[I]I feel that this game needed a proper opening megathread, so I got permission from a super moderator to make a new one. With that said, I present to you:[/I]
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[url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/43110/]Preorder or purchase off steam.[/url]
Metro 2033 is an action-oriented combat RPG that focuses on horror and survival (much like the STALKER series). This game is not a continuation of the STALKER series; all of it is based on a book written by Russian author Dmitriy Glukhovskiy.
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Metro-2033-Dmitry-Glukhovsky/dp/0575086246/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267172953&sr=8-8][img]http://i44.tinypic.com/2u4piwy.png[/img][/url]
The book has a huge fan base in Europe and Russia. There are many people who are writing their own stories in collaboration with Glukhovskiy's Metro world.
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[I]Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of
survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. [The Moscow metro was originally built to be the worlds largest underground bunker (or series of bunkers)]
The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and
the mutant horrors that await outside.
You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks
a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten
catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.[/I]
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The game boasts stunningly rich lighting effects for both the 360 and PC versions, thanks to the 4A engine. The PC version will offer the following extras:
[LIST]
[*]Most of the textures are 2048^2 (consoles use 1024^2).
[*]The shadow-map resolution is up to 9.43 Mpix.
[*]The shadow filtering is much, much better.
[*]The parallax mapping is enabled on all surfaces, some with occlusion-mapping (optional).
[*]We've utilised a lot of "true" volumetric stuff, which is very important in dusty environments.
[*]From DX10 upwards we use correct "local motion blur", sometimes called "object blur".
[*]The light-material response is nearly "physically-correct" on the PC on higher quality presets.
[*]The ambient occlusion is greatly improved (especially on higher-quality presets).
[*]Sub-surface scattering makes a lot of difference on human faces, hands, etc.
[*]The geometric detail is somewhat better, because of different LOD selection, not even counting DX11 tessellation.
[*]We are considering enabling global illumination (as an option) which really enhances the lighting model.
However, that comes with some performance hit, because of literally tens of thousands of secondary light sources.[/list]
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First off, [B]all PC versions of Metro 2033 will be powered by Steamworks[/B], providing gamers with auto-updating, Steam Achievements, Steam support
for in-game DLC, and more. With that, here's what you need to run the game:
[B]Minimum:[/B]
[list]
[*]Dual core CPU (any Core 2 Duo or better will do)
[*]DirectX 9, Shader Model 3 compliant graphics cards (GeForce 8800, GeForce GT220 and above)
[*]1GB RAM[/list]
[b]Recommended:[/b]
[list]
[*]Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
[*]DirectX 10 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 260 and above)
[*]2GB RAM[/list]
[b]Mindfuck:[/b]
[list]
[*]Core i7 CPU
[*]NVIDIA DirectX 11 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 480 and 470)
[*]As much RAM as possible (8GB+)
[*]Fast HDD or SSD[/list]
Those who wonder if even their two year-old PC is up to snuff, [B]DO NOT WORRY[/B]. Metro 2033’s Chief Technical Officer, Olez Shishkovtsov clarifies:
[quote] [url=http://games.on.net/article/7836/Metro_2033_-_Technical_QA]games.on.net:[/url] What are the system requirements to run the game at full detail for a PC user, everything turned on, at 1680 x 1050 resolution?
[B]Olez[/B]: At that resolution, [B]the last generation of high end hardware – a single GPU NVIDIA card - will suffice[/B]. The new generation of cards from ATI...with these you can turn everything on, with image enhancing features such as Super Sampling.
...
[B]Olez[/B]: The PC side definitely became more and more optimised as a side effect. For example we don't need as much system memory as other PC-only games.[B] Anything above 512MB RAM with DX10/DX11 code-path on Windows 7 would be enough.[/B]
...
