Okay so quick things to change as people have already said the problems. Reich weren’t alt-right they were full on nationalist although IMO alt-right is that. And 2 Miller in the books apparently has only one arm but of course in the game he is fine in that regards. But anyways I hope you enjoyed this video!
When you said that he was member of GRU i thought you were wrong since i thought he was form VDV since he had his iconic berret which looks like something straight from vdv, apparently he was in both, quite a caliber of that madlad
@@simonaspalovis1204 In the bit of lore I read it said he is 26 but apparently in the Novel he is actually 24 in 2033 and by Exodus he is 27 so...yeah I was wrong but it seems to be different no matter where I look lol
@@WiseFish If we’re going by him being 4 in 2013 he’d be 24 in 2033, 25 in last light, and 26-27 in Exodus since they roughly have a one year jump between them (with exodus having a year time span within the game itself). That said him begin mid to late 20s is really all that’s needed since he just has to be old enough to have barely lived in the old world.
I still wish for an open world metro game, where you play as a spartan, solving problems in the metro. You get to explore the full metro, visiting stations, meeting people and getting involved in different stories. I would love to re-walk Artyom’s journey too.
Yes but I REALLY don't want a Ubisoft-style open world. No map with shiny icons and collectibles or challenges and scoreboards. But yeah, an open world metro would be really cool and hopefully unique. It would be a grand task to create such a huge world but great to have two layers to it, the above and below. When players play a linear game, they never feel as if they are actually making their way through something because you always know that there isn't actually anything else out there. But with an open world game done properly, you have no main-story reason to leave the path but you know that you can! Makes it much more immersive. The entire Moscow metro as a map would be cool. All that players get is an actual metro map and an old satellite map of above ground. If you want to navigate a station then follow the signs it look for a map of the station. No shiny markers (sidequest here). Just your player's writing, like in Exodus. Main Character could be Artyom who had just come back to the Metro to get people out to the Aurora which is waiting outside the city. There is no level progression, you simply get better equipment and survive as you help more and more people (food system?). NPCs tell you about their problems and you travel around the metro doing these missions (reuniting kids being sex-trafficked, fetch quests lol, assassinating someone who happens to be good and that affects the storyline!). You could do COOP where a buddy joins as their own Spartan character. This character is separate from your Artyom and is only affected by COOP gameplay, as though he/she is a friend of Artyom who has decided to help him get people out of the metro. Artyom keeps himself hidden as best as he can but eventually gets found by Hansa and the last mission is to either retreat to the Aurora and leave with who you have, or another ending where you broadcast the truthck across the whole metro by finding some control terminal. As you make your way through it, it mirrors the end of the dark ones but this time you are bringing life to the metro and you forgive yourself for the missile attack. Ummm.... Thanks for reading.
I love how Artyom's greatest asset is his stupendously good luck. It is amazing how paths either collapse or open up is if by divine intervention to lead him to whatever it is he needs. Well, the Dark Ones are called angels by some.
Other factions have horrible intentions or ideas in general but not the rangers, they have the means to control the other factions, influence others to their likings and preferable conditions that benefits them and not others but they didn't, they preferred to help others while not asking too much in return, this is the reason why they are one of my favorite factions, a peaceful but badass faction.
Personally, I think the Spartans are the most fearless faction, if I remember correctly after 2034 they were down to 100 or below, a small force at that point yet they still save civilians and risk their lives for them, protect the innocent from those who wish to destroy their way of life and harm them, they fight to protect not for greed, expansion or anything else. Sorry if this doesn't make much sense
Yeps faction Spartan have figure to keep ideology still working In metro 1 only Miller to care about artyom problem dealing with dark one or other unknown enemy for Story And Animation metro best franchise make world building linear and semi open world but only limited NPC you can responds unlike Fallout franchise Have a tons of lore and dialog have focus in open world but Animation just lifeless And i like this two games
@markmulder9845 I'm biased only played metro series but I've seen not played fallout 4 it can be very fun modded aswell new game new guns. Yeah I like metro for its limited hud less stuff helping you less of a adventure like falloutout is like skyrim u run around everywhere in any order. Metro u survive in linear level expect exodus
I really like the Stalker suits you see often. From what I’ve been able to put together, they’re repurposed Soviet era dive suits. Plus they look so cool
Starting anew in a distant world away from the old is certainly a common theme in humanity, a desire to start fresh and perhaps make something greater. I wish we could do the same in the real world sometimes.
I believe the Spartans can rebuild outside of Moscow, they've come across many people capable of what they are capable of even if they aren't military trained. Even then with the loss of Sam (Sam's Story if you haven't played the DLC.) which would be a heavy blow to their capabilities I still think they're capable of finding replacements. Hell there could even be some "active" military in their area as Russia is a big country and I am pretty sure they would have bases in the middle of no where.
Oh, I definitely know they can find replacements. Artyom isn't military trained, but he's a fearless badass, so naturally he was made a Spartan. Personally, I think they're going to recruit Olga and the Forest "kids" (They're all pretty much around Artyom's age) from the Taiga and make them Spartans, cause if they can hold their own against bandits, mutants, and torture, you know that they can be trained up to be Spartans.
The Russian military has drills sometimes where pilots land on dirt roads and highways and such in the case of a nuclear war so I'm not suprised if they do have random bases in the middle of nowhere if they do stuff like that
@@LuxDragon Not only that they can hold themselves against bandits, what's more important is their philosophy that has been taught by their teacher. With it, they could easily align themselves with the Spartan order as they pretty much believe in the same thing. All they need are arms, training, and direction and you have pretty much rebuilt a whole new chapter of the Spartan order.
@@wancelemuel6633 the metro is a cage. Book 3 shows the government exists and people live on the surface. Radio jammers block the metro from communications. The author went real nilistic and did a 180 on the original story. Was half ghosts in the first book.
If we have an imagination game, the rougue station of rangers will survive and dig for answers, Artyom will come back to the metro with a group of folowers and save the metro, but... the metro was rampaged by famine and civil war, the invisible wathchers are killed and the survivors see him as the metro savior.
