Metro Exodus: Complete Edition

 PlayStation 5
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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 227 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 180 out of 227
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 227
  3. Negative: 21 out of 227
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  1. vitalyx
    Jan 8, 2022
    3
    I really had high hopes but was left sorely disappointed with:

    - Graphics. It looks dated. The character and monster models were much better in the games released a few years prior, same goes for the quality of the invironments. - Character animation. Pretty much any tripple A game has a better one. - Story and voice acting make me cringe. Just look at Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Zero    I really had high hopes but was left sorely disappointed with:

    - Graphics. It looks dated. The character and monster models were much better in the games released a few years prior, same goes for the quality of the invironments.
    - Character animation. Pretty much any tripple A game has a better one.
    - Story and voice acting make me cringe. Just look at Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us 2, and many others for comparison.

    This was enough to break all immersion for me. I would keep playing if I found the gameplay enjoyable but I found controls to be unintuitive and convoluted.

    Usually, when a game has a high metacritic user score I tend to find it enjoyable. Not with this one. In fact, I'm puzzled as to why it has such a high user score. I'm glad I got it on sale.    … Expand
  2. andykras
    Jan 22, 2022
    3
    очень слабо.

    картонные персонажи, которые пытаются в драматизм с напыщенным видом, но благодаря театральной речевке и сломанной анимации не вызывают ничего кроме ухмылки. стрельба просто издевательство. оружие, ИИ, движения, все в этом шутере на 3 с минусом. радует только графика и то местами странные баги по типу застревания в текстурах. сильно пожалел о покупке, ладно хоть по скидке    очень слабо.

    картонные персонажи, которые пытаются в драматизм с напыщенным видом, но благодаря театральной речевке и сломанной анимации не вызывают ничего кроме ухмылки.

    стрельба просто издевательство. оружие, ИИ, движения, все в этом шутере на 3 с минусом.

    радует только графика и то местами странные баги по типу застревания в текстурах. сильно пожалел о покупке, ладно хоть по скидке взял.

    тот же rage2 за те же самые деньги, дарит на порядок больше фана и удовольствия.    … Expand
  3. Spettma
    Jul 28, 2021
    2
    The sound design is a mess. I regret buying this during the x-mas sale. (I have the upgraded version)
  4. Slpyhnd
    Sep 21, 2021
    4
    Mediocre gameplay, the worst writing of the trilogy, and constant graphical bugs make this the worst of the series.
  5. Grzeczor
    Mar 20, 2022
    4
    I get the idea, that game devs wanted the game to feel realistic, but come on! The constant dirt on camera is unbarable. Shooting feels slugish and your shots dont pack any punch. There is this enemy in heavy armor that is a bullet sponge. I was expexting exciting combat with monsters, but most of the time it's human enemies with stupid ai. The story is plain bad and voice acting isI get the idea, that game devs wanted the game to feel realistic, but come on! The constant dirt on camera is unbarable. Shooting feels slugish and your shots dont pack any punch. There is this enemy in heavy armor that is a bullet sponge. I was expexting exciting combat with monsters, but most of the time it's human enemies with stupid ai. The story is plain bad and voice acting is terrible. Wtf is this russiang accent thing? I can't understand half of the things characters are saying. Graphics are ok, but it looks blurry and uneven at times. Controls are chaoctic, there is a ton of unnecesary equipment. Right stick sensitivity feels too slow even on highest setting.… Expand
  6. Morty133
    Jun 22, 2021
    1
    I was so excited to replay Metro exodus on ps5 but this must be joke. Actually it feels like im playing some kind of beta version. I havent experienced so many bugs yet in any other game and this game is here for 3 years lol. Ai is laughably retarded, graphics are decent but some textures look horrible. This was worst dissapointment of my life. 1 point for free nextgen upgrade.
  7. raphael_mcz
    Sep 22, 2021
    3
    Jogo parece um fallout, so que injusto e bugado.

    Sistema do jogo nao é claro e ate o loading do jogo (ps5) mostra como é mal feito.
  8. Unicron35
    Jul 13, 2022
    4
    What an overrated game. The graphics look nice and ooooh shiny at times but are not consistent. The music soundtrack is forgettable. The character models look dated. The protagonist Artyom is silent the entire game. It does not help that it feels like he has the dexterity of a 2 year old. If you fall off a ledge a few feet he dies. I mean come on.

    The controls feel clunky, dated, and    What an overrated game. The graphics look nice and ooooh shiny at times but are not consistent. The music soundtrack is forgettable. The character models look dated. The protagonist Artyom is silent the entire game. It does not help that it feels like he has the dexterity of a 2 year old. If you fall off a ledge a few feet he dies. I mean come on.

    The controls feel clunky, dated, and unintuitive. I constantly feel like my character is walking through mud. Running feels awkward and is assigned as a toggle function. What is this 1995? You constantly have to wipe your mask. Fun eh? The story is predictable.

