This made combat encounters tense and tactical, forcing you to decide if sacrificing bullets to mow down the guards in your way was worth it, or if you should instead take a longer route and bypass your foes with stealth. In the previous Metro titles, you used military-grade ammunition to purchase weapons, upgrades for said weapons, and various tools like medkits. The largest area in Last Light, according to 4A, was 200x100 meters and Exodus' sandboxes stretch to two square kilometers. Still, the flythroughs of the sandbox regions were impressive and diverse. Once you finish an area, you move on to the next one, without any way to return to it. Instead, Exodus is comprised of several huge sandbox levels that funnel in and out of the linear path of story missions, as well as side activities for you to find. Exodus Is Bigger.But It's Not Open World.Дuring our studio visit, 4A Games pressed upon us repeatedly the importance of realizing that Exodus is not an open-world game. This means bigger spaces, dangerous new factions, and a new world of trouble for our survivors.Дў. After an introductory sequence in Metro, Exodus finds Artyom, his wife Anna, and the rest of the crew cutting through the Russian wilderness in search of hope. As trailers suggest, this is no longer the case. The team is completely redefining certain features long-time fans consider tenets of the series.Д«oth Metro 2033 and Last Light took place in and under the Moscow metro. We came away with a sense of great ambition and boldness on behalf of 4A's attempt to make the best Metro game. We recently went to 4A Games' studio in Malta and took a sneak peek at the latest entry.

Though familiar (mask-obscured) faces return from prior games, Exodus is bringing sweeping changes to Metro's claustrophobic brand of action-horror.

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