Posts about 4A Games
Just a few days ago, I've finished Metro Last Light (Redux) and I have some thoughts that I want to share with.
When I've completed Metro 2033, I though that it was a decent, really climatic, yet kinda low-budget game with somewhat ragged mechanics. But I liked it anyway. Now, after finishing Metro: Last Light, I see a huge progress that developers made. Gameplay is much, much better. Game kinda reminds me of Valve school of gameplay and level-design (mostly Half Life 2). You know, in each location, we are doing something new, something different. One time we can sneak past the guards, another time we shoot them, we drive through the metro using some kind of a vehicle, sometimes we scavenge and explore or simply listen to what people say on stations and so forth. In comparison to Metro 2033, Last Light is designed much better and 4A Games seems to know how to keep the player interested.
People from 4A Games are learning pretty fast. I would compare it to what CD PROJEKT RED accomplished. They've made good, but not so polished and kind of niche game. Sequel was much better in matter of storytelling, mechanics and technicalities. It also sold much better. Then we had famous Witcher 3, which is a gem and sold milions very quickly. Do you think that 4A Games follows similar path? Their first game was ok, then we had a better sequel, which sold way better. What do you guys think? Does 4A Games have a chance to become a really serious player in video gaming industry and make a real hit?
It has orignially been posted on r/Metrolastlight subreddit, but it didn't get much attention, therefore I think that r/Games might be a better place for it and I'm looking forward to read some interesting opinions on the topic.