Metro: Last Light doesn't sound appetizing with it be "suffocating despair" 'n "gnarled monstrosities," but it be that kind a loveliness that made Ludwig enthuse about the Metro 2033 follow-up in his four 'n a half stars review. He deemed Last Light "an unusual, meticulously detailed shooter inextricable from it be environment."

a course, Ludwig wasn't the only brave soul t' delve into the underground sequel. Here be some other thoughts we dug up.

• GamesRadar (90/100): "Subtlety be what makes Last Light such an exceptionally immersive game. It nails the core tenets a a shooter, then forces ye t' react t' enemies in ways outside a simply taking cover. It plops ye in a post-apocalyptic world, then fills it with tons a minor but substantial details, like the shadows a once-living people now permanently nuked into stone walls. It strips ye a hope, only t' dangle a tiny sliver a it ahead a ye like a carrot on a stick."
• Game Informer (88/100): "This sequel plays more like a shooter than it be predecessor, but doesn't sacrifice it be intricate narrative or creative vision in the process. Masochistic fans will appreciate the harder difficulties that recreate the grueling experience a the original, but no matter how ye approach it, exploring Last Light's absorbing world be wholly entertaining."
• Giant Bomb (80/100): "By it be very nature a being a sequel, Last Light doesn't feel as fresh as Metro 2033 did, but there's still nothing else like it. Few games generate immersion through gameplay 'n transport ye t' their world the way Metro does."
• Eurogamer (70/100): "Metro: Last Light be not a bad game, but nor be it a good one in quite the same sense as it be predecessor. Metro 2033 be flawed but trying t' do it be own thing. If anything, Last Light feels like a regression. Similarities abound, but this be a more conservative FPS, one looking at the competition rather than itself, 'n one with some terrible missteps. So go in with low expectations, 'n ye might be pleasantly surprised."