Trivia / Metro Exodus

• Acting for Two: Mark Ivanir portrays Krest and The Doctor.
• Creator Backlash: Dmitry Glukhovsky, the writer of the books, was not happy about the game's timed exclusivity fiasco, and spoke out against it on social media. The game's developers similarly issued a statement expressing their frustration, noting that they disagreed with the decision and felt it was unfair to customers who use Steam.
• Dummied Out: There is a fully-animated, fully-scripted flamethrower in the game files that didn't make the cut. Apart from moderate issues with its fire particles and effects, the flamethrower is entirely usable if modded into a savegame. It officially becomes a usable weapon in the Two Colonels story DLC, wielded by Kiril's father. Similarly, the 15-round magazine and automatic fire system of the Valve, touted in the trailers, did not initially appear in the game.
• Executive Meddling: After accepting pre-orders on Steam for several months, publisher Deep Silver abruptly signed a timed exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store, pulling the game from Steam until a year after launch (though pre-orders through Steam were still honored at launch). As mentioned above, the developers and even the creator of the franchise were openly opposed to the move.
• Sequel Gap: The game was released almost six years after the previous game, Metro: Last Light.
• Underage Casting: André Sogliuzzo portrays the Baron, who is in his 70s as he was born during the 1960s, while Sogliuzzo was only 51 (born in 1968) during the game's release. Ironically Sogliuzzo was born in the 60s.
• What Could Have Been: An early plan for the Volga level would have had the crew of the Aurora getting in a gunfight with the fanatic guards whose barricade they unwittingly destroy. This was likely omitted to make the Good Ending more accessible and believable.
  • Similarly, Pavel Morozov from Metro: Last Light was originally slated to be one of the player's companions for the journey, with his personal mission being to find his grandfather's grave in the Taiga level.

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