Hopefully we will find out in the next game. I really hope that the multiplayer rumours are true. I mean, COOP would be really cool, being able to pincer a bandit camp. Customisation could be a thing as well - 7:38 looks cool. It'll obviously be Ray Traced by default and that will give the Devs more time to implement other features and mechanics. What would be really cool is a map system like Exodus (changes with progression). You can play it with a buddy but you can also come across enemy players who join your server when not in range, therefore you can encounter players organically, happening across them as you play. Maybe it's a bad idea, not sure how you'd sync up servers. I do want the next game to be more... Gutteral. To make enemies more difficult but easier to kill. 1-4 AK bullets should kill an enemy with mild armour on (depending on where they get shot). Bullet-spongey enemies are very frustrating. I would prefer weaker enemies that are more dangerous because of your health and they are much smarter, able to run to more cover, throw grenades, cover each other's movement, ambush, call for help. I mean, just imagine being in the Metro and you need to get into a storage room for something. It is guarded by three bandits and you have no ammo. Instead, you go to the camp 100m down the tunnel and put down a beartrap in a great location. You go back to the storage room and wait. A bandit steps on the trap and screams which alerts the guards and two go to the camp. You can kill the other with your knife and you get into the room. Alternatively, with COOP, your comrade starts a shootout at the camp while you wait at the room. There are many more possibilities. You could mix inside and outside the metro for better gameplay.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming yeah metro is best implementation in Graphic Wise like how to use it because small and limitation in Rendered Area. in metro Exodus I feels NPC more alive and have interaction and just make story linear if have coop i see example "A way out" but have mixed Review If artyom Come back in Metro must dealing by watchers or other faction just like metro 2 D6 war Spartan Vs Commies Faction just because they found biological weapon
Artyom started a new game and literally put all his points into Luck and he even wears gear, like the naughty nightwear that adds more points to his luck stat
Feel like whatever the next game is I would like to see Artyom actually talk in conversations haha. And Anna needs to be more of a badass again feel her writing was more princess peach in exodus compared to last light.
Artyom will never talk apart from the diary entries on the loading screen. But I totally agree with the Anna bit, she went from being a pure Spartan to just Artyoms wife in distress. Bit disappointed there
They should do something like Titanfall 2. Being able to choose from 2 dialogue options means that the player feels included and driving the conversation while the developers don't need to record and plan four different voice lines and responses. It's a great way of doing it. If a response by the player isn't given in a certain amount of time, nothing is said. Just requires two buttons, although, it becomes a HUD element which isn't very immersive. It's fine in TF2 where the HUD is in-world. Still, there is enough HUD in Exodus to have a prompt at the bottom left of the screen with two voiceline options. It would be a great addition. Anna could be playable in a COOP mode where other players join to help you in missions.
It makes sense. Anna has spent her whole life behind a mask of stone, shutting in her emotions and showing only a poker face "for the betterment of all." She was a hardass because the world demanded that of her to survive. But as she got closer to Artyom it all changed. She could be vulnerable around someone and, well, just be herself. This has a drastic affect on her and she is more cheery around everyone she knows as a result. Thanks to Artyom she does not have to have her mask of stone anymore, hiding the real Anna; and who is the real Anna? A human. A human who is a badass but also has emotions. And I think Exodus perfectly captures this. She's not exactly helpless and even saves other peoples lives numerous times. She just developed beyond being a hardass, is all, because she no longer has any need for that personality.
I felt like Anna was really just forced in the games, going from barely knowing Artyom to falling in love with him in Last Light to the whole 'Oh save me Artyom' in Exodus. At least in the 2035 book they were already established as having a relationship and that felt pretty real
Ironically enough what happened to the Spartans during the battle of D6 is similar what what happened to the 300 at the battle of Thermopylae which is doubly ironic since Anna references Thermopylae at the beginning of Exodus when you hide behind the car to avoid the Watchers
Thank you so much for making this video, I believe your the only one that has made a lore on this faction and I enjoyed it alot. Spartans are definitely my favorite faction in any apocalyptic game/book.
"If not us, who?" That line is also used in the Deathwatch in 40K, and I love it in both contexts. Love Metro content, and love its little niche in the world. Looking forward to more content on the thing. And ever hopeful of more stories & games in the future. Small and elite. Nothing else like it. Brothers in Arms, and family.
I would like to see a metro game that had a war system like stalker: clear sky so you can choose a faction and fight for control over the metro while doing random quests.
I can't wait for the next Metro game where we can see even more development of the sub faction of the Elite Rangers and how they rebuilt. We could possibly find actual active Military bases that are still there even after the war and see whether or not the Government did survive
God I want a book or a game about Artyom and rangers going back to moscow to save people from the goverment like imagine how cool would that be? I also do hope that in the green liveable area they found some locals who was in safe when the bombs hit and that artyom and others had trained them to be rangers too So many good ideas God this is why i love metro
Although the games have shifted away from the original name for something more iconic such as Spartan Rangers, deep down, I always called them as Polis Rangers. It seemed much more unique in their naming.
I really hope the next game digs into this conspiracy more. I really felt like there could have been a bit more about the government. Imagine artyom returning to the metro saving the people there and rebuilding the spartans from scratch. Then finding the last remenants of the old russian government overthrowing them in a massive battle with his new spartans and creating a new Russia!!
