#4458966 - 01/27/19 09:41 PM
Metro Exodus
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Has anyone seen the recently revealed system requirements? I was kind of taken aback when I saw them! This the first time in a long time that, apart from "recommended" graphics card, I feel intimidated and ill equipped for a game. I know system requirements often have a lot of leeway and are sometimes not even really indicative of what is really needed but man these specs seem kind of steep. Also, I don't understand that a GeForce GTX670 AND a GeForce GTX 1050 are listed together under "Minimum" requirements. I don't get this. Why is there a lower end and higher end card listed at the same time under minimum? Are they just trying to cover all the bases and implying that you can technically get away with a lower end card be we really recommend a high end card for "Minimum Requirements". I have to say that kind of baffles me but I get the feeling that all this is to say that this game is going to be intensive. I was hoping Exodus would be released with an engine that was optimized like the "Redux" versions of the original games. I remember that, and to this day even on newer hardware than back then, that Metro 2033 runs really crappy. However Last Light ran much better and even better than that, the revamped Metro 2033 Redux runs butter smooth at max settings minus expensive AA. So I guess this is not the same engine or iteration but something vastly different? Sounds like it may be a game I have to wait and see other's experience and even then, may not get right away. Looks like a cool game though. I love the originals and these folks make a good all around game. Having Metro partly open world sounds really great to me but I may have to hold off. On a side not I tried the demo of the new Resident Evil 2 Remake and from what I can tell, that new engine of theirs is really slick, looks really good and seems to be optimized very well. I'm not sure though that my GTX 970 will handle Exodus though giving the specs they just released.
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#4458993 - 01/28/19 09:13 AM
Re: Metro Exodus
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You are comfortably above minimum spec everywhere (assuming that it is a desktop, and the GTX 970 is exactly that and not the (half GPU) GTX970M you find in laptops). (Though there are some advantages to 10xx series cards, the 9xx series are not too far behind, and again, the x70 sub type is 'high-ish' end, and the x50 sub type is only middling. In most benchmarks the 970 seems to be around the level of the 1060).
You exceed recommended in CPU (marginally) and RAM (significantly), so should see ample performance to be usable, even if you need to have slightly less than the highest resolution and graphical options. (The gen 4, 7 series, 90 model CPU is the top end consumer chip from that generation, and is about 20% faster than my gen 3, 7 series, 70 model CPU, which is still a competent chip). I might be very mildly concerned that the on-chip features of my cpu don't include something used in a very cutting edge application, reducing performance or being incompatible, but you are in the top end of the correct generation.
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#4459047 - 01/28/19 06:58 PM
Re: Metro Exodus
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Same here PM. Exodus looks like a great balance between both. The backpack and weapon modding on the fly looks really cool and useful too. Still working my way through Metro Last Light. I still have Stalker SoC installed but I've never gotten too far in it. I'd pay good money for a re-release of the original Stalker with current day DX 12 graphics.
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#4459155 - 01/29/19 01:35 PM
Re: Metro Exodus
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Eh I will play on 1X on my couch and not worry about PC. Game looks solid
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#4459472 - 01/31/19 08:34 PM
Re: Metro Exodus
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It is rare for a FPS these days to have a great atmosphere and story, and this game was on my steam wishlist for a long time. I'll probably torrent it before I decide on buying though. With the Epic Store lacking the content that well and proven stores like Steam and GOG have and not enough experiences on the internet with refunding through Epic known, i'm not going to spend 60 bucks to try out if my 1050 Mobile reaches a minimum 720p 30fps. The exclusive thing really sucks. I'm all in favor of devs earning more money, but if that money comes from cutting basic content like cloud saving, mod support, achievements and a review system, whilst not implementing anything new that is attractive, the consumer has no reason to swap environments. By the way, i'm fully basing my opinion on this (excellent) article, so perhaps i'm not seeing the full picture: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Dav...Current_State_is_Not_Good_for_Anyone.php
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#4459582 - 02/01/19 10:09 PM
Re: Metro Exodus
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..that is right folks, the limited exclusivity #%&*$# transitioned to PCs....thanks a lot consoles. This has been a thing for well over a decade. Remember when Half Life 2 forced us to exclusively use Steam? Or BF3 with Origin? Or any Ubisoft game over the past 8 or so years required Uplay? Nothing new here. It is rare for a FPS these days to have a great atmosphere and story, and this game was on my steam wishlist for a long time. I'll probably torrent it before I decide on buying though. With the Epic Store lacking the content that well and proven stores like Steam and GOG have and not enough experiences on the internet with refunding through Epic known, i'm not going to spend 60 bucks to try out if my 1050 Mobile reaches a minimum 720p 30fps. The exclusive thing really sucks. I'm all in favor of devs earning more money, but if that money comes from cutting basic content like cloud saving, mod support, achievements and a review system, whilst not implementing anything new that is attractive, the consumer has no reason to swap environments. By the way, i'm fully basing my opinion on this (excellent) article, so perhaps i'm not seeing the full picture: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Dav...Current_State_is_Not_Good_for_Anyone.php The refund policy mirrors Valves (which they only implemented after EA/Origin beat them to it). Most of your other points are irrelevant. There was no mod support in the first place. No achievements is a plus. You can't turn that off in Steam, I've been waiting for a fix for about a decade if not longer now. Review system is broken in its current form. Just check the reviews and you'll see what I mean. Whether that is good or not for customers is irrelevant sadly. Valve, EA, Ubisoft & Blizzard have set the standard for requiring a launcher/client. Customers go where the software is and Valve is loosing AAA games at a high rate.
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#4459585 - 02/01/19 10:42 PM
Re: Metro Exodus
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There was no mod support in the first place. I'm talking about the Epic Store in general No achievements is a plus. And for most gamers, it isn't. There is a large crowd of gamers wanting achievements. Why do you think everybody and their grandmothers' game include achievements? You can't turn that off in Steam I've been waiting for a fix for about a decade if not longer now. Why remove something that is very succesful and desired? It's akin to complaining that FPS games are 3D instead of 2D. Review system is broken in its current form. Just check the reviews and you'll see what I mean. And I always get plenty of useful reviews out of them, if you're too lazy to scroll further than the overall score, that's on you. Whether that is good or not for customers is irrelevant sadly. Like you've said in your opening sentence, Valve implemented their refund policy after Origin beat them to it. So have a lot of other features of Steam been implemented after another company showed that that feature was something that attracted customers. Valve is loosing AAA games at a high rate. Who have they lost? So far i'm only seeing Metro and The Division 2 as AAA exclusives on Epic Store, and that isn't going to cut it. Electronic Arts pulling all their games away from Steam was a bigger blow. Also, the Origin store isn't doing so well if you look at the amount of 3rd party content there.
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Exodus
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