Crafting Is a Nice Addition, But It’s Simple
Another new feature integrated into Metro Exodus is the ability to craft, and it’s absolutely essential to keeping yourself healed and well-stocked. However, it’s important to note that the system isn’t quite as complex as other games, as you’ll only need a few basic categories of materials to craft. You can pick up items throughout the world and stock up things like science materials, metal, and more. These basic categories are then used to craft a variety of tools including health packs, ammo for your pneumatic weapons, throwing knives, among others. By boiling down the materials into a few basic categories, Metro Exodus allows you to craft everything by simply finding materials instead of making you search high and low for something specific. Your backpack lets you stop at any time you want to craft items and change the attachments on your guns.
At the same time, you can craft more complex things at workbenches that you can find in a few buildings. There, you can make ammo for your other weapons, and attachments for your weapons. This time around each weapon can have up to five different attachments, drastically altering the way you aim and how the guns operate. If you were hoping for a deep and complex crafting system, Metro Exodus doesn’t have it. However, in the end I found myself appreciating the simplicity of it all, making it easier to craft those much-needed items but still adding that survival element in as I explored for scrap and had to prioritize which items I really needed most.
