- #Metro last light redux vs metro 2033 redux 1080p#
- #Metro last light redux vs metro 2033 redux Ps4#
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The frustration level is dialled back considerably in the Redux - it's still very dark, but there's enough visual detail to navigate effectively.
Turning on your headlamp to see where you were going attracted death by bullets, navigating by memory led to death as you fell off the platforms and plunged to your doom. As well as looking better, there are gameplay benefits too - one particular stealth section proved highly frustrating on Xbox 360. It's definitely more nuanced - the harsher direct lighting of the original is replaced with a more natural look, with a great overall dynamic range. The subterranean sequences still hold up rather well on Xbox 360 - especially in terms of lighting - but the Redux improves things with small environmental detail boosts backed up by far superior precision in effects work, much higher detail artwork and what we suspect is a completely revised take on the lighting. The further you play into the Redux version of Metro 2033, the more the differences stack up. 4A's solution is simple enough - the Last Light interface is ported over lock, stock and barrel to the older game. Revisiting the original Metro 2033 on Xbox 360, the older control system feels clunky and ineffectual. 4A refined its interface in Last Light, bringing it more into line with the established norms in the first-person shooter genre while at the same time adding a new interface for dealing with the various equipment Artyom carries on his journey. That push for continuity extends to the control system.
#Metro last light redux vs metro 2033 redux 1080p#
Use the full-screen button and the 1080p resolution setting for the best experience. Watch on YouTube Metro 2033 - a commentated walkthrough of some of the changes found between the new Redux edition and the Xbox 360 original. There's the sense that 4A went the extra mile, revisiting and retooling the older game to improve continuity with its more advanced sequel. First impressions are promising then - from a developer's point of view, remasters can be a learning exercise, a chance to get to grips with the new hardware. Atmospheric rendering gets an upgrade, and even the icy weather systems are improved with denser flurries of dynamically generated snow. The gloomy lighting scheme of the original game's outdoor environments has also been swapped out for a brighter, yet harsher look utilising 4A's global illumination technology. Outdoor environments share the same basic geography (although we note some subtle tweaks) but the detail level is ramped up significantly - debris and other new geometry elements pepper the landscapes and additional blasted dead trees and foliage are commonplace. Comparing the original Xbox 360 and Redux Xbox One, we strongly suspect that where Last Light assets could help out, 4A used them where they could as direct like-for-like replacements: the mutated wild-life - showcased effectively in 2033's initial level - looks much better and character models are routinely switched out for far superior versions. 4A's solution? To go back to Metro 2033 and do as much as possible to bring its quality level up to match its successor. 4A's debut release was highly regarded at launch and its technological credentials were first class when it was released way back in 2010, but comparing the original 2033 with Last Light reveals a quality gulf that a standard 'remaster' on new tech in 2014 would only emphasise. For Metro Last Light, we're breaking out the PlayStation 4 edition of the Redux and comparing it directly with PlayStation 3.Ĭuriously, it's the revamp of Metro 2033 that is the surprise package.
#Metro last light redux vs metro 2033 redux ps3#
For this piece, we want to give you a taste of the work 4A has done, so we'll be stacking up the original Xbox 360 version of Metro 2033 with the Reduxed Xbox One game - as there was no PS3 release there, it's the natural choice.
#Metro last light redux vs metro 2033 redux Ps4#
In fact, we'd say it's up there with the best.īearing in mind that there'll be PC, Xbox One and PS4 versions of Metro Redux to compare with the existing 360, PS3 and PC releases, that's a lot of potential comparison points. But most importantly of all, the remastering work is very, very good. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One remasters are coming thick and fast, bringing with them a wave of controversy - should developers be concentrating resources on porting over games they've already made? Are resolution and frame-rate boosts enough? Most crucially of all, do they represent value for money? The Metro Redux package from Kiev-based 4A Games puts forward a hell of a good case: you get two complete games for £30 and each title is available solus via digital delivery for those who already own one of the originals.
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