2035 goes over pretty well why defeating the watchers in their current state via a fight from the outside is not really possible at least by humans alone. Mostly because they don't have to fight to wound you. Spoilers-ish for 2035 Sam and Idiot had a conversation about this on the train: Sam: "Look... if there's no radiation that means we could bring everyone out of Moscow." Idiot: "It doesn't matter if there is radiation or not comrade American. The citizens of Moscow will have to stay put." Sam: "But why? We're just a short way from the city, and the radiation is gone." Idiot: "Things might have been that easy in your America... but life has never been so easy here. Even now, we woke up saviors of the Metro and by lunchtime we're enemy spies, saboteurs, train thieves. And what for? Something we thought was true turned out to be a lie - and that is enough for them to want us dead" Sam: "The Hansa bosses must have known that we could live up here. But the public didn't know that. Who'd want to stay down in the Metro if we told them?" Idiot: "We cannot tell them! If they are ready to make mincemeat out of old ladies and kids to keep their secret, what do you think would they do to you, Uncle Sam? We can't go back, we can't use radio - remember the jammers? And even if you pull a perfect Rambo and break through back into the Metro, do you expect they'd all just believe you and go: 'Yes, Moses, lead us out of this Egypt'? Can you even imagine the death toll? Take your average station dwellers - even if the Hansa guards didn't shoot them, how far would they get? Right to the nearest mutant den, most likely... We are safe here, speeding along on this Eastern Express. They are not as lucky, not at all." Sam: "What if there was a proper evacuation?" Idiot: "And who would do that? Hansa's people - the ones who kept us under lock and key for twenty years? Or us two?... Besides, getting the people out of moscow is not the end of it - you have to settle them somewhere, provide food... No, brother... I do get where you are coming from but this matter is way more complex than it seems" This is talked about in 2035 a lot more. Even with help and with the Invisible Watchers largely letting him do what he wanted he barely made a dent even after the jammers were down and people were aware they were being lied to. People simply were not ready to go once the invisible watchers supplied them with a comforting lie as well as better supplies to the stations most likely to rebel. Artyom's own father when completely believing Artyom and knowing there was probably something better outside, still decided to stay. He did so for a good reason to, and one that is very common in real life in this situations. There are sick, elderly, and children who cannot move without dying. They need people to care for them so their family tends to stay, and he needed to stay to hold everything together. Which is encompassing most of the station. And in a situation with so many wounded or sick, and all the stations of the Metro being somewhat weakened it would be very easy to disrupt the entire system and kill thousands. Artyom is better equipped mentally, and has more support than he did in 2035, but even then just the technicalities of pulling something like that off are far too high when you have an entire trained army not only ready to kill you, but thinking if they don't then everyone in the metro will die. Hansa also when they decided they wanted him gone didn't really bother killing him recklessly him, instead going after his friends, family, and threatening to stop trading with (essentially killing very quickly) any station that kept him.
SPOILERS: for the games and books ahead As much as I like how well put together this video is; how you merged the story in the books with the games makes it so you lose the narratives of the books, which is QUITE different than the games. And for anyone saying "He told the story of the Spartans, not the entirety of the story of Metro," technically you are correct, but the METRO story is tied to the story of the Spartans because while both stories (with the expectation of METRO 2034) are about Artyom it tells the story of his time in and dealing with The Spartans. Now the games and the books are both great stories, but near the mid to the end of their stories they split off and tell different stories. I feel like this should've been split into 3 videos, video 1 covers the shared timeline between the two. Whilst video 2 and 3 would cover the respective endings of the stories and books. Because and I can't stress this enough, they are drastically different stories. One of the main differences is Miller. In the games Miller by the end becomes a hero to the cast of characters and is beloved by the player. Whilst in the books, Miller is practically the villain. He actively gets in the way of Artyom's quest to find the outside world and nearly puts him to death by the end of the last book. Whilst also burying his head in the sand about the truth behind The Metro, simply for the purpose of following orders. Miller in the books is an old stubborn fool whom Anna hates for abusing her mother and driving her to suicide. In the game he is a valiant hero who is beloved, whilst also becoming Artyom's true father figure he always lacked in his life, leading him to set an example for Artyom. Also he is loved by Anna despite his overprotectiveness. The other big difference is Artyom. In the games Artyom becomes (like Miller) a hero and his efforts to save the Metro succeed. In the books it's the opposite, after putting his life on the line for the people of The Metro Artyom gives up, and leaves them suffer under a secret government that puts it's civilians to the slaughter simply to keep the civilians happy and docile. The stories of Metro the games and Metro the books shouldn't be mixed together because otherwise you lose the story in both, or one takes over the other. But both stories are incredible stories and should have their respective story told. I do believe this is good video, solid editing, good narration and much more. But the telling of the story of the Spartans paints an incomplete picture, but I do understand why you told in the way you did. Because to tell it in it's full context would be very complicated and confusing. also is just me or is the first time I've ever heard someone call them by the full name the Spartan Rangers, I usually just call it "The Order" or "The Spartans".
I get what you're saying but people like hearing both of the stories so I like to do bits from both. Yes they are different but when the main author likes to endorse the story of the games, is it such a bad thing to merge them? I personally like doing it this way but understand if you don't like it as the books and games are different.
I fell in love with this series during the pandemic and lockdown (ironically), I had heard good thing about in the past, especially Exodus, but I wasn't too sure on it when I read it's description as being a horror survival game. However, I pushed through and loved it, the first game can be a but clunky and the second game can be too but is a huge improvement, Exodus is just an amazing game which looks amazing, graphically. I honestly love the world of Metro and its cool that it's from the point of view of the Russians rather than the US or any western country, like Fallout does. This trilogy of games really helped me out when I was in quiet a dark place in time and I guess I sort of saw myself in that universe, determined to keep going despite the struggles. I played both 2033 and Last Light when they were on Xbox Game pass, then played Exodus on the PS4, I then later bought the complete set on Xbox, when they were on sale and seeing how important they were to me.
Bro i love your videos, please do the lore of Sam from the Spartans, he is such an interesting character, I mean it seems he's the only American and want to know more about him
Kills "evil" new race, discovers location of powerful d6 base, saves his daughter, protects base from a literal army. Miller:you're not good enough for my daughter. Lol wut?
It always threw me for a loop how there were 2 endings for last light until exodus came out and even then I was still a little confused like whole up where is his son at lol
Theres 2 endings for all the games. I didn't realize this and was confused because in Metro 2033 i saved the Dark Ones on first playthrough and then played Last Light to find out they all died, i had to replay Metro 2033 and get the canon ending. I was also confused why the book had the Dark Ones die as well lol. So when Exodus came out I knew there was 2 endings so i played through it twice when it came out because idk which one will be the continuation
At this point I’ve played all 3 games countless times I love them so much I CANNOT wait till the next in the series these games have such a special place in my heart they got me through very tough times in my life and they still do
@@WiseFish damn! I knew I was missing a line! Alsoooo if you take requests would you consider some more lore on Metro like the guys in the forest map? I often tried to explore every piece of that map to find as much information on the map as possible but also tried to speed run cause limited ammo and resources made it hard to survive!
In the games they are a fraternity of sorts, a symbol of hope. In the books they are absolutist to defence of the status quo. As roles that the game assigned to others like executing people to stop the plague and killing outsiders was done by them. Miller acted of his own accord instead of external pressure.