    Oh there is a lot of talking in this game. The dialogue is excessive and downright annoying. This game does not look impressive on the PS5. The open world seems too big. Overall, Metro Exodus is one lackluster turd of a game. There are just too many other FPS games that do everything better.    … Expand
  9. tfonias74
    Jan 12, 2023
    1
    Half of the game that I managed to play was good, the developing/supporting company is garbage.
    I played half the game on PS4 and left the rest for when the next gen version was released. Only to find out that the next gen ver on the PS5 "couldn't load" the PS4 save. I was furious and abandoned the game for some months. Finally I decided to replay from the start on the new version. Then I    Half of the game that I managed to play was good, the developing/supporting company is garbage.
    I played half the game on PS4 and left the rest for when the next gen version was released. Only to find out that the next gen ver on the PS5 "couldn't load" the PS4 save. I was furious and abandoned the game for some months. Finally I decided to replay from the start on the new version. Then I reach the Caspian chapter and near the finish i get stuck on a game breaking bug that has not been fixed years after the release of the game. "The proposed solution" is to replay the chapter that I have already replayed and took hours to reach this point (with no guarantee that it won't happen again) or skip the chapter and loose all progression and trophies from then on.
    If I knew all this I would never bother playing this game. Also the game has only auto save so there is NO way to go back to a reasonable point and retry.
    To top everything off, the unlock chapters feature disables achievements on your save slot without a proper warning.
    Feck this game.    … Expand
  10. redbutnotdead
    May 1, 2023
    3
    I seriously cannot understand the high rating of this game. Graphics are the only thing that is a bit good and this only in open environment otherwise we have bad voice acting, broken targeting system and mechanics. Many times bullets couldn't even hit the target. They just passed through textures. Unbelievable. Sniping was a tragedy. Headshots were impossible to hit and enemies animationsI seriously cannot understand the high rating of this game. Graphics are the only thing that is a bit good and this only in open environment otherwise we have bad voice acting, broken targeting system and mechanics. Many times bullets couldn't even hit the target. They just passed through textures. Unbelievable. Sniping was a tragedy. Headshots were impossible to hit and enemies animations were seriously hectic. Broken textures in dead enemies reminding of Skyrim stuttering. An overall mediocre game.… Expand
  11. yaqubian
    Jun 19, 2021
    3
    This is the only page for PS5 version, and I have free upgraded version of the Gold Edition to PS5, with all DLCs so its the same thing, and I also made sure game version is PS5, so here is my review:

    I really regret buying this game, even on sale, the character animations are so unnatural, the enemy AI is laughably bad, you could be right in front of them or shoot close to them and    This is the only page for PS5 version, and I have free upgraded version of the Gold Edition to PS5, with all DLCs so its the same thing, and I also made sure game version is PS5, so here is my review:

    I really regret buying this game, even on sale, the character animations are so unnatural, the enemy AI is laughably bad, you could be right in front of them or shoot close to them and they still won't see you, the PS5 upgraded graphics are just decent, not great (good ray tracing, but visuals are substandard for a good PS5 upgrade), the dialogue is mediocre, and the sound design is weird, like guns sound good, but punching/shoving doesn't sound right, and it feels like its missing some sounds in some areas (using Pulse 3D headset with 3D audio).

    I watched a Metro recap video of the first two games, and played nearly 2 hours of 2033 Redux, and it feels like the developers haven't learned and improved from those games much, they have the same bad animations, same weirdly designed faces, same UI, and same mediocre dialogue.

    The reason I even bothered with this game, is because the story I got from the recap is good, and the previews made it look better than it is.

    More complaints:

    - Every mask being cracked, obstructing the view of the player, and having to wipe it so often, is just bad, it should be an option, and the games not realistic to begin with, you don't need to add an annoying aspect of post-apocalyptic masks for the sake of realism, especially when all it does is annoy the player, not add difficultly

    - Doesn't utilize PS5 SSD well for loading times, its pretty slow.

    - According to Digital Foundry comparison, internal resolution is about 80% of Xbox Series X's internal resolution on average, and I feel like having different graphical mode options, like in other PS5 upgraded games would be a better fit.

    - Sensitivity doesn't go high enough.

    - Choosing Russian language doesn't subtitle people talking to each other in the background, so much for world building, same problem in 2033, have to play with English VA, but its pretty bad.    … Expand
  12. chnn92
    Jul 1, 2021
    2
    The worst game I've played on PS5 so far. The game is a glitchy mess with lots of game breaking bugs. I had to replay the whole chapter several times because I unable to continue. Gameplay is not good, the presentation is very bad with ridiculously bad voice acting.
    The only good thing about this game is the graphics and that's it.

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 9, 2021
    90
    Metro Exodus Complete Edition is the tightest and one of the most beautiful atmospheric and visual experiences you can afford. It is a truly artistic masterpiece that is helped by a solid story and excellent level design. It may be a bit tough and unfitting for certain audiences due to its slow gameplay and big surroundings that may take a long time to get around.
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  2. PLAY
    Jul 28, 2021
    90
    One of PS4’s best and most underrated shooters pulls out all the stops on PS5. A technical marvel that goes full steam ahead on Sony’s new console. [Issue#4, p.76]
  3. BaziCenter
    Jul 18, 2021
    70
    Metro Exodus: Complete Edition can cut both ways, and while it's appealing to some of the older fans of the series, it can't keep everybody happy. The extraordinary atmosphere and the great story however may be enough to give it a try.
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