Out of Bounds Secrets | Metro Exodus - Boundary Break

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[@Bluegooose62]

This game is a gem of coding shenanigans

[@YouTrolol]

first

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

But always number one in your heart

[@zeze3305]

@@YouTrolol bruh its s comment. You need a soul fr

[@ianrobinson222]

Shanagans

[@Westsideaviation23]

Have you played new vegas

[@ale16horizon]

The best thing about this game it that you were able to go out of bounds in every map and it was rather easy to do. And you could then walk for miles and miles

[@BrokenOpus]

IDK the game kind of got ruined when I did that first thing in the game just by walking away, ruined the illusion it was a big open level. After finishing the game though it was fun to find secrets.

[@HenryTownsmyth]

@@BrokenOpus yep. It wasn't open world at all. Couldn't swim, would drown, couldn't scale a 2 foot high obstruction, it would eventually lead back to the only path available. It has whole lot of nothing.

[@deebonglord3209]

@@HenryTownsmyth how or why would you swim in the frozen and irradiated waters of post nuclear russia? All of the maps that allow you to fall into water are frozen to temperate as best. I get what you're saying about wanting freedom but the devs clearly intentionally chose to use the water as an obstacle instead of a playspace, and as a linear story in an open environment the game definitely benefits from its ability to control your movement as it exploits small crossings and boat docks for exciting enemy chokepoints or mutant ambushes. And this is less important but.... are you actually upset that your character climbs back onto land instead of letting himself drown hopelessly like a baby in the tub? Drowning seems like kind of a questionable benchmark for you to judge open world games with lmfao.

[@planescaped]

@@HenryTownsmyth And it is better for it. All these vapid, Ubisoft-esque open world games these days are dull. Give me a crafted linear path with some wriggle room any day.

[@SrFlink]

@@HenryTownsmyth mindbroken

[@classydemongaming847]

The part with the dark ones points to the fact that they were gonna have them show up in Novosibirsk, but didnt have the time, all we got was a quick glimpse of the baby dark one watching us. They did mention in a previous game that they were gonna find a city with little to no humans

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

I mean they could add it now, game is still profiting so just like other double A games why not improve the final product.

[@eironyy]

Yes, exactly. And the city has higher levels of radiation which dark ones can feed off

[@fireaza]

I've always been greatly impressed by the first-person animations in _Metro._ They're always super-detailed and realistic compared to what you see in other FPS games, but I'd assumed they were made by working some poor animator to the bone! It seems like they were able to accomplish this by using motion-capture..? Surprising, motion-capture is commonly used in games, but you still don't see first-person animations to the quality of Metro very often.

[@peoduction6068]

None of the Metro games use motion capture, its all hand animated, so yeah the animators have probably been worked to the bone lol

[@Sayp]

The lead animator for Metro Exodus sadly passed away recently while fighting for his country in Ukraine.

[@lynackhilou4865]

@@Sayp that's sad to hear , but if i'm not mistaken the studio was relocated to another country ( which I forgot ) after the civil war in ukraine ~ 2014 , so did he go back to ukraine by himself or do they still have some employees there ?

[@Rob712]

​@@peoduction6068 That's just false. Cutscenes for example are most definetly motion captured, that's one of the reasons you see Artyoms full body. It's WAY cheaper and faster to mocap and place the camera on the characters head than to hand animate everything. It's not like motion capture is expensive, technically you could do it with Xbox kinect so why wouldn't 4A use it.

[@Sayp]

@@lynackhilou4865 While I'm not 100% sure, I do know that alot of Ukrainians went back to their homeland to fight.

[@ZackRToler]

God I LOVE the Metro series of games. Honestly the series has some of the best, if not THE BEST post-apocalyptic atmosphere. It's one of the few games that I reply