Metro Awakening Reviews
Metro Awakening VR delivers some terrifying moments in its deep, thought-provoking story, but after a strong start, repetitive levels and pacing issues kill most of its momentum.
Metro Awakening is an admirable attempt at translating the post-apocalyptic shooter series into virtual reality, and at its best is a poignantly atmospheric marvel with great controls and an unrivalled sense of place. Yet it is also held back by poor checkpoints and combat, which quickly falls into a repetitive game of cat and mouse between very stupid enemies. It learns all the right lessons from masterpieces like Half-Life: Alyx without introducing enough new innovations of its own, and because of that, it suffers.
There's a pleasing physicality in VR as you wipe condensation from your gas mask, or furiously hand crank your little generator
Metro Awakening captures the tense horror the series is known for, immersing you in a nightmare filled with plenty of authentic ideas.
Metro Awakening is a VR outing that does the Metro series proud. With a story and setting that adds further depth to Dmitry Glukhovsky's magnum opus, incredible visual and sound design, and a wealth of mechanics that represent the Metro staples, this title is a tense, gripping and action-packed blast for VR fanatics.
Had it lasted 4-5 hours and offered more variety in locations and gameplay, Metro Awakening could have been a solid FPS-survival experience in VR. As it stands, though, it risks becoming tedious well before reaching the end.
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Superbly immersive and packed full of action and chills, Metro Awakening is by far the best PSVR 2 game this year and should be in the top ten of all PS5 games of 2024.
The intensity of the Metro franchise meets the strengths of Arizona Sunshine to create an intense and well-constructed shooter.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
It wouldn’t be right to give a mark to a title we haven’t completed, but at the moment there doesn’t seem to be anyway to complete it. There’s a lot of promise on display in Metro Awakening VR, but on PlayStation VR2 at least, it’s not yet in a playable state.
While Metro Awakening's world-building and the depth of its characters will inspire players to want to check out the franchise's other installments, the game delivers another engaging VR adventure that takes advantage of immersive technology. It doesn't push the boundaries of the medium to the extent that the revolutionary Half-Life: Alyx or the criminal-invested Batman: Arkham Shadow, but Metro Awakening helps push the storytelling potential that immersive VR gaming can provide.
The atmosphere of Metro Awakening is extraordinary, skilfully realised thanks to an absolutely fine setting and great care for tension. The linearity of the path and a certain repetitiveness of generally already seen mechanics risk trivialising the whole thing, also in the light of the not exactly low price. If you are able to turn a blind eye, however, you will be rewarded by a plot worth experiencing, especially if you love the dystopia created by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
Review in Italian | Read full review
We're sorry that we ever doubted that Vertigo could pull off a Metro VR game. The Dutch devs have masterfully captured the essence of this cult series, and amplified its best traits with myriad VR specific mechanics. While we had some issues with its story and would have liked a tad more setting variety, its highs are so high we'd happily go through it all again. With the visuals, the atmosphere, and the controls all melting into the experience, Metro Awakening is easily one of the most immersive VR games we've ever played.
, Metro Awakening gets a lot of things right when it comes to aping the look and atmosphere of those original two Metro games. The act of scavenging for resources and surviving using your light and gas mask feels great, but it’s mixed in with fast-paced combat that works fine on a flat screen but is overly cumbersome in a VR format.
Metro Awakening VR is an ambitious effort. Aside from the mura issue, which is PSVR 2 specific, the only other blemish is a restart bug. Whenever I died and the game restarted, it would often crash. Hopefully, this is a bug that can be quickly fixed with a patch.
Although rooted in a valuable gaming system, supported by a convincing technical sector, Metro Awakening struggles to maintain the initial momentum between the numerous stages of an adventure that, in the absence of noteworthy variations, is longer than it should be and - especially in the last few hours - somewhat repetitive.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A great VR experience and a pretty good new Metro Game. If you have a PS VR 2, this is the time to take out and enjoy an actual new game for the device.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Metro Awakening is a capable, haunting jaunt through the familiar, post-nuclear world beneath Moscow I've grown to love. It cleverly harnesses VR to emulate the scrappy, resourcefulness of the underground, however its combat is a bit of a slog and struggles to find the fun, leading to a somewhat disjointed campaign.
Metro Awakening is the full Metro experience tailor-made for VR and is a must-play for fans of the series and VR enthusiasts alike
Another solid PSVR2 title and a fine addition to the Metro series.
The combat is generally entertaining, although there are sometimes unjustified difficulty spikes , which are also tedious due to the not always perfect management of the automatic checkpoints.
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