{"id":1554523,"date":"2026-04-16T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/QqWjbhfYsPmD7AfYuYpJxf"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:15:00","slug":"after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone\/","title":{"rendered":"After 7 years, Metro 2039 brings us a voiced protagonist, old friends turned Nazis, and &#8216;a much darker tone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It is once again time to have a horrible experience on the railway. That&#8217;s both the catchphrase of millions of British commuters since the mid-1990s, and the reality for the denizens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/metro-2039\/\">Metro 2039<\/a>, which just broke cover at today&#8217;s Xbox First Look event.<\/p>\n<p>This is our first new non-VR Metro game since 2019&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/metro-exodus\/\">Metro Exodus<\/a>, and it looks like\u2026 things have not got much better. In fact, they&#8217;re markedly worse: the entire Moscow Metro has fallen under the sway of the Novoreich, Metro&#8217;s Nazi faction, and they&#8217;re now led by &#8220;the legendary Spartan, Hunter.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Hunter has branded himself Fuhrer, and he&#8217;s been hard at work\u2014&#8221;The Fuhrer promises salvation and a new life for the people on the surface but in reality, communities remain trapped deep within the Metro, flooded by propaganda and misinformation, suffering under his authoritarian regime.&#8221; As to whether this is the same legendary Spartan named Hunter who was kind of a mentor figure to Artyom back in Metro 2033, well, it&#8217;d be a heck of a coincidence if it&#8217;s not him.<\/p>\n<p>But Artyom, it seems, is not back in the saddle for 2039. Metro is getting a voiced protagonist this time, only referred to as &#8220;The Stranger,&#8221; because in the metro you can get either a voice or a name, but not both. The Stranger is &#8220;a recluse haunted by violent waking nightmares, forced to undertake a harrowing journey back down to the Metro, a place he swore he would never return to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those violent waking nightmares are a big part of the game&#8217;s reveal: The Stranger&#8217;s having a rough go of it in Metro 2039&#8217;s trailer\u2014he spends most of it on a nightmarish journey to the centre of the soul, chasing after hordes of kids being dragged off by the Novoreich in chains and indoctrinated into obedient little Nazis.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"gallery\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone.jpg\" alt=\"Group of armed soldiers in Metro.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shot of a devastated Moscow.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-2.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up a a metro escalator, pursued by a mutant.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-3.jpg\" alt=\"Man delivers speech to a crowded room in the metro.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-4.jpg\" alt=\"Post-apocalyptic bridge at sunset.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-5.jpg\" alt=\"Armed Metro figure with gun and gas mask.\" \/><figcaption><small role=\"credit\">Plaion<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>We only get a small sliver of gameplay, but I&#8217;ll be damned if Metro 2039 doesn&#8217;t seem to be keeping up the series&#8217; reputation as a graphical powerhouse. We only get to see a brief snippet of The Stranger (attempting to) get away from a flock of mutants by escaping into the Metro\u2014which I&#8217;m fairly certain we&#8217;ve done before at least once in every preceding game\u2014but it really does look quite lovely.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from Ukrainian dev 4A Games and set in the Moscow Metro, the game isn&#8217;t shying away from the context of its creation: Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. Imagery of children being led away in chains is obviously reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Child_abductions_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war\" target=\"_blank\">Russian state abductions of Ukrainian children<\/a>, while shots of the Novoreich conducting its jackbooted thuggery are side-by-side with shots of a ruined Red Square and Moscow Kremlin. <\/p>\n<p>The original, Russian author of the Metro book series, Dmitry Glukhovsky, was forced to leave Russia for opposing the invasion of Ukraine, and executive producer Jon Bloch says it has &#8220;crafted this new story together [with Glukhovsky], united by our shared values of freedom and truth that have been shaped by the harsh reality of the world around us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, war is our reality,&#8221; said creative director Andriy Shevchenko in the game&#8217;s reveal trailer. &#8220;Our message has shifted to be about the consequences, the cost of silence, the horrors of tyranny, and the price of freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bloch added that &#8220;You can expect a much darker tone this time around: a handcrafted, story-driven, singleplayer campaign where you&#8217;ll feel the weight of the rotting world pushing down on you.&#8221; Sounds like a Metro game alright. I can&#8217;t wait. Metro 2039 is set to release this winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"055e800a-674d-4dfd-ac39-714ef5dd11f0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone-6.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"055e800a-674d-4dfd-ac39-714ef5dd11f0\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is once again time to have a horrible experience on the railway. That&#8217;s both the catchphrase of millions of British commuters since the mid-1990s, and the reality for the denizens of Metro 2039, which just broke cover at today&#8217;s Xbox First Look event. This is our first new non-VR Metro game since 2019&#8217;s Metro Exodus, and it looks like\u2026 things have not got much better. In fact, they&#8217;re markedly worse: the entire Moscow Metro has fallen under the sway of the Novoreich, Metro&#8217;s Nazi faction, and they&#8217;re now led by &#8220;the legendary Spartan, Hunter.&#8221; Hunter has branded himself Fuhrer, and he&#8217;s been hard at work\u2014&#8221;The Fuhrer promises salvation and a new life for the people on the surface but in reality, communities remain trapped&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/after-7-years-metro-2039-brings-us-a-voiced-protagonist-old-friends-turned-nazis-and-a-much-darker-tone\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1554524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1554523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>After 7 years, Metro 2039 brings us a voiced protagonist, old friends turned Nazis, and &#039;a much darker tone&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is once again time to have a horrible experience on the railway. 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