![]() ![]() After each confrontation, Artyom is given the choice of forgiving his enemy or taking revenge on them. The Dark One uses his powers to read their minds, allowing Artyom to learn of General Korbut's plan to capture D6 and use a bioweapon from the facility to exterminate all human life in the Metro not aligned with the Red Line. While escorting the Dark One back to Polis, Artyom is confronted by first Lesnitsky and later Pavel. After a series of flashbacks where Artyom learns the Dark Ones saved his own life when he was a child, Artyom decides to protect the Dark One. Korbut is assisted by Pavel as well as Lesnitsky, a traitorous Ranger who escaped to the Red Line with samples of a bioweapon stolen from D6.Īrtyom manages to rescue the Dark One child, with Khan's assistance. While escaping captivity, Artyom learns of a plan by the Red Line's head of military intelligence, General Korbut, to capture D6 and take control of the entire metro. However, when the two reach a Red Line settlement, Pavel is revealed to be a high-ranking officer of the Red Line and allows them to capture Artyom. A good-natured communist Red Line soldier, Pavel Morozov, helps Artyom escape the Reich, and the two befriend each other after spending considerable time fighting across the metro tunnels and the wasted surface together. He's accompanied during the mission by Anna, Miller's sarcastic daughter and the Rangers' best sniper.Īrtyom succeeds in finding the Dark One, who turns out to be a mere child, but the two of them are captured by soldiers of the Nazi Reich. Miller sends Artyom to the surface with a mission to kill the Dark One. ![]() Khan believes the Dark One is the key to humanity's future and wants to make peace with it, while Ranger leader Colonel Miller wants to kill the creature due to its potential threat. Khan, the nomad mystic, arrives at D6 to inform Artyom and the Rangers that a single Dark One survived the missile strike. The Rangers have since occupied the D6 military facility, with Artyom having become an official member of the group. Metro: Last Light takes place one year after the events of Metro 2033, proceeding from the ending where Artyom chose to call down the missile strike on the Dark Ones. Read at your own risk, or skip the spoiler by clicking HERE. This article contains plot information that may spoil major story aspects for the reader. As Artyom, burdened by guilt but driven by hope, you hold the key to our survival – the last light in our darkest hour… A civil war is stirring that could wipe humanity from the face of the earth forever. But rather than stand united, the station-cities of the Metro are locked in a struggle for the ultimate power, a doomsday device from the military vaults of D6. ![]() Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Purple lines are tunnel routes and orange lines are surface routes. Metro: Last Light was announced at E3 2011 to appear on the upcoming Nintendo console, the Wii-U, however, one year later at E3 2012 it was confirmed that the Wii-U would not be seeing Metro: Last Light.Īrtyom's approximate journey in Metro: Last Light, starting at D-6 and heading north east. The game was released on May 14th, 2013, on Xbox 360, PC through Steam and, unlike Metro 2033, on the PS3. With this new installment, 4A has introduced a multitude of new weapons, such as the bolt-action rifle, a single-shot pistol, a hand-powered chain gun, as well as new locations to play in. In this setting, Artyom's allies: Khan and the other Rangers, join forces once again to defend D6 from many foes including the Fourth Reich, communists, and bandits. The story continues on from the canonical ending of the previous game, in which Artyom destroyed the mysterious new mutant threat, the Dark Ones. The story takes place after Metro 2033, with a new story guided by Dmitry Glukhovsky but written in-house at 4A Games. In this inhospitable landscape, the player must guide Artyom into following friends, battling dangerous mutants, and engaging in firefights with enemy factions, or complex stealth missions in which remaining unseen is vital for survival. With the player character, Artyom, journeying across linear sections of a Post-Apocalyptic Metro System and an irradiated surface of post-apocalyptic Moscow, hoping to save what's left of humanity, long after World War III. 11.7 Concept Art by Vlad "Feanture" TkachĪs the sequel to Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light follows the same gameplay formula. ![]()
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