The Great War Of 2013 | FULL Metro Lore
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Metro 2033 displays to us the desolate world of Moscow after a post-apocalyptic event. But what was the cause of this? Who was behind these nukes setting off, how bad was this for the world and why did this mean the people of Moscow had to live in the dark Metro Stations?
In this I look at all the prior events before we meet Artyom in 2033 and explore what caused this world to be the way it is.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:48 - The Start Of The War
3:42 - The Nuclear Blast
5:21 - The Aftermath
8:29 - 20 Years Later
9:37 - Future For Humans
10:21 - Thanks For Watching
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#metro #2033 - Hry
EDIT: okay I know I know, it’s the flag from Star Wars. I would say it was for a joke but I genuinely made a mistake and believed it was their flag. Still, you gotta laugh haven’t you??
Quick note, there are a few mistakes in this video that were cleared up to me by the Metro team themselves. The Stalkers being the main one as well as the Librarians, but regardless I hope you guys liked the lore video! Let me know what other games you want me to cover or what topics you’d want to see!
It was good
Hi there, did you red the books or this lore is just based on games ?
@@Piotr_Czarnowski it’s a mixture of the games and the bible according to Artyom.
@@WiseFish That would explain Librarians from games not from the book in your vid ;) Still don't know why Devs did it. So much wasted potential there.
Roger, roger.
Spartans mostly fill the role of peacekeepers. The ones who venture out searching for supplies are Stalkers (yes, this franchise has stalkers too).
Yeah I got corrected by the Metro team on that one. My bad
@@WiseFish you're doing a pretty good job, dude. Keep it up ^w^
I wonder if that's a reference to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise?
@@hgtvboi6255 I think it’s honestly a genuine role for if it ever happened. That or it’s just a role that’s been in books for years. I dono if it’s a reference the the stalker games as the metro book came out before the game
@@WiseFish hmmm makes sense maybe it's something with English to Russian translation?I know they both have big Russian roots
Your narrative speaking and writing is fantastic my man! Was really hooked throughout the vid :)
Wow thanks so much man that means the world!! I got some things wrong in the video but I want to improve and go forward with this stuff so I'm excited :D
ola
Now do a you wouldn't survive metro.
@@anthonymolina2979 he has
Neat to see you here sir!
*Seppie flag shown* “The CIS, the Confederacy of Independent-“
Me: *WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!*
LMAOO
Another command post under republic control
SAVE IT FOR THE ENEMY!
Just like the simulations
For the chancellor!
2:50 they were also led by Count Dooku and had the largest droid army in galactic history!
Bit of a nitpick here. The people that go to the surface the metro relies on for resources such as firewood are called Stalkers. The Spartan Rangers are a militant order operating out of Polis, the largest station in the Metro. The Spartans _do_ keep the metro safe because they focus on issues that affect the entire metro instead of getting bogged down in political disputes, but they aren’t the soul military power of the metro. They’re a small, basically spec ops group that Artyom joins. Most stations have soldiers, and major factions like the Red Line, Fourth Reich, and Hansa (I can’t remember if Polis is called Hansa in the book or if it’s just Polis) have standing armies.
Every station has stalkers, but some, such as Polis, have the resources to better equip their stalkers. A fun fact is Polis is also the only faction with a stable enough society to be sending stalkers to the surface just to get books.
get out of here _s t a l k e r_
In the book Polis is just Polis or the Capital.
@@flow185 defacto Capital of the entire metro. Most of the factions respect Polis.
@@shoaibakther1453 yep because a good chunk of the old military and the people with knowledge are here
Also to add the Spartans are polis military in a way their separate but until d6 was found polis was Spartas home base also Sparta was one of the few factions to be able to hold outposts on the surface
Just to let you know, the flag used for the CIS is from Star Wars
Ooops it is as well haha my bad. That’s all that came up when I searched for stock footage, goddamn it!
I was gonna post that lol!
FOR THE GLORY OF THE SEPARATISTS
Roger roger
@@WiseFish its fine it makes the video better.
