1/5/2024 0 Comments Metro exodus characters![]() The story, as it is, is just boring, but the fact that you essentially have an all new cast, while the main character is still a mute dummy isn’t helping. Metro Exodus jumps between telling a genuinely atrociously stupid story and outright refusing to tell the story unless you beg it to say anything. Metro 2033 and Last Light were great because these mechanics served a purpose of telling the story. Shooting was fine for short sequences, because the unorthodox weapons had neat little touches to them that made them unique. Stealth was almost always the “intended” way to go, but it was relatively not annoying specifically because you just had to follow the “intended” path and everything will work out. Those worked in conjunction with the moral choices you had, with understanding that you must ration your ammo, your filters, your medkits. Those worked to create the tension necessary for the situation, for the story. See, Metro games were never good FPS or stealth titles, if you boil them down to mechanics specifically. Which is completely at odds with the open nature the game is trying to have at the same time, simply because that core gameplay was never particularly fun in the first place. Except, most of those, if they have any kind of quest attached to them, work exactly like what I’ve described with the older games. And then most of game is set inside open maps/open levels which are essentially tiny open world locations with several locations for you to explore at your own pace. ![]() Exodus has several story sequences/levels that work almost exactly like the previous games – highly scripted stealth FPS with forced action moments. It is exactly the reason why I simply do not understand why anyone thought that basing Metro Exodus almost entirely on gameplay would be a good idea, without rethinking said gameplay completely. But it still worked, still held on to the world, the characters, the atmosphere. Sure, gameplay sequences weren’t as varied this time, sure the action adventure feel was almost gone in favor of more pure action. Yet it still retained a lot of what made the original as good as it was, it still understood that solid gameplay is there only to serve the story. That it became much more streamlined, much tighter, much flashier, more “heroic” and also, inevitably, more predictable, more “by the book”. It’s not surprising then that Last Light was greenlit for development. ![]() were the positives, as the game and its world (as the book it was based on) felt very different. The storytelling was solid, the visuals were stunning, the gameplay was serviceably good and even the similarities to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Then suddenly, Metro 2033 comes out and it’s the first ever project on this level to actually deliver what was promised. Even the other biggest developer name on Ukrainian market, Action Forms, didn’t get the success with Cryostasis everyone expected them to have and went into “hibernation” that they’re still in. Most of the big name developers that attempted it were either gone or switching to something less ambitious, GSC Game World it its original iteration was almost dead, Deep Shadows were pretty much gone, Creoteam (granted Collapse was similar to Fallout in setting only) were rethinking their future. The desire among the Ukrainian developers to create “our own national Fallout” which eventually led to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. When Metro 2033 got released it was a complete surprise. I feel like I need to give some context to the series here. Results are far less disastrous than one might expect. Ten years from then, Metro Exodus is trying to turn Metro 2033 into Far Cry. And despite a lot of its issues, it was unforgettable and wonderful. It was as if Escape from Butcher Bay was based on a Russian post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel. ![]() It was a scripted linear stealth FPS that cared about its storytelling, its world and characters more than about making you feel cool, something that was commonplace for the tightly scripted big budget titles of the time. Ten years ago Metro 2033 was an unexpected pleasant surprise.
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