Let it be said: since the release of the new generation consoles, the blockbusters, as they are called, do not jostle at the gate. Between the first ones excluded from the launch, not always up to date, the somewhat feverish cross-gen games and the last-minute postponements, the players continue to be chomping at the bit while waiting for 2015, the year during which the big names should finally arrive. As a result, publishers do not hesitate to remaster everything that passes through their hands, just to generate a little turnover. The latest, after the very noticeable one of The Last of Us Remastered, is the adaptation of the Metro franchise which therefore arrives in a compilation subtitled Redux. A boon for all those who have never taken the time to take an interest in these two FPS, certainly linear, but with a captivating atmosphere. One of the first attractions of this remastering is in its price, more than interesting since resellers such as Amazon offer the two games for less than 40€. Admit that it's tempting... It's all the more true that the developers of 4A Games took the opportunity to impose a facelift session on Metro 2033. It is also the game that benefits the most from this graphic redesign since it uses the engine of Metro Last Light, released 3 years after it. The textures are richer, the modeling of the characters more detailed and the play of light much more convincing. It is a second youth for Metro 2033 which also lays the foundations of this sordid story where Humanity is doomed to live in the Moscow metro, the outside air now being harmful and unbreathable.
Second youth
Released in May 2013, Metro Last Light benefits much less from this remastering, even if we notice a few additions here and there, such as more particle effects, better controlled lighting effects and above all a 1080p display that players will appreciate. at its fair value, as long as they play on PS4. Owners of Xbox One will indeed have to settle for 900p, which is not a drama in itself, especially since this version also benefits from 60 frames per second, which offers a really comfortable visual rendering. But Metro Redux is not just a graphic facelift, gameplay improvements have also been made, such as the ability to choose from the outset between two distinct modes: Survival or Spartan. Depending on your choice, the amount of ammunition and resources is not the same. In Survival, you will have to save your bullets, otherwise you will end up like an idiot from the 5th streum to face. To do this, the game forces the player to play Sam Fisher to take his enemies by surprise. The average gamer will obviously set his sights on the Spartan mode, much more generous in ammunition than can be found on corpses and other shelves here and there.
But that's not all, paying for Metro Redux also means making sure to get all the DLC released after the respective release of each episode. You can also benefit from the Ranger mode, an additional difficulty mode, to be reserved for the kingpins of the genre since not only the HUD (which is used to release the pressure and recover some very useful ammunition) has been completely removed. In short, as much to tell you that it will be necessary to hang on not to freak out. Always with a view to bringing episode 2033 up to date, it is possible to import the weapons of Last Light into the latter, in order to enjoy the firepower of the new weapons. On the sound side, there are also clear improvements, with a nice work on the 5.1 effects that fans of home cinema will necessarily appreciate. Quite rare thing in the video game besides and which deserves to be underlined, because the audio mixing is frequently carried out with the feet.
