10 Major Video Games Coming In 2019 You Need To Play

6. Metro Exodus

metro exodus
4A Games

Release date: February 22

4A Games' cult series is going open world next year, throwing Metro's established rulebook right out the window in the process. Artyom once again returns in 2019 to serve as protagonist and mediator between the remnants of mankind and the Dark Ones, but his quest to find sanctuary will be far more complex than going from point A to B.

Formed of sprawling, non-linear sandbox areas - some of which stretch to two square kilometres in size - that funnel into more linear affairs, the critical path for Artyom is always the same, but how and when each player decides to follow that breadcrumb trail will vary wildly. It's recommended, of course, to soak up everything Russia's post-apocalyptic wasteland has to offer, not least because scrounging deserted villages and subterranean caves for supplies are activities paramount for surviving the year-long journey ahead.

Bandits, the Red Line, Fourth Reich, mutated wildlife and harsh seasonal changes: if Artyom's hand-crafted gear is going to see him through, every nook and cranny will need to be stripped of valuable resources.

Good luck.

 
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