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Why change the colour on the shotgun's ammo

Discussion in 'Metro: Last Light General Discussion' started by The Gusten, May 23, 2013.

  1. The Gusten

    The Gusten Well-Known Member

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    A pretty pointless question but still a question. In the first Metro game the shotgun bullets were red but in Metro Last Light they are blue, anyone know why they changed the colour?
     
    #1 The Gusten, May 23, 2013
  2. lebbers

    lebbers Well-Known Member

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    Well, they're metro made.. maybe blue plastic was just more readily accessible when the shells were made.
     
    #2 lebbers, May 23, 2013
  3. BLY4

    BLY4 Well-Known Member

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    Because 2033 was produced by THQ, who everyone knows are hardcore communists. And what's communism's color? Red! See red producer, red shotgun shells to try to brainwash everybody who plays 2033 into becomeing a communist!!!

    Now Last Light is produced by Deep Silver, a huge American Capitalist cooperation, and what are the colors of the American Flag??? Red, White, and BLUE. So in order to counteract the red propoganda from the first game Deep Silver chose one of the colors of American freedom for the shotgun shells.

    God Bless America!!!
     
    #3 BLY4, May 23, 2013
  4. Papercuter

    Papercuter Active Member

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    I hope you are kidding ^^. By the way Deep Silver is owned by Koch, which is a German company.
     
    #4 Papercuter, May 23, 2013
  5. Cheaptricks

    Cheaptricks Well-Known Member

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    This is hilarious. hahah:pop2::pop2:
     
    #5 Cheaptricks, May 23, 2013
  6. BLY4

    BLY4 Well-Known Member

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    Lol yeah I was watching South Park when I saw this post and started thinking, 'What would Cartman say?' :) Just came up with stuff off the top of my head, so yeah there's probably some wrong info there :p
     
    #6 BLY4, May 23, 2013
  7. Skaara Dreadlocks

    Skaara Dreadlocks Tha Baws

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    Lebbers answer would be the best one so far. I was also a little puzzled over why they were suddenly blue. At first when I saw them, I thought "Oh, blue shotgun shells, they must be some special kind of shells!" but later discovered that they were normal and there were no red ones.

    Well, some places in the world contains cobalt (The color blue)in the rock. Perhaps they have access to mining cobalt somewhere in the metro?
     
    #7 Skaara Dreadlocks, May 23, 2013
  8. brynje

    brynje Well-Known Member

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    In real life the shells are usually colored different according to which company made them.. but in Metro Lebbers answer gives most sense I guess.:)
     
    #8 brynje, May 23, 2013
  9. The Gusten

    The Gusten Well-Known Member

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    Best answer ever:lol:
     
    #9 The Gusten, May 23, 2013
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    thuner Well-Known Member

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    Well, blue is a color that is harder to make than most color, why it was connected (or is) with royality. This might not have anything to do with creating the color of the bullet shell, but perhaps there is some kind of storage where people get all their bullets, so now they are going through a certain type of bullets created at a certain point in time? I dont know :D
     
    #10 thuner, May 23, 2013
  11. Crossing

    Crossing Well-Known Member

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    I'm sure there was some aesthetic reason behind it, but I can't for the life of me figure it out.
     
    #11 Crossing, May 23, 2013
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    didymos Well-Known Member

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    You guys are way overthinking this. Blue is easier to see in low-light condidtions than red.
     
    #12 didymos, May 23, 2013
  13. KLMKsunbunny

    KLMKsunbunny Well-Known Member

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    As one of the traders said to me today "ignore the colour of the cartridges, these still put holes in things"
     
    #13 KLMKsunbunny, May 23, 2013
  14. Skaara Dreadlocks

    Skaara Dreadlocks Tha Baws

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    It's called investigating and unraveling the truth! :D
    But yeah, although there could be plenty of lore-friendly suspicions for the color-change, I think that the actual reason is just because 4A discovered that blue shells are easier to see. :p
     
    #14 Skaara Dreadlocks, May 23, 2013
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