The Stalin Subway
| The Stalin Subway | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | G5 Software |
| Publisher(s) | Buka Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Nikolay Sitnikov |
| Series | The Stalin Subway |
| Engine | Orion Engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Stalin Subway (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a Russian first-person shooter video game based in a fictionalized post-war Soviet Moscow.
The game was developed by G5 software and Orion games.It was published in Russia by Buka Entertainment in September 2005 and the United States in October of that year.
Before E3 2005 the developers gave GameSpot a preview of the game. GameSpot noted that its "combination [of] historical fiction plotline and modern FPS gameplay sets it apart from the typical sci-fi or military shooters that dominate the market today" and showed interest in way the physics engine allowed "different bullet penetration abilities for each weapon.[1]
Setting
The game takes place in 1952 in Moscow in the Soviet Union, under Joseph Stalin who has been in power for over 30 years. The game focuses on a fictional internal plot against Stalin and the Soviet government. Locations include the Metro subway stations including the secret Metro-2 line, the KGB Lubyanka Building, the Kremlin, Moscow State University and Stalin's bunker. The game is notable, alongside You Are Empty (2006) and the games in the Metro 2033 series, for being one the few games to be set in and around the Moscow Metro system.
Plot
In this game you play as the soldier Gleb Suvorov, a member of the KGB out of his depth and the mysterious GRU officer Natalia Mihaleva. Suvorov discovers that high-ranking officers want to detonate a secret nuclear weapon sent via D-6 during the Bolshevik Assembly. He rescues his father from the KGB prison, thwarts the plot and saves the Stalin, the ruling Communist Party and many innocent civilians.
Gameplay
The game features standard first-person shooter gameplay. Players can acquire a variety of both melee weapons and firearms, mostly based on Soviet weapons such as a Makarov pistol or PPSh-41 sub-machine gun.
Development
The art and design team used photos of Moscow for realism. [2] The game has different artwork in Russia.
Reception
Released on Steam, the game received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics outside of Russia. A sequel Stalin Subway: Red Veil in which players take on the role of the protagonist's wife Lena following his disappearance was released in 2008. Eurogamer Germany gave it a rating of 1 out of 10. [3]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Stalin Subway E3 2005 Preshow Report". GameSpot. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "Stalin Subway". Gamona. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "The Stalin Subway 2: Red Veil". Eurogamer. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2016.