But now, as Artyom, you must flee the Metro and lead a band of Spartan Rangers on an incredible, continent-spanning journey across post-apocalyptic Russia in search of a new life in the East.

Metro Exodus: Every Major Chapter, Ranked

1. 1 The Taiga.
2. 2 The Dead City.
3. 3 Yamantau.
4. 4 The Caspian.
5. 5 Moscow.
6. 6 The Volga.
7. 7 The Introduction Chapter.

The game is a sequel to Metro: Last Light and the book Metro 2035, and follows protagonist Artyom and his crew as they flee the Moscow Metro and set off with their allies on an intercontinental journey to the Far East on a locomotive called Aurora.

8 A Dark One Can Appear In The Main Menu So far there are only a handful of quick Dark Ones appearing in-game but the developers also added another outside the game, specifically in the main menu. If you want to see it, you'll have to keep the game on the main menu for quite a long time.

26-year-old Artyom, flees the Metro in Moscow and sets off on a journey through the harsh nuclear winter in Russia.

24-year-old The protagonist of the novel is a 24-year-old man named Artyom who was born before the nuclear war. He was saved from a horde of carnivorous rats that killed his mother and the inhabitants of his station as a baby by Sukhoi, a military officer.

However, the stalker mode is the hardest difficulty that players can use to challenge themselves, and it can be very tough to play through this difficulty without strategies.

Metro Exodus is a daunting and tough game, especially on the higher difficulty settings. But with these handy tips, you'll make it through each stop and arrive safely at your destination! 4A Games' Metro Exodus is now out in the wild and is coming back with more than its fair share of critical praise.

Both the Metro book series and the game franchise follow Artyom, a young man who eventually becomes a hardened Ranger in the horrors of the post-apocalyptic world. While Glukhovsky himself is Russian, the Metro games are developed by Ukranian studio 4A Games.

Metro 2033 presents them as enemies, with the ultimate goal being to destroy their nest on the surface. It's later revealed their intentions are benign, with the combination of the Dark Ones unknowable nature and humanity's fear of them and their abilities leading them to assume they're hostile.

Stating he is alone in the world without his mother, in Metro: Last Light, the Dark One reassures Artyom that he is not alone - but "the first". Through their brief psychic contact, Artyom is rendered immune to the Dark Ones - who in turn, accept and "adopt" him to be the chosen - the bridge between the two races.

Artyom (also Artiom) (Russian: Артём) is a male given name common in Russia and other Slavic-speaking countries. The name uses the "ё" letter, which can be transcribed to English as "e" but still has the "yo" sound.