Video game Logic : Radiation makes super strong mutants
Real life: Radiation makes mutants with no legs and paper Mache skin
Depends on the dose of radiation, that happens when the dna is completely gone and the body loses it's blueprint unable to repair tissue. but with the right dose of radiation where the dna is just modified and not completely destroyed it can result to weird mutations then survival of the fittest kicks in, the one with the best mutation thrives.
@@13thSystem also probably helps with a larger amount of genetic diversity and varying levels of radioactive contamination
There are also cases in the game that suggest the mutants were created on purpose through other bombs
Actually in Japan the radiation there from the reactor has made very aggressive and resilient boars
Metro game logic: radiation fckin tears you apart many years after the city was nuked
Fallout game logic: radiation still kills you hundreds of years after the bombs dropped
Real life: people returned into a nuked city after just a few years and didnt have to deal with mutated monsters and ghouls
This just sounds like my routine to get bread in Poland
Lol.
Damn, sounds rough
Just wait until WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE
@@masters-senpai7657 Coming down the moutainside!
The only game that does it's atmosphere right, the supernatural in the game basically amplified the atmosphere and immerison.
Damn, didn’t expect this one today. Love the metro franchise. Keep it going my guy
Cheers man! Trying to be more on it with content lately :)
I always thought it was implied in the Metro universe that the Soviet Union never collapsed, hence the Cold War never ended, leading to it turning "hot" in 2013. Miller, for example, mentioned "Soviet" a few times when talking about pre-war military manufacturing in D6. In fact, there seems to be more references in the story to the Soviet Union rather than to the Russian Federation when older characters mention anything related to pre-war Russia.
Soviet military manufacturing was built to last and it's very likely that D6 was created while the Cold War was still happening. So, just because the Soviet Union fell, doesn't mean the Russian Federation simply changed their whole military industry. They still used the same bunkers, vehicles, artillery and other stuff. The only thing they likely changed was remove the communist flags and propaganda. So Miller saying that the bunkers have a "Soviet" feel is very true as they were likely built while the Soviet Union was still around.
And yet...how could Miller have known what soviet bunkers "feel like"? He was probably in his 40's when the bombs fell, so the earliest he could have joined the military was right after the end of the Cold War and fall of USSSR. So unless, he held communist ideals very personally his whole life, he should have referred to them as "Federation bunkers", because that's what Russia has been referred as for most of his supposed military career.
Miller and other characters mention the fall of the soviet union, as well as the date being marked in several places.
@@bladerman4850 Which makes no sense since in Metro Exodus the maps show Soviet Union and the bunkers have soviet symbols.
@@BillyTubememe All of which was built during the soviet era and as we see from a few of those places, not kept up much after.
@@bladerman4850 maybe.. I'm still not sure. It's a mess honestly.
The lore history has always been shrouded in a bit of fog, even reading the original novel as it's from Artyom's perspective only gives us information he knows, which in the pre-war isn't much. On one hand it makes sense because the story is all about Artyom's exploration and journey in the post-apocalypse rather than his life before the metro. Though, I would love, if one of these days, both the original author and Metro team would come together and make a "Metro bible" for us lore hounds just to understand the universe better.
There's book "Welcome in Russia" (translated from Polish, i don't know if its also tittle for english) written by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Its few different stories, but the last one is telling us a little about how war started. Maybe this book is not directly from metro Universe, but sience both are written by same autor, its safe to assume that he written about this same war.
Interestingly the writer leaves the lore open ended and allows others to contribute to the metro vers, other authors have written books that take place in Poland, Ireland, the US, and Germany etc and they are all considered canon to an extent. Each one basically a self contained ecosystem in which isolated pockets of humans survive cut off from others.
In the ireland book I believe it features a story in which some kind of horrific lovecraftian esque super mutant monstrosity is inhabiting the caves with the survivors and preys on them if they venture into certain areas, the limit of which creeps closer over time
In the book that takes place in America I think it's located in Chicago and tells the story of a number of black people from the shit part of town who managed to survive in the sewers or so and have become somewhat hyper religious
@@thirstyserpent1079 ohh what’s the name for the book in Ireland?