Great vid tho i wonder what your thoughts on the continuation of sams story via the good ending when he survive on the sub and makes it to whats left of san Francisco.... would be pretty dam interesting to have a metro exadus style stand alone game of that imho. With sam and the sub crew travaling up or down the west cost looking for sams dad and any other survivors that could help them.
I like the fact that with all the chaos, the mutants, the factions/politics/ideals and life in general that the post apocalypse brings, the Spartan Rangers are the ones who try and save the Metro as a whole. Risking their own live for every Metro resident, and even take hard choices, like eradicate whole stations to prevent the spread of plagues or other risks to the Metro
Correction at 15:20 in the bad ending we see that they blow up D-6 and Artyom And Miller dies while Anna sits with Artyoms Child ( we know that one scene ) talking about how he defeated the reds. But in the good ending which the Metro Exodus follows from is that the Dark Ones came and took down all of the red soldiers by telepathic power. And the dark one goes away they also are seen in Novosibirsk hinting that they moved to Novosibirsk because there are nothing that would annoy them.
You should seriously consider a video on the Fourth Reich or Red Line. Like standalone videos detailing not only their backstory but their wars, leadership, populations, ideology, etc…
I always thought that it was idiot (i think this was like 2 years ago) was taking over as the leader of the spartans, i remember reading somewhere that he was millers protégé and, if im not mistaken, his pick to lead the order once he was finished.
I like to imagine the Metro world and Fallout world were the same universe. I'd love metro even more if it were more open like fallout. The Metro story is alot better and refined imo as well
I feel like the next game will have you play as a grown up version of the child the Colonel and Artyom saved. Taking up this noble mission of saving the people of Moscow from living irradiated as the colonel and artyom did for h
One thing about the dark ones is that once the radiation levels diminishes and get stabilized, then what will become of them? They feed off of the radiation, after all, so it's only a matter of time before they will get in trouble and will need to find a source of radiation again. So they need humans to provide that radiation for them eventually down the line.
12:24 was Khan an affiliate of the Rangers in the books? Ive read bits of the english translations, but I dont remember him being affiliated with them. He helps them find Artyom one time. Otherwise he doesnt do much with them. His views do conflict with theirs, but its not a rivalry
7:20 With the camouflage not working in the metro it's because they want to stand out🦺 as a easy way for identification as in a warning Don’t f with us that's how I've always seen it
Spoilers for exodus: nah man you are wrong about miller, he had thought of artyom as a son since 2033, in the game at least, you can tell he cares about artyom, he stuck his neck out to help artyom get to the library, then the tower and even made him a ranger because 1) hes got skill and 2) he cares about the dude, he didnt despise him for marrying anna, he got more of the way he was because he saw that the son he never had was putting his life on the line over something that he was keeping from artyom, miller was pissed because he found a signal outside of moscow, where miller was a apart of the council that had put the jammers into place because they thought the war was still going on, and he knew if anything were to happen to artyom, anna would have lost a husband, and he would have lost a son. so BAM gotcha
Okay so quick things to change as people have already said the problems. Reich weren’t alt-right they were full on nationalist although IMO alt-right is that. And 2 Miller in the books apparently has only one arm but of course in the game he is fine in that regards.
But anyways I hope you enjoyed this video!
When you said that he was member of GRU i thought you were wrong since i thought he was form VDV since he had his iconic berret which looks like something straight from vdv, apparently he was in both, quite a caliber of that madlad
@@wojszach4443 he’s quite the beast lol
Also, you said that Artyom was 26 before he went on Hunter's mission. I'm certain he was only 20 at that time (at least by the game's logic).
@@simonaspalovis1204 In the bit of lore I read it said he is 26 but apparently in the Novel he is actually 24 in 2033 and by Exodus he is 27 so...yeah I was wrong but it seems to be different no matter where I look lol
@@WiseFish If we’re going by him being 4 in 2013 he’d be 24 in 2033, 25 in last light, and 26-27 in Exodus since they roughly have a one year jump between them (with exodus having a year time span within the game itself). That said him begin mid to late 20s is really all that’s needed since he just has to be old enough to have barely lived in the old world.
I still wish for an open world metro game, where you play as a spartan, solving problems in the metro. You get to explore the full metro, visiting stations, meeting people and getting involved in different stories. I would love to re-walk Artyom’s journey too.
Or better yet a kind of trilogy of smaller stories
Yes but I REALLY don't want a Ubisoft-style open world. No map with shiny icons and collectibles or challenges and scoreboards.
But yeah, an open world metro would be really cool and hopefully unique. It would be a grand task to create such a huge world but great to have two layers to it, the above and below.
When players play a linear game, they never feel as if they are actually making their way through something because you always know that there isn't actually anything else out there. But with an open world game done properly, you have no main-story reason to leave the path but you know that you can! Makes it much more immersive.
The entire Moscow metro as a map would be cool. All that players get is an actual metro map and an old satellite map of above ground. If you want to navigate a station then follow the signs it look for a map of the station. No shiny markers (sidequest here). Just your player's writing, like in Exodus.
Main Character could be Artyom who had just come back to the Metro to get people out to the Aurora which is waiting outside the city. There is no level progression, you simply get better equipment and survive as you help more and more people (food system?). NPCs tell you about their problems and you travel around the metro doing these missions (reuniting kids being sex-trafficked, fetch quests lol, assassinating someone who happens to be good and that affects the storyline!).
You could do COOP where a buddy joins as their own Spartan character. This character is separate from your Artyom and is only affected by COOP gameplay, as though he/she is a friend of Artyom who has decided to help him get people out of the metro.
Artyom keeps himself hidden as best as he can but eventually gets found by Hansa and the last mission is to either retreat to the Aurora and leave with who you have, or another ending where you broadcast the truthck across the whole metro by finding some control terminal. As you make your way through it, it mirrors the end of the dark ones but this time you are bringing life to the metro and you forgive yourself for the missile attack. Ummm.... Thanks for reading.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming Open World Metro will be hell for your Yee yee ass PC xd
@@GloriG_C17 Why, Exodus does it and I only have a 1050ti
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming Idk man, If it only in Metro it will be fine. But the outer world.... Its gonna be So Hard.
I love how Artyom's greatest asset is his stupendously good luck. It is amazing how paths either collapse or open up is if by divine intervention to lead him to whatever it is he needs. Well, the Dark Ones are called angels by some.
