I was not at all impressed with the state of Metro Last Light on Linux when I played it nearly a year after its release. I experienced
several crashes, with a few levels being nearly unplayable. The game is more or less ironed out now, and its good enough that I've played through a couple of times
I didn't think I was going to make it past Metro 2033 Redux's first loading screen. There is something seriously wrong there. The player character gives some info through audio and text about the level but that does not work at all. The frame rate tanks, and the audio and text completely shut down. However, everything loads in the background, if a bit slow at first. Looking around it seems a very common issue even on speedy SSD's.
The in game options menu is pretty terrible. The generic Low, Medium, etc. is hardly an improvement over Last Light's slider, so any fine tuning needs to be done in the somewhat messy text file again
Thankfully, the game is incredible and looks
amazing. No crashing, no broken levels just problems that seem more or less cosmetic. Like a cake that's been sat on, it still tastes lovely
For optimum play, create a "scary movie environment" for yourself
I feel like I'm more or less halfway though, only spotting a few texture flickerings and one unfortunate case in which a family of monsters thought it clever to murder my immersion and attack me through the floor. Its an awesome game that behaves better than Last Light (no crashing
) but its still a bit rough.