Metro Awakening Reviews
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.
The intensity of the Metro franchise meets the strengths of Arizona Sunshine to create an intense and well-constructed shooter.
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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.
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.
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.
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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
Metro Awakening is a great virtual reality game. Immersive, interesting, challenging and faithful to the Metro universe. However, its pace is a bit slow, the story takes a while to get going and some moments, because they are “too realistic”, can end up being stressful for the player.
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It's rare to find a game that pulls you so deeply into its world, but Metro Awakening does exactly that, challenging you to brave its shadows and confront the unknown. This isn't just another entry in the Metro series; it's a journey that stays with you, a dark and unforgettable descent into a world that feels achingly alive.
Vertigo Games may be new to the Metro lifestyle, but they pull it off with a confidence that really shows through. The VR touches to bring the series to VR are masterfully handled with only the occasional VR jank issue rearing its ugly head. The story may not always impress, but the tense firefights and threats around every corner really perform a lot of the heavy lifting. Metro: Awakening is a standout title for the PSVR2 and while that isn’t saying a lot given its barren catalog, it’s still a solid outing nonetheless and a great Metro game to boot.
Metro Awakening is, directly, one of the best virtual reality video games ever made. It is a Metro with all the letters and a perfect tribute to the first installments of the saga. The setting is brutal, the story is good, the level design and exploration hook anyone, and the graphics will leave you speechless. You have to play it.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Metro Awakening is easily one of the best VR experiences you can play right now, which shouldn’t come much as a surprise, considering Vertigo Games’ previous work on the Arizona Sunshine series. Still, it’s impressive that the veteran VR developers were able to take an existing IP from another studio and transition it so well into VR while maintaining the very essence of what made so many fans fall in love with the franchise. They’ve absolutely knocked it out with Metro Awakening, giving us a whole new perspective on the franchise. It’s downright terrifying to the point that it sent shivers, and yet something about the world is so well crafted that it just kept drawing me back in.
Metro Awakening is worth every penny. It's the most immersive post-apocalyptic experience I've had the pleasure of playing, and every step I took through the tunnels beneath Moscow had me feeling on edge and wary of my next move.