Metro Exodus (Enhanced)

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/cW9sX3vB4lU

Metro Exodus is coming to PlayStation 5 on June 18, boasting a massive graphical upgrade to harness the power of this generation. Offering Ray Tracng and Ray Traced Emissive lighting throughout, DualSense Haptic Feedback support, as well as a FOV slider for the first time in the Metro series and increased framerates and resolution.

The update will be free for all existing owners of Metro Exodus, and along side this Metro Exodus Complete Edition will launch in a physical package for PlayStation 5, including both story expansions, The Two Colonels and Sam's Story.

There has never been a better time to venture in to the world of Metro. Come June 18, the free next-gen Metro Exodus upgrade for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 will be made available.

[bradnoyes]

Just finished RE8 and am about to see how the enhanced Metro looks on PC. Excited to see what ray tracing is capable of when a dev really pushes it.

[emailking]

What I'm wondering is if you have the Disc version on PS4 and bought the DLCs, do you get everything on the PS5.

Anyway, the biggest part of the upgrade will be the load times which are 3-4 minutes in the open world sections on the Pro. 60 fps will also help a lot. It was so jarring going from 2033 & last Light to Exodus, felt like it was in slow motion.

[Derb]

I first played this full on Xbox One X.

That ran at 1800p@30fps.

4K/60 gets tossed around like a hot “buzz” word. I’ll wait for DF’s findings. I’ll be shocked if they get this at Native 4K (0 checkerboarding, 0 Dynamic Scaling) at a Locked 60fps with “Full” Ray Tracing.

I played a few missions on PS4 Pro. 25% in. That ran 1440p if I recall correctly @ 30fps. So the Native PS5 version should be a huge leap up in visuals & Performance compared to the Pro version.

Combat & Enemy AI are really the only core issues with this game. (Also, Slow Loading from either HDD or SSD) Would be nice if they could improve these game mechanics but am not expecting them to.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Next-Gen Complete Edition disc release is coming in June.

[bradnoyes]

Looks amazing and runs beautifully on PC. Hopefully they dialed it in on consoles, too.

[Steelmaker]

I never played this on PS4. I might pick it up if the improvements are significant enough.

[bradnoyes]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

I never played this on PS4. I might pick it up if the improvements are significant enough.

Have you played any of the Metros? I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's one of the all-time great gaming trilogies. Although I prefer the more linear and focused nature of the first two games, the open world stuff in the third title is solid and there are still plenty of well-designed sections in the metro itself.

It's just a great series from a great developer. I was actually looking forward to seeing what they could do with a new IP but from what I read they might just keep doing more Metro, which wouldn't be the worst thing in the world but the series feels complete to me and I wish they'd branch out.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by bradnoyes

Have you played any of the Metros? I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's one of the all-time great gaming trilogies. Although I prefer the more linear and focused nature of the first two games, the open world stuff in the third title is solid and there are still plenty of well-designed sections in the metro itself.

It's just a great series from a great developer. I was actually looking forward to seeing what they could do with a new IP but from what I read they might just keep doing more Metro, which wouldn't be the worst thing in the world but the series feels complete to me and I wish they'd branch out.

No, sadly I missed out on Metro. I'm not sure why either. It's not like I was purposely avoiding it. It's just one of those series that was always off of my radar.

[emailking]

Yeah the Metros are really good games. I'd says 1 and 2 together are petty incredible. Exodus is really good too although a bit different from the others with

[Show spoiler]leaving the Metro

and the open world sections.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by emailking

Yeah the Metros are really good games. I'd says 1 and 2 together are petty incredible. Exodus is really good too although a bit different from the others with

[Show spoiler]leaving the Metro

and the open world sections.

Thanks. 1 and 2 together are incredibly petty, or pretty incredible? Just kidding, but that's good to hear that you enjoyed the games overall. I remember seeing the first one takes place underground most of the time on a linear path of the train tunnels.

I was sort of interested in Exodus but heard is was not quite open world like Fallout 3, 4, NV, which could've been cool competition for Fallout in a way.

[emailking]

Yeah they definitely look good for PS3/360 upgraded games! Exodus is open world for like 40% of the game. They're pretty large open world sections. Not Days Gone large, but not like the small open worldish sections in Uncharted 4 / Lost Legacy and Last of Us 2.

[Talal86]

the gold edition is $20 on psn (so basically you get the ps5 version half off)

[Derb]

Forgot how big the first map is.

