Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

The RPK add-on gets to the point immediately. Its stated hook is a new Soviet-era machine gun, sold through the gun traders in the Moscow Metro, and its defining trait is a high rate of fire. That makes it a practical purchase for anyone who enjoys changing up a familiar arsenal rather than a reason to begin a new playthrough on its own.

A rapid-fire machine gun can be an easy temptation because it promises a more aggressive answer when you want sustained fire. The useful part is the choice: once you reach a gun trader, the RPK becomes another weapon to weigh against the equipment you already prefer. If your usual approach leans toward machine guns, it has a clearer case than it does for someone happy with their existing favorites.

There is very little mystery to this package, which can be refreshing. You are buying one gun, not a bundle of side activities dressed up as an expansion. Go in wanting that specific weapon and the add-on does exactly what its small scope suggests; go in hoping for a broader shake-up and the pull fades quickly.

Graphics

The concrete visual addition is the RPK itself: a Soviet-era machine gun added to the selection available from Moscow Metro gun traders. This is an item-focused DLC, so the new imagery is centered on that weapon rather than a new place or cast of characters.

Story

This is not framed as a story chapter. Its stated purpose is to add the RPK to Metro: Last Light, so it sits alongside the game’s existing journey rather than asking you to follow a separate plot.

That focus matters when choosing DLC. A new weapon can change what you carry into the game’s established situations, but it is a different kind of addition from new narrative material. Buy it for the armory, not for extra dramatic momentum.

For returning players, that can still be enough. Sometimes the value of revisiting a game is having one more tool to try, and the RPK gives you a specific, rapid-fire option without asking for any narrative detour.

Overall Experience

RPK is a cleanly defined piece of DLC with a correspondingly limited payoff. It adds one high-rate-of-fire Soviet machine gun and places it where you would expect to shop for weapons: the Moscow Metro’s gun traders. There is something admirable about that directness.

The catch is equally direct: a single weapon has to matter to you. If you enjoy experimenting with loadouts, or simply like the idea of carrying an RPK through Metro: Last Light, it is a sensible little add-on. If new campaigns, locations, or story are what make DLC worth your time, put your money toward something larger.

Think of it as a personal armory upgrade, not essential content. The best audience is the Metro: Last Light regular who wants a more forceful machine-gun choice and will actually make room for it in their rotation. Everyone else can comfortably pass without feeling they have skipped a major part of the game.

Retro Replay Score

5/10