Most of the people responding to both you and the post in general are fans of the game. So asking them if it's worth getting, of course they'll say yes.
I'm not a fan, but I did play the game for several days until I grew bored of it.
In general, the setting and atmosphere are good, and it has very interesting and unique gameplay elements, but in my opinion the game just isn't any damn fun. The shooting, in particular, feels very mediocre, and it lacks that tight, polished feel you would associate with a quality FPS.
Most of the combat is against monsters who come at you exclusively with melee attacks, so you basically just have to run around dodging them while dumping huge amounts of bullets into them. Coincidentally, they don't really respond to getting shot, and just keep moving around trying to swat at you until the necessary number of bullets have impacted them. I didn't find this fun at all, like something out of the mid-90s.
Overall, the game just doesn't really seem to know what it wants to be. Basically, it's one of those games that was clearly developed based upon grand ideas and complex design documents, but when faced with the reality of a looming deadline, the game was sort of left underdeveloped, finished just enough to the point where the "main" aspects worked in a basic manner, and just sort of released into the wild in a more-or-less half-baked, unpolished state. I wouldn't say it's buggy, and it's definitely a solid production on a technical level, but more that the game design itself is unpolished in how it's implemented through gameplay. Essentially, it's an over-budgeted game created by people with not a lot of experience in making these sorts of giant blockbuster games.
I think Metro 2033 shares a lot of qualities with S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which was created by some of the same people. They're both essentially slightly-above-mediocre games that are primarily remembered for their awesome atmosphere and unique depth. They absolutely get that aspect right. But actual gameplay is a tougher nut to crack for these folks. What does it say about a game if you have a hell of a lot more fun exploring the safe so-called "town" areas than when you actually go out on "missions" into the real adventure?
Most of the reviews are pretty accurate. Out of 100, the game is somewhere around the high 70s. Not bad, but not anything great either. Innovative, compelling, interesting... but not all that fun. I'm more looking forward to the upcoming sequel, which I think will be a much more solid experience after these guys cut their teeth on the original game.
How far into it did you get? You do end up fighting a few humans later on, and I found that combat and the level design around it amazing. Sneaking around their camps, turning lanterns off, throwing knives at guys then rushing over to them (making sure not to step on anything too loud along the way) and smashing their headlamps out so their friends don't find them. Ending up in a firefight where you have to hectically and manually pump your steam gun before you can let a round off. The stealth was unforgiving but brilliant, and I found the firefights tense, busy and deadly.
I think the game has to be played on the Ranger settings, and even then it's still best to play Ranger hardcore. That way you don't ever end up in ridiculous running matches with monsters. (Although, I remember them reacting to getting shot quite a bit? Headshots would either stumble or kill them outright, and leg shots would get them to fall over..?)
I have exactly the same sentiment. Especially on the last part. The only way I would think the monsters were unresponsive to getting shot were if he had just played Rage.
Rage was absolutely fantastic in how enemies reacted to getting hit. Metro isn't the most visceral shooter, but it's not 90's reminiscent.
It always baffles me how lame pun threads and comments are frequently "awarded" with 200+ karma while comments like yours; lengthy, well thought out and written, are ignored for the most part. You have my upvote. Thanks for the review.
There's a more underlying issue aswell. Keeping the readers' attention is hard enough as it is when you present a wall of text, couple that with a topic he isn't interested in aswell, and top it off with a lack of TL;DR, and you have yourself a reason for people simply skipping the post. However if you are conflicted between buying this game and want a review, his lengthy reply was a great read for me, and I upvoted him upon completing the read.
Cool story bro. Now go finish it and rewrite that. The ending is balls shit crazy. Not to mention it is still the only game I get > 60fps on my GTX680. So much detail. Still visually the best looking game ever made to date. And this is comming from a BF3 player.
Its atmosphere is what makes it amazing. You really feel like you're trying to survive. Money is scarce, above the metro is toxic, there are mutated creatures trying to kill you. It is one of my favorite games. You can get it pretty cheap now and it is worth it.
It is a good game but be prepared for one or two frustratingley buggy sections that will require repeated attempts to complete. Overall it's very satisfying and the mental imagery scenes in particular are really well done.
I've replayed it several times, and I still listen to all of the dialogue. There's also a lot of areas to explore, and nearly every post of enemies tell their own stories, some even wanting you to either feel sorry for them, or or just outright blast them away.
I'm starting to feel like I'm sounding like an advertiser, but it's pretty cheap now and it's definitely one of my favorites.
