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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. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-stalin-subway-e3-2005-preshow-report/1100-6124246/|title=The Stalin Subway E3 2005 Preshow Report|website=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=19 September 2016|date= 17 May 2006}}</ref>
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. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-stalin-subway-e3-2005-preshow-report/1100-6124246/|title=The Stalin Subway E3 2005 Preshow Report|website=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=19 September 2016|date= 17 May 2006}}</ref>




==Setting==
==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 building at Lubyanka Street, the Kremlin, Moscow State University and Stalin's bunker.
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 building at Lubyanka Street, the Kremlin, Moscow State University and Stalin's bunker.
The game is notable, alongside [[You Are Empty]] and the games in the Metro series, as being one the few fps game's to be set in the Moscow Metro system.



==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 14:39, 19 September 2016

The Stalin Subway
Developer(s)G5 Software
Publisher(s)Buka Entertainment
Designer(s)Nikolay Sitnikov and Yevgeny Lashchev
EngineOrion Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • RUS: September 29, 2005
Genre(s)First-person shooter

Stalin Subway (Russian title "Метро-2", "Metro-2") is a 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 building at Lubyanka Street, the Kremlin, Moscow State University and Stalin's bunker. The game is notable, alongside You Are Empty and the games in the Metro series, as being one the few fps game's to be set in 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 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.


Reception

Released on Steam, the game received generally negative reviews from critics outside of Russia.

A sequel Stalin Subway 2: Red Veil in which players take on the role of the protagonist's wife Lena following his disappearance was released in 2006. Eurogamer Germany gave it a rating of 1 out of 10.

http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/the-stalin-subway-2-red-veil-test

References

  1. ^ "The Stalin Subway E3 2005 Preshow Report". GameSpot. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2016.