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Metro: Last Light Released for Linux on Steam

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In normal circumstances I would have let Liam deliver these awesome news, but what is normal about a total nuclear catastrophe in the radioactive ruins of Moscow? Especially when that happens on Linux?

Anyways, the horror FPS Metro: Last Light from 4A Games and published by Deepsilver has finally been released on Steam for Linux. There had been hints about the closing release date on SteamDB during the past few weeks, so the release wasn't a complete surprise, but we didn't expect it to happen so suddenly.

I think this is one of the important milestones in the history of Linux gaming. It's not the first big game on Linux and probably not the last, but we are seeing big game studios finally take Linux seriously as a gaming platform. Would you have believed all this few years ago?

Game info:

Metro: Last Light is a first person horror shooter set into post-apocalyptic Moscow, which has been devastated by a nuclear war. The surviving population of Moscow has taken refuge in the metro tunnels below the radioactive streets, where all kinds of mutants roam. But to quote another game with a similar topic: "war never changes" and the people living in the metro tunnels have divided into different factions, which fight with each other for survival. You play as Artyom, a young dweller of the metro, and you must sort out this mess as "the last light in our darkest hour".

Features:
  • Experience thrilling combat with an exotic arsenal of hand-made weaponry against deadly foes – both human and mutant – and use stealth to launch attacks under the cover of darkness
  • Explore the post-apocalyptic world of the Moscow Metro, one of the most immersive, atmospheric game worlds ever created
  • Fight for every bullet and every last breath in a claustrophobic blend of survival horror and FPS gameplay
  • Next generation technology boasting stunning lighting and physics sets a new graphical benchmark on both console and PC


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The game is currently (slowly) downloading on Steam, so I haven't yet had a chance to play it, but I am sure to make a GOL Cast of it ASAP! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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fabertawe Nov 6, 2013
Great link, thanks Xpander. I would never have known what I was missing (obviously!).

Can't say it bothers me at all really, I recently replayed all the Half Life stuff (1 and 2) and never once thought "wow, these graphics are bad". Quite the contrary. It must be a combination of not being an uptodate gamer (no Windows or consoles, apart from an original Wii) and being "older", ahem *cough* 8 bit *cough*.

Sorry Samsai, going OT again :P That's for another thread.
scaine Nov 6, 2013
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Quoting: Quote from Xpanderonly thing that seems to be missing is the Tesselation

http://www.overclock.net/t/1439965/metro-last-light-windows-vs-linux-graphics-comparison

And yet the graphics are absolutely stunning regardless! Actually, in that thread, the lack of tessellation makes most of the textures look more natural. It's the framerates that I find pretty staggering. The fluidity of the game while producing such graphics is really nice. Very smooth.

It's crashed for me twice now, which is disappointing, but I'm about 5 hours in, so it's not particularly prominent. It's just a shame that you can't skip the two minute tunnel intro when you start the game up! Pretty infuriating sitting through that!
fabertawe Nov 6, 2013
Quoting: Quote from scaineAnd yet the graphics are absolutely stunning regardless! Actually, in that thread, the lack of tessellation makes most of the textures look more natural. It's the framerates that I find pretty staggering. The fluidity of the game while producing such graphics is really nice. Very smooth.

It's crashed for me twice now, which is disappointing, but I'm about 5 hours in, so it's not particularly prominent. It's just a shame that you can't skip the two minute tunnel intro when you start the game up! Pretty infuriating sitting through that!

Also, akin to the good framerate is that it isn't frying my card either. I get noticeably higher temps from 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted' (a Unity game) where the graphics are not as detailed (but still beautiful in their own way).

I haven't had a crash yet, maybe I'm not in as far, I'll find out shortly! Totally agree on not being able to skip the intro.
Xpander Nov 6, 2013
Quoting: Quote from scaine
Quoting: Quote from Xpanderonly thing that seems to be missing is the Tesselation

http://www.overclock.net/t/1439965/metro-last-light-windows-vs-linux-graphics-comparison
And yet the graphics are absolutely stunning regardless! Actually, in that thread, the lack of tessellation makes most of the textures look more natural. It's the framerates that I find pretty staggering. The fluidity of the game while producing such graphics is really nice. Very smooth.

It's crashed for me twice now, which is disappointing, but I'm about 5 hours in, so it's not particularly prominent. It's just a shame that you can't skip the two minute tunnel intro when you start the game up! Pretty infuriating sitting through that!

Actually, thats not the missing tesselation that makes linux version look more realistic..its the lack of bloom intensity...which is a good thing.
Tesselation however would be nice..it would bring up the stuff on textures... not being a flat texture..

but thats not really a big dealbreaker... the graphics look still amazing.

also you can remove the intro videos..at least most of them
try renaming or removing legal.ogv file
xmirrorx Nov 6, 2013
Quoting: Quote from fabertawe
Quoting: Quote from scaineAnd yet the graphics are absolutely stunning regardless! Actually, in that thread, the lack of tessellation makes most of the textures look more natural. It's the framerates that I find pretty staggering. The fluidity of the game while producing such graphics is really nice. Very smooth.

It's crashed for me twice now, which is disappointing, but I'm about 5 hours in, so it's not particularly prominent. It's just a shame that you can't skip the two minute tunnel intro when you start the game up! Pretty infuriating sitting through that!

Also, akin to the good framerate is that it isn't frying my card either. I get noticeably higher temps from 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted' (a Unity game) where the graphics are not as detailed (but still beautiful in their own way).

I haven't had a crash yet, maybe I'm not in as far, I'll find out shortly! Totally agree on not being able to skip the intro.
Dude skip the intro rename ~/username/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Metro Last Light/legal.ogv  to ..../legal.ogv.old
fabertawe Nov 7, 2013
Quoting: Quote from xmirrorxDude skip the intro rename ~/username/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Metro Last Light/legal.ogv  to ..../legal.ogv.old
 
Hah! Ways and means, thanks for the pointer.
STiAT Nov 8, 2013
Played it a few hours. It's a great game with good story telling (even if it's a linear story). Sadly, at one certain point it keeps crashing on me. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next updates.

And for the minimum requirements - pfft, runs perfectly well on my GTX555 ;-).
STiAT Nov 8, 2013
Quoting: Quote from STiATPlayed it a few hours. It's a great game with good story telling (even if it's a linear story). Sadly, at one certain point it keeps crashing on me. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next updates.

And for the minimum requirements - pfft, runs perfectly well on my GTX555 ;-).

PS: i liked stalker better :).. but this one is great too!
fabertawe Nov 8, 2013
Quoting: Quote from STiATPlayed it a few hours. It's a great game with good story telling (even if it's a linear story). Sadly, at one certain point it keeps crashing on me. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next updates.

At which point is it crashing? I haven't had a crash yet so a heads up would be useful :)
philip550c Nov 8, 2013
Quoting: Quote from STiATPlayed it a few hours. It's a great game with good story telling (even if it's a linear story). Sadly, at one certain point it keeps crashing on me. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next updates.

And for the minimum requirements - pfft, runs perfectly well on my GTX555 ;-).
This is my experience as well. Except I have a 560ti.
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