Artyom case is similar to many games main character, The right one as the wrong place
@@therebelfrogy9287 can make all the difference in the world
@@therebelfrogy9287Same as the Master Chief,I guess.Almost all badass FPS protagonists have got a lot of luck on their side.
One of my favourite factions in gaming. I really wish I could get my hands on a full ranger outfit, helmet and all
I call it that “ Slavic DRIP 💧”
If you look hard, a lot of their uniforms are actual Soviet/ federation military uniform and equipment
And people make replica helms
I agree with the theory that the Rangers are the spiritual successor's of Spetsnaz.
Not really a theory it’s stated in the lore
@@WiseFish even better.
Other factions have horrible intentions or ideas in general but not the rangers, they have the means to control the other factions, influence others to their likings and preferable conditions that benefits them and not others but they didn't, they preferred to help others while not asking too much in return, this is the reason why they are one of my favorite factions, a peaceful but badass faction.
Aren't SPETSNAZ a British unit?
@@LowTempDabr No. SPETSNAZ is a catch-all term for Russian Special Operations.
Personally, I think the Spartans are the most fearless faction, if I remember correctly after 2034 they were down to 100 or below, a small force at that point yet they still save civilians and risk their lives for them, protect the innocent from those who wish to destroy their way of life and harm them, they fight to protect not for greed, expansion or anything else. Sorry if this doesn't make much sense
Yeps faction Spartan have figure to keep ideology still working
In metro 1 only Miller to care about artyom problem dealing with dark one or other unknown enemy for Story And Animation metro best franchise make world building linear and semi open world but only limited NPC you can responds unlike Fallout franchise
Have a tons of lore and dialog have focus in open world but Animation just lifeless
And i like this two games
@@ridwan3533 Metro > Fallout
@markmulder9845 I'm biased only played metro series but I've seen not played fallout 4 it can be very fun modded aswell new game new guns. Yeah I like metro for its limited hud less stuff helping you less of a adventure like falloutout is like skyrim u run around everywhere in any order. Metro u survive in linear level expect exodus
The Ranger suit is my ideal Apocalypse suit.
Either one NCR or spartan
@Sweet “What in the Goddamn?” Tea to me he was trying a little too hard but the armor of the 88th is f****** Great
I really like the Stalker suits you see often. From what I’ve been able to put together, they’re repurposed Soviet era dive suits. Plus they look so cool
Starting anew in a distant world away from the old is certainly a common theme in humanity, a desire to start fresh and perhaps make something greater.
I wish we could do the same in the real world sometimes.
You can, but on a personal level. That's what I did when I migrated
lol
I believe the Spartans can rebuild outside of Moscow, they've come across many people capable of what they are capable of even if they aren't military trained. Even then with the loss of Sam (Sam's Story if you haven't played the DLC.) which would be a heavy blow to their capabilities I still think they're capable of finding replacements. Hell there could even be some "active" military in their area as Russia is a big country and I am pretty sure they would have bases in the middle of no where.
Oh, I definitely know they can find replacements. Artyom isn't military trained, but he's a fearless badass, so naturally he was made a Spartan.
Personally, I think they're going to recruit Olga and the Forest "kids" (They're all pretty much around Artyom's age) from the Taiga and make them Spartans, cause if they can hold their own against bandits, mutants, and torture, you know that they can be trained up to be Spartans.
Exactly, like a command bunker at mount Yamantau. I heard they have ample supplies of fava beans..... :D
The Russian military has drills sometimes where pilots land on dirt roads and highways and such in the case of a nuclear war so I'm not suprised if they do have random bases in the middle of nowhere if they do stuff like that
@@LuxDragon Not only that they can hold themselves against bandits, what's more important is their philosophy that has been taught by their teacher. With it, they could easily align themselves with the Spartan order as they pretty much believe in the same thing. All they need are arms, training, and direction and you have pretty much rebuilt a whole new chapter of the Spartan order.
@@wancelemuel6633 the metro is a cage. Book 3 shows the government exists and people live on the surface. Radio jammers block the metro from communications.
The author went real nilistic and did a 180 on the original story. Was half ghosts in the first book.
If we have an imagination game, the rougue station of rangers will survive and dig for answers, Artyom will come back to the metro with a group of folowers and save the metro, but... the metro was rampaged by famine and civil war, the invisible wathchers are killed and the survivors see him as the metro savior.
Ya doesn't happen like that what so ever. It's all a lie is all I'll say
Hopefully we will find out in the next game. I really hope that the multiplayer rumours are true. I mean, COOP would be really cool, being able to pincer a bandit camp. Customisation could be a thing as well - 7:38 looks cool.
It'll obviously be Ray Traced by default and that will give the Devs more time to implement other features and mechanics.
What would be really cool is a map system like Exodus (changes with progression). You can play it with a buddy but you can also come across enemy players who join your server when not in range, therefore you can encounter players organically, happening across them as you play. Maybe it's a bad idea, not sure how you'd sync up servers.
I do want the next game to be more... Gutteral. To make enemies more difficult but easier to kill. 1-4 AK bullets should kill an enemy with mild armour on (depending on where they get shot). Bullet-spongey enemies are very frustrating. I would prefer weaker enemies that are more dangerous because of your health and they are much smarter, able to run to more cover, throw grenades, cover each other's movement, ambush, call for help.
I mean, just imagine being in the Metro and you need to get into a storage room for something. It is guarded by three bandits and you have no ammo. Instead, you go to the camp 100m down the tunnel and put down a beartrap in a great location. You go back to the storage room and wait. A bandit steps on the trap and screams which alerts the guards and two go to the camp. You can kill the other with your knife and you get into the room. Alternatively, with COOP, your comrade starts a shootout at the camp while you wait at the room. There are many more possibilities. You could mix inside and outside the metro for better gameplay.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming yeah metro is best implementation in Graphic Wise like how to use it because small and limitation in Rendered Area.
in metro Exodus I feels NPC more alive and have interaction and just make story linear if have coop i see example "A way out" but have mixed Review
If artyom Come back in Metro must dealing by watchers or other faction just like metro 2 D6 war Spartan Vs Commies Faction just because they found biological weapon
I loved the colonel, especally in Nowosibirsk and the end... it was so sad and at same time beautiful..
