Hands-on: Metro 2033

February 4th, 2010 | Tags: 4a-games, entry, francisco, games, its-credit, metro, most-conducive, pretty-neat, the-controls

To say that our first experience behind the controls of THQ and 4a Games’ post-apocalyptic Metro 2033 was “atmospheric” would be a bit of an understatement. To its credit, THQ picked a pretty neat venue for its hands-on event: A basement room of a San Francisco nightclub that looked kinda like an underground bunker. Pumping it full of fake fog and live DJ tunes, though — not the most conducive environment for seeing or hearing a game.

Still, play we did, and though we only got a chance to take in the first couple of levels, we’re getting a good (note: we didn’t say “great”) vibe from what we’d actually classify as “first-person post-apocalyptic survival-horror.”

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Hands-on: Metro 2033 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.