I really did try to like this series. I played 2033 Redux all the way through, and upon playing an hour of this game, I am calling it quits.

Exodus begins with some light linear exploration leading into a boring typical action QTE and heavy action cutscenes which I am left out of. It follows up with some incredibly contrived dialog with admittedly stunning environments. And then I get shot trying to save an old lady and her grandson from dying, but I don't die surprisingly (this is important later). Then I get up, get handheld through some basic tutorial stuff with LOTS of transitional cutscenes and incredibly boring gameplay, and I don't really get to do anything interesting until I kick down the door to the base commander's office.

This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ captured my wife and gave the orders to kill two innocent people (and many more confirmed through dialog). But I don't kill him (it's a cutscene), just knock him out. I say hi to my wife, revealing that my dead friend's dogtags stopped the bullet that would've killed me earlier!! (The game expects me to have this emotional reaction like "oh he's watching over me" but it feels entirely undeserved and extremely cheesy. Immersion breaking.) But wait, the commander we thought we knocked out is actually still awake and starts fighting me for my gun! I end up accidentally firing, destroying the important looking electronics next to me, and then my wife knocks him away. He explains the basic gist of what's going on, and then attempts to alert his comrades before my wife actually knocks him out. And then after that?

WE DON'T KILL HIM. I get forced out of the room by a cutscene, and I do not get to put a bullet in his brain. We then head into the next area in which we get to kill all of his goons instead. (?????)
If you're new to this series, this may seem like a strange point to highlight, but I have killed so many ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ people in Metro 2033. The fact that we don't kill this man who is very blatantly EVIL is so astonishing to me that I have to quit, uninstall the game, and leave a negative review.

I gave Metro my best shot, and really tried to like it, but I just can't. There's much better material out there.

[h1]I don't like Metro.[/h1] I [i]really[/i] did try to like this series. I played 2033 Redux all the way through, and upon playing an hour of this game, I am calling it quits. Exodus begins with some light linear exploration leading into a boring typical action QTE and heavy action cutscenes which I am left out of. It follows up with some incredibly contrived dialog with admittedly stunning environments. And then I get shot trying to save an old lady and her grandson from dying, but I don't die surprisingly (this is important later). Then I get up, get handheld through some basic tutorial stuff with LOTS of transitional cutscenes and incredibly boring gameplay, and I don't really get to do anything interesting until I kick down the door to the base commander's office. This fuckhead captured my wife and gave the orders to kill two innocent people (and many more confirmed through dialog). But I don't kill him (it's a cutscene), just knock him out. I say hi to my wife, revealing that my dead friend's dogtags stopped the bullet that would've killed me earlier!! (The game expects me to have this emotional reaction like "oh he's watching over me" but it feels entirely undeserved and extremely cheesy. Immersion breaking.) But wait, the commander we thought we knocked out is actually still awake and starts fighting me for my gun! I end up accidentally firing, destroying the important looking electronics next to me, and then my wife knocks him away. He explains the basic gist of what's going on, and then attempts to alert his comrades before my wife actually knocks him out. And then after that? [b]WE DON'T KILL HIM[/b]. I get forced out of the room by a cutscene, and I do not get to put a bullet in his brain. We then head into the next area in which we get to kill all of his goons instead. (?????) If you're new to this series, this may seem like a strange point to highlight, but I have killed so many fucking people in Metro 2033. The fact that we don't kill this man who is very blatantly EVIL is so astonishing to me that I have to quit, uninstall the game, and leave a negative review. I gave Metro my best shot, and really tried to like it, but I just can't. There's much better material out there.