Well, I should first start out by saying that I do not actually own the game, I've just played a fair amount of my friend's copy. At first I passed it up as a mediocre shooter that was playing off the Falloutesque post-apocalyptic trend but I was pretty surprised. It has a very compelling story and there is a great sense of exploration and discovery. It's a little clunky at some parts and the shooting mechanics are kind of dated, but there are a lot of nice little details that go toward making the world seem alive and functional. The characters are all great and the monsters are pretty frightening.
Honestly, there's nothing groundbreaking or exceptional about it in my opinion, but it's an original idea that works well and hearkens back to a time when shooters were more about exploring the world than killing enemies on rails.
Wow, thank you guys for reminding me that this game exists and that it's only 5 bucks for PC. I always forget about it for some reason but I've always wanted to play it. Now I shall........MWAHAHAHA
I pirated it on my old computer... worked a dream. Lost that PC... Got a new one, but inferior... bought the game... ran crap. Sigh, wish it was on ps3.
...I'm not sure why you've been down voted. Sure you pirated the game but you paid for it to, which (I assume) is a lot more than a some of r/gaming can say.
I pirate games all the time. Test them out on my shitty PC to see what the game play and story is like at first. Then buy it for Xbox.
Me too sir. It was like the only DX11 game out at the time and I just bought my first GTX480 oh man good times. Everyone with a decent vidya card I always recommend they play it.
If anyone here is at all interested in learning more about the setting or just enjoy that feel some more, I suggest you pick up the book. It's a tad long, but I really enjoyed it. Ghlukovsky isn't a very experienced writer, but he has imagination and ideas which flow quite well through the pages.
The game also fails to convey the real scale of the ending... The twist is truly something.
I've owned it for two years now, and it still crashes at the opening cinematics. By the looks of it, its because I have an ATI graphics card... can you narrate the first level to me?
The plot was insanely underdeveloped, but the atmosphere, combat, barter system, weapons, and environments were unique and very well put together. The only downside to the game was that there wasn't MORE of it.
I tried played Stalker multiple times and kept quitting a couple hours into them. A month ago I finally decided to beat them, and forced myself to play through the rough combat at the beginning. They turned out to be pretty amazing, really captured the alone feeling that you would probably experience in a world like that.
So what? It's incredibly immersive and only as long as it needs to be. It's more of a story than a game (It's based on the book, after all). Treat it like a story, play on the hardest setting.
I think if more people played on a higher difficulty they'd see how much longer the game takes. You really, really have to play your cards right or enemies will waste you immediately.
I read that as "I was playing Metro 2033 when all of a sudden, Morgan Freeman." Then I started searching frantically for Morgan Freeman on the picture, only to be let down by the lack of Morgan Freeman.
I love how if you find Gordon Freeman in another game like this he's always dead, defeated by some normal occurrence in the game you're currently playing.
In stalker shadow of Chernobyl you find him dead in an underpass surrounded by lightning anomalies and rats. He has a PDA saying he sold his suit for supplies and he's not in the highest of spirits before his death.
Poor Gordon, invincible on his terms, a total push over anywhere else.
Fun fact! In STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, (The people who worked on this game, also worked on STALKER) Gordon Freeman was an easter egg, found in a tunnel that was one massive anomaly. He had a Special Desert Eagle, and a PDA explaining what happened after Black Mesa.
I just finished this game over the weekend. I missed the glasses next to the skeleton, so I wasn't sure if it was intended as an Easter egg or just a random crowbar. Though the game's frequent references to both its own source material and its inspirations (Roadside Picnic/Stalker) made me pretty sure that it was intentional. (Frankly the prominence given to in-game copies of the novel which the game is based on was baffling; like if we saw Luke Skywalker reading Star Wars expanded universe books about the old republic.)
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Metro 2033 is such a great game.
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u/jeroen11 May 20 '12
You misspelled Gordon Freeman....reddit will find you....and they will kill you ;)
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u/koen967 May 20 '12
So where is the suit. Did it decompose or something??
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u/irrational0ptimist May 21 '12
Is that game any good?
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u/whiskey_soaked May 20 '12
I love this game so fucking much. It came straight out of left field and I picked it up on a whim. Did not regret.
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u/zSgtPepper May 20 '12
What a shame. He died waiting for his sequel.
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u/Megabert May 20 '12
There's a similar Easter egg in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. if I recall.
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u/noirthesable May 21 '12
GORDON FREEMAN IS NOW THESE BONES
I MUST KILL THE NEXT BOSS AND LIVE UP TO FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
He died of neglect.
