Metro Exodus Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

3. Bugs And Glitches Are A Common Occurrence

While it's beautiful to look at, visual hiccups are everywhere in Metro: Exodus, as environmental details and whole enemies pop up out of nowhere on the regular.

Hitboxes were sometimes an issue in my playthrough as well, as shots wouldn’t register and occasionally enemies wouldn’t react to my presence at all. These are frustrating but ultimately negligible, something which can’t be said for the few hard crashes I encountered.

The game is intentionally weighty and methodical in its movement and action, but combat can also feel a little sluggish. Aiming never quite feels as precise as it should, while, on the PS4 Pro anyway, it can sometimes feel like there’s a slight delay in your inputs. Combine this with monster A.I. that occasionally bugs out, and firefights can quickly become clumsy affairs.

Exodus is ambitious, but you sometimes get the feeling that the tech couldn’t quite handle 4A Games’s vision, and there’s an overall lack of finesse and polish which unfortunately takes you out of the world that the mechanics, gameplay and visuals do such a good job of immersing you into.