If you've scoured every corner and looted every corpse littering Metro 2033's post-apocalyptic train terrain, you've already demonstrated a remarkable will to survive. Developer 4A Games has chosen to expand on that lonely experience with the game's upcoming DLC, the "Ranger Pack."
As 4A previously stated, there won't be any added narrative nor awkwardly tacked-on multiplayer. Instead, you'll gain access to "Ranger Mode," a game modifier that reduces ammo "dramatically" while increasing damage of all attacks, including yours and those of your enemies. In addition, "Ranger Hardcore" will remove the already-sparse HUD entirely, and completing it will likely unlock some of the new Achievements (for a total of 250 Gamerscore).
That's a fairly minimal addition -- a subtraction even -- for DLC, but you'll also have to weigh the benefits of the new Heavy Automatic Shotgun, which is being introduced alongside the Volt Drive, "Miller's signature gun." (Not even pens survived the nukes?)
4A and THQ aren't ready to sign off on a release date yet, but it's due on Steam and Xbox Live Marketplace "in the very near future." Pricing is currently the more delicate issue, even if the "Ranger Pack" is clearly aimed at the game's biggest proponents. And it's especially delicate if you're in the crowd that's really into multicolored kung-fu teenagers with attitude.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: May 12th 2010 3:34PM nightmare452 said
Less ammo? harder difficulty?
This sucks for me, I loved Metro 2033, but I don't have time any more to play games on these hardcore difficulties and such. If it would have been something else, I would have bought almost any DLC for Metro in a heartbeat, but never to make things harder for me.
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This sucks for me, I loved Metro 2033, but I don't have time any more to play games on these hardcore difficulties and such. If it would have been something else, I would have bought almost any DLC for Metro in a heartbeat, but never to make things harder for me.
Posted: May 12th 2010 3:47PM MLS said
Glad to see someone who has played the game thinks this. I'm a huge Mega Man fan, but won't pay for the stuff that makes 9 and 10 harder. The thought of doing such a thing seems more crazy than buying clothes for your avatar.
This still looks like a pretty cool game to check out. I write it off like an idiot in the past for seeing the helmet screenshot and thinking it was just another Gears clone or something. If we weren't in the middle of a killer release season, I'd probably be picking this up.
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This still looks like a pretty cool game to check out. I write it off like an idiot in the past for seeing the helmet screenshot and thinking it was just another Gears clone or something. If we weren't in the middle of a killer release season, I'd probably be picking this up.
Posted: May 12th 2010 3:46PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Wait, so they take away the hud, ammo, add a harder difficulty, and they want to charge for that?
Bullshit move.
This isn't worth money. This should be a free patch.
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Bullshit move.
This isn't worth money. This should be a free patch.
Posted: May 12th 2010 4:27PM MLS said
Stupid excuse, and a pointless comment to make in general.
So media is absolved from criticism as long as it has a price tag on it? Should that be every review on this site for now on? "Lost Planet 2 is pretty lousy, but it's not required by law to purchase, so whatever, I guess."
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So media is absolved from criticism as long as it has a price tag on it? Should that be every review on this site for now on? "Lost Planet 2 is pretty lousy, but it's not required by law to purchase, so whatever, I guess."
Posted: May 12th 2010 4:34PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Still a bullshit move. And no one, except a few morons with more money than brains, will buy it.
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Posted: May 12th 2010 5:06PM Assmar said
You got "Pirate" right in your name...
And to MLS:
"Should that be every review on this site for now on? 'Lost Planet 2 is pretty lousy, but it's not required by law to purchase, so whatever, I guess.'"
Except that most reviews are precisely that, but much more well written. The point of most reviews are to tell you whether or not a game is lousy, and help you with your decision to purchase or not.
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And to MLS:
"Should that be every review on this site for now on? 'Lost Planet 2 is pretty lousy, but it's not required by law to purchase, so whatever, I guess.'"
Except that most reviews are precisely that, but much more well written. The point of most reviews are to tell you whether or not a game is lousy, and help you with your decision to purchase or not.
Posted: May 12th 2010 7:03PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Explain your "Pirate" comment, Jose.
That makes no sense to my complaint here. And if "Pirate" is supposed to be linked to "piracy", then you're kidding yourself.
Day one pre-order buyer here.
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That makes no sense to my complaint here. And if "Pirate" is supposed to be linked to "piracy", then you're kidding yourself.
Day one pre-order buyer here.
Posted: May 12th 2010 4:44PM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said
"Signature gun." Damn you, Kietzmann! You are simply too good with the puns.
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Posted: May 12th 2010 9:41PM Assmar said
I really like your comment. Stand up guy, right here. I like how you didn't say that (even if these people only put in a marginal amount of work for this DLC) it should be free. You, brilliantly, have come to the conclusion that you don't get to make the decision of how much this DLC costs, you simply decide that if they charge for it, you'll pass on it.
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Posted: May 12th 2010 7:53PM KungFuChaosNinja said
http://i44.tinypic.com/34qn30w.jpg
Ah, my good friend, how great it must be to be so young and rude.
Also, fyi, I'm a very conservative libertarian, thus I don't feel entitled to much. I don't need the frustration of playing this on a higher difficulty than Normal. I was simply saying this isn't worth paying for. They're free to charge whatever they want. The capitalist system is great. And I, as a consumer, can reject the notion that they're selling something worth paying for.
Still a bullshit move to charge for this, however. And that's just my opinion. Oh, look, I've just turned into a socialist swine. Yay me. I'm entitled.
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Ah, my good friend, how great it must be to be so young and rude.
Also, fyi, I'm a very conservative libertarian, thus I don't feel entitled to much. I don't need the frustration of playing this on a higher difficulty than Normal. I was simply saying this isn't worth paying for. They're free to charge whatever they want. The capitalist system is great. And I, as a consumer, can reject the notion that they're selling something worth paying for.
Still a bullshit move to charge for this, however. And that's just my opinion. Oh, look, I've just turned into a socialist swine. Yay me. I'm entitled.
Posted: May 12th 2010 10:32PM KungFuChaosNinja said
Shocker, right?!!!
OMGZ, girlzzz exist and game!
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OMGZ, girlzzz exist and game!
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