Uploaded December 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The revolver is really very handy at Depot with its one-shot kills, you can also knife/bash some of the monsters hanging onto the cart. The level 'Defense' is pretty much the same as most other defence levels, use your gun if you get swamped, otherwise try and let the other defenders do the killing.
'Child' is a pretty annoying level because your aim gets a huge delay (apparently from carrying Sasha on your back), be sure to listen out from where the lurkers are coming from in order to shoot them just as they emerge from the holes. It's very easy to get swamped and lose track of them, especially since non of the monster have collision boxes and will jump right through you... trying to move your aim in 180 turns several times will get you killed with the huge mouse delay.
It would be a good idea to pickup a scoped weapon somehwere in these levels if you don't already have one for the upcoming 'Outpost' level in order to take out the snipers.
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.
The revolver is really very handy at Depot with its one-shot kills, you can also knife/bash some of the monsters hanging onto the cart. The level 'Defense' is pretty much the same as most other defence levels, use your gun if you get swamped, otherwise try and let the other defenders do the killing.
'Child' is a pretty annoying level because your aim gets a huge delay (apparently from carrying Sasha on your back), be sure to listen out from where the lurkers are coming from in order to shoot them just as they emerge from the holes. It's very easy to get swamped and lose track of them, especially since non of the monster have collision boxes and will jump right through you... trying to move your aim in 180 turns several times will get you killed with the huge mouse delay.
It would be a good idea to pickup a scoped weapon somehwere in these levels if you don't already have one for the upcoming 'Outpost' level in order to take out the snipers.
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.
