Why Does Metro 2033 Keep Crashing on Windows 7?

[FishmanGeertz]

I bought the PC game "Metro 2033" for roughly $60 from best buy store a few days ago, and it crashes seconds after trying to boot the game.

For a few seconds, it goes into the "4A" games intro, then it crashes back to windows 7 desktop and an error message pops up saying "Metro 2033 executable has stopped working." I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing works.

Some people whom have experienced similar problems say that they have found work-arounds, and ways of getting it the game to work. Apparently many of people are having technical difficulties with this game. I am not alone in this.

Could you please help me out? I feel robbed of $60 because this game is "broken."

 

[JaredJames]

For a few seconds, it goes into the "4A" games intro, then it crashes back to windows 7 desktop and an error message pops up saying "Metro 2033 executable has stopped working." I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing works.

Some people whom have experienced similar problems say that they have found work-arounds, and ways of getting it the game to work. Apparently many of people are having technical difficulties with this game. I am not alone in this.

Have you tried their work arounds?

Bear in mind that any help we provide would be based on Google searches of the problem and copying the info here. Perhaps you could skip the middle man...

Could you please help me out? I feel robbed of $60 because this game is "broken."

Take it back to the shop.

 

[raam86]

Try right click on the icon -> proporties -> emulate win xp
(not sic)

 

[FishmanGeertz]

Try right click on the icon -> proporties -> emulate win xp
(not sic)

I thought Metro 2033 was only compatible with Vista/W7

I wonder if Metro 2034 will work.