While a Google hire might have to endure round after round of interviews, a savvy company can pluckoff a candidate at the manager level and below by hitting him with an offer--and giving him or her just a few days to respond.
The Siamese crocodile, which used to pluck picnicking princesses off the riverbank, according to French explorers, has already disappeared from the main river.
The moments where Artyom has to fend off a monster that has pinned him to the ground, or pluck a mutant spider from the glass of his gasmask, are satisfyingly visceral.