@@robertoleary5470 Echo of an Extinguished World
It contains a series separate stories. 2 in Russia wile 1 takes place is Stockholm Sweden with 1 taking place in in Dunmore Ireland where a mutant spider abomination starts fucking with the Irish. The majority from what I recall is set in Poland. With stuff like people trying to survive in a lead mine or so r Gdansk etc.
@@thirstyserpent1079 thanks
Alternative title: 2022 lore
7:19 It's the other way around.. keeping eye contact is the only thing that prevents them from attacking.
Ironically, despite the apparent destruction and immense radiation of the Moscow ruins, Moscow itself was never actually directly hit by any nuclear weapons.
This was due to the advanced defenses designed to protect the capitol.
(These would be the missiles we see in the trailer; you might initially assume these are retaliatory nukes, however those would've been launched minutes before as soon as NATO missiles were detected, and were most likely miles away from Moscow)
Unfortunately, in the end, the only difference this made was denying the citizens of Moscow a swift death, as the radiation storm that soon followed consumed and altered all life in it's path.
Capital *
@@Fyrdman No I meant Capitol, the Russians don't give a shit about the people, but they do want to protect the Kremlin and Red Square.
@@trainknut Even though Red Square has been decimated, alongside the Senate and Kremlin walls?
@@Fyrdman I'm not saying it _worked_ I'm saying that was the intention - to preserve the capitol buildings and all the leadership of Russia along with them.
Yes that also means defending Moscow as a whole, but if push came to shove, they would sacrifice the rest of Moscow to save the Kremlin... The same way America would probably sacrifice most of DC to protect the white house, or Britain would sacrifice London to protect the royal family, it's all about keeping the leadership of the nation alive.
Hell, even in the game itself we know the defenses didn't fully work, as a missile landed very near Moscow just outside the city limits, likely wiping out a huge chunk of people...
But the Kremlin survived, in fact, it's in better condition than most of Russia by the time of the games... funny that.
Actually in the Metro Last Light it is mentioned that other type of weapons were used in Moscow that landed in the Red Square, like some chemical weapons.
One of the most underrated game series out there, thank you soo much for giving it the love it deserves.
I’m utterly shocked at the quality of this video and saw this had 235 views instead of 235,000 views! You sound fantastic my dude. What mic do you even use? Keep on the work!
Thanks so much man I really appreciate that!! I use the Audio Technical AT2020 :)
now he has 26k views nice dude good videos!
@@shmokealot778 I’m proud of his progress.
It's a scary thought in real life, just wait for one dude to send a missile and that's it.
good vid man
You no idea how many close call we had in the cold war for real
@@USSAnimeNCC- yeah. I did not study the cold war so it was quite a shocker when it Black Ops Cold War you find out about project Green something. Nukes in every Europeean Countries in case of a Soviet Invasion. I only knew about Cuba
@@Cipher_Nine
Yup in the 80s there was Russian who single handedly saved the world by acting rational and calm knowing the states wouldn't send a few nukes out so didn't order the death of the earth
Probably one of the most terrifying games ever, not because of horror but because this isn’t impossible.
Especially right now. I remember back when I play last light the first time and the flashback of the plane crash sent shivers down my spine. Ordinary people on both sides of the war caught in the middle of a dispute between the powers that be. Horrifying and sad indeed
It's absolutely impossible. The level of devastation, especially post war, is impossible with the levels of weapons circa 2013. It's all for the sake of story telling, it's unrealistic as hell.
@@Nope_handlesaretrashThe US and Russian Federation posses around 2,000 Nuclear Warheads each at any given time. I’m pretty sure the whole earth could be essentially fucking scorched especially in heavily targeted countries
Unless they were using like salted cobalt bombs (which is more of a theoretical, than anything practical) then yeah, fallout from nukes ain't that persistent.
well since fallout has declined in story since the second one, Fallout is a joke a mere satire compared to Metro, Metro is showing humanity on its last leg, a ever constant battle for survival.