Will have time to get into this game more. What I can tell is this is the best RT in a PS5 game.

[edge]

Does one have to have played the first 2 to enjoy this one?

[Derb]

Originally Posted by edge

Does one have to have played the first 2 to enjoy this one?

Nahh, you’re good.

There is a slight recap about why the world is what it is. Basically the the first two games had you stuck in the Metro.

[BIGRED1977]

PS4 save files not being transferred across is a pain the ass.....I played for about 5-6 hours on the PS5 and assumed I'd be able to carry on in the enhanced version..... nope

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by BIGRED1977

PS4 save files not being transferred across is a pain the ass.....I played for about 5-6 hours on the PS5 and assumed I'd be able to carry on in the enhanced version..... nope

LOL! I love PlayStation but I continue to be astonished at how inept Sony is at the little things with this console. At this point, why are things like game saves from PS4 to PS5 not just handled at the system level automatically? The user shouldn't even have to think about that. Game saves should just BE there automatically. You would've thought that would've been a no-brainer.

Same with game installs. Now let's think about this for a moment. You bought a PS5 and you want to install and play a PS4 game that has a PS5 version available. Shouldn't the PS5 just assume the gamer wants to play the better PS5 version and install that one by default? I don't understand why Sony forces the gamer to become a sleuth and go on some weird scavenger hunt to locate and install the PS5 version. It should be the exact opposite. If a PS5 version exists, the system should install THAT version by default.

For as amazing as Sonys 1st party game studios are, the team that handles things like OS implementation, UI implementation, and overall quality of life features is seriously lagging behind. They and Sony should look at Xbox's UI and how everything works on that console and be embarrassed because it runs circles around PlayStation.

[emailking]

I don't see how they could handle save transfer at the system level because the save games for the PS5 version could have totally different parameters. At best they could mandate that the developer implement a save file transfer system, like Spider-Man remastered did.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

LOL! I love PlayStation but I continue to be astonished at how inept Sony is at the little things with this console. At this point, why are things like game saves from PS4 to PS5 not just handled at the system level automatically? The user shouldn't even have to think about that. Game saves should just BE there automatically. You would've thought that would've been a no-brainer.

Same with game installs. Now let's think about this for a moment. You bought a PS5 and you want to install and play a PS4 game that has a PS5 version available. Shouldn't the PS5 just assume the gamer wants to play the better PS5 version and install that one by default? I don't understand why Sony forces the gamer to become a sleuth and go on some weird scavenger hunt to locate and install the PS5 version. It should be the exact opposite. If a PS5 version exists, the system should install THAT version by default.

For as amazing as Sonys 1st party game studios are, the team that handles things like OS implementation, UI implementation, and overall quality of life features is seriously lagging behind. They and Sony should look at Xbox's UI and how everything works on that console and be embarrassed because it runs circles around PlayStation.

Yeah, for the crap Xbox got for just sticking with the same old UI and it not even being 4k, they got so many little things right over the PS5 so far it's crazy. Game saves working on almost every game regardless of what system you started it on, the correct version of a game downloading automatically , and only having to buy one version of a game most of the time.

I get why there are issues occasionally with stuff on the PS5 since Sony chose to have each version of a game be treated as if they were completely separate games. It's a pain, but the one plus is the new gen version on disc is a UHD, while every Xbox game is still on Blu-ray discs. If you are still at least mostly a physical copy only person, that's a fairly big deal as you can install a whole game most of the time (minus patches of course), while you have to download a decent portion of most games on Xbox.

Like you said, them still not making it really simple to install the correct version of a game is just plain dumb. The game saves issue is annoying, but I at least get it to an extent because of what I said in the above paragraph. The really dumb part is why some PS4 games don't allow you to transfer over the game save when there isn't a PS5 version available. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is the newest one I can think of that doesn't allow you to pick up where you left off if you start it on PS4 and then get a PS5. Unlike what it shows on Xbox, there is no new gen version of the game on PlayStation (and it's not really one on Xbox either despite the case and the system saying otherwise).

So, I guess to end this longer than expected post, I actually do think the Series X is the better overall system of the two. That is from design and UI perspective. Obviously Sony still wins out in the games department for now (things could get real interesting in a year or two), and that's what drove me back to getting another PS5 yesterday even though I've highly enjoyed my time with my Series X. I was sick of watching people play Ratchet & Clank and Final Fantasy 7 Remake on their PS5s and me not being able to since I sold mine.