Such an underrated channel, thank you for all the videos. You've got me interested in metro now
Underated channel for a underrated series.
Artyom started a new game and literally put all his points into Luck and he even wears gear, like the naughty nightwear that adds more points to his luck stat
Feel like whatever the next game is I would like to see Artyom actually talk in conversations haha. And Anna needs to be more of a badass again feel her writing was more princess peach in exodus compared to last light.
Artyom will never talk apart from the diary entries on the loading screen. But I totally agree with the Anna bit, she went from being a pure Spartan to just Artyoms wife in distress. Bit disappointed there
They should do something like Titanfall 2. Being able to choose from 2 dialogue options means that the player feels included and driving the conversation while the developers don't need to record and plan four different voice lines and responses. It's a great way of doing it. If a response by the player isn't given in a certain amount of time, nothing is said. Just requires two buttons, although, it becomes a HUD element which isn't very immersive. It's fine in TF2 where the HUD is in-world. Still, there is enough HUD in Exodus to have a prompt at the bottom left of the screen with two voiceline options.
It would be a great addition. Anna could be playable in a COOP mode where other players join to help you in missions.
It makes sense. Anna has spent her whole life behind a mask of stone, shutting in her emotions and showing only a poker face "for the betterment of all." She was a hardass because the world demanded that of her to survive. But as she got closer to Artyom it all changed. She could be vulnerable around someone and, well, just be herself. This has a drastic affect on her and she is more cheery around everyone she knows as a result. Thanks to Artyom she does not have to have her mask of stone anymore, hiding the real Anna; and who is the real Anna? A human. A human who is a badass but also has emotions. And I think Exodus perfectly captures this. She's not exactly helpless and even saves other peoples lives numerous times. She just developed beyond being a hardass, is all, because she no longer has any need for that personality.
I felt like Anna was really just forced in the games, going from barely knowing Artyom to falling in love with him in Last Light to the whole 'Oh save me Artyom' in Exodus. At least in the 2035 book they were already established as having a relationship and that felt pretty real
Ironically enough what happened to the Spartans during the battle of D6 is similar what what happened to the 300 at the battle of Thermopylae which is doubly ironic since Anna references Thermopylae at the beginning of Exodus when you hide behind the car to avoid the Watchers
Thank you so much for making this video, I believe your the only one that has made a lore on this faction and I enjoyed it alot. Spartans are definitely my favorite faction in any apocalyptic game/book.
You perfectly blended the book and the game into a single story, well done sir
10:20 He doesn't call him "uncle". The Russian word for"uncle" is also a respectful"Mr."
"If not us, who?" That line is also used in the Deathwatch in 40K, and I love it in both contexts.
Love Metro content, and love its little niche in the world. Looking forward to more content on the thing. And ever hopeful of more stories & games in the future. Small and elite. Nothing else like it. Brothers in Arms, and family.
You do really good job with mashing the books' story and the games' story together to one coherent overall narrative!
I would like to see a metro game that had a war system like stalker: clear sky so you can choose a faction and fight for control over the metro while doing random quests.
stalker: anomaly is probably a better example
Lord, brother you got me tearing up what a well organized essay, with good use of music and fine narration.
I like how the video shows the bad ending for metro 2 when it came to dealing with the communists attacking D6
Well because the canon ending in the game isn’t what happened in the book. The bad ending is closer
I can't wait for the next Metro game where we can see even more development of the sub faction of the Elite Rangers and how they rebuilt.
We could possibly find actual active Military bases that are still there even after the war and see whether or not the Government did survive
God only knows how many times i have replayed the games
These lore videos are really great. Well done.
Its good to see your channel growing these videos are super underrated
God I want a book or a game about Artyom and rangers going back to moscow to save people from the goverment like imagine how cool would that be? I also do hope that in the green liveable area they found some locals who was in safe when the bombs hit and that artyom and others had trained them to be rangers too So many good ideas
God this is why i love metro
The defensive gun positions and heavy machine gun turrets on vehicles in this game is the only time seeing a DShK gives me relief and comforts me😂
Absolutely love these videos! Was great and very detailed! Can’t wait for more metro lore
the rangers have perfectly intact tanks and other military vehicles in D6 you seem them riding a elavator in it
Hell yes! I've been waiting for another metro video. Keep up the great work man!
You’re one the most underrated youtubers out there I hope you get more attention to your channel
Although the games have shifted away from the original name for something more iconic such as Spartan Rangers, deep down, I always called them as Polis Rangers. It seemed much more unique in their naming.
I really hope the next game digs into this conspiracy more. I really felt like there could have been a bit more about the government. Imagine artyom returning to the metro saving the people there and rebuilding the spartans from scratch. Then finding the last remenants of the old russian government overthrowing them in a massive battle with his new spartans and creating a new Russia!!
2035 goes over pretty well why defeating the watchers in their current state via a fight from the outside is not really possible at least by humans alone. Mostly because they don't have to fight to wound you.
Spoilers-ish for 2035
Sam and Idiot had a conversation about this on the train:
Sam: "Look... if there's no radiation that means we could bring everyone out of Moscow."
Idiot: "It doesn't matter if there is radiation or not comrade American. The citizens of Moscow will have to stay put."
Sam: "But why? We're just a short way from the city, and the radiation is gone."
Idiot: "Things might have been that easy in your America... but life has never been so easy here. Even now, we woke up saviors of the Metro and by lunchtime we're enemy spies, saboteurs, train thieves. And what for? Something we thought was true turned out to be a lie - and that is enough for them to want us dead"
Sam: "The Hansa bosses must have known that we could live up here. But the public didn't know that. Who'd want to stay down in the Metro if we told them?"
Idiot: "We cannot tell them! If they are ready to make mincemeat out of old ladies and kids to keep their secret, what do you think would they do to you, Uncle Sam? We can't go back, we can't use radio - remember the jammers? And even if you pull a perfect Rambo and break through back into the Metro, do you expect they'd all just believe you and go: 'Yes, Moses, lead us out of this Egypt'? Can you even imagine the death toll? Take your average station dwellers - even if the Hansa guards didn't shoot them, how far would they get? Right to the nearest mutant den, most likely... We are safe here, speeding along on this Eastern Express. They are not as lucky, not at all."
Sam: "What if there was a proper evacuation?"
