Question about Artyom in the books

[wape]

I'm wondering how Artyom in the books feels about killing. In Metro Last Light at least, the game seems to almost force you to ghost through levels and not kill people if you want the Good ending, even people that I would argue deserves it -- like bandits, slavers etc.

So for people who have read the books; how does Artyom feel about these scumbags and does he let them live or kill them?

[Sovereign]

There are more then enough moral points in Last Light to get the good ending while still killing most enemies (I know, I've done it).

In the books Artyom will kill when necessary but won't kill casually. He only kills one human in the first book, a Nazi officer, afterwords he's surprised how easy it was.

[pumpgun_paeda]

As i remember, in the books Artyom never killed many humans.
I think in 2033 he only killed one human (a facist from the 4th reich).
And maybe a few people who believe in the great worm, but they are more mutants than human, but i am not sure about that.
And in 2035 i think he also didnt kill many.

[wape]

Interesting. Does he do any knocking out of enemies or stealthing in the books? And whats this about the great worm? Sounds intriguing.

[pumpgun_paeda]

I dont think he knocked people out, but i am not sure about that. There are many differences between the game and the book.
The great worm is the god of an religion in which people believe at one station.
Some spoilers:


In a fight with another station, there was tunnel blown up and they got isolated from the rest of the metro. Due to radiotion the children of the old people mutated a bit (less fingers, cancer, ...).
And some of the old people then made a new religion.
Its about the great worm.
He created the whole metro-tunnels and the rest of the world. But then the people stopped to believe in the great worm an got banned into the tunnels. And the believers of the great worm are now kidnapping children from some stations, to make them also believe in the great worm to save them, so that the great worm forgives them and lets them go back to the surface of the earth.

[wape]

Originally posted by pumpgun_paeda:

I dont think he knocked people out, but i am not sure about that. There are many differences between the game and the book.
The great worm is the god of an religion in which people believe at one station.
Some spoilers:


In a fight with another station, there was tunnel blown up and they got isolated from the rest of the metro. Due to radiotion the children of the old people mutated a bit (less fingers, cancer, ...).
And some of the old people then made a new religion.
Its about the great worm.
He created the whole metro-tunnels and the rest of the world. But then the people stopped to believe in the great worm an got banned into the tunnels. And the believers of the great worm are now kidnapping children from some stations, to make them also believe in the great worm to save them, so that the great worm forgives them and lets them go back to the surface of the earth.

I might have to give the books a read at some point.