You know those irritating people who always say how they ready the comic/book the movie or game you love is based on? I’m one of those people – I loved the Metro books, even though I never got around to playing the games. I wasn’t quite sure I’d like them, but now is the perfect opportunity to find out. These aren’t just demos – they’re a third of each game.
The two demos trials are available for PS4 and let players experience Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux. These remasters let you explore post-apocalyptic underground Moscow in 1080p at 60fps. But it’s this explanation for the demo that gives me renewed hope for the gaming industry:
The Metro games are atmospheric slow burners, so a short demo doesn’t really do them justice… But we cast our minds back to the shareware days of the 1990s, and remembered that when Doom was first released you got the entire first third for free, and only paid if you wanted to play more.
We applied this idea to Metro – and so each trial contains nine whole chapters representing several hours of gameplay. If you reach the end of the trial and want to continue, you can unlock the full version and play on without interruption – you keep your game save!
Completionists beware, if you’re hoping to play the demo and then buy the full game and continue playing while still collecting all the trophies, you may have to do some replaying of specific chapters. Still, to offer the first third of both games totally free? If by that point you aren’t convinced, you will know for sure that the game isn’t for you and can save yourself some funds. If, however, you enjoy that first third, you can buy your game with ease knowing that you’ll continue to enjoy yourself. This is how you convince gamers. It takes a lot of faith in your product to offer this kind of deal, and I know that I’ll be taking advantage of it as soon as I get home.
Last Updated: June 3, 2015
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 3, 2015 at 14:34
“You know those irritating people who always say how they read the comic/book the movie or game you love is based on?” You’re talking about D, right? 😉
Hammersteyn
June 3, 2015 at 14:39
SO MUCH WIN! Here’s hoping shareware makes a massive comeback!
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 3, 2015 at 14:47
^This
Hammersteyn
June 3, 2015 at 14:50
It’s so simple, allow us to play a piece of the game before buying but no. We get hype, screenshots, trailers that’s been made prettier than Dutch on a prom date and PR talk of “rewarding experiences”.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 3, 2015 at 14:53
Indeed. But for that to work, they would actually need to have a working game, and not the current state of day one disasters
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 3, 2015 at 15:15
You know what would be even more bedonnered? If those vertical slices at E3 become available for play by the public….Because they are demos essentially…
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 3, 2015 at 14:50
They should do that with Drive Club. *run*
Hammersteyn
June 3, 2015 at 14:51
Not HL3?
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 3, 2015 at 14:52
They’d first have to release ANYTHING with a 3. Even HL2 only went up to Episode 2.
GooseZA
June 3, 2015 at 14:50
Loved the idea of Metro. Tried the redux version on my XB1 but struggled to get into it (it was bloody hard lol). Might pick it up again later.
Rock789
June 3, 2015 at 14:51
I really do need to sink my teeth into these sometime – heard nothing but good things about Last Light (and pretty good things about Metro) and I am yet to play more than 2 or 3 hours of them!
CypherGate
June 3, 2015 at 15:20
I loved demos/shareware back in the day. It helped a lot in making a purchase. Ahhhhh those PC Format days…
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 3, 2015 at 15:27
You said it man!
PLAY ALL THE DEMO’S!!!
WitWolfy
June 3, 2015 at 15:30
Still have to finish this on PS3.
Darren Peach
June 3, 2015 at 15:56
The only one I would ever bother mentioning reading before the film came out is Lord of The Rings. A family thing. My dads favorite book. He had it on his casket at his funeral. That’s when you know someone loved something.
JakeB
June 3, 2015 at 16:05
So it’s not coming to Xbox One then?
Pieter Kruger
June 3, 2015 at 23:26
I guess congratulations to Sony are in order for securing these exclusive demos……..