Metro 2033, Redux and LL/Redux are well-paced, atmospheric FPS adventures. I cannot say the same about Exodus which is a bloated mess of some good ideas and some very, very bad ones. The open-world sections are good for the most part, rewarding exploration and offering up some superbly atmospheric scripted and unscripted encounters/scenarios. Most of linear shooting galleries are good fun, boasting excellent sound design, animation and particle effects but the good pretty much stops there. The sheer amount of unskippable cutscenes full of terrible writing and awful voice acting drag the pace down to a crawl. This is not helped by Artyom being a mute which makes most of the interactions utterly ridiculous. Gordon Freeman was a mute but he also was not being asked direct questions and just standing there like a dunce not saying anything. The cutscene problem is particularly annoying on repeat playthroughs. The DLCs are also pretty middling, Sam's Story being particularly dull and Two Colonels ends just as it gets going. Really, really disappointing.
