Metro Awakening is coming to VR platforms this year and will offer a ‘whole new angle for Metro fans’
An origin story set before the events of Metro 2033
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It’s been confirmed that a brand newMetrovideo game is on the way. Titled Metro Awakening, it’s a VR game set before the events ofMetro 2033, and it’s planned to be released at some point this year onPS VR2, as well as Meta Quest 2, 3, andSteamVR.
The news was announced during PlayStation’sState of Playevent yesterday (January 31), with a spooky trailer showcasing the horrors to come when the game launches. It’s being developed by Vertigo Games, with the support of Deep Silver. You can take a look at thetrailerbelow.
In a PlayStation Blogpostelaborating on the announcement, Vertigo Games associate game director Samar Louwe confirmed that players will step into the shoes of a doctor called Serdar, who’s searching for his wife in the metro tunnels of a post-apocalyptic Moscow. The story itself has been written by series creator Dmitry Glukhovsky, and, as Serdar, players can expect to encounter supernatural forces while exploring the metro, watching the “events that lead to his spiritual awakening as something else entirely.”
Of course, as far as the action itself goes, players will experience everything in first-person, in an adventure that combines combat, stealth, and survival. It sounds like it’ll make full use of the PS VR2’s features for an extra-immersive experience, too, with the utilization of the headset haptics and adaptive triggers to make getting hit by bullets in-game and pulling weapons’ triggers feel more tactile.
If you’ve not played any of theMetrogames before, then don’t worry - as it’s set in 2028, before the events of2033, it serves as a solid starting point. However, the PlayStation Blog post also notes that it’ll offer a “whole new angle forMetrofans,” which is an intriguing prospect.
Looking for more VR goodness? Be sure to check out our recommendations for thebest VR headsetsto enhance your gaming experience, as well as thebest VR gamesfor some new titles to dive into.
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