Fallout? "lets jam out Outdated Records that some how work after 200 years and enjoy half baked ideas in a retro setting"
Also Metro has a way darker theme, the idea do we keep our Civil ways? Or do we be as savage as the beasts we slay?
Can't wait for metro 2033 VR to be part of our world history in 2025 😁👍
Can't deny the fact that I am in fear as
I am seeing this now in 2022
this is saving me from being completly screwed on a book presentation, i really wanted to read it but had no time, thanks man
I think the saddest part is how the rest of the world had a chance to de-escalate after the limited nuclear exchange in the Middle East, especially after seeing the wake-up call of how catastrophic a nuclear war would be for everyone involved just in the Middle East alone, but somehow both sides launched regardless.
Could have been an accident
Damn, lore videos really fit your channel. I'm looking forward to the next one!
Cheers dude!! That makes me so happy to hear! I’ll have to think what’s next
It's kinda odd to think that this is not a new franchise and it's not an original one... but it's so spot on.
Especially psychotic when you consider that none of us will ever get to even be told to push one of those buttons let alone make the decision.
Others will do it for us. Others who don't even give a fuck about giving a fuck about us and billions will turn to dust and die horribly...
And horrifically enough here we are, the geopolitical tensons on the rise we may soon see it, i Pray to God we dont.
Just bought the trilogy on sale on Steam. Can't wait to play it
You don't have to even buy that sooner or later we'll be able to experience Metro without a good pc or RTX It will be so realistic that even VR couldn't compare to it
Metro has to be one of if not the most underrated series of the last decade.
"But like all things humans see them as a threat"
Didn't they like give people slow agonizing deaths & visions......
There are many NPC conversations in the Metro games detailing other survivor cities outside Moscow:
(1) St Petersburg is still populated, confirmed by a Moscow pilot who flew overhead and panicked its survivors.
(2) A Russian tank crew that started a settlement by turning their tank into an artillery piece/generator for power.
(3) A new city in the North of Russia built around a nuclear reactor that was besieged by barbarians, but managed to repel them.
As great as Metro is, I wanted to point out one thing which some apocalypse games forget to mention and they should add when developing these types of games, there is a special bunker called the Doomsday bunker which is said to contain most of the world's plant seeds and other resources, sort of similar to a break glass incase of emergency type of thing, would be cool if the developers of Metro could do a version of Metro where you have to seek out the Doomsday bunker to re supply the world with resources.
Just finished Metro 2033 yesterday and I'm hooked with the lore and the game
*"Dear Muscovites and guests to our capital!"*
*"The Moscow metro is a form of transportation which involves a heightened sense of danger."*
*-- a notice in the metro.*
*Also the beginning quote for the Metro 2033 novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky.*
First of all, thank you so much for this WiseFish! I was going to get back into the Metro franchise soon. I've read all the books and played the games to death at this point, but it's been quite a while! Not many people have made Metro Lore videos (which makes me sad tbh, since this franchise is so rich with stories and lore in general), and this lore video was concise, well-edited and very well done imho. Great job! I love the Metro franchise so much.
I think it's Russia got hit first based on my speculations of Tank commander's flashback in Exodus. They mentioned about heavy communication jamming and soldiers were calm at first then suddenly air sirens activated. Russia have early warning systems and can estimate time of impact and retaliate fast but in flashback, only after air sirens Russia launched its nukes( and it's probably not Russian officials but "dead hand"/"perimeter" suddenly activated )
The dead hand is one of my favorite topics to throw out there
There's also 3 books in metro universe, written by Denis Shabalov. Perimeter is big part of story of this books
They were talking about how the cars are jamming the road and they had to “push them off the road if you have to”
There are few trailers that give me chills to this day than the Metro 2033 trailers. That moment when the cries outside the metro stations just go silent is one of the most chilling things I've ever heard.
Its 2023 and political tensions are heightened all around the globe👀👀
Isn't the CIS actually called CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization)?
