MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Metro 2033 for free

> No idea if it's good or not, but THQ is giving away Metro 2033:
> http://www.freemetrogame.com
>
> You'll need a Farcebook account, but I assume most people have those. I just recently
> gave in myself for the express purpose of entering contests and getting free stuff.
>
> EDIT: Apparently, you need a Steam account, too. Again, I assume most people have
> one.

Meh, not loving it so far. Modern shooters are so annoying. There always seems to be 10,000 friendly soldiers around who do all of the heavy lifting, I just ineffectually pepper the corpses as they fall to the ground. I can hardly tell what's going on half the time. Plus there are sooo many cut scenes. You barely get 2 minutes to drive and the game rips control away from you again for more exposition. It's like, can I just play the damned game please?

The game also *really* wants you to use an XBOX controller. All of the on screen instructions only reference the controller mappings. I keep hitting a "Push A to continue" screen, and I can't find a keyboard equivalent. I have to keep reaching down to tap the controller button. How do you even play an FPS with a gamepad? It's just painful.