Metro 2039's return to the underground plays like the sneaky FPS you'd expect, but there are still good reasons to leave the beaten track

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Metro-2039-Armourer.jpg?width=690&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp" /> <p>Since I&rsquo;m apparently now RPS&rsquo; <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stalker-2-cost-of-hope-review">Radioactive Eastern Europe correspondent</a>, I recently spent a couple of hours in <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/metro-2039">Metro 2039</a>, the gloom &lsquo;n&rsquo; grit FPS sequel that Ukrainian developers 4A Games have explicitly styled as a return to the series&rsquo; roots. From what I&rsquo;ve played, it is in fact as much of a hybrid as the mutated shrimp-insects that lurk in its Moscow sewers, reviving the claustrophobic tunnel dwelling of Metros <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/metro-2033">2033</a> and <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/metro-last-light">Last Light</a> while keeping a few favoured twists from the more freely-roamable <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/metro-exodus">Metro Exodus</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/metro-2039s-return-to-the-underground-plays-like-the-sneaky-fps-youd-expect-but-there-are-still-good-reasons-to-leave-the-beaten-track">Read more</a></p>