Uploaded December 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This mission can be a real pain if you're low on ammo. If you've been using your knives a lot like I have and generally scrounged up enough ammo, then you should have no problem. Remember, your last chance to spend military grade bullets was back at Polis. It's a perfect time to use those bullets now against all those jelly monsters and their spawns. Don't worry about running completely dry on ammo... the level 'Tower' that follows gives you some extra ammo to start with.
This is played on Ranger Hardcore difficulty. PLAYLIST: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEC59D2EC40935453
I edited the user.cfg with notepad in order to increase the FOV.
To do this you must edit the SICK_FOV value in the THREE user.cfg files located here:
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\4A Games\Metro 2033
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[random set of numbers]\43110\remote
Important: You need to keep the fullstop. I set it to "SICK_FOV 65." Remember that Metro uses vertical FOV measurement rather than the common horizontal measure. A vertical FOV of 65 is a horizontal FOV of 90 on a 16:10 1920x1200 resolution. Setting it any higher might make some errors appear like seeing the 'end' of your arms during reload animations or cutscene animations. You can try to see what you like best.
I just think the default FOV is ridiculous... and unfortunately, this is becoming way to common an issue for console ports nowadays.
This mission can be a real pain if you're low on ammo. If you've been using your knives a lot like I have and generally scrounged up enough ammo, then you should have no problem. Remember, your last chance to spend military grade bullets was back at Polis. It's a perfect time to use those bullets now against all those jelly monsters and their spawns. Don't worry about running completely dry on ammo... the level 'Tower' that follows gives you some extra ammo to start with.
This is played on Ranger Hardcore difficulty. PLAYLIST: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEC59D2EC40935453
I edited the user.cfg with notepad in order to increase the FOV.
To do this you must edit the SICK_FOV value in the THREE user.cfg files located here:
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\4A Games\Metro 2033
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[random set of numbers]\43110\remote
Important: You need to keep the fullstop. I set it to "SICK_FOV 65." Remember that Metro uses vertical FOV measurement rather than the common horizontal measure. A vertical FOV of 65 is a horizontal FOV of 90 on a 16:10 1920x1200 resolution. Setting it any higher might make some errors appear like seeing the 'end' of your arms during reload animations or cutscene animations. You can try to see what you like best.
I just think the default FOV is ridiculous... and unfortunately, this is becoming way to common an issue for console ports nowadays.
