![]() ![]() We also rejected requests to make this a timed exclusive." "We rejected requests to make story content or additional missions exclusive. "Game makers and publishers now live in a world where offering game content as a pre-order exclusive is a requirement by retail, and Ranger Mode seemed like the best choice since it was a mode for hardcore fans who would most likely pre-order the game, or purchase it at launch in any case," he says. ![]() A PR person for Koch Media, the parent company of Last Light's publisher, had this to say: So far, the only response Deep Silver has given to the criticism they've received comes via PC Gamer, who posed the question, "If Metro: Last Light's Ranger Mode is 'the way it was meant to be played' why isn't it included for all players?"ĭeep Silver's response to this question is as odd and off-putting as their decision to make Ranger Mode DLC in the first place. The Last Light website currently has a massive preorder banner across the top of the homepage, on which Ranger Mode is referred to as "The way it was meant to be played." Apparently no one at Deep Silver stopped and thought about just what it meant to be removing "the way it was meant to be played" from the core version of a fifty dollar game. There's an odd dissonance coming out of the Deep Silver camp regarding this decision, too. It may well be that Last Light's Ranger Mode will most closely resemble 2033's normal mode – and you'll be stuck playing on easy mode unless you pony up. What's more, all the gameplay videos Deep Silver has released seem to indicate that the normal difficulty mode has been made substantially easier than Metro 2033's, in an attempt to draw a wider audience into the fold. In order to be able to play Last Light in Ranger Mode, players must either preorder the game or pay five bucks post-launch for the privilege of selecting their preferred difficulty setting. Now, it looks like that mode will be unavailable to players who buy the vanilla version of Metro 2033's sequel. In a game that was already fairly difficult on the default settings, Ranger Mode became something of a legend to serious-business FPS players. Ranger Mode removes the game's HUD, increases enemy difficulty, and reduces the amount of ammunition the player can find. The difficulty mode in question is the storied "Ranger Mode," an option that was added to Last Light's precursor, Metro 2033, as a gift to hardcore players who wanted a truly challenging experience. You're probably already cringing at how awful that idea sounds, but hold on, because it gets worse. ![]()
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