

It's a little confusing, unfortunately-it's difficult to tell which equipment carries over to subsequent levels. I've found a compass for my bracer, an ammo vest attachment for my armor, and additional reinforcements for my gas mask. You can increase that ammo limit by finding one of the many equipment upgrades scattered out in the world.

The developers had the sense to have the truck moved to critical plot points by another Spartan if I decided that I needed it, but I was quite content to simply run around the desert playing special forces soldier.
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I went for more stealth than open combat so I abandoned it. While the boats were often necessary, the truck was not. Aside from the Aurora, you'll have access to controllable rowboats and a frankly terrible Russian truck at certain points. It's a little disappointing, but it's understandable for a game making the transition from linear levels to more of an open world.Īnother new and welcome addition to the game is vehicles. The Winter sections are closer to previous large worlds in the Metro game: open, but not with a lot of room to move around. The Spring section is generously large, the Summer section is somewhat larger but with a lot of empty space (it is a desert, after all), and the Autumn section feels much smaller and less open. Unfortunately, that just didn't turn out to be the case. I hoped to see one similarly large level per season. When compared to past games, this is a pretty big locale. Your choices and actions have a tangible effect on the game in terms of how everyone behaves afterward.Īs for levels with actual gameplay, my preview took place in the mostly dried-out Caspian Sea. I can't help but wonder if I had made all the best choices my first time through. What was previously a bunch of jubilant, uproarious soldiers telling funny stories about their missions turned into a goodbye party of sorts. The change to the interlude level was stunning. At the end of it, a crew member was no longer on the train whereas they had come with us in my first playthrough. Where I had previously tried to minimize casualties against the enemy, I became absolutely ruthless. Now Discord should be able to detect the game even when it's minimized, and you will see a '4A Engine' option to stream at the bottom left of Discord (just above your photo and username).I wanted to see how much my choices matter, so I decided to replay one of the levels and act differently than I had in my initial playthrough. Pay attention here, you will likely not see 'Metro Exodus' in the list, but instead you should see '4A Engine'. At the top of that section you'll see a small bit of text that says "Not seeing your game? Add it!" Click 'Add it' then click the arrow to drop down the list. Go to Discord > Settings > Game Activity. The solution: Launch the game and wait for it to load. You could just stream your entire monitor, but then the stream won't have the game's sound. This causes Discord to be unable to 'see' the game to start streaming it.
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The problem: The Windows / UWP / Game Pass version of Metro Exodus can't be run in windowed mode, which means it automatically minimizes when you switch to Discord to try to start a stream. I'm writing this here because I googled around for hours until I finally found the solution - hopefully someone else with the same issue will be able to find this more easily.