Idiot: "And who would do that? Hansa's people - the ones who kept us under lock and key for twenty years? Or us two?... Besides, getting the people out of moscow is not the end of it - you have to settle them somewhere, provide food... No, brother... I do get where you are coming from but this matter is way more complex than it seems"
This is talked about in 2035 a lot more. Even with help and with the Invisible Watchers largely letting him do what he wanted he barely made a dent even after the jammers were down and people were aware they were being lied to. People simply were not ready to go once the invisible watchers supplied them with a comforting lie as well as better supplies to the stations most likely to rebel. Artyom's own father when completely believing Artyom and knowing there was probably something better outside, still decided to stay. He did so for a good reason to, and one that is very common in real life in this situations. There are sick, elderly, and children who cannot move without dying. They need people to care for them so their family tends to stay, and he needed to stay to hold everything together. Which is encompassing most of the station. And in a situation with so many wounded or sick, and all the stations of the Metro being somewhat weakened it would be very easy to disrupt the entire system and kill thousands. Artyom is better equipped mentally, and has more support than he did in 2035, but even then just the technicalities of pulling something like that off are far too high when you have an entire trained army not only ready to kill you, but thinking if they don't then everyone in the metro will die. Hansa also when they decided they wanted him gone didn't really bother killing him recklessly him, instead going after his friends, family, and threatening to stop trading with (essentially killing very quickly) any station that kept him.
@@bladerman4850 what if the dark ones come to aid them like they promised?
SPOILERS: for the games and books ahead
As much as I like how well put together this video is; how you merged the story in the books with the games makes it so you lose the narratives of the books, which is QUITE different than the games. And for anyone saying "He told the story of the Spartans, not the entirety of the story of Metro," technically you are correct, but the METRO story is tied to the story of the Spartans because while both stories (with the expectation of METRO 2034) are about Artyom it tells the story of his time in and dealing with The Spartans.
Now the games and the books are both great stories, but near the mid to the end of their stories they split off and tell different stories. I feel like this should've been split into 3 videos, video 1 covers the shared timeline between the two. Whilst video 2 and 3 would cover the respective endings of the stories and books. Because and I can't stress this enough, they are drastically different stories.
One of the main differences is Miller. In the games Miller by the end becomes a hero to the cast of characters and is beloved by the player. Whilst in the books, Miller is practically the villain. He actively gets in the way of Artyom's quest to find the outside world and nearly puts him to death by the end of the last book. Whilst also burying his head in the sand about the truth behind The Metro, simply for the purpose of following orders. Miller in the books is an old stubborn fool whom Anna hates for abusing her mother and driving her to suicide. In the game he is a valiant hero who is beloved, whilst also becoming Artyom's true father figure he always lacked in his life, leading him to set an example for Artyom. Also he is loved by Anna despite his overprotectiveness.
The other big difference is Artyom. In the games Artyom becomes (like Miller) a hero and his efforts to save the Metro succeed. In the books it's the opposite, after putting his life on the line for the people of The Metro Artyom gives up, and leaves them suffer under a secret government that puts it's civilians to the slaughter simply to keep the civilians happy and docile.
The stories of Metro the games and Metro the books shouldn't be mixed together because otherwise you lose the story in both, or one takes over the other. But both stories are incredible stories and should have their respective story told. I do believe this is good video, solid editing, good narration and much more. But the telling of the story of the Spartans paints an incomplete picture, but I do understand why you told in the way you did. Because to tell it in it's full context would be very complicated and confusing.
also is just me or is the first time I've ever heard someone call them by the full name the Spartan Rangers, I usually just call it "The Order" or "The Spartans".
I get what you're saying but people like hearing both of the stories so I like to do bits from both. Yes they are different but when the main author likes to endorse the story of the games, is it such a bad thing to merge them? I personally like doing it this way but understand if you don't like it as the books and games are different.
The metro series as hole is my favourite series out of any other series just becuse of how much lore they have
Man, you make videos of the highest quality. Good on you, and thank you
I fell in love with this series during the pandemic and lockdown (ironically), I had heard good thing about in the past, especially Exodus, but I wasn't too sure on it when I read it's description as being a horror survival game. However, I pushed through and loved it, the first game can be a but clunky and the second game can be too but is a huge improvement, Exodus is just an amazing game which looks amazing, graphically.
I honestly love the world of Metro and its cool that it's from the point of view of the Russians rather than the US or any western country, like Fallout does.
This trilogy of games really helped me out when I was in quiet a dark place in time and I guess I sort of saw myself in that universe, determined to keep going despite the struggles.
I played both 2033 and Last Light when they were on Xbox Game pass, then played Exodus on the PS4, I then later bought the complete set on Xbox, when they were on sale and seeing how important they were to me.
Bro i love your videos, please do the lore of Sam from the Spartans, he is such an interesting character, I mean it seems he's the only American and want to know more about him
Kills "evil" new race, discovers location of powerful d6 base, saves his daughter, protects base from a literal army.
Miller:you're not good enough for my daughter.
Lol wut?
Can you make a vid on Colonel Miller or Artyom? That’d be great. I’m loving these Metro lore videos, great job!
Badass video, awesome job with the video gamer. Spartan Rangers is such a awesome name.
It always threw me for a loop how there were 2 endings for last light until exodus came out and even then I was still a little confused like whole up where is his son at lol
Theres 2 endings for all the games. I didn't realize this and was confused because in Metro 2033 i saved the Dark Ones on first playthrough and then played Last Light to find out they all died, i had to replay Metro 2033 and get the canon ending. I was also confused why the book had the Dark Ones die as well lol. So when Exodus came out I knew there was 2 endings so i played through it twice when it came out because idk which one will be the continuation
Yes, the super Russian Badasses.
Even more badass than other russians
One of the best channels on UA-cam
One of the most interesting and Badass Factions in Gaming/Literature
And a Great Video as always 👌
At this point I’ve played all 3 games countless times I love them so much I CANNOT wait till the next in the series these games have such a special place in my heart they got me through very tough times in my life and they still do
(Kicks in the door with a bowl of popcorn) Hell yeah it’s here!
I’m playing minecraft in here!! *closes door*
@@WiseFish (throws empty bowl at Minecraft) There is only Metro!
