Metro: Last Light Review

Recently news broke that games publisher THQ was to be completely liquidated and all its assets sold off at an auction. A number of studios that operated under the THQ banner got scooped up by the likes of Sega, while current development and publishing rights went to companies like Ubisoft and Take-Two.

As most gamers would know, THQ was due to release Metro Last Light, and also owned the right to the entire Metro franchise. Luckily for the developers working on the project, Koch Media, who own Deep Silver, stepped in to save the project and continue the franchise by securing the publishing rights.

As part of the assets auction, Koch Media also announced that Deep Silver will be the main developing power behind the Saints Row franchise. With Koch Media behind Saints and now at the helm of Metro, the titles might go through drastic changes that could put them in a more serious light – which is always a good thing.

At the time of writing, Koch assured gamers that the Metro franchise will continue and the next game in the series, Metro Last Light will be released as scheduled. But with that said, a number of internal gaming changes might be made that hasn’t been discussed yet by the developer.


But even with that, not a terrible lot about the game has been made known so far, and it doesn’t even have a solid release date yet. What gamers do know is that is a sequel to Metro 2033 and author Dmitry Glukhovsky has been working closely with THQ’s developers.
The Russian author wrote a book by the name of Metro 2034, but the game has no relation to the novel work, although Glukhovsky helped to the story and dialogue for the game. The reason for this is that developer 4A Games felt that it was less fit for a game than the original book.

In terms of plot, beneath the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Moscow, remain the remnants of mankind that are inundated by deadly threats from the outside. As with the previous game, mutants roam the catacombs in the Metro, and no man will be safe. But it’s about time that they stand up for themselves and fight back.
In order to get away from the chaos that resides on the surface, humans formed settlements in the Metro stations, and learned of a doomsday device from the military vaults of D6. It will literally be a race for time as humans and mutants go toe-to-toe in order to get the device – which could potentially wipe out the other race.

Players will take on the role of Artyom, as he fights his way through the mutants and the guilt that has been building up throughout the franchise – and naturally he holds the key to human survival when they need hope the most.

Developer: 4A Games
Publisher: Deep Silver
Distributer: TBC