Metro Awakening

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Metro Awakening
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Developer(s) Vertigo Games
Publisher(s) Deep Silver
Director(s) Martin de Ronde
Samar Louwe
Writer(s) Dmitry Glukhovsky
Series Metro
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 7, 2024
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Metro Awakening is a first-person shooter developed by Vertigo Games and published by Deep Silver. As a spin-off game of the Metro franchise and a prequel to Metro 2033 , Awakening was released for virtual reality devices, including PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, Steam VR and Viveport on November 7, 2024.

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Gameplay

As with its predecessors, Metro Awakening is a first-person shooter. The game's story follows Serdar, a doctor who must venture into the treacherous Moscow tunnel system in order to reunite with his wife. The story was described by the team as the origin story for Khan, a supernatural being in the Metro universe, and the story takes place before the events of the first game. [1] The game's combat will be slower, as the game's protagonist is not a skilled soldier. Players can use various firearms to fight against enemies, though bullets in the game are scarce. Alternatively, players can utilize stealth tactics during enemy encounters. [2]

Development

The game was developed by Vertigo Games, the studio behind other VR games such as Arizona Sunshine and its sequel. The studio worked in close collaboration with Dmitry Glukhovsky, who served as the game's lore consultant. [3] The team felt that Glukhovsky had written a very "personal" and "emotional" story for Awakening, and therefore, changed the overall game direction to a more story-driven one. Vertigo chose Khan to be the game's playable character. Unlike Artyom, the series' silent protagonist, Khan was fully voiced. [4] The team also worked closely with 4A Games, which provided the team with gameplay assets and models they had used during the development of earlier games in the series. [2]

Awakening was announced in January 2024. [5] The game was released worldwide on November 7, 2024. [6]

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