All posts by MikePrivalis

A reply to Awesomecaucy 56

MikePrivalis·9/21/2020

RPK is not available in all editions of the game. Some people received it when they pre-ordered the game back when it was about to release, it is also included in the Redux version of Last Light. If you own a standard Metro Last Light, the RPK should be available as a DLC, I believe it costs 0.99 € or something like that. Check the DLCs on Steam to see if it's available. You wouldn't miss it if you had it, you can obtain it at the beginning of the first mission where you are able to select your weapons for free at the D6 gunsmith. :D

A reply to Awesomecaucy 56

MikePrivalis·5/25/2020

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.

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A reply to Awesomecaucy 56

MikePrivalis·5/25/2020

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

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A reply to Warboy289

MikePrivalis·4/28/2020

Nobody knows. Might take a while, nothing has been officially announced yet. However, it was hinted (I believe on Twitter) that there would be a continuation of some sorts in the future.

A reply to Bunnyboi696

MikePrivalis·4/13/2020

In Metro 2033 and Last Light - not really, as far as I know.

In Metro Exodus - the only thing you can "save" are the weapons that you collect. Once you collect one type of weapon for the first time, it gets added to the workbench at the Aurora, where you can always swap any of your current weapons with it and also put any attachments that you've collected on it. However, there is no way to dump ammo, consumables or crafting resources from your inventory into a storage box of some sorts.

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MikePrivalis·8/23/2019 in General

Editors: Use Gameicon1 wherever possible

Hi! I noticed that when adding icons to the beginning of articles, there is a difference based on whether you use {{Gameicon}} or {{Gameicon 1}} template. Both work the same way on PC, but gameicons pasted using Gameicon appear awfully big on phones, so if there's more of them, you gave to scroll quite a while before you actually get to the article itself. :D Gameicon1 partially fixes this, those icons on the other hand appear a bit too small on phones, so it's sometimes hard to tell what game/book they are referring to, but it's better than having to scroll through several kilometres of giant icons when trying to read something on your phone. :D therefore, use {{Gameicon1}} for adding icons to articles and replace all regular Gameicon ones with Gameicon1 when making edits to articles. :D :)

Also, adding <br/> right after the gameicons makes them appear closer to the content of the article, without it, there is an ugly gap. Consider this too.

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