New Features in Metro Exodus
Detailed Crafting and Weapon Upgrading
There was minor upgrading in past Metro games, but Metro Exodus introduces a full crafting and upgrading system. Each weapon in the game can be altered and outfitted with different parts, increasing its stats and capabilities.
There are five different points you can edit on your weapons, letting you alter things like damage, accuracy, firing speed, and capacity. In order to put these upgrades on, however, you’ll need to find crafting tables scattered across various bases and abandoned buildings throughout the game.
The other part of crafting tables is keeping your weapons in working shape, as it’s the only place you can clean them. Over time, your weapons will degrade and get dirty, and certain areas, like the desert, will damage them even more. This provides another incentive for tracking down crafting tables, or making a trek back to one.
There’s another piece to all of this, of course, as you’ll also be using crafting to make valuable supplies like medkits, air filters, and ammo. With the new focus on open world environment, you’re encouraged even more to explore and find parts/supplies for crafting.
You’ll constantly need to play a balancing act about which items you want to craft, which parts you want to put on your guns, whether you want to craft ammo or medkits, and more.