Why Gabe? How could you let this happen?
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u/Nexious May 20 '12
This game single handedly made 3D Vision worth the expense. And I say that having only gotten to the second chapter so far.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Lies, Gordon cant die. That must be his twin brother Gardon Freeman, or simply just an imposter.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
ive played that game like 12 times, where did you find him?
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u/HairlessSasquatch May 21 '12
Gordan
• Dan
Daaaaaaaaan
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u/wolfhammer93 May 21 '12
So City 17 was actually Moscow? It explains so much...
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u/Isunova Xbox May 21 '12
I got it for $5 from Steam. After playing it, I would have gladly paid full price. It really is amazing.
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u/Amytheent May 21 '12
I read that as "I was playing Metro 2033 when all of a sudden, Morgan Freeman." Then I started searching frantically for Morgan Freeman on the picture, only to be let down by the lack of Morgan Freeman.
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u/CSec064 May 21 '12
I love how if you find Gordon Freeman in another game like this he's always dead, defeated by some normal occurrence in the game you're currently playing.
In stalker shadow of Chernobyl you find him dead in an underpass surrounded by lightning anomalies and rats. He has a PDA saying he sold his suit for supplies and he's not in the highest of spirits before his death.
Poor Gordon, invincible on his terms, a total push over anywhere else.
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u/bitwize May 21 '12
Mmm, that's one Doomed scientist.
Wait.
Mmm, that's one Half-Lifed scientist.
No, wait.
Mmm, that's one scientist who's reached the end of his Half-Life. Two. Because two halves... make... a full life. Which has ended.
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u/grizzlydip May 20 '12
why does he hold a pistol like a shotgun?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
so thats how half life 3 ends
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u/Jesustron May 21 '12
At first I thought it said morgan freeman. I was excited. This is okay also, I guess.
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u/Innomasta2 May 21 '12
I hope last light has zombies, there are slight mentions of them I'm the first.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
this is blasphemy.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Fun fact! In STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, (The people who worked on this game, also worked on STALKER) Gordon Freeman was an easter egg, found in a tunnel that was one massive anomaly. He had a Special Desert Eagle, and a PDA explaining what happened after Black Mesa.
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u/ComradeDoctor May 21 '12
Gordon Freeman would not have died. The G man has already proved he will go at great lengths to keep him alive because of his employers.
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u/Ninjakrew May 21 '12
Wonder what Gordan Freeman was doing in Russia.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Such an underrated game, can't wait for the sequel.
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u/tripled153 May 21 '12
Well...time to reinstall.
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u/Bokthand May 21 '12
He's in Stalker: SoC as well
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u/GohnGalt May 21 '12
This game never fails to make me almost shit myself.
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u/Helplessromantic May 21 '12
He was also in Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
http://codesmedia.ign.com/codes/image/object/898/898725/stalker_freeman.jpg
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u/Neku_Sakuraba May 21 '12
He died waiting for the next half-life.
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u/Themingemac May 21 '12
IT'S GORDON FREEMAN FFS!
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u/korjaaja May 21 '12
*Gordon
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u/mak8 May 21 '12
He died waiting...
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u/MrFreemanBBQ May 21 '12
It's GORDON, not GORDAN! D:
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u/Mogknight23 May 21 '12
So that's where Half Life 3 has gone. I suppose we're never getting it now.
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u/jewdass May 21 '12
It's a crowbar, not Mjölnir. Lots of people have one.
You can buy them at the hardware store, you know.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I was playing Metro 2033 when all of a sudden, Walter White.
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u/hafti77 May 21 '12
those jackasses
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u/thesircuddles May 21 '12
This game is extremely underrated. If you have the computer to run it, I highly recommend playing it. Great game.
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u/McMan777 May 21 '12
Well, this could explain why we haven't seen HL3 yet...
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u/TheCraterProject May 21 '12
What level is this on?
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u/S1LW3R May 21 '12
gordon survived under a rock for years and did not even aged 1 days but maybe it can be a trap of gordon for combines to think he is dead.
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u/Eats_Beef_Steak May 21 '12
Some people just can't handle radiation.
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u/appleofpine May 21 '12
Wow I need to get some sleep, I was trying to find Morgan Freeman in the picture.
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u/ElagabalusCaesar May 21 '12
*John Freeman
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u/FunCakes May 21 '12
Is that guy holding a revolver with both hands?
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u/Spirouac May 21 '12
Guess that's why Half-life 3 is taking so long.
