After a yr of being unique to the Epic Games Store, Metro Exodus is hitting Steam subsequent week. The third game within the post-apocalyptic FPS collection is fairly respectable, and by the point it’s out on Steam it’ll have two expansions to play by way of too. So, it’s a very good time to pay money for it, and if you happen to’ve been ready for it to be freed from its Epic chains, you greatest set your alarm for 5am GMT on Saturday 15th February.
Metro Exodus had a little bit of a clumsy begin to life, as initially it was meant to come to Steam at launch. People had pre-ordered it and the whole lot earlier than publishers Deep Silver all of a sudden declared it an Epic unique just two weeks before launch.
It appears like it’s going to really make it to Steam this time although, and it arrives simply after its subsequent DLC comes out on February 11th. The DLC known as Sam’s Story, and also you’ll be capable of play that in addition to the older enlargement, The Two Colonels and replenish your time with some previous and new Metro goodness. The new DLC will put you within the sneakers of a US marine looking for a manner again to America, whereas the older one has you play as Colonel Khlebnikov, a person who’s attempting to reunite together with his son on New Year’s Eve.
Exodus is a bit completely different to the opposite Metro games (that are already obtainable on Steam), being extra non-linear than the earlier two, and having you spend extra time in an open world-type space above floor.
“Regardless of its limitations, Exodus still deserves its place among its underground comrades. In many ways it’s better, and I’m very glad they didn’t just repeat the same subterranean journey again,” Brendan stated in his Metro Exodus review.
“And yet, for the studio, this instalment might also turn out to be a fabulous curse. Because if there are any further shooters set in the Metroverse, they’ll won’t be able to return to a life of tunnel vision. Not when we’ve seen Metro is capable of so much more.”
Dmitry Glukhovsky, the writer of the unique Metro novels the games are based mostly on, stated in August that the game collection will proceed and he was engaged on the story.
Metro Exodus will probably be obtainable on Steam subsequent week on February 15th at 5am GMT, or if you happen to’re not that fussed in regards to the exclusivity stuff you’ll be able to nonetheless get it on Epic too.
