Other Metro Exodus - Review

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Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It is the third game in the Metro trilogy based on Dmitry Glukhovsky novels, following the events of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. Metro Exodus is set in the year 2035, one year after Metro: Last Light on a post-apocalyptic earth that has been devastated by a nuclear war.

 

Story:

After the attack on D6, Artyom becomes disillusioned with the constant infighting and corruption within the Metro and leaves the Spartan Order. He soon becomes obsessed with proving that other human survivors exist outside of Moscow. During an expedition with Anna, they witness a working train running on the surface. They are captured by Hansa soldiers, along with a group of people who claim to be from outside of Moscow. The Hansa soldiers execute the other prisoners, and Artyom is shot and left for dead. Surviving the gunshot, Artyom follows the soldiers to rescue Anna. They escape by stealing one of Hansa's locomotives, the "Aurora", with the aid of a defected Hansa train engineer. After crossing the cult-controlled Volga River, the Spartans reach the Yamantau base. They discover the base's service and construction crew have devolved into cannibals who lure survivors in with the false promise of safety. Artyom and the Spartans manage to fight their way out and escape, as the Spartans continue on their journey, Anna begins to cough up blood, fearing the cause was accidentally breathing poison gas during the journey. Miller and Artyom decide to head into the city alone to search for the antidote despite the risk.

 

Gameplay:

You have an arsenal of hand-made weaponry which can be customised through scavenging materials and a crafting system, a mixture of linear levels and sandbox environments. It also includes a dynamic weather system, a day-night cycle and environments that change along with the seasons as the story progresses. It is set over the course of one whole in-game year.