Metro Exodus Will Not Have Side Quests

From GameWatcher: "Metro Exodus, the third game in the wonderful Metro 2033 FPS trilogy, is very nearly here, and we've just had an extended, final hands-on with the game. We noticed many interesting details, but perhaps the most curious is the fact that there are no Metro Exodus side quests."

[PS4Gamer1984]

Good! Give me a linear, story driven game like God Of War and Uncharted 4 any day! I don’t have time for side quests and roaming open worlds

[DaDrunkenJester]

I hope you're joking... GoW had a crap ton of side missions lol

[Psychotica]

why what's the rush?Even if it took a year to finish the main story, so what?

[annoyedgamer]

Do Sony fans play games other than Sony exclusives? Even the Sony fans I know in person, wont even give a game developed for multiple platforms a look even though I continually make recommendations of good story driven, single player only titles.

[DaDrunkenJester]

For some reason there is a weird thing going around where Sony fans are really passionate about their Linear, emotional, story driven, single player games. Where some of these people won't even look at a game unless it is the things I listed. Just some, not all, but it had become increasingly more of a thing lately.

[Hardiman]

Most of my friends are PS fans/owners and we play loads of multiplat titles. 4A and CDPR are two of my favorite devs. I think we just look for a certain level of quality and are not really fans of how some of the bigger guys nickel and dime in the more annual games.

[Livingthedream]

For me its the opposite I know about 10 peeps that own playstations and none play the Sony exclusives which is odd they're mainly for fortnite, cod, madden and third party games

[Atom666]

Similar to what Livingthedream said for me. I get blank stares when I ask adult gamers if they've played anything thats not that mainstream stuff like COD, FIFA, NBA2k, GTA, etc.

Same things with the other systems too. It blew my mind to see a line of people on Black Friday buying nothing but Activision/EA's annualized offerings.

Any kid under 13 playing anything other than Fortnite or Minecraft is like a damn unicorn where I live.

[starchild]

I think the thing is, if we look at game sales figures, PS4 owners as a whole are actually playing a lot of multiplatform games. It's really only the hardcore fanboy types you run into in comment sections on the internet that try to propagate this idea that exclusives are the end all be all. In real life if exclusives were so much better than everything else you wouldn't see multiplatform games generally selling just as well. And if every PS4 owner also owned a PC as some pretend to be the case you wouldn't see multiplat game sales so strong on PS4 because most would be buying and playing the superior versions on their gaming PCs instead.

[Marioraider18]

@annoyedgamer + DaDrunkenJester

Wtf are you drunks talking about? PS4 destroys in sales in multiplatform games. You two are delusional as hell

[The Wood]

Of course they do but those aren't what define a console. The higher sales of most multiplats prove this. The thing is many of the exclusives are of a high calibre or quite unique. I've seen Xbox guys downplay not only each of Sony's exclusives (puddle gate) but the whole importance of exclusives full stop because they had hardly any noteworthy ones to shout about. When one is announced for the Xbox their fans celebrate. They use new metrics like 'fun' towards a game that was bare bones and basically crap at launch but berated no man's sky for the same thing. There's no 'better guys' here mate it's just some fans have way more to celebrate than others. Blame/Praise MS/Sony for their output and commitment. When MS had games last gen you couldn't stop Xbox guys from lauding them.

[pietro1212]

God of War had a lot of side quest

[Minute Man 721]

Still need to beat the remake 1st

[Omnisonne]

I'd recommend it, great atmosphere IMO.

[nucky64]

judging from the comments - people aren't reading the article. the devs said there are no set side-quests. however, threre are many places to discover - things to fight and loot to find that do not have to do with the main mission. it's just that they didn't set it up as side quests....you have to wander off the main path to find it on your own - i like this idea.

[annoyedgamer]

I'm not sure why this is making waves, there weren't any real side quests in Metro 2033 or Last Light either.

[Razzer]

But those games were not open world.

[annoyedgamer]

I doubt Metro Exodus is either. The demos i've seen are giving the illusion of an open world but it still looks linear. Multiple paths leading to the same place.

[bluefox755]

An open world without side quests? Will be interesting to see how they manage that.

[Razzer]

Yeah.....I'm not sold on the idea myself. I'll try and keep an open mind. I actually like side quests.

[conanlifts]

Metro is not really open world. The quote from the developers was “There’s large levels that offer a lot more freedom, they’re non-linear, but we will have a story wrapped into them,”

Each map takes place in a different season. The game story unfolds over a year. As you progress through the story you move on to a different level or map, but you can't return to the previous area as that story arc has passed. So at least 4 large maps with you progressing from one to the other. So it's not a true open world game, but does have open world elements to it.

[Smokehouse]

I don’t care if there are no side quests if there are other reasons to explore. If there is no point to explore then why have an open world? Seems like a redundant waste of time development wise.

[conanlifts]

The game will likely force you to explore. Ammo and other resources will probably be scarce so to continue you might need supplies or money. To get these you will need to explore. Of course it is optional but the game will probably be very difficult if you don't explore to gather supplies.

[Smokehouse]

Survival horror style? Could be cool if done right but it would be really easy to make that boring. Survival horror works better with set parameters imo.

[MoshA]

I have to say this game looks garbage. Worse than those recycled Ubisoft Open worlds. Looks like Rage 2 without any personality. The first game had really focused claustrophobic detailed environments, they completely killed off the atmosphere. Now it just looks like Fallout 4/76.

[Tzuno]

Good choice, side-quests are a lame excuse to make a game longer instead of adding solid material to the main missions. Assassin's Creed Odyssey was one of them, a lame game.

[pietro1212]

Not if the side quest are done right.

[pietro1212]

Gahl1k
Exactly what I was thinking. Witcher 3 is probably the first game I played where I was actually eager to do most of the side quest.

[DemoIishor]

That's interesting. I feel like most side quests in games tend to be distracting and poor related to the main game content, and as a result, they often feel like a waste of time upon completion. Maybe this is a good thing.

[WitcheRivia]

I'll wait for the remake with added side quests.

[Cikatriz_ESP]

That’s one of the most padded articles I’ve ever read here. For example, the following sentences are from the three or four paragraphs before the author actually tells you what there is to do:

“Fortunately, however, there are other things you can do.”

“... although there are still other things the player can do.”

“... but that's not to say there aren't other things to do.”