Metro Exodus

No DLC:s or season passes on games so far? At least not on Steam, couldn't say about consoles...
Only the REDUX remakes, those of course could be argued were perhaps not necessary.

You should, it's better than Last Light. More scary in my opinion, but perhaps that is a first view opinion only.

Gotta check those out.

That's always going to be the worry, isn't it, that they might screw it up?

What worries me is this (tiny itsy-bitsy spoiler warning):
Metro is the worst kind of rail shooter - you go in a straight line where they want you to go and nowhere else. Now, they get away with it because you are confined in the Metro after all, there is only only one way to go, and that's to follow the rail. Actually in Metro, it's part of the atmosphere instead of being suffocating. Well ok yes, it is suffocating, but that's what makes it so atmospheric...

But the above ground sections of the game were at once the worst, and the best. Best because when you finally came out of the tunnels, out from the oppression of the earth above you (and all that shit you had to go through to get out), and come out into this beautiful post-apocalyptic world where more (really, really, really fun) shit is going to hit was awesome.
The Librarians, oh, my god, the librarians. You'll love them, because they'll make you shit yourself, 'nuff said.
But it was also the absolute worst sections of the game as the topside was just as on-the-rail-corridored as the below tunnels were. And up here it didn't work so well, not so easy for them to get away with. I forgave it, because the action was heavily on, and the sections were short so it sorta fitted in with the feel of the rest of the game.

But what if Exodus is all like that? Metro below was unique. Metro above, have a whole bunch of good games to compete with, and there are so many other shitty above-ground post-apocalyptic games out there. I hope Exodus will not prove to be one of them, they will have to find a balance between story, tempo, and exploration that will ring true to the franchise. And that will not be easy.

A shooter is almost always a bit rail-y. Some of the most successful ones are quite rail-y and we accept that, they need to be to keep the tempo up. But some shooters have been quite open world, and will let you take your own time, and have gotten away with it (I'm thinking S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for example). We'll just have to wait and see where they take it and keep our fingers crossed, that's all.

=)

And that's both exciting and worrisome. But I also think it would have been hard to do a third one below, If the difference between 2033 and LL is anything to go on, a third one might have become too watered down. Let's hope they get it right!

Already wishlisted!

And still it will crash, and fuck up your saves, and.....

Yeah, the footage looked awesome. On low, maybe..... Hahahahaha, the the one thing that unites PC-gamers, the low setting ideal!

Ah... September, of course. Thanx, I'll change it.

Yeah, in comparison 2033 is inspired, and LL is just more of the same with something missing. 2033 is a story you experience, LL is a shooter you play in the same place.

I (almost) never pre-purchase, too many games have been bad but then you've already payed for it, shitty system that fools the young and inexperienced buyers. But I say almost never because sometimes it's hard to control the stupid pre-purchase wannabee fanboy that resides in my heart.

Good luck!

Then you know exactly how I felt earlier today when I found it!

whispers so no-one but you can hear I've watched it over ten times today already....

You absolutely should.

Yeah, a natural fallout as it is played out in the Moscow metro....
But hey I hear you, we're all different.

It does. I really liked 2033 - it was turn-on-the-lights-cozy-scary to read. 2034 was a more straightforward book with a hell of an ending.
2035 (that apparently exists according to the Exodus trailer) I haven't read.

Are there anymore books?