You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland.
There's often a bit of difference between the cover art as well depending on what country you're shopping from (or for) but the titles will guide you true.Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. Unless you're an absolute whizz with languages in which case I envy you greatly. However, one bit of advice I would share is to just double check you've got the English translations before you hit the buy button. The books are readily available, particularly from the major retailers.
Therefore you know you're getting a consistent and authentic experience hand-guided by the author in both the books and the games. It's important to remember that Glukhovsky himself was directly involved with the work behind the games-he didn't just hand over the books and ideas. The characters, and especially the different factions along the metro lines are also great examples of this where the books set the vision, and the games truly bring them to life. You can see the crossover and what the game developers took from the novels particularly in terms of the environments, setting and overall aesthetic and mood of the books: every miserable, grey and atmospheric description and quality that Glukhovksy outlines in his books are brought to life in the game's oppressive and dim settings, for example. The first game and book are very close and perfectly complement each other. And you'll start to see that straight from the first couple of chapters. It very much helped inspire Metro: Last Light, but the game is not a version of this book. It also continues the bleak, eerie, yet detailed descriptions of that world, and does plenty to reinforce the lore.
#METRO 2033 WALKTHROUGH SERIES#
It's more to the side of the 'main' plot-line in the series that follows Artyom, but it does feature characters and lots of supporting information and plot-lines. While Metro 2034 is the official continuation of the Metro 2033 story line and universe, it doesn't act as a total, bona-fide or literal sequel, continuing straight on from the previous book. Not to give too much away but one of Metro 2033's endings is the one that Glukhovsky wrote in the book originally and this is also the one that forms the canon (chosen) ending that sets up the events of the second game Metro: Last Light-but not the next book.
It also sets up and introduces readers to Glukhovsky's wider themes and commentaries that he uses his fiction to critique and give his say on. Coming at the front, chronologically in the series and in terms of release dates, you'll want to start with Metro 2033 which sets up the whole Metro universe superbly, from characters to places, from monsters to aesthetics. Rather pleasingly, the series has ascending numbers in the titles so you can't really go wrong. The Metro 2033 books: reading order and beginner's guide
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