Metro: Last Light Redux

About Metro: Last Light Redux

Metro: Last Light Redux is a first-person shooter by 4A Games, published by Deep Silver in August 2014 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with Mac and Linux versions on Steam and a Nintendo Switch version from February 2020. It is the remastered version of Metro: Last Light from 2013, the sequel to Metro 2033, and is inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky's novels. Redux includes all the DLC released for the original, which the store says adds about ten hours of single-player content. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions are announced for 29 October 2026 as a free upgrade for owners of the older console versions.

It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of Moscow the remnants of mankind still live in the metro, besieged by mutants in the catacombs and in the skies above. Instead of standing together, the station-cities are fighting over a doomsday device from the military vaults of D6, and a civil war is coming. You play Artyom again, burdened by guilt but driven by hope.

The store describes Last Light as more action-oriented than its prequel, a mix of tactical combat and stealth. Mutants come at you in swarms, while human enemies carry the same guns you do; you can knock out or kill many of them quietly, and shooting out lamps and bulbs makes you harder to see. There is no map and almost no HUD: a wristwatch shows how long your gas mask filter has left and whether you are in the light, and you can see the bullets left in your magazine. On the irradiated surface the mask must stay on, filters last only minutes, and blood and dirt collect on the glass. Old military-grade ammunition is the metro's money, so every shot you fire with it is money spent.

For players who preferred the slower, survival-horror pace of Metro 2033, Redux adds two play styles: Spartan keeps the action, and Survival makes ammunition scarcer and enemies more aggressive, a fraught, slow-burn fight for survival. PC Gamer found Survival little more than a quick fix, as the game still plays mainly as a shooter, so pick it for tense firefights in the dark rather than for helplessness. Ranger Mode removes the HUD and makes combat deadlier. How Artyom acts along the way decides which of the two endings you reach. Play Metro 2033 Redux first for the story.

How to play Metro: Last Light Redux

1. Buy it on Steam, GOG, PlayStation, Xbox or the Nintendo eShop.
2. Choose a play style: Spartan for action, or Survival for scarcer ammunition and more aggressive enemies.
3. Follow Artyom through the stations, tunnels and surface of the metro, finding your way with a compass instead of a map.
4. Scavenge ammunition and filters from bodies and the ruins, and buy weapons and attachments from station merchants.
5. Fight mutants and human enemies, or sneak past them in the dark and knock them out where you can.
6. Wear your gas mask on the surface and check your watch to see how long the filter has left.

Tips

• Spend dirty, hand-made ammunition in fights and keep military-grade rounds for buying and emergencies.
• Check your wristwatch often on the surface; a filter lasts only minutes. Its light indicator also tells you whether enemies can see you.
• Turn off or shoot out lamps before a fight with human enemies: they spot you far less easily in the dark.
• Listen to people in the stations and spare enemies who surrender if you want the better ending.
• Play Metro 2033 Redux first: Last Light continues its story directly.

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