the anomaly appears, too.) The Dark One is just stood in the middle of the tracks, and I'm guessing it's likely the one Artyom sees in his first vision.

Fantax

2y↑1

Metro 2033 is my favorite singleplayer game. I've completed it over 20 times since it came out in 2010. It has the perfect tense atmosphere. I have never tried the redux version and never will as I felt the Last Light graphics took out from my experience. I've enjoyed Exodus too but 2033 is still The Masterpiece for me. I feel it's a shame the original is no longer obtainable. The characters look cartoonish in redux, the flashlight charger doesn't have the same great feel the original had, the throwing knives are not the same, etc. Did they get rid of some bugs? Probably but 2033 was a real diamond in the rough for me

Damian Durrant

I remember first playing last light as my first metro game. And I remember all the small talk I heard from background NPCs. It’s amazing to me how those small conversations topics are being explored here; like the Russian government still existing, and I remember a convo where someone from Moscow metro actually flew to St. Petersburg, all before any of this was touched upon in the game. I know it’s all Kaye’s out in the books but I clearly didn’t read them

Tony

and the radio operator keeping contact with a tank crew leaving moscow, then settled in a quieter zone, talking about "monsters" out of the nearby forest, and suddenly one day they never reply back on the radio.

ILmetro

This is an awesome take on such a unique series ⭐️

MARLOOGIE MASTER

As you kept talking about the lighting being somewhat flat I thought I'd suggest installing Reshade and having a look at some of the presets available for the games on Nexus Mods. Some of them are fantastic looking and really bring things out like the overall colours and especially the lighting. Don't know if you've looked into it but they can dramatically increase lighting and picture quality, hell you can even create you're own preset or just modify an existing one to your liking. Can definitely breath new life into the games :)

Duplicarus

Shooting that automatic revolving shotgun feels so good and watching the reload for it is never not entertaining. When you’re about to enter the library and are getting bombarded by mutants every shell you load is crucial and gets your blood pumping.

N-Gin & TonicTM

I actually struggle to put it into words, just how much I love the Metro games; particularly Last Light.

I'm just waiting patiently for the next game to be announced now.

Kieara Wagner

This might have been answered in another comment, or you might have found out about this already, but to answer your question as to why you might have only been getting the "bad ending" in Last Light could be due to you killing too many human enemies. Redux introduced an additional layer to the morality system: how violent you play. Killing enemies, especially during stealth, can result in negative karma. Doing it throughout the game will lock you into the bad ending regardless of if you got all the good karma locations.

It's a punishing addition, but it makes sense, especially in Last Light, given its themes of guilt and redemption. But I felt I should mention this in case someone else hadn't or if it got buried. Excellent reviews, as always.

Legend From Under

Post apocalyptic games are literally the best i ended up finding this game when i was searching for anything similar too the resistance series that is sadly still dead since sony rejected a pitch for the 4th one too be made. But anyways played exodus nd had too figure out everything else nd immediately got the redux nd fell in love with the series im patiently waiting for the next in the series

Lucas Souza

This series is one of my favourites the only thing that really bothers me and really keeps me from playing without a HUD is the fact that, even though the weapons were clearly designed with a HUDless playtrough in sight like, mag slits so you can see how much ammo you have left, things like that, there's no way for you to actually check the mag and see how much ammo you have left on your ak, and that REALLY bothers me, so I just play with the HUD on... That really gets to me with the last installment of the series

Kahleeb

Dood I totally feel yah on Miller's end.... I don't normally get emotional at video games like I can with movies but after Miller's arc where he starts knowing the secret, constantly believing all the lies he was told, getting everyone caught by the cannibals and when he is giving you that last shot to save Artyom and when Miller called Artyom son and I literally had tears coming out when Artyom wakes to find him gone. And his speech is just sooooo well written and after paying attention to the story so much that the ending had in me tears and not more than maybe 2 or 3 games have ever done that. .... I will say though that gun shot issue you had there is something I did not experience a single time. Played it on PS5 myself though so that might just be a PC thing?

Micah Foley

the best idea with switch motion aiming, imo, is to do the hard work with the stick and the tiny adjustments with motion control. it's great for stuff like compensating for drift with sniper rifles and stuff like that. if it's too sensitive i find it to be useless and distracting, but if you only make small, fine adjustments with it, its great once you get used to it. it becomes an instinctive extension of your normal aiming, instead of a competing factor.

Exynox

2y↑5

Netflix should do an Animated series like they did with Arcane. Would be awesome

J B

Netflix ruin everything they touch.

