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Isn't it always the case when it comes to game adaptations of books and films? :D The books didn't feaure nearly as much combat as the games do, so if you wanted to make it accurate, you'd have to make a different game than an FPS, it'd rather be an adventure game or something. :D
I'd say 2033 is accurate enough, some details are different but the main events are there - the Dark Ones attacking VDNKh, Artyom going to Polis to ask for help, Rangers going to the Library to look for information about D6 and then finding the D6 itself (if I remember correctly, Artyom didn't go to D6 himself in the book, someone else went there "off-screen" to launch the missiles, but D6 is a pretty cool part of the game and it would be a shame omitting it) and then climbing up the Ostankino Tower to target the "nest" of the Dark Ones...it's there, with some liberties to make the gameplay more entertaining of course. :D
Some events from Metro Last Light actually happened in the book canon too, the Battle of D6 did happen, Miller also got maimed there (although he was also missing an arm in a book I think, and instead of getting prosthetic legs, he was using a wheelchair), some other characters died...we don't know the details and it's likely that it was different, but...most of the events from Last Light could've happened around the time Metro 2034 was taking place. :D
Metro Exodus is a lot different than Metro 2035, that's true. The idea of Artyom "searching for the truth" and Moscow being blocked from the outside world by signal jammers was present in the book though. And in the book, Artyom and Anna also left Moscow in the end, although they used a car rather than a train and it was only them. However, similar events could still unfold in the book canon if Metro Exodus took place AFTER the events of Metro 2035, just with the beginning being different (maybe there would be some other reason the Invisible Watchers would want to get rid of Miller and the Rangers, so they'd be forced to flee Moscow using a stolen train).
Overall, I'm fine with the portayal of the Metro world in both canons, it's similar enough to me. And it would be cool if a new book was released which would include some events from Metro Exodus. :D
Yeah, I like how most of the events are cannon, and I get then leaving about some parts that are not very important. I just don't get why they leave out some characters like Daniel and the revolutionists, and why did they change Melnik's name Miller. And why did they make it that during the cart scene in Metro 2033, Artyom gets knocked out. In the book he is the only one not affected.
Well, they didn't really change Miller's name, they just translated it (which shouldn't be done, but it's commonly done anyway :P) ...both "Melnik" and "Miller" mean the same thing - a person that works at a mill. About Artyom losing his consciousness in the tunnel, yeah, that was a bit unnecessary (especially as Bourbon recruits him just a while later because he is "immune against these things" :D ) but Metro 2033 loves its weird visions and dreams so of course they put it there :D I still think Artyom wasn't affected as severely as some of the other people on the cart, he was the last one to lose consciousness and the first one to come round, right? He also didn't hear the "weeping voices" one of the guys on that cart mentioned...as for Danila/Daniel, I think one of the Rangers in the game had that (or a very similar) name, but he was just a generic Ranger not important at all for the story...that was a bit annoying to me too, they could've done this part s bit more similar to the book, I think it would work. I don't know why they didn't. :| And the revolutionaries - yeah, they were an interesting bunch, but those might have been left out for political reasons, maybe the game developers didn't want to include any references to real-life figures like Che Guevara etc, which is understandable, unfortunately, people these days love to get triggered over the stupidest things...or maybe they didn't want to introduce a new set of characters which the player would only see for a very short sequence and then never meet again, it might be confusing for some people I guess.
"maybe there would be some other reason the Invisible Watchers would want to get rid of Miller and the Rangers, so they'd be forced to flee Moscow using a stolen train" Yeah I like that theory Mike, Miller final realized it and started to see things more clearly after the showdown at the Polis court, his veterans then gave him some prosthetic legs and they stole the Aurora to flee Moscow
I never played the games, and I just started with the books
I'm perfectly fine with them diverging. Personally I think the games are better written than the books.
What do you think?