BEWARE I bought this brand new as a pc game with disk and it turned out to be a Steam game but nothing was said it being a steam game cause if it did I would diffently would not have bought it.Have no use for Steam now I have to wait 5hr to see if IT will play this is not right and ebay allows it

If you're looking for a unique setting and a haunting vision of the apocalyptic future our world is headed toward, then look no further than Metro 2033 , a survival-horror-style FPS from 4A Games.

From the moment you put Metro 2033 into your drive, prepare to be wowed. From the initial start screen to the final credits, THQ and 4A games Russian apocalypse themed first person shooter drips with pitch-perfect ambiance, stunning HD graphics and astounding pacing.

If you've played on the STALKER games, you'll feel right at home in this much more linear game; if you haven't, then this is a pretty good place to start, and you won't be dissapointed at all. What should strike you first are the graphics.

Great story; amazing atmosphere; blend of differant gameplays

Short; not much replay factor; no unlockables

A survival-horror/FPS hybrid that suffers from too many fundamental problems to be great.

We liked Metro 2033. We really did. But we wanted to love it. Its dusty, downtrodden, nuked-to-oblivion vision of a post-apocalyptic future is a thing of perverse beauty. At once terrifying and unsettlingly believable, it threatened to suck us in like no game before it. "Half-Life 2, who?

Breathtaking atmosphere and world design; unique setting

Mediocre-to-awful enemy AI; sometimes stifling linearity

Based on the post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 is a gorgeous and ambitious shooter that's occasionally bogged down by its heavy reliance on backstory and lack of narrative continuity.

The world is interesting and has some fascinating ideas serving as building blocks; it definitely makes you want to read the novel

The underground metro station is the last place where the human race remains. Looking around you will see posters of beautiful landscapes of the world you once knew. Now life beyond the metro is a post apocalyptic world, smeared in blood of innocent life's and infested with mutated creatures.

While some areas tend to fall flat and the world can sometimes feel a bit disjointed, Metro 2033 is a unique and unforgettable experience.

Ever since the first wave of games in the "Survival Horror" genre creators of such titles have looked to ramp up the scares, the tension and just exactly how horrific their creations can get.