MrLateraliss

This is my all time favorite game series. I hope for Metro 4 they send Artyom and Ana back to the Moscow Metro to lead everyone out like the original plan for exodus was.

pete smart

I doubt it each game was loosely based on 3 books

Adam Kostowicz

I purchased metro exodus and got hooked just in the first mission… per usual I did research and found out there was 2 games before that which were redone so I’m going to go ahead and play those in order now

H30 Ghost

2y↑1

A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE ON EXODUS: You are able to run for MUCH longer without running out of stamina if you holster your weapon before sprinting!

Dillon Weiss

I adore this series more than anything, but I've never had performance issues with the crashing. I play at 1440p +100fps with no crashes, I have everything maxed out including tesselation and advanced Physx, I also have an rtx card (3060)

MysteriousAya

For Metro Last Light there are a few extra morality moments where you do not attack the animals. Some are only protecting their young and as long as you don't approach they will not jump you. Others are only digging for food, and there are instances where you can hand over military grade ammo.

Alex

2y↑1

2:56:00 I'm late but you have tried sprinting with your weapon lowered at some point right? I thought the same thing at first, about the stamina being short, but lowering the weapon to run faster/longer feels pretty good in my personal opinion, immersion and all that, actually has lead to me keeping my weapon lowered unless I know somethings near

SchiftyPlayz

Absolutely loved the metro games loved exploring underound and then being a vampire coming up to the light. Metro exodus ended perfect. A grown man actually cried 😢.

Skreezilla

Finally started to play the series, been only playing it at night with lights off and head phones on.. Just Finished last light so onto exodus next, 2033 was amazing i was hooked all the way to the end with only a couple of frustrating parts.

last light - loved it, the feeling the atmosphere everything had me hooked until the end.. Once in red square i felt everything went down hill. The Pavil fight really turned me off the game, the fact he could take 40 shotgun shells to the face just well took me out of the game, The final battle was just terrible with none of the charm of the game the tank battle was horrible, and i had to look up a guide to do it... which frustrated me to no end, for a game that had been intuitive to that point it felt like such a let down... And the karma system left me dumb founded, I got the bad Ending despite trying not to kill many people and be as stealthy as possible. I imagine if i played the game on an easier setting that may have been easier?

But yeah, 2033 was a 9/10, last light was a 6/10 just because of the final few chapters.. it hurt more than the inevitable pavil betrayal

Dubbaya Bird

2y↑1

Didn't have the stuck boat till my 2nd playthrough. Luckily I was not locked into a place I could not continue.. I did have a shrimp fet stuck on my head while exploring and island though and had to switch to a previous save . That was an interesting video if it saved properly.

Shane Coffing

That dig at game journalists gave me a good chuckle. Great video, glad someone can point out how good this series is.

Mazoo Samm

So I missed the metro games until exodus came out and while I never got around to playing the older games, I played the crap out of exodus and loved it!!

Aweille Kevin

huge stalker addict here and youre spot on about the mutants in metro. it made ranger hardcore downright unfun at times.

nyanray

Wow, what a great retrospective... now I just need to decide on if I should go book-first or game-first... and in the latter case, which order.

fab

In exodus, the dancing shadows are a symptom of cascaded shadow maps, and the animation ghosting is likely an issue of some temporal effect, that could be temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) or some sort of ambient occlusion that takes time into account. I think.

TImeremortem

2y↑1

Everytime someone ask me why i like stalker or Metro. I just give them a link to your videos. Your so good at explaining it.

Avalanche Reviews

2y↑2

That's a big compliment! There's some great media out there covering this stuff. Thanks man!

Bob The dope man

2y↑2

Metro was one the best video game storys I've ever experienced. This game would be AMAZING as a VR experience.

rabid beaver

2y↑1

Hell yea

Maple Frost

2y↑1

Dude, it's midterms right now. Why do you have to make such enthralling love letters to my favorite franchise? I hate you. I love you. I'm going through a rollercoaster of emotions. Also, props to your use of the Abzats. A true post-nuclear slavic man's shotgun

P Manhart

2y↑22

The most consistently excellent game series of the 21st Century.

Crow

@A.G.M so if you don't like Gta why feel the need to write a paragraph about it on a completely unrelated game and genre?

A.G.M

@P Manhart I’m not talking about those old top down GTA games I’m talking about the series starting at GTAIII which is how it’s counted. It’s ironic that you called me a fanboy too seeing how you like GTA and I don’t

P Manhart

@A.G.M You could also consider that GTA has been around since the 20th Century... I don't know if you're old enough to know and remember the original, but some of us have been around long enough to have played a demo of GTA 1 on a shareware disc included with our PC Gamer or CGW subscription...

P Manhart

2y↑1

@A.G.M OK dude, didn't mean to rain on your fan boy parade... I enjoyed all of the GTA titles, too. However, consider we are also talking about different genres, here.

