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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
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Just finished Last Light. The action sections were worse, and the stealth sections were better. The story was a better story, but told in a sometimes tedious way. I liked that there were strong characters and higher stakes, but something about the atmosphere wasnt as compelling. And the final one or two hours or so kind of dragged.
I also have mixed feelings, but I would still recommend. Good overall with occasional very good parts. I mostly wish that the final act was more fun.
I probably have similar sentiments. I hated the boss fights, I disliked the overly supernatural parts, I hated the shoehorned "love story" and I hated the ending and the general vibe of Artyom being russian Rambo.
I loved the start travelling with Pavel, reminded me of travelling with Bourbon and I loved the settlements. Venice and Theater are some of the best Metro bits I've seen between the first two games.
Overall it didn't hit the same for me, it felt like it leaned away from the grounded bits I loved in 2033 and leaned more into set pieces and action movie spectacle.