Metro 2033 for PS3 to be a graphical powerhouse

  • Posted January 7th, 2009 at 11:21 EDT by
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Developed by Russian team 4A-Games, Metro 2033: The Last Refuge is a title that hasn't had too much attention of late, but from the looks of these latest screenshots, that's about to change.

In an interview with GamesRadar, 4A-Games creative director Andrew Prokhorov discussed how their new engine would boast new technologies allowing for Metro 2033 to be one of the biggest upcoming FPS games in terms of sheer graphical prowess.

"There isn’t a single static light source; basically, light bulbs shake and break,” said Prokhorov. "The number of light sources in a frame is limited by common sense, not by programmers. But fully dynamic lighting isn’t an end in itself; it allows us to create the game in the process of playing it, without wasting time on recalculation of lightmaps, shadows, and other stuff. We also use visualization technology to give the game a film-like image, and we’re adding 64-bit HDR with eye adaptation, depth of field, motion blur, and PhysX."

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the title, Metro 2033 will have players take the role of Artem, a young soldier who must reach the underground city of "Polis" to warn them of incoming attacks from "The Darkness" (mutated humans and animals). During the fight to the inner city, players must weave their way through all the different political organizations and governments. According to 4A Games, NPC's will live out their lives independently outside of the player's interactions, giving the game's society a more realistic feel.

Last we heard from 4A-Games, they had signed with a major publisher and that new media and information would be forthcoming. Until then, be sure to check out the latest screenshots in our gallery here. We've contacted 4A-Games for another update, so stay tuned for more details.

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  1. edward_moffet | edd

    • 11:24am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Awesome looking game, really cool, it seems alot like fallout 3 but it definitely has its own flavor and the story sounds quite interesting love the monster design as well, but this game don't have crap on KZ2 in terms of graphics

  2. Sryche22 | Sryche

    • 11:26am GMT - January 7th, 2009

     wow...this looks very promising....can't wait to see more!

  3. gingo | gingo

    • 11:28am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    psn id: gingo.... this looks really good will be good to get more details soon

  4. Oztheboss

    • 11:30am GMT - January 7th, 2009

     Is it coming out in the PS3? Do they know anything? 

     

    This seems like a PC exclusive.

  5. Mike_Harradence

    • 11:34am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    @Oztheboss

     

    We've talked with 4A-Games in the past and they assured us that the game is coming to the PS3.

  6. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 11:35am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Very nice.

  7. AndrewMilky | AndrewMilky

    • 11:38am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Am I the only one that thinks this is probably going to be lame?

  8. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 11:41am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    this is what i expect from up coming fps, to look better than killzone2. any fps that don't look better than killzone2 is a huge let down.

  9. SamuraiClarke

    • 11:42am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Sounds good to me, will this game be an RPG?

  10. HARDCOREPS3

    • 11:44am GMT - January 7th, 2009

     cool

  11. -CroatianMetalMan-

    • 11:50am GMT - January 7th, 2009

    hmm....  If it's only for PS3 they could makea good game with all that power. I'll keep my eye on this game. btw. the game look nice

  12. JonW18 | JonW18

    • 11:59am GMT - January 7th, 2009

     Looks like it could develop into a really good game.

  13. snir1400

    • 12:02pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    The game coming for PS3?

    please answer for me.

  14. Perishing_Mind

    • 12:17pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    @8

    that's pretty unfair if you ask me :D

  15. Oztheboss

    • 1:31pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

     Cheers, Mike!

  16. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 2:30pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Jeeze. 3 announcements lately about Fallout-esque games. What's going on here? And could somebody please spread the word that third-person is still a viable option?

  17. jigglespsu

    • 2:39pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    @14 He's right you know, KZ2 raises the bar so anything that doesn't live up to it will go the same way as haze

  18. dharlequin | dharlequin

    • 3:10pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    Finally some decent project in our country :) I'm quite happy withe the fact :) Looks like 1080p as well :) 

  19. Alpha2

    • 4:12pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    ADFPS

    that;s right, another damn first person shooter.

  20. Scarl | Scarl

    • 5:24pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    I've been following this game for years (long before Fallout 3 was officially announced) and it's great to see some news on it. :-)

    I just wish the novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky was available in English, my Russian doesn't do it justice.

     

  21. bighawke5

    • 6:00pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    This has nothin on KZ2 graphic wise...unless these screens are from alpha build i dont think they can call it a GRAPHICAL POWERHOUSE just yet..cuz in my eyes KZ2's graphics pop out more than this and at least we can see stuff...this is all dark...like 360 games...

  22. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 6:17pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    meh....

  23. Free_Agent

    • 6:23pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

     This game looks great. It reminds me of the Stalker series available for pc in many ways. I have always like the combination of FPS/RPG. I have been reading the comments, and I hope this game does indeed make it to PS3.

  24. Ahaaa | A-HAAA

    • 7:17pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    It loks good but is it gonna be good i think not

  25. BlueDragoon0 | Lionheart0

    • 7:19pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    I thought this was canned....

  26. Zeus-Nolan

    • 10:17pm GMT - January 7th, 2009

    well i hope its going to better than it sounds :)

  27. SpiderPS3 | InvisiCobra

    • 3:12am GMT - January 8th, 2009

    hmm

    if it's not a PS3 exclusive then im not as interested as i am right now

  28. Dragoonlord | KillZone3000

    • 5:09pm GMT - January 8th, 2009

    In the description says its THIRD PERSON GAME but juding by the pictures it seems a FIRST PERSON GAME!!!!

    but the game looks great!!! (it remembers me Doom 3)

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