@@TheFruitofTruth add in a “you stubborn fool” and that’s a perfect reply haha
@@WiseFish damn! I knew I was missing a line! Alsoooo if you take requests would you consider some more lore on Metro like the guys in the forest map? I often tried to explore every piece of that map to find as much information on the map as possible but also tried to speed run cause limited ammo and resources made it hard to survive!
@@TheFruitofTruth I do want to cover the maps of Metro Exodus but there isn’t much on them sadly. I’ll do my best tho
Phenomenal video!! Cannot wait for Metro 4! Your theory was very interesting
Stumbled onto your channel so this is my first video. Dude, it was really good.
You got a like, subscribe, and a bell out of me.
In the games they are a fraternity of sorts, a symbol of hope. In the books they are absolutist to defence of the status quo. As roles that the game assigned to others like executing people to stop the plague and killing outsiders was done by them. Miller acted of his own accord instead of external pressure.
Keep it up loving these vids
Great vid tho i wonder what your thoughts on the continuation of sams story via the good ending when he survive on the sub and makes it to whats left of san Francisco.... would be pretty dam interesting to have a metro exadus style stand alone game of that imho. With sam and the sub crew travaling up or down the west cost looking for sams dad and any other survivors that could help them.
I like the fact that with all the chaos, the mutants, the factions/politics/ideals and life in general that the post apocalypse brings, the Spartan Rangers are the ones who try and save the Metro as a whole. Risking their own live for every Metro resident, and even take hard choices, like eradicate whole stations to prevent the spread of plagues or other risks to the Metro
Awesome video I hope they make another Metro game or another book to tie up the story
>6:43 "The Kalesh"
Mikhail is rolling in his grave right now.
Another incredible lore vid! This is such an incredible story, really enjoyed hearing it summed up like this. Well played!
I'd love a brotherhood or NCR one if possible, but loved this video too hope to see more
Great video. Keep up good content. Hoping for more videos!
I always like watching Wisefish videos greate job bro Deus vult
i litterary searched for this vidoe of you 3 days ago and was kinda sad you hadnt uploaded one of that toppic already ^^
Love your videos keep it up 👌🏾
I wanna see a what if of Miller picking the hands side and the Spartans be forced to hunt down Artyom
Drinking game:
Everytime WiseFish says "Ranger(s)" you take a shot.
Correction at 15:20 in the bad ending we see that they blow up D-6 and Artyom And Miller dies while Anna sits with Artyoms Child ( we know that one scene ) talking about how he defeated the reds. But in the good ending which the Metro Exodus follows from is that the Dark Ones came and took down all of the red soldiers by telepathic power. And the dark one goes away they also are seen in Novosibirsk hinting that they moved to Novosibirsk because there are nothing that would annoy them.
You should seriously consider a video on the Fourth Reich or Red Line. Like standalone videos detailing not only their backstory but their wars, leadership, populations, ideology, etc…
Now I'm in my feeling because I want another metro game super bad😭
Your Metro videos are awesome. 👍👍👍
I enjoyed that little trip down lore lane, you know i always thought that stalker was the same guy in the metro franchise
god damn i love the acoustic guitar soundtrack in that game
Ik it might take a long time but I'd love to see a full video documenting the events of the book. It's soo interesting
I always thought that it was idiot (i think this was like 2 years ago) was taking over as the leader of the spartans, i remember reading somewhere that he was millers protégé and, if im not mistaken, his pick to lead the order once he was finished.
I can’t wait for the next game
What’s next? Either they develop a new society, build their strength an go back to free the metro stations…or wait for the metro to come for them.
I like to imagine the Metro world and Fallout world were the same universe. I'd love metro even more if it were more open like fallout. The Metro story is alot better and refined imo as well
I feel like the next game will have you play as a grown up version of the child the Colonel and Artyom saved. Taking up this noble mission of saving the people of Moscow from living irradiated as the colonel and artyom did for h
Like always this is a great video WiseFish, what is next?
I want a lean mechanic in the metro games even just a mod but god I would love to peek around corners instead of just walk around them
This was a great video to watch 👍👍
All things Metro is so interesting
oh boy...such a good material!
damn bro your videos make me wanna playthrough the series again lol good work
10:22 in the start of metro 2033 (the game) it says he has just turned 20
Superb my boy!
The Spartans remind me of the Ncrs elite ranger from fallout new Vegas
To me more like Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout 3 Protect citizen from Mutants
Good job Wisefish
Great video, great job!
One thing about the dark ones is that once the radiation levels diminishes and get stabilized, then what will become of them? They feed off of the radiation, after all, so it's only a matter of time before they will get in trouble and will need to find a source of radiation again. So they need humans to provide that radiation for them eventually down the line.
This is straight up GIGA POG
12:24 was Khan an affiliate of the Rangers in the books?
Ive read bits of the english translations, but I dont remember him being affiliated with them. He helps them find Artyom one time. Otherwise he doesnt do much with them.
His views do conflict with theirs, but its not a rivalry
Incredible book series, the basic lessons of which I think are lost on most people.
amazing video m8!
Could you please do a video talking about the librarians for the first metro game
I heard wowsuchgaming say we should try and get wisefish to 50k subs by Christmas this year. Let's do it homies!
7:20
With the camouflage not working in the metro it's because they want to stand out🦺 as a easy way for identification as in a warning
Don’t f with us that's how I've always seen it
Spoilers for exodus: nah man you are wrong about miller, he had thought of artyom as a son since 2033, in the game at least, you can tell he cares about artyom, he stuck his neck out to help artyom get to the library, then the tower and even made him a ranger because 1) hes got skill and 2) he cares about the dude, he didnt despise him for marrying anna, he got more of the way he was because he saw that the son he never had was putting his life on the line over something that he was keeping from artyom, miller was pissed because he found a signal outside of moscow, where miller was a apart of the council that had put the jammers into place because they thought the war was still going on, and he knew if anything were to happen to artyom, anna would have lost a husband, and he would have lost a son.
so BAM gotcha
We need to get this man too 1,000,000, because if not us, then who .
I really like the spartans they're one of the best factions in the metro
Well…I just bought the entire saga because of this video series
Was able to pick up the whole series for like 30 bucks instead of 100
@@giovannicervantes2053 lucky, I just got it for 100 dlcs and all
@@WindveilGT you sold dlc?
@@giovannicervantes2053 no, I got the dlcs with all the games for $100