Metro: Last Light is a shooter developed by 4A Games, released 14 May 2013 on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Linux. The main story takes about 12.6 hrs to finish.
What Metro: Last Light is
Metro: Last Light is a shooter game developed by 4A Games and released in 2013. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on 4A Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game picks up after the bad ending from Metro 2033, in which Artyom delivers a devastating attack on the mysterious supernatural race known as the Dark Ones. The station-cities of the Metro struggle for power using weapons found in D6. The player follows Artyom, the main protagonist from Metro 2033, as he searches for the mysterious "Prisoner", the supposed “key to survival – the last light in our darkest hour…”
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metro series
Metro: Last Light is the third of 15 entries we hold in the Metro series. It arrived 9 months after Metro 2033. The next entry was Metro: Last Light - Limited Edition in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points below the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition at 92.
How it was received
Metro: Last Light holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 741 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 21.7 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Metro: Last Light launched on 14 May 2013, within three weeks of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and The Swapper. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, The Swapper.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metro: Last Light yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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