It’s really creepy how we don’t think a lot about this but so didn’t the people in the game story.
We could have this happen any time anywhere.
The mayans were probably like, damn 2013.. goddammit we were too early
Hahaha yeah "did we forget the leap year?"
It’s incredible how passionate and dedicated the fan base is with the Metro series. The team behind Metro and it’s universe are one-of-a-kind. Great video WiseFish
DANG! Never really been invested in this Franchise but I think I've been convinced, otherwise.
Fantastic job! Lore really seems to suit you. Waiting for more.
Thanks so much man! You should deffo give this game a go it’s amazing
I have just gained interest in the Metro franchise and wanted to try the actual game. I didn't really know what happened that the world there is like that and this video showed it greatly. Astonishing lore storytelling from your side, it was very immersive and amazing narration. Keep up your good work, can't believe this has just 617 views at the time commenting this.
Thanks for watching dude! Glad I could entertain :)
I think the thing that most attract of Metro, outside of feeling like a proper post apocalypse game, is that is an post apocalypse game in another part of the world. How many popular post apocalypse games are set outside of USA?, Metro and Stalker come to mind, but I dunno any other
Day z kind of
2022 waiving at this game
I’ve been basically taking all the metro lore I could find since I found the game and I never know the war originated in the Middle East. Awesome vid dude, lived it!
What I really enjoy about this lore series is that fact that instead of just explaining the lore it’s sound like a ligit documentary. Very entertaining!
I’m glad I picked up this series as soon as I did because the first book is amazing and the games are great too. Love that the games and books are all canon to the universe which is important.
same here I though this is one of top best explained narrative style, u deserve more
Incredible lore vid. I've only seen gameplay of the most recent game and hadn't even known about the series before that. A really intense world, terrifying and threatening. It's too relatable though and has too much potential to become true. I think that adds to the somber feel of games like this (and Fallout with a similar story from the American perspective). Really glad to see more of the history involved in this amazing game series. Very well done.
Thanks man! Yeah I love the lore behind this game and actually seeing your comment makes me wanna look at Fallouts universe now haha thanks for checking this video out!
LETS GOO! Mr Fish bout to drop some knowledge.
I aim to please dude! Hope you liked it!!
a lot of the journal entries give lore as well as the metro wiki page
Keep the metro Lore, your videos are amazing
I’ve never played metro because I didn’t think I’d be interested, but that actually looks quite interesting.
Good video man I really enjoyed it 👍
You should deffo give it a try man it’s a fantastic game in my opinion. Maybe I’ll convince you with a review :)
@@WiseFish nah I’d have to play it before watching a review, I’ve got the set up for the story now and to be honest you’ve already convinced me :)
I’m interested in what the Metro in NY looks like in 2033. I’m hopeful the US will get explored in a metro game someday. But I’m doubtful it’ll happen
The rest of the series will be based in europe.
In metro exodus dlc you play as Sam and depending on your choices you can go to San Francisco looking for his family the city is completely destroyed just like Moscow
@@lordgrey3749 I've never really understood why the ending cutscene shows San Francisco when Sam is from San Diego. like is it symbolic in showing sam lost focus of his true goals or something?
Well, in Exodus, you find out that it's only in direct fallout zones that the air is unbreathable, and that the NATO countries have even begun to rebuild, with reports of the US already having restored, rebuilt, or built anew several cities (allegedly). There are also places with low mutant populations, and vast swathes of rural country that were completely untouched, too, with some people knowing that the world came to an end, but not specifically how.
@@COctagons the Americans are just playing fallout.
Finally a good CZcams recommendation, great video mate 👍
Amazing video man, it really helped me
This is the first video to talk about it! Thanks
The Metro Games... boi do i love them,
i played Metro 2033 and Last Light on my xbox 360, than on my Laptop the Redux versions, than again both the old versions on my pc all of them probably several times each and Metro Exodus probably 3 Times on my PC already, i checked out all possible out of map glitches and found some myself and than put on cheats with the only reason that i wanted to explore even more of this detailed world... Im so hyped for the next game
Great Video
Not gonna lie, I started laughing pretty hard to the point of coughing up a lung when I saw the Confederacy of Independent System's flag from Star Wars. Was not expecting that
I found your channel and man i really enjoy how you narrate now I'm watching all your vids and this is my 5th one I hope to see more.
