If you want better mission design
Choose SiN: Reloaded. It scores 5.0 vs 3.0 for mission design, with a 4.3 overall score.
Metro Redux Review
Content guidance
Human and mutant combat includes close-up knife kills, blood, and disturbing attacks in claustrophobic horror settings. Nudity, sexualized encounters, and bleak depictions of human cruelty make this best suited to older teens.
Official rating
M
Bottom Line
Choose Metro Redux for absorbing stories, stealth, and survival tension across two campaigns. Skip if scripted downtime, inconsistent AI, or managing scarce ammunition and air filters would spoil the experience.
Best for
Players who enjoy story-driven solo shooters, patient stealth, and oppressive survival horror. Newcomers gain the most from the complete campaigns and improved 2033 systems.
Not for
Players seeking open exploration, uninterrupted action, or consistently clever enemies. Switch players relying on bright-room handheld sessions may struggle with the dark scenes.
Verdict
Metro Redux is most convincing as a journey through a ruined society, where overheard conversations, fragile equipment, and haunted tunnels make survival feel immediate. The rebuilt 2033 gains substantially from Last Light’s controls, menus, stealth systems, and visual technology, while the sequel offers broader encounters and a frequently preferred story. Survival and Spartan settings let players adjust the emphasis, although scarcity and difficulty spikes can still frustrate. Enemy behavior is the largest recurring design weakness, with opinions ranging from believable reactions to oblivious guards and predictable rushing. Switch brings impressive portability and generally stable 30fps play, traded against dark-screen visibility and sometimes lengthy loading. Newcomers get the strongest value; existing Last Light owners have fewer compelling reasons to buy again.
Feature Scorecards
Summary
95 reviewed features-
Very positive 4.5-5.036 (38%)
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Positive 3.5-4.432 (34%)
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Neutral 2.5-3.419 (20%)
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Negative 1.5-2.48 (8%)
Pros highlights
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The rebuilt 2033 makes the largest visual leap, while Last Light remains attractive with smaller changes. Switch presentation draws strong praise overall, with dissent over soft textures, docked sharpness, and aging character assets.
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The collection is strongly recommended overall, especially for first-time players drawn to atmospheric shooters. Persistent AI flaws, uneven action, and limited Last Light changes prevent universal enthusiasm.
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2033’s rebuilt visuals, imported systems, and redesigned flow make this much more than a resolution upgrade. Last Light receives comparatively modest changes, making a second purchase harder to justify for some existing owners.
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The mysterious Dark Ones, political conflict, and human survival make the stories compelling. Last Light often earns the stronger response, although some prefer 2033’s spiritual tone or criticize forced late plotting.
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Oppressive tunnels, ruined streets, and living communities create the package’s defining mood. Atmosphere draws unusually consistent praise, although brighter remastered lighting loses some original darkness for a few fans.
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Survival, Spartan, and Ranger options accommodate very different preferences. Praise for the choice sits alongside complaints about difficulty spikes, artificial enemy durability, and harsh resource limits.
Cons highlights
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More consistent detection is a major improvement over the original 2033. Reactions remain divisive: some find opponents believable and tactical, while many report oblivious guards, predictable rushing, or poor navigation.
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The alternation of danger and station life can feel expertly paced. Others find companion waiting, scripted downtime, long action stretches, or Last Light’s extended campaign disruptive.
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Switch’s initial level loads are the most repeated technical complaint and can exceed a minute. Fast reloads after death soften that drawback, while merged Redux levels reduce interruptions on other platforms.
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Varied human encounters and optional areas can be excellent, but repeated mutant swarms draw frequent criticism. Forced action and scripted sections sometimes expose the combat’s weaknesses.
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Voice acting is one of the more divided production elements. Some find it solid or well suited to Artyom; others criticize forced Russian accents, reused voices, and an unconvincing child performance.
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Weapons can have satisfying punch, and knives or upgraded guns are effective tools. Early firearms, damage feedback, and enemies that absorb too many rounds are recurring combat complaints.
