Metro Exodus - Sam's Story

Sam's Story is a perfect example of how a DLC should be done. One of my favorite touches was the reference to Vladivostok and San Diego as “twin cities.” Small but meaningful detail that make the world feel more connected, especially in this crazy time

It's good, though I was pretty exhausted by the end. Your mileage will depend on a few things. You get a new gadget that beeps when resources are near, or mines. It's ear piercing and it's incessant, it never stops, not during dialogue, not during long scripted scenes. Literally for the full 3-5 minutes of a scene it was beeping, like a goddamn smoke detector low on battery in the background. You can disable it, sure, but then you'll walk into a mine. You see the problem. I can't really hear Steve Blum as anyone other than Steve Blum at this point, and Sam talks an awful lot. Most of his lines are goofy and just don't fit Metro's tone at all. It's been a while since I played Exodus so I can't remember if Sam talks all this much in the base game, so that might not be an issue for some. It commits that cardinal sin of ripping control away for what feels like minutes at a time, to watch Sam do this and that like a ghost trapped in his body. I mean it, minutes. Minutes of you doing nothing but watching, unable to do anything. There's two entire fight scenes that are just you watching, and worst of all that's how the game closes. A QTE. I just don't get the appeal, it took me out of the game when it happened. On the plus side, it's gorgeous like the base game and The Two Colonels, and it's a decent sized new area to explore. I really enjoyed the detailing of the new area and the world building, I both wanted to explore and felt like it was worth doing. The new weapons are really cool; a custom 1911 and something resembling the AK-12 prototype. I really liked them, and used them the whole time. You can kinda break the game with the new incendiary rounds, they kill basically anything in one shot but hey. I'm not against that in single player games. It's fun. I saved mine for tricky situations and mutants. It's worth picking up and playing especially if you want more of the base game.

Respect. not giving up

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