Metro: Last Light

[goh]

Re: Metro: Last Light

4.5/5 from Gamesradar: http://www.gamesradar.com/metro-last-light-review/
4/5 from Giantbomb: http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/met...view/1900-577/

Hope there'll be a demo at some point. I don't trust that the shooting has been improved that much.

The reviewer,Angry Joe sums up the pre-order thing nicely (language warning...only second time I've seen him actually get angry ):

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Though I think he's wrong about not everyone having the skills to edit an ini file.

There's also a quote about this stuff I forgot that I remembered watching that. "If the publishers hate Gamestop so much why do they keep giving them pre-order bonuses?"

Now they're trying to blame MS:

@MetroVideoGame

Microsoft rules mean we have to charge for DLC on Xbox LIVE... they let us set the lowest possible price

https://twitter.com/MetroVideoGame/status/19910231580

Yet are still charging on PC and PS3 so unlikely anyone is buying that excuse.

[ghettogeeksta]

Re: Metro: Last Light

4.5/5 from Gamesradar: http://www.gamesradar.com/metro-last-light-review/
4/5 from Giantbomb: http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/met...view/1900-577/

Hope there'll be a demo at some point. I don't trust that the shooting has been improved that much.

The reviewer,Angry Joe sums up the pre-order thing nicely (language warning...only second time I've seen him actually get angry ):

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OYSCjGbv3YY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Though I think he's wrong about not everyone having the skills to edit an ini file.

There's also a quote about this stuff I forgot that I remembered watching that. "If the publishers hate Gamestop so much why do they keep giving them pre-order bonuses?"

Now they're trying to blame MS:

https://twitter.com/MetroVideoGame/status/19910231580

Yet are still charging on PC and PS3 so unlikely anyone is buying that excuse.

Retailers have the power for now, probably like 95 percent of console gamer's by their games via hard-copy. Their is not enough consoles connected online right now to merit online purchases only. Plus what happens if little 12 year old Johnny wants to buy a game, are parents willing to put their Credit Card on their kids consoles, what about those who don't have credit and debit cards? Publishers would love to cut Gamestop out, but they can't right now, they would miss out on too many sells and it would be too much backlash, you seen the negative reactions from rumors of the Xbox720 being online only right?
I for one, hate the fact that its 2013 and on the next-gen consoles I have to purchase physical games!! I hate swapping games in and out of my consoles, it's so inconvenient and old school, this is why I don't have a CD player or a Blu-ray player, got rid of those as soon as digital downloading became widely available. Though some games will be available for download on the next-gen consoles, you best believe that we will be forced to buy them physically first and some may never be available for download.
Gamestop and other game retailers enjoy your time now, because in 10 years you will be obsolete!

[Flawless]

Re: Metro: Last Light

Wow...


Jason Rubin: Metro: Last Light is the "triumph of an underdog"

The budget of Last Light is less than some of its competitors spend on cut scenes, a mere 10 percent of the budget of its biggest competitors. Yet it is lauded for its story and atmosphere. It is built on a completely original and proprietary second-generation engine that competes with sequels that have stopped numbering themselves, with more engineers on their tech than 4A has on the entire project. Yet its tech chops are never in question.

And all of this is compounded by the conditions this Ukrainian team works under in Kiev. The entire 4A studio would fit easily in the (underutilized) gym at EA Los Angeles' offices. Yet Last Light's Metacritic score blows away Medal of Honor Warfighter. As undeniably fantastic as competitor BioShock Infinite may be, the team was given whatever resources they needed to make the title. At the same time, 4A's staff sat on folding wedding chairs, literally elbow to elbow at card tables in what looks more like a packed grade school cafeteria than a development studio.

When 4A needed another dev kit, or high-end PC, or whatever, someone from 4A had to fly to the States and sneak it back to the Ukraine in a backpack lest it be "seized" at the border by thieving customs officials. After visiting the team I wanted to buy them Aeron office chairs, considered a fundamental human right in the west. There were no outlets in the Ukraine, and our only option was to pack a truck in Poland and try to find an "expediter" to help bribe its way down to Kiev. We gave up not because this tripled the cost, but because we realized that the wider Aeron chairs would require spreading out people and computers, which would lead to extra desks, and that ultimately would have required bigger offices. Yes, really.

Power outages are the norm for 4A. All developers have deadlines, but I know of few that had to bring in construction generators to be able to work the weekend before final submission because an extra day meant missing shelf dates by weeks. Montreal is cold, but when it gets cold in Kiev it's different. That's because the government provides all of the heating through a central coal burning facility that pipes hot water to homes and offices. Unfortunately, it breaks down reliably a few times a year for a week at a time. Then 4A works in their parkas and struggles to keep their fingers warm in temperatures well below freezing. That is unless it snows and they get stuck home for a few days at a time because snow clearing isn't up to Western standards.

One evening when Dean Sharpe arrived at his apartment after a long day at the office a dangerous looking Georgian man and his three-car armed entourage greeted him. Dean was told that, lease be damned, he had a day to clear out and find a new apartment

If 4A had been given a more competitive budget, in a saner environment, hadn't wasted a year-plus chasing the irrational requirement of THQ's original producers to fit multiplayer and co-op into the same deadline and budget(!), hadn't had to deal with the transition to a new publisher in the crucial few months before final, what could 4A have created?

[CMH]

Well, now I want to buy the game for its original price - rather than wait for a price drop later in the year) if someone could confirm (or deny) that 4A will actually benefit from it.


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[goh]

Re: Metro: Last Light

I doubt it. I thought it worked like a publisher pays a developer and that's it. So Deep Silver would get the money and there's a cut that goes to MS/Sony/Nintendo/Steam. There might be bonuses for a certain ammount of sales or something. Though in this case I'd imagine Deep Silver would be looking to cover the costs from buying this and Saint's Row/Volition so they may not even see most of that.

Suppose it would at least help in the sense that if you buy it you're contributing to sales and increasing the chance of sequel and they'll get paid again if there is one.

[CMH]

I'm buying it regardless. But I'm gonna wait for a price drop.


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[Skyboxer]

Re: Metro: Last Light

Same here.. Will wait for a STEAM sale.

[goh]

Re: Metro: Last Light

The Steam version comes with the book in pdf format: http://www.savingcontent.com/2013/05...ight-for-free/

[stevieaces]

Ive played for about an hour. I hope the action picks up or I don't see myself finishing this game. Graphics are excellent but thats the only thing goin for it at the moment.


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[Skyboxer]

Re: Metro: Last Light

Well the game isn't supposed to be an action packed game. It's about atmosphere and "dread/tension" that sets you up before the action hits.

[LingeringRegime]

Re: Metro: Last Light

:o

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[Behindshadows]

Re: Metro: Last Light

:o

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Here's a video I made of the first 5 mins..Watch in 1080p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJo-CYYNXmA

Embedded Version

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[dubplate]

Re: Metro: Last Light

I'm really enjoying this game so far.

[Goffs]

Re: Metro: Last Light

Anyone playing in Russian? It sounds more authentic and immersive...though you miss out on the graphics if you do...

[BigD]

Re: Metro: Last Light

Gamespot gave this a 9. I picked it up as an impulse buy. Have yet to play it but looking forward to it.