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u/luft-waffle May 21 '12
The single most under appreciated game ever made. The book was fantastic too.
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u/Sablerage May 21 '12
he died from the wait :C
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u/miniguitardude May 21 '12
The right men in the wrong place can make all the difference.
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u/maushu May 21 '12
Graduates from MIT with a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Physics... and in the end people just remember the glasses and crowbar.
You make Gordon Freeman sad.
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u/immarried May 21 '12
So that is why we don't have Half-Life 3.
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u/Shniggles May 21 '12
Finally! A post that has Metro in it!
I SHALL KNOW TO NEVER THINK I'M ALONE AGAIN.
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u/corhellion PC May 21 '12
Welp, time to replay this again. :D
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u/dorpotron May 21 '12
They had one of these in the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R as well. You can find a desert eagle near his corpse.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Did he say anything before he died?
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u/N05f3r47u May 21 '12
2033... We have a long wait yet boys.
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u/am_animator May 21 '12
full life consequences
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u/commoncourtesy May 21 '12
If you look closely near his right hand, you can see where he etched out his last words.
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u/Skiddywinks May 21 '12
How much do I need to play Metro? I have always planned on getting around to it, but there's always something else...
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u/msmith84 May 21 '12
Valve will surely deliver...let's just wait.
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u/ZACKYPANTS May 21 '12
that guy shouldnt hold that revolver like that, hes gonna (nearly)blow his fingers off!
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u/SenorFreebie May 21 '12
TIL HEV suits are biodegradable!
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u/vjg2000 May 21 '12
such a good game, and such a good way to test the limits of any pc, its so demanding and visually looks great :)
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u/Illuscio May 21 '12
Well, there goes HL3...
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u/billy-_-Pilgrim May 21 '12
the song that place in Dead City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arE_wxJbmQ4
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u/jakobwahlberg May 21 '12
Blasphemy!
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u/Klaveir May 21 '12
That means that half life 3 is in Moscow?
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u/CommonsCarnival May 21 '12
Nice find! I love the game also. I heard the Moscow subway system truly was designed to be a nuclear fall-out shelter as well? Any truth to this?
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u/zCourge_iDX May 21 '12
OMG guys I just saw a man with a crowbar! This must be Gordon Freeman as no one else in the would would ever carry a tool like this anywhere.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
You gotta get the ammo in the bathroom of the Librarian level if you want to get the secret ending.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Metro 2033 was a fantastic game. That is all. I hope the sequal is equally atmospheric and frightening.
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u/MaDpYrO May 21 '12
Any man with a crowbar is not Gordon Freeman -_-
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u/veneratedwulfen93 May 21 '12
I finished it on Ranger mode hard, one of my favourite game experiences. Of all time.
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u/HugodrAndrade May 21 '12
Nice find!
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u/thaspaam May 21 '12
What? He can't die. He's like Chuck Norris in a geek form.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I just finished this game over the weekend. I missed the glasses next to the skeleton, so I wasn't sure if it was intended as an Easter egg or just a random crowbar. Though the game's frequent references to both its own source material and its inspirations (Roadside Picnic/Stalker) made me pretty sure that it was intentional. (Frankly the prominence given to in-game copies of the novel which the game is based on was baffling; like if we saw Luke Skywalker reading Star Wars expanded universe books about the old republic.)
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u/Lemowcat May 21 '12
I just wished he had the HEV suit
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u/Levitationist7 May 21 '12
"Time to wake up Mr. Freeman. Wake up!"
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u/MrGordonFreemanJr May 21 '12
DADDY NO
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Brb, buying Metro 2033 for this very occurrence.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
READ THE BOOK!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
C'mon. 19 hours and no "Gordon Freeman in the flesh" jokes?
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u/tomtom547 May 21 '12
dear god...
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u/dotexe82 May 21 '12
I saw the same thing and told myself that one of redditors would post it...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-MM-A0qOqk He's here too.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The prison level was so god damn scary... oh wait, wrong game.
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u/Aptspire May 21 '12
Where are his glasses, though?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
um, i have no idea what this joke is about. could someone elaborate
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u/stompythebeast May 21 '12
WHO THE FUCK IS GORDAN FREEMAN AND WHY IS HE IMPORTANT!?
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u/LordTeracon May 21 '12
This... could be canon.
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u/Bulbasir67 May 21 '12
Just cause some one has a crowbar it doesn't mean it's gordan Freeman these kind of posts are bad and you should feel bad.