Metro Awakening (VR) Review

Metro Awakening

Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.

Metro Awakening (VR) Review

I did not know what to expect with Metro Awakening. With a name as big as Metro and acting as a prequel to the very first game in the series based on the novel Metro 2023, Metro Awakening had a lot to live up to.

My biggest gripe with VR titles is that they tend to skew towards delivering an isolated experience, or at the very least, an arcade-focused game that doesn’t resemble narrative-heavy or AAA flatscreen titles. Of course, this style of game can be an issue, as it doesn’t lend itself very well to the story-rich experience the Metro games offer.

Metro Awakening (VR) Review

Thankfully, Metro Awakening is what VR games should strive towards, as the game delivers a fantastic and fully realized AAA Experience. Not only does the game live up to expectations, but Metro Awakening is another solid entry into the franchise as a whole, offering series vets and newcomers alike an atmospheric and gripping first-person survival game that fits neatly into the overarching world created by Dmitry... Read more