Metro: Exodus

Our protagonist, Artyom, is convinced he has heard radio signals coming from outside Moscow and that the world is not all dead as believed. He has convinced his wife and his father, a Colonel and a small crew, to capture and get onto a stolen locomotive and make a break for it to escape. Outside they find that indeed there are tribes and factions but must continue on to sneak and fight through some of the spookiest places and horrific situations to finally find their final home. Good game but not quite a "9." More of a horror/survival game. Beautiful scenery and graphics though.

Needs to take the next step to be a great game but you can still have fun playing this game

TLDR: Graphics good, soundtrack good, story good, plenty to search and explore good, stealth good, murder good, pick your path good, resource manage whooboy, hopping over stuff you think you can clear but then get stuck hanging by your rib cage and can't get out because your feet don't touch the ground... not so good. Save often especially before jumping over something that doesn't let you vault it. Everything else smooth, ladders, stairs, boats, nice straight ledges, all good. Would play again. There's a lot to love with this game. There's a solid core quest line for you to follow. Decent amount of side objectives to complete as well. Which gives you some flexibility in how you'd like to play the game. You can speed down the main quests for a more challenging playthrough. Or you might go full over-achiever and search every nook and cranny for loot, which, in abundance will give the player an easier time down the line. Though the unwary player may end up over extending themselves and spend more ammo and resources than they gain from exploration. It's wonderfully multifaceted. Truth be told I hadn't beaten before sending it back. But I got 40 hours of playtime on it in just a few days. (many times progress was halted by lack of skill/ death and then my curiosity for exploring alternate completions of quests/npc interactions.) I'd have given a nine or ten if it weren't for in my desire to explore, I'd try to hop over something and end up with my feet inches from the ground and rendered immobile. Permanently stuck in the air and forced to load to get the boots back on the ground. Stealth is very forgiving on normal mode. Hadn't tried other difficulties. Only example I have is I jumped over a ledge, landed in clear view probably like, ten or twelve feet away from an enemy. Twas at night but landed right next to a lamp thing. Dude was like "Woah what's that!" and before he got the oh out of woah I snuffed the light and he just kinda went about his business.

Just rented it Game fly like it might rent it again

I think its way better than the first two other Metro Games . there are more to do in this game than the other two . they need to make the game for real life than it is ..

Once you get use to the complex controls the game starts to unfurl. The story is cheesy but the side missions add a lot. I say side missions but, they are critical if you want to get a "good" ending. My moods went from "this is so frustrating I just want to quit" to "I am probably the best at stealth missions". All in all, even with exploring the game is pretty short. Which is good, because by the end my nerves were shot with the suspense. Good game, worth a rent.

I’m still only a few hours in but what I have taken away so far is that the dialogue is sometimes bad, the graphics are nice, but idk if I’m having fun really

The story is good, the graphics are pretty good, it's a tough game. The game doesn't handle side missions very well though and it will screw up your ending if you miss one. The game also doesn't handle save data very well so you can't go back and fix your actions without starting the game over. In short not worth the second playthrough to get the good ending.