Metro Exodus, Railway Engineer Reacts, Gaming Railway Review.

[@michaelblum4968]

During the Second World War, the Swiss railways couldn't get much coal, but still had a lot of steam locomotives, and plenty of hydroelectric power ... so some steam locomotives had a pantograph added above the cab roof, and an electric heading element added to the boiler.

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@michaelblum4968 very interesting! Thanks.

[@HS_Rick]

I just like to imagine Artyom just standing there explaining everything to himself lol

[@chrisball3778]

I'm really impressed that the developers put so much effort into making the railways in their game realistic, even though only a small proportion of the players will probably ever notice it. It shows a real sense of pride in what they were doing. I assume they either hired someone with a background on the railways to work on the game, or at least got people who knew the subject to give feedback during development. One thing I remember from playing it was being impressed with the variety of visual assets you saw going by when you were just riding the train in between missions. A lot of games would have just had 10 seconds worth of looping scenery outside the window, but Metro Exodus managed to make it feel like you were genuinely travelling.

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@chrisball3778 yes 100%, they put loads of effort in and researched it well. I was likewise impressed with the variety of scenery in the various climates throughout the game. I spent quite a lot of time on the train and hanging out on the front walkways looking at the passing infrastructure and like you say I never got the impression it was just repeated. I only played this game after it was suggested on the channel and I’m very glad I did. I thought it was a masterpiece all round.

[@juhokuusisto9339]

The Finnish Defence Forces and the State Railways also kept an emergency stockpile of steam and diesel locomotives and spare carriages during the cold war and 90's for war time use, but those have been scrapped since.

[@MadSwede87]

same in Sweden I have heard that there may be one or two steam locomotives left in storage somewhere in case of emergency

[@lumpizar3719]

Love your videos Also as an small fun fact the Aurora is based on a russian P38 locomotive

[@johnnytopgun6414]

@5:00 I love that you ledt that in

[@stug41]

Haha of all the games I thought you would review I did not anticipate this one, but I am glad you did. I highly recommend the previous metro games.

[@sargis_02]

A game that has quite a bit of rails is Escape from Tarkov, although I think there's no console version available. Still would be amazing to see you review it if you get the chance, because it looks extremely detailed. P.S. there are rails in different maps, but the ones that I think have the most rails are "Customs" and "Reserve"

[@rlkeyn]

As someone who doesn't know anything about trains and railways this video is so interesting to watch. I think it would also be interesting to hear your opinion and knowledge regarding the underground metro system in Metro 2023 and Metro Last Light

[@MrSuperkaji]

Hello Howard! Enjoying the videos. While not exactly train-centric, the game Armored Core 6 does feature some really large scale rail networks in-game. Would love to see you take a look at it!

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@MrSuperkaji thanks, I’ll have a look on KZbin and see about adding it to the list!

[@booeybaba891]

didnt expect to see this is my feed, kinda glad it was

[@kepofshangri-la8942]

A game called Metro would be crossed to have tracks with little detail.

[@metrofox2]

Having worked in control for a few years now, it's quite funny to hear some of these terms put to a video game. Especially some that evoke that pit of dread at work. Nonetheless, this was a real neat watch!

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@metrofox2 haha! Yeah, me saying “BROKEN RAIL!” and “DERAILMENT!” every few minutes probably didn’t help for someone that works in control 😂. Thanks mate.

[@sargis_02]

Never would I have thought I'd be so interested in seeing something like this

[@Krashnikov]

youtube thinks i'm autistic and it's right...

[@Rockport1911]

Good video, this game is a great big russian train journey and its nice that they made the effort to put so many details in regarding that :)

[@hanjoon_74]

I just love your approach to video games as a railway engineer! I'd like to give you a video game suggestion for the future videos if you don't mind. Watch Dogs by Ubisoft features an overground rapid transit network inspired by Chicago "L". I heard that the system is well implemented, so I think it'd be worth checking out. Thanks for the quality content and I'd love to see more videos like this!

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@hanjoon_74 thanks! Yes I definitely take suggestions. Metro Exodus was a suggested one and I’m really glad I played it. I’ll add watch dogs to the list and check it out on KZbin initially. Thanks.

[@chenglee6677]

I love rails and trains and this is a good video :)

[@FIVEBASKET]

Being a railway engineer sounds interesting

[@rustybayonette6641]

I'd love to see you review Metro 2033 seeing as it all takes place inside the Moscow Metro

[@thechlebek901]

The people crave for rail expertise

[@tidmouthmilk12]

Excellent stuff as always! Loved the locomotive discussion as well as train-spotting in games is more my area ^^ Speaking of which, I've always wanted to get Assassin's Creed Syndicate (mostly just to be able to nerd out and study the different locomotives they have in that game xD) Might that be a game you would want to look at as well?

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@tidmouthmilk12 Hi, I have AC Syndicate and it’s on the list to review! Think it’s RDR2 next but haven’t started it just yet. Thanks!

[@tidmouthmilk12]

@@HowardOffTheRails Ooh nice! RDR2 Is another one I've been wanting to play

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

In theory, would it be possible to run on the very low quality tracks seen in game by running the loco slowly and using a set of wheels with very wide tires? E.g. use a wheel with the same sized flange but a much wider tire so as to allow it to run on the less accurately gauged and broken track without falling through, like in the the taiga level?

[@HowardOffTheRails]

@@mildly_miffed_man1414 in UK regulations, In a lot of circumstances you can pass broken rails at 5mph, so you can do that. I would t have trusted the foundation enough there though probably in taiga.

[@SynthInTheBunker]

Good video one thing as advice a better mic could be beneficial or reducing the echo effect to get it more crisp I recommend looking for a dynamic mic and a boom arm would be beneficial to have it closer to your mouth so that you can lower the gain level and so it doesn’t sound dull and lackluster. A microphone software would be something to prioritize first

[@Nighthawk2401]

The "tank" is a reused asset from the previous games - a neonazi faction in Moscow modelled armored rail cars after the WW2 Panzer 3

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Which makes sense given that Metro Exodus is set about a year or so after the events of the previous two games.