I'm two minutes in and all I can say is... Wow. The vibe of the music and the tone of your voice is PERFECT to talk about Metro.
Thank you my friend that means the world to me!! Lots more Metro lore to come so hope you enjoy them :)
@@WiseFish I subbed, so I'll be keeping an eye out. ;)
Ironically they were off by "at least" 10 years
Now just imagine if this would happened in real life, all of it, what would it look like, how it would be? Interesting content, keep it up! ❤👍
This gave me goosebumps. Thanks for the great video
the way that your narrating the events almost have me crying
Boy who would've thought it wasn't the middle east, but eastern Europe.
6:42 if I remember correctly in the first book about a million people survived in 2013 Moscow mostly in the metros but some survived on the surface too but died soon after as artyom discovers the journal of a man that didn’t make it to the blast doors in time, it’s in 2033 that there are only around 40,000 people left alive in the metros
Brilliant... Thanks for sharing!!
There's Glukhovsky's short tale "Befote and after" which he published somewhere in the first half of 2010s, in which he describes how a distant russian village reacted to the beginning of nuclear war. It's said that the war started over Taiwan, and Russia launched its rockets by mistake when the whole situation heated up. For some time this tale was considered as unofficial Metro universe prequel
Love your video man ;)
Cheers dude!! Happy to hear that
You're telling me they started nuclear war on my birthday? you're gonna make me blush
4:20 the 28 days later music was a nice touch
It’s from the Metro soundtrack/trailer. I did get told by them I had to be careful using that though as it’s copyrighted haha but glad you liked it :)
Thank you comrade, the story now makes sense may your travels through the metro be bright
this channel needs more sub, recognition
I like how the video basically describes the story of the metro without major spoilers for the last game
Finally someone paying attention to this game thank you so much
watching this on july 6th 2021 nearly 10 years since the end of the world and i can honestly say these metro tunnels have some good wifi
Thank you so much for this Video
Plz continue with this series love the content
Damn,you deserve a lot more views.
Thank you for the epic work
Came back because of wats goin on in Ukraine wit Russia
Such a good vid
1:16 "But how did Moscow get this way?" On February 24th 2022 Putin starts a "special military operation" crossing the Ukranian border. Fails miserably so uses nuclear warheads as last resort. Fails miserably twice.
@Ein Niedersachse yes, too phyrric
The CIS separatist flag was hilarious
Imagine if the fallout universe and metro were connected
Pov:Canada chillin not being hit at all
Then dies from the nuclear fallout coming from USA
Probably they survived but mutants collapsed canadian goverment
i only needed to hear 4 seconds and i allready had to give a like
From the gameplay I've watched and the lore I've learned I just want to buy this game
Man now I want to buy this game
As expected, awsome!
Seriously good narrating. Kinda teard up lol.
you are so underrated !!
ello WiseFish! Nice vid m8. I found you on Twitter. Don’t give up my dude.
I really love the metro series and i’m gonna check out your other content, keep up the good work bro. And you earned my sub :)
Thanks so much dude I appreciate the comment!! Happy to have you here and I won’t give up, just hard sometimes when a video does badly lol
@@WiseFish Dont let it get ya down! I like your style!
@@DannyGGchannel cheers dude that means a lot!! 😁
I love the games and this was great!
This stuff might become reality 😰😰
Amazing voice never stop this channel
metro is simply one the most under rated books & games franchise
Splendid narration! Also the limited exchange in the middle east at the start could be between Israel and Pakistan as both are nuclear armed states by 2013. Could be Iran but only in an alternate timeline when it developed nuclear weapons succesfully.
Very great video but I have a few nitpicks, 7:12 these ape like creatures reside only in the Great Library, and staring at them actually won’t attack you.