Compared With Category Average
Compared with other Video Games, this product is above average in physical release format, stealth mechanics, aiming precision, near average in atmosphere, combat system, below average in character diversity, haptic feedback integration, boss design.
Comparison summary
95 compared features-
Above average 0.4+ pts higher51 (54%)
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Same as average within 0.3 pts24 (25%)
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Below average 0.4+ pts lower20 (21%)
Largest category differences
| Attribute | This product | Category average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| character diversity | 2.0 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| haptic feedback integration | 2.0 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| physical release format | 4.7 | 3.1 | +1.6 |
| stealth mechanics | 4.4 | 3.3 | +1.1 |
| boss design | 2.2 | 3.7 | -1.5 |
| aiming precision | 4.4 | 3.1 | +1.3 |
| frame rate stability | 4.7 | 3.7 | +1.0 |
| sandbox freedom | 2.9 | 4.2 | -1.3 |
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Compared in Reviews
Products reviewers directly compared with this model, grouped into quick takeaways.
- Similar: horror identity The underlying horror identity is considered closer to Silent Hill than a conventional shooter.
Call of Duty
- Worse: interruptions to player control Redux removes control less often than Call of Duty, though still more than preferred.
- Similar: action influences Last Light sometimes recalls Call of Duty within a broader mix of influences.
- Similar: standard FPS controls The controls use familiar FPS conventions also found in Call Of Duty.
alien isolation
- Similar: Switch conversion fidelity The conversion stands alongside alien isolation for preserving the console experience.
- Similar: visual conversion quality The clean visual port is compared favorably with alien isolation.
- Similar: Switch conversion quality The port is ranked alongside alien isolation among Switch’s strongest conversions.
FAQ
What is included in Metro Redux?
The collection includes the Redux versions of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light plus their DLC. Both games offer selectable play styles and difficulty settings.
Should I play Metro 2033 first?
Yes. Last Light continues its story, so starting with 2033 gives the narrative and world-building more context.
How do Survival and Spartan differ?
Survival emphasizes conserving ammunition and filters. Spartan provides more supplies for an action-oriented experience; Ranger offers a harsher challenge with reduced interface help.
Is the Switch version worthwhile?
Most accounts praise its responsive controls, handheld image quality, and stable 30fps. Long initial loads and difficulty seeing deep shadows are the main portable caveats.
Is it worth buying if I own the original games?
2033 receives the more substantial overhaul. Last Light’s smaller changes and included DLC are less persuasive if you already own and recently played the original with its extras.
How much gameplay does the collection offer?
The accounts vary by pace, exploration, modes, and DLC, ranging from about 20 hours for the main journeys to more than 40 hours with extras. Last Light is generally the longer campaign.
Is it suitable for younger players?
Its intense horror, bloody combat, close-up killings, nudity, and sexualized scenes suit older teens. The official U.S. [ESRB rating](https://www.esrb.org/ratings/33522/metro-redux/) is M.
Sample Expert Reviews We Analyzed
These are a few of the reviews included in our analysis.
Video Reviews
YouTube - Nintendo Life
- Review score
- 4.5
Article Reviews
cubed3.com
Read our Metro: Redux - Nintendo Switch review. Metro Redux is a post-apocalyptic call to adventure, every gamer needs to experience.
- Review score
- 4.5
impulsegamer.com
What's better than one Metro game? Two Metro games! Metro Redux is a remastered combo pack, featuring Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light...
- Review score
- 3.3
fandomledger.com
The classic story of life after the apocalypse in the Russian underground has come to Switch in this beautiful remastered double feature. See...
- Review score
- 3.6
useapotion.com
Metro Redux offers a pair of gripping adventures that feel perfectly at home on the Nintendo Switch.
- Review score
- 4.3
rapidreviewsuk.com
Metro 2033 Redux is the definitive version of the cult classic ‘Metro 2033’, available on Nintendo Switch for the first time. Read our Rapid...
- Review score
- 3.8
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