Metro: Exodus is probably a game you haven't heard about or thought of in quite some time. The much forgotten 2019 PlayStation 4 title didn't live up to the expectations it set itself last year, and the first piece of DLC that makes up its season pass continued that trend. Let's hope then that its final expansion, titled Sam's Story, tells a completely different story.
It's coming to PS4 in two weeks time on Tuesday 11th February, telling the story of Sam - a man on a mission to make his way back home in the USA. "Sam has long dreamed of returning to his homeland, and maybe finding his family alive. The prospect seemed impossible in the darkened tunnels of the Metro, but when the Spartans discovered that Moscow was not the only city left alive after the war, holding out hope didn’t feel so foolish anymore."
It certainly sounds like an interesting story, complete with "Vladivostok’s tsunami ravaged harbours, ruined industrial buildings, and crumbling residential districts", but the proof will be in the pudding once we get our hands on it next month. Hopefully, it'll do better than Metro: Exodus itself and the first piece of DLC in review, as neither particularly took our fancy here at Push Square.
Are you still interested in what Metro: Exodus has to offer? Survive the cold in the comments below.
[source metrothegame.com]
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This sounds really good actually. I loved the base game, but that first DLC I wasn't super interested in. I actually forgot all about it!
I am actually dabbling with the game on PC.
Surprisingly, the game can run ray tracing on an Nvidia GTX 1060 if you keep the resolution at around 1024 x768 - which is surprisingly not horrible-looking on the 15" Surface Book 2. I don't know what framerate the game is running - nowhere near 60fps - but it seems to linger in the 30-ish fps area.
I'm actually playing through it right now, it's definitely rough around the edges with bugs, crappy dialogue and a silent protagonist which really doesn't fit at all imo. But the atmosphere, environment and creatures more than make up for it, solid 8/10 for me.
The game has some really cool locations, nice graphics and lighting, and there is a lot of attention to detail in the weapons, crafting and bits of world building. Unfortunately it was just quite unrewarding to play. Combat felt like it had no impact, and the story really struggled to hold my interest, I gave up on the Taiga level.
Will eventually get back to it and complete it one day.
I'm waiting for a ps5 complete edition, then I'll jump in. I love the metro games, even if this isn't quite as popular or as good as the previous ones.
I don't know why its overlooked - it was one of the best games of 2019 in my opinion but then the Metro series always was one of those 'great' game franchises that never got the sales it deserved...
i overlooked it because it looks exceptionally tedious to play. but then i really didn't like metro last light on PS3, so...
Good to hear it has a release date. I bought the season pass thinking all content was released but apparently this wasn't.
Really enjoyed the base game but I can understand it isn't everyones cup of tea. I was a bit skeptical about the switch to open world but it definitely didn't feel like it was padded out like a ubisoft open worlder. Exploration was rewarded but not mandatory.
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