I played the previous Metro titles - Last Light and 2033 - and they were ok,
Got gifted Metro Exodus but couldn't play it till now because my video card couldn't handle it.
I was given a used nVidia GeForce 1080 video card and it is playable now but only with all settings to medium/low.
The gameplay is very clunky and slow reaction times don't help. Trying to remember so many buttons to press makes it difficult to play as well. Thank God for the prompts to press this and that when needed.
The worst thing about Metro Exodus - and to me its' a totally stupid thing is - the lack of ammunition. I mean seriously? It's a First Person SHOOTER! Give us ammo dumps!
But continually running out of ammo sucks big time. Trying to melee beasts is a clunky and usually fatal exercise with many restarts because the melee doesnt actually do anything. "Press "E" to melee?" Yeah okay but it does nothing so...
The aiming, shoving, shooting (when you finally have some ammo) and other actions leave a lot to be desired too. I had to play around with the button assignments to make it feel more "L4D2" ish so that at least i could use the functions. Left 4 Dead 2's gameplay is smooth and lightning fast when changing/reloading weapons and compared to Metro Exodus makes it an FPS done right - even after 16 years.
Navigation in Metro is clunky and weird, it would have been so much better to have a simple direction arrow at the top of the screen.
The cut scenes are way too long too and with no way to skip them it's tedious.
Overall, I've only played 5 hours so I have a long way to go. Unless I get so frustrated with the lack of ammo and melee weapons that I just uninstall the game.
Why can't we pick up sticks? Axes? Machetes? Bones? Rocks, Clubs? Bits of metal? Iron bars etc etc to use as weapons? There's nothing laying around all this destruction to use as a weapon? Really?
Creeping around these broken, ruined buildings with ♥♥♥♥ all ammo and no melee weapon is just crazy.

I played the previous Metro titles - Last Light and 2033 - and they were ok, Got gifted Metro Exodus but couldn't play it till now because my video card couldn't handle it. I was given a used nVidia GeForce 1080 video card and it is playable now but only with all settings to medium/low. The gameplay is very clunky and slow reaction times don't help. Trying to remember so many buttons to press makes it difficult to play as well. Thank God for the prompts to press this and that when needed. The worst thing about Metro Exodus - and to me its' a totally stupid thing is - the lack of ammunition. I mean seriously? It's a First Person SHOOTER! Give us ammo dumps! But continually running out of ammo sucks big time. Trying to melee beasts is a clunky and usually fatal exercise with many restarts because the melee doesnt actually do anything. "Press "E" to melee?" Yeah okay but it does nothing so... The aiming, shoving, shooting (when you finally have some ammo) and other actions leave a lot to be desired too. I had to play around with the button assignments to make it feel more "L4D2" ish so that at least i could use the functions. Left 4 Dead 2's gameplay is smooth and lightning fast when changing/reloading weapons and compared to Metro Exodus makes it an FPS done right - even after 16 years. Navigation in Metro is clunky and weird, it would have been so much better to have a simple direction arrow at the top of the screen. The cut scenes are way too long too and with no way to skip them it's tedious. Overall, I've only played 5 hours so I have a long way to go. Unless I get so frustrated with the lack of ammo and melee weapons that I just uninstall the game. Why can't we pick up sticks? Axes? Machetes? Bones? Rocks, Clubs? Bits of metal? Iron bars etc etc to use as weapons? There's nothing laying around all this destruction to use as a weapon? Really? Creeping around these broken, ruined buildings with fuck all ammo and no melee weapon is just crazy.