Developer: 4A Games
Publisher: Deep Silver
Release: February 15, 2019
On: Windows
From: Epic Games Store
For: 50, $50, 60
Danger: mild spoilers ahead.
There s a pile of bodies twitching under our flashlights. My god, what is it now? Mutant wolves? Crab freaks? Spiders? Please, not more spiders. In post-apocalyptic shooter Metro Exodus, when you walk through a web, there is a terrifying animation of a hand-sized muto-spider as it crawls across your arm, your gun, and your face. I ve been enjoying the small touches like this in 4A s not-exactly-open-world shooter, this admirable attention to detail. The button to wipe your gas mask is still there. The gizmo that charges your torch is still there.
I point my torch at the heap of bodies, and it twitches again. A creature bursts out – a giant mole. I m going to shoot it now, because, sorry mole, this world is not so open that it will accept your freakery. This is still a heavily scripted adventure. I m just sticking to my lines.