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'''''Stalin Subway''''' (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] based in a fictionalized postwar Soviet Moscow. |
'''''Stalin Subway''''' (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] based in a fictionalized postwar Soviet Moscow. |
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The game was developed by [[G5 software]] and [[Orion games]].It was published in Russia by [[1C|Buka Entertainment]] in September 2005. |
The game was developed by [[G5 software]] and [[Orion games]].It was published in Russia by [[1C|Buka Entertainment]] in September 2005. Before E3 2005 the developers gave GameSpot a private screening of the game. |
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| The Stalin Subway | |
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| Developer(s) | G5 Software |
| Publisher(s) | Buka Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Yevgeny Lashchev |
| Engine | Orion Engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Stalin Subway (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a first-person shooter video game based in a fictionalized postwar Soviet Moscow.
The game was developed by G5 software and Orion games.It was published in Russia by Buka Entertainment in September 2005. Before E3 2005 the developers gave GameSpot a private screening of the game.
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, t3he KGB building at Lubyanka Street, the Kremlin, Moscow State University and Stalin's bunker.
Plot
In this game you play as the soldier Gleb Suvorov, a member of the KGB out of his depth and the mysterious officer Natalia Mihaleva. Suvorov discovers that high-ranking officers want to detonate a secret nuclear weapon 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. A sequel Red Veil in which players take on the role of the protagonist's wife Lena following his disappearance was released in 2006.
Reception
The game received generally negative reviews from critics outside of Russia.
Sources
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-stalin-subway-e3-2005-preshow-report/1100-6124246/