A.G.M

@P Manhart it didn’t. Not only did Rockstar not do the remaster all 3 of those games came out over a decade ago and were objectively classics for their time. A 3rd party doing a terrible job updating them isn’t going to change that. The Metro series is good but it isn’t anything compared to GTA. No series is. GTA has had 5 games in a row that reviewed extremely well and broke sales records. GTAV by itself has outsold the Metro Series, Souls series and Halo series combined. There is no comparison

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yourboo

Ahhhh my fond memories flowing through, i remember playing this game till midnight and can't get enough of it sadly i never play metro Exodus.

LordHuntington

I think, concerning the problem with the holding down of keys in Exodus, it was implemented for realism. Notice that opening doors or other processes that would be very quick take almost no time to complete. Dismantling a weapon for attachments however takes even the most skilled gunmen at least a few seconds and is not feasible to do in an active shootout unless you are in cover and I think they tried to mimic that by making you hold down the key instead of animating the process for example.

Also, regarding the enemies becoming incorporeal, I personally never experienced this. At least not to a degree that I'd remember at least.

Adeptus Fantasticus

2y↑1

You know the weird thing, i got a PC last year, and it seems that everytime a sale happens on gog it happens on steam too, the only times I've gotten a game on steam is when it wasn't on gog, but i always check both and they both had VTMB, Deus ex, morrowind, and metro on the same discount when I bought those games off gog

5000Seabass

Also, the metro redux’s visuals have two things other games do not.

They have their own version of DLSS that is incredibly effective, and the new lighting you’re seeing is effectively Ray traced lighting. The old metro 2033 had a lot more static lighting instead of more global lighting, making it look a lot more stylized and artistic.

Stalk3r27

Own it on both PS4 and PC, finished all the games multiple times, and got a Trilogy book. Best games ever also the story is amazing!

Hugo Stiglitz

2y↑1

Man that boat issue you had in Exodus is so weird. I've played that game on ps4 4 times and on ps5 once and never ran into that bug once. Did you try restarting the chapter? Or selecting the chapter from the main menu?

Aspi Leo

2y↑1

An open world Metro RPG would be very attractive.

Nekros97

2y↑1

I love Metro books (Metro 2034 was kinda boring though) and games. The atmosphere is so unique and this whole feeling of living underground is so climatic and interesting. The story, factions, stations are very well portrayed in the games, so exploring and hearing stories is always fun. That's why I don't understand why so many people play it english or any other language than
Russian or Ukrainian. It's so anticlimatic to hear American actors speaking with Russian accent. It's kinda odd to travel through Russian subway stations and hear people speaking English. I'm from Poland and I always play Metro with original Russian language. Someone may think that as a Polish guy I understand most of the dialogues but you can't be any more wrong. I understand maybe like 10 or 15% but I have no problem with looking at the translated text. So, if some of you didn't play Metro yet, play with Russian language. It's the only way to totally immerse yourself in these games.

Luigi Azevedo

I finished Metro 2033 on survival hardcore without knowing that you can recharge the flashlight and you don't need to kill Librarians. The game would be so much easier if I knew that lol.

Timi db

the first metro game I played was last light

i loved it even tho when I played it i was too scared of the "insect sequences" to play for a year it and never managed to finish the game due to lack of ammunition for the section with the underground mines

and when metro Exodus came out, i waited three year and I'm glad I did because i was much older then and got so much more out of the game and actually played it to 100% completion

Nucken Futz

2y↑1

44:20 As far as the little shits go, I always ran through this section after the first time. When I got away from the immediate vicinity of the tunnels, I'd try to wander off for loot in sections where the little shits would have to approach me directly without the option of a drive-by.

Jj

2y↑2

You have to cover expansions for Exodus. They are very interesting, both great.

Peyton Boudreaux

An interesting tidbit about Metro 2033 on the xbox 360, the shambler shotgun could not be reloaded to full from empty. Artyom would only load 5 shells instead of 6. The only way to fully reload from empty is to load 5 fire 1 then load 2 more. This was of course fixed in the redux
Edit. For those who still own and play the Xbox 360 you can likely find an original Metro 2033 copy if you look hard enough. I picked mine up at a Buybacks that's since been shut down in my area.

microwav

still yet to play exodus but the first time playing 2033 redux was probably one of the most immersive video game experiences ive had. i remember my first 10 hours so vividly, it was crazy. played on the hardest difficulty and i was just so sucked in to the world and characters. more immersive than any vr game ive played lmaoo. soo hopefully one day 2033, last light or even exodus get a good vr port cuz their design philosophies would make an amazing vr game

Jotaro Kujo

I played and finished all Metro games in max difficulty with no hud , and it was best game experience I ever had no doubts.

Carlos D Gutierrez

I played the original metro 2033, I loved it way more than the redux version.
It made my budget PC with an Athlon II X2 250 and and ATI HD 5450 and 4Gigs of ram sound like a plane engine but it was worth, the game was captivating and made me save money to get the books as soon as they were physically available in my country.