When comparing Metro: Last Light vs Waking Mars, the Slant community recommends Metro: Last Light for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Linux?” Metro: Last Light is ranked 12th while Waking Mars is ranked 102nd. The most important reason people chose Metro: Last Light is:
Metro: Last Light was the first AA game released on Steam that was not a Valve title.
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Pros
Pro The first proper AAA game on Linux that was not a Valve title
Metro: Last Light was the first AA game released on Steam that was not a Valve title.
Pro Alternating gameplay
From mission to mission the game will alternate from action to slow and methodical, creating a nice pace for the player.
Pro Clever puzzles
The puzzle design in each level/room allows for clever thinking in order to solve. This makes for a fun game that is not too stressful.
Pro Great Story and design
A beautiful story about a return mission to mars that is complimented by the gorgeous artwork.
Pro Living ecosystem that can be interacted with
Cons
Con You'll have to get the DLC if you expect to get more than 8 hours of gameplay out of it
There is only about 8 hours of gameplay in the base game.
Con Tends to be easy
There is not too much difficulty in the game being that very few things can harm the player and even where there are they only harm so little it is not really a problem.