Why Metro Exodus is my favorite open-world shooter

[Windows Central]

4A Games' open-world experience is nothing short of incredible.
Over the course of the last decade, my interest in open-world games has dwindled significantly. Many of them have become overly formulaic and stale, often resulting in flat and uninteresting open-world experiences that bury information in a confusing array of menu screens and litter your map with icons that preview the content that awaits you, preventing you from discovering anything organically. Many of these games are also painfully static, too; it's always frustrating when the player does things that should lead to dynamic changes in the setting, only for it to lifelessly remain exactly the same.

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