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That isn’t to say 2033 was lacking, but unlike most blockbusters which come from seasoned developers with several titles under their belts, 2033 was the first release for the Ukrainians at 4A, and was built on a comparatively small budget to boot. Having done what was asked of him in 2033, regardless of the repercussions, Artyom must now explore long-forgotten sections of Moscow’s underground metro railway to confront his greatest fears, and to save what’s left of his post-apocalyptic world.Īs one might expect, every element of 2033 has been improved and iterated upon for Last Light, which is a superior game in every regard. Unsurprisingly, a sequel was commissioned, and tomorrow it finally goes live on Steam following three years of development.Ĭalled Metro: Last Light, this long-awaited sequel offers a direct continuation of Metro 2033’s story, putting the player in the shoes of Ranger Artyom once more.

The story, too, was a cut above the rest, having been adapted from a Russian novel that went viral online before becoming a best-selling published work.

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You know the drill.By Andrew Burnes on Mon, Featured Stories,ĤA Games’ Metro 2033 was a smash hit in 2010, impressing PC gamers with its incredible graphics and unique gameplay, which bucked the bombastic trend that permeated the ever more explosive shooters of that era. Defeat the undead, rally your ragtag troops, rinse and repeat. State of Decay might not be as invested in characters as Naughty Dog are in their titles but, in place of this, there is a great amount of fun to be had in an open world environment that judges the player by their leadership by throwing them into situations where they must boost group morale, establish homesteads and defenses, all while using stealth and skills to decimate the zombie population. If this feature was one of the main draws for you when it came to The Last of Us, then look no further than State of Decay’s second installment, where players are regularly encouraged to make scavenging a priority and where the third-person POV gameplay that was utilized in The Last of Us is at the forefront. After all, when we strip it back, at its core it is a zombie survival game, one which has a particular focus on the importance of making players really think about their approach to dispatching the infected and making every bullet count. There are plenty of aspects that make The Last of Us brilliant which don’t necessarily center around narrative and character development. Go on, bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt! State of Decay 2 Couple that with the engaging combat of a Bioshock game and you’re onto a winner. It’s a bit more eccentric than The Last of Us’s grounded, harsh world but is still totally worth it for the twists and turns of the gripping story. Ken Levine’s assessment of American society in Columbia is still fascinating to this day, and the well-paced story will keep you on your toes indefinitely. Again, the protagonist is played by Troy Baker (Joel in The Last of Us) and follows his attempts to rescue a younger woman with world-bending powers from a Utopia grounded in American exceptionalism.

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Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo SwitchĪnother narrative behemoth that preceded The Last of Us by a few months in 2013, Irrational’s Bioshock Infinite (opens in new tab) is an ambitious game within an already genre-defining series, an atmospheric, imagination-stoking story with an inspired Steampunk aesthetic. If you’re ready for another cinematic gaming experience, plug into Beyond: Two Souls and lose yourself in both the physical world and the spiritual one.

Beyond: Two Souls revolves around the psychic link between two entities - one in corporeal form and one bodiless - and offers a complex and richly built environment for players to control either of the eponymous two souls, as they work their way through a winding story that involves the CIA, an ethereal realm and, like The Last of Us, more than a fair share of family tragedy. Released in the same year as The Last of Us, this epic dive into the supernatural boasts some top-tier acting chops from Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page in a story of adolescence and adulthood tied into a paranormal world. If your favorite aspect of The Last of Us was the immense detail of its storytelling and the impassioned voice acting that came together with motion capture performances to create an unforgettable narrative, then Beyond: Two Souls is sure to go down a storm.

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