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Quick Look: Metro 2033

Dave takes us on another dark and radioactive trip to the Eastern Bloc.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 19 2010

Cast: Dave, Jeff

Posted by: Drew

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Metro 2033

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Edited By Daryl

Thirst. 
PS. Audio is pretty low. I have to crank my volume to max and it's still relatively quiet. 

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sweet

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Edited By hero_swe

Awesome! I finished this yesterday, waiting to see your guys opinion on it 
 
EDIT: Shame you guys are doing the console versions. They are both very inferior to the PC version. My PC never chugged on this game and it's not even a good PC 
 
 
Double EDIT: Wow Dave, you have nearly no ammo...What's up with that? 
 
Triple EDIT: Stop shooting at stealth points in the game! Not supposed to fight there! Darrrrgh!
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Edited By JJGIANT

Typewriter!

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Edited By VoshiNova

Awesome

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Edited By francesthemule

I actually said "Yay" out loud when I say this was up.
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Edited By thatfrood

oh please oh please don't be the usual "dave" quicklook where Dave talks about how he likes a game and everyone else is uninterested.
edit: Oh dave. You just press the right button, then you can shoot "pristine" bullets. They're much more effective.

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Edited By cap123

thinking about buying this. impress me metro 2033! >:(

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Edited By drowsap

sweet new QL

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Edited By Dante_the_Jedi

I really like this game been playing it for the past few hours and it is just much fun. Side note god the 360 lags like hell. this much better on a PC.

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Edited By DjDonFrancisco
@francesthemule said:
" I actually said "Yay" out loud when I say this was up. "
I said "Yes!"
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Edited By Binman88

Yes it does light up the journal Dave. You said no, but I think you weren't even listening to Jeff :P

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Edited By Myrmidon

Awesome, been looking forward to this game.

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Edited By Binman88

STALKER reference at 15:11 btw. :D

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Edited By Hitchenson

Dude, yes. I'm waiting until June to pick this up because that's when I'll be getting my new PC. Alas, I'll have this QL now at least. 

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@DjDonFrancisco said:
" @francesthemule said:
" I actually said "Yay" out loud when I say this was up. "
I said "Yes!" "

I went with "Sweet!"
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Edited By MeatSim

Bullets and beer pretty much the two best currencies ever.

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Edited By The_Laughing_Man

The...game does not look that good in truth. Maybe that is just the 360 version...The frame rate looks a bit bad in combat. But eh... 
 
O and about the ammo. 
 
Pre bomb falling ammo=Hold reload button to use it. It does more damage. 

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Edited By Binman88
@The_Laughing_Man:  But that's like shooting money, seeing as those bullets are your currency in the game. A much better approach is to use your standard ammo, but try and stealth kill as many enemies as possible with throwing knives and melee attacks.
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@Binman88 said:
" @The_Laughing_Man:  But that's like shooting money, seeing as those bullets are your currency in the game. A much better approach is to use your standard ammo, but try and stealth kill as many enemies as possible with throwing knives and melee attacks. "
I was telling the guys playing *If they look here* It sounded like they did not know it was more then just money. 
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@Hero_Swe said:
" Awesome! I finished this yesterday, waiting to see your guys opinion on it  EDIT: Shame you guys are doing the console versions. They are both very inferior to the PC version. My PC never chugged on this game and it's not even a good PC   Double EDIT: Wow Dave, you have nearly no ammo...What's up with that?  Triple EDIT: Stop shooting at stealth points in the game! Not supposed to fight there! Darrrrgh! "
No matter how hard you type, sadly, he can not hear you.
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@Hero_Swe:  Keep typing. One day, they'll hear you, I swear.
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Edited By gosukiller

For the record Dave, you CAN in fact use your pristine bullets. Hold the reload button. I don't recommend using them since you can buy rusty ones which do around the same amount of damage.
Also, play the PC version Dave, it is vastly superior (given you got the right PC/settings).
Also also, the frontline part was supposed to stealth, not shoot-and-die.

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YAY was waiting for this

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is that the gayest way to hold a clipboard ever?

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Edited By OpenWideToSwim

i hate the QLS where they get all the facts wrong and make the game look bad. good job gb

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@The_Laughing_Man:  My mistake, I haven't even finished the video, sorry!
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YEAAAAAAAAAAA DAVE 

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Edited By Titl

i am really on the fence about this game..i hope this QL helps..

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Edited By Vorbis

Currency is explained like this, pre-war weapons and prestine ammo, kickass. The new stuff is made out of junk and it's just not good enough for getting the job done. 
 
So you will have the choice to either use the pre-war good weapons+pristine ammo, which is alot rarer, or trade it for the new crap which is alot more common.

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Edited By DocColossus

this game looks interesting! the Ukraine is not weak.

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YYEESSSS

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Edited By spaceturtle

This game is soooo freaking good! I know its early on, but I feel GOTY for this already. Considering what games coming out this year now it will definitely top my list unless there are some real surprises coming.

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Edited By thatfrood

 This game is really great and has interesting game mechanics. I don't think the shooting is bad, but perhaps that's because it looks so pretty I don't care.
 
The running is pretty doofy, though.

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I was like, why does this look like shit? Oh, its the xbox version.

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Edited By Wick

This game looks interesting despite some of the jankiness

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game looks horrible

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@superpope: 
I chose "Neat!"
 
Also there is CRAZY amounts of motion blur in the PC version. But it does look good. Especially the outside stuff.
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Edited By fox01313

Bullets for currency? That's so strange, would have expected shell casings or vodka caps. Aside from the eyes on the mpcs the game looks rather good, definitely going to add it now to gamefly after seeing this QL.

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I LOL'ed so hard when I saw that it was the 360 version.

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wow Dave is really bad at the game on a technical level. He must have rushed passed some of the tutorials.  
 
Here's the tips.
hold the light and the board, to light up the board
when using pistol or ak47 or smg hold reload to switch to the money bullet
hold reload to pump up some of the guns
listen to the speech there is a reason they called him a comedian

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Edited By Driadon

Dave, just wait till you give the PC version a go; it's goddamn incredible and has a lot of the issues you mention fixed up.

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@OpenWideToSwim said:
" i hate the QLS where they get all the facts wrong and make the game look bad. good job gb "

 
Dave failed miserable
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Looks pretty cool.

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In Fallout 1, bottlecaps are backed by a merchant organization and the tech to recreate more bottlecaps is lost.

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@Dave 
 
Are there any moments in the story where they mention the soviet Gulag or the Stalinist purges? I teach a class on Russian and Ukranian (emigre) lit right now, and I'm curious. My guess is that a Russian game wouldn't harken back to the self-imploding that happened during the 40s and 50s, but you never know.
 
 
The atmosphere in the game seems pretty cinematic and engrossing. I esp. loved the taking the mask off to replace the filter idea. Very visceral and stealth based. I'm getting a Deus Ex/ Riddick: Butcher Bay vibe and I'm kinda digging it.  
 
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I really would like to see the pc version of this game.

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Edited By RobotHamster

Eh, doesn't do it for me, it doesn't look interesting and looks kinda clunky.

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Im kinda disappointed with the game.

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Edited By Vinchenzo

Meh. 
 
But the people commenting on this video really need to calm down. This isn't YouTube. Just chill out.