[B] Olez[/B]: The CPU side is slightly more problematic. Because the system is heavily multi-threaded, we need at least two hardware threads for 'smooth' gameplay. The CPU performance doesn't matter that much, except on a few selected scenes during the whole game [B]as long as it is relatively modern architecture (not Intel Atom!) and has more than one core.[/B][/quote]
[I]Metro 2033 also utilizes NVIDIA 3D Vision with compatible cards and hardware.[/I]
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XBox 360 Screenshots:
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PC Screenshots:
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Concept:
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Journey Into The Unknown
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chxLj_xqnZo[/media]
The Last Refugee
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6pAvMqQm3k[/media]
Fear The Future
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFj_Dv7n3Pk[/media]
[B]Fan Pages:[/B]
[url=http://www.metro2033forum.net][img]http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1340/468forummutants.jpg[/img][/url]
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STALKER: underground.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;20694406]STALKER: underground.[/QUOTE]
Huh. This is exactly what I came in here to say.
looks cool
would be cooler if it was multiplayer
Looks like an interesting game, but I think i'll stick with STALKER for now.
All I know is I want it.
I'm tempted to preorder it because it comes with red faction: guerrilla for free.
Any proper modding support?
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;20694406]STALKER: underground.[/QUOTE]
Get out. I'm hoping they will release a demo of some kind first, even if we're very close to the release date.
[QUOTE=Amez;20694627]Any proper modding support?[/QUOTE]
Still unknown. :(
[QUOTE=zeldar;20695226]Get out.[/QUOTE]I said come in. Don't just stand there.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20695246]Still unknown. :([/QUOTE]
If so the game will have a larger chance of success.
Now for another thread filled with "I don't like it because it's not STALKER"
I absolutely love STALKER, yet this game seems to be awesome as well. Actually I can't wait for it, finally some new game that I might like.
This game looks so bad ass, and sounds so bad ass. I want it so badly.
Get out of here Metro.
I think I may get it for the awesome eye candy.
gonna save this for triplehead and 5760x1080 probably end up with single figure fps but it will be epic
To be honest, trailers look really really good.
Can anyone assure me that the game uses ironsights?
I really hope this to be the next stalker(a game I replay 9 times for 40 hours per time and still manage not to finish)
Looks very interesting, hopefully it will some similar qualities to STALKER, please note that i am making a complement by making such a comparison, not the other intention.
Even if it will be a completely different game, which is far from being impossible, I still detect potential in it. The trailers look quite impressive. Thankfully my new rig will be repaired relatively soon.
In the trailers it shows ironsights being used.
I'm probably going to buy this now, it looks excellent.
[QUOTE=3v3ryb0dy;20697376]Can anyone assure me that the game uses ironsights?
I really hope this to be the next stalker(a game I replay 9 times for 40 hours per time and still manage not to finish)[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLiKziKrorU[/media]
2 minutes in?
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;20694566]I'm tempted to preorder it because it comes with red faction: guerrilla for free.[/QUOTE]
I did. For some reason it was $50 USD, but RF:G was $70.
So it was a great deal for us Aussies before they changed it.
Looks and sounds fucking fantastic, I'm going to buy this for sure. Fuck BC2
[QUOTE=Calkkuna;20697835]Looks and sounds fucking fantastic, I'm going to buy this for sure. Fuck BC2[/QUOTE]
BC2 owns
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:v: jimmy isn't in a well, he's in the [B]unkown[/B]
[QUOTE=Calkkuna;20697835]Looks and sounds fucking fantastic, I'm going to buy this for sure. Fuck BC2[/QUOTE]
Why not buy both?
Heck, i bought BFBC2, Just cause 2 and i'm thinking of pre-ordering this one as well.
[editline]10:41PM[/editline]
Also, gametrailers.com has a crap load of exclusive trailers for this game. Check them out.
[QUOTE=aydin690;20698657]Why not buy both?
Heck, i bought BFBC2, Just cause 2 and i'm thinking of pre-ordering this one as well.
[editline]10:41PM[/editline]
Also, gametrailers.com has a crap load of exclusive trailers for this game. Check them out.[/QUOTE]
I bought BC2, pre-ordered JC2, and I am thinking of pre-ordering this and Red Dead Redemption.
*High-five* :buddy:
(Well I am pretty much positive that I am getting RDD, but not too sure about this yet.)
[QUOTE=Skwee;20698743]I bought BC2, pre-ordered JC2, and I am thinking of pre-ordering this and Red Dead Redemption.
*High-five* :buddy:
(Well I am pretty much positive that I am getting RDD, but not too sure about this yet.)[/QUOTE]
:razz:
I haven't upgraded to windows7 yet... lol. I'm going to do it later next week. I pre-ordered it (jc2) just based on your awesome reviews...
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