Metro 2033: £12.98

Dark Sun · 23 Apr 2010 at 07:47

The game got mixed reviews but I'm willing to take a punt for the price.

Memphis · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:26

Thanks for that

. Was looking for a reason to buy this.

Shadows1990 · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:59

I think you are required to activate this on Steam (I did with my copy anyway).
This means you get all the benefits of Steam (Acheivements, updates etc), for the price of £12.98

Legionaire68 · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:24

Nice one mate, got Mass Effect 2 last week for £12.99. Just need more time to play everything now.

Evilsod · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:35

That is a ridiculous saving for such a recent game.

Edward01 · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:48

Very tempted but I've been reading about it and I think the whole management system would annoy me. Gas masks, no map only a compass etc

How do people find it?

Evilsod · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:53

I tried it out, very atmospheric but it does seem a bit linear when the situation of it would make it such a brilliant game if it was more open, hell as a sandbox game it could be quite good too. Worth £13 since the whole look and feel of the game is brilliant.

Shadows1990 · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:55

Edward01 said:
Very tempted but I've been reading about it and I think the whole management system would annoy me. Gas masks, no map only a compass etc

How do people find it?

You are lead by the hand for most of it (and the compass will point you in the right direction).
The filter change on the gas mask is supposed to be automatic, but it will steam up from time to time due to condensation.

It's not a bad game, but the performance could be better. Lack of advanced options also make the performance/visual quality balance hard to acheive.

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:58

great price as you get two games too with red faction along for the ride.

Shadows1990 · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:59

Metalface Mark said:
great price as you get two games too with red faction along for the ride.

Ohhh, I forgot about RF:G.
That's worth £13 on it's own, just for the fun of blowing stuff up with the physics

Edward01 · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:09

Shadows1990 said:
You are lead by the hand for most of it (and the compass will point you in the right direction).
The filter change on the gas mask is supposed to be automatic, but it will steam up from time to time due to condensation.

LOL

Ok I might pick it up then, especially if it's got Red Fraction thrown in as well.

Both need steam I'm guessing

CaptainRAVE · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:21

Shadows1990 said:
I think you are required to activate this on Steam (I did with my copy anyway).
This means you get all the benefits of Steam (Acheivements, updates etc), for the price of £12.98

You can activate it on Steam - instant win. Ordering...

Thanks for the heads up!

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:48

It is a demanding game though, dosent run that great on my setup, 5850 and 4.2ghz i5.

reflux · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:54

Dammit. Paid £30 for this before Easter.

So far, impressions after 10 or so hours...

Graphics are very good - as good, if not better than Crysis
Runs well on High on my i7/5870 @ 1920x1200 but not quite good enough on Very High
Game lacks a bit of polish
...but it's nice to play something a bit different
Very linear....but it's not badly handled
Quite scary

All in all, well for it for £12.

VeNT · 23 Apr 2010 at 11:39

hell! you think I can play it on my C2D with 8800GT?

skippy2421 · 23 Apr 2010 at 12:56

Nice find! i'll order that tonight i think.

Tolmekian · 23 Apr 2010 at 12:56

Edward01 said:
Ok I might pick it up then, especially if it's got Red Fraction thrown in as well.

Both need steam I'm guessing

I don't think you can activate Red Faction Guerilla on Steam though, which is a real shame

Great price for such a recently released game though and thumbs up for being able to activate Metro 2033 on steam

CaptainRAVE · 23 Apr 2010 at 13:06

Jason_AJB said:
Great price for such a recently released game though and thumbs up for being able to activate Metro 2033 on steam

Yup, wouldnt have bought it otherwise. Look forward to trying this.

Shadows1990 · 23 Apr 2010 at 13:15

Edward01 said:
LOL

Ok I might pick it up then, especially if it's got Red Fraction thrown in as well.

Both need steam I'm guessing

Arggghhhh!

unknownsock · 23 Apr 2010 at 13:25

This is one of those games were it could have been so epic but failed in so many areas.
Although its still a great game. Defintely worth the price.

Now all i want is a Sandbox style metro game, that would be epic.

Well maxed out with Standard AA and 4xAF @ 1680x1050 along with a 5870 (stock).
I got average 40fps, which is very playable. And its defintely the best graphical game to date imo.

# Metro 2033 is a gripping, atmospheric first person shooter experience powered by cutting edge technology, featuring full DX10 and NVDIA PhysX support for high-end gaming PCs, to deliver incredible visuals.

Gotta love how gamestation forgot to add DX11 in there