After two playthroughs on the two different Ranger Modes, I simply can't get used to the game with a crosshair. It just completely breaks the immersion for me and now I have to play without a crosshair. :lol:
I just prefer realism so having the crosshair on is like my version of hell. I got Ranger hardcore after like 1 or 2 playthroughs, first on normal then Hardcore, then Ranger hardcore, never bothered with Ranger easy. Ever since then Ranger hardcore has been the only difficulty for me and i've played Metro ALOT.
i just got and xbox and 2033 and i got to say danm good game im going to try a ranger hardcore run soon as i beat it on normal
Good to hear that - games have been getting easier & easier in the past decade and I'm really glad that there are still quite a few people out there who enjoy the difficulty of old.
OH! I just remembered! I managed to get to a checkpoint at frontline, and just as the checkpoint was loaded, I managed to fall off the railway and die when hitting the bottom. Then, when I respawned, I respawned JUST at the point when sliding off the edge, and died again. This repeatedly happened like twenty times or so before I finally managed to run and jump at a perfect combination to the left, just good enough to get myself up from the platform. Then I died by getting shot too much, and had to repeat the same thing over and over until I finally managed to do it again, haha.
^ :O Where were you when I made a thread about that! ahaha :') Everyone was like nope it's too hard and the stealth sucks and I was just like wtf there's nothing wrong with the stealth! Well I haven't had any problems with it anyway. :laugh:
I agree and this is something that many people found annoying about the game, but I thought the stealth was fantastic. hwell: Glad to see that I'm not the only one to think this.
I'm guessing you mean the amoeba you encounter on the D6 level? They're easy to defeat, I usually let Miller run ahead (They don't seem to spawn until you're near them) and then shoot the pores that they spawn from as you run around meaning you have to deal with very few of them. I recommend reserving a lot of ammo for one weapon so you have enough to deal with them. Magnum, shotguns and any assault rifle will do the job. I personally recommend an assault rifle though because they're powerful, accurate, quick to reload and the ammo is easy to obtain.
I usually fire all the military grade rounds I have left at them and get through it quite easily, using the same tactic that Toshi does.
I'd be surprised if anyone managed to do this : [YOUTUBE]pzKMRK2bJwU[/YOUTUBE] (No need to listen to all the russian chit-chat, you can just skip that. It's the beginning of the video & the end of it which makes me laugh :lol:
First time I ever died in Metro 2033. It was from falling into a Lurker hole. Needless to say, this was the beginning of my haterd.
I've fallen off ramps, run out of gasmasks, killed by amoeba, been fooled by Nikki, all the usual. My worst problem these days is accidentally switching to military rounds.. Combined with the one glitch I know in the Xbox 360 version where the gun fires by itself (as if I'm holding down the trigger).. Seeing all my money blown away.. -_- Hahaha!
I repeatedly fell down the first one you encounter, because I thought it was a way you could go. After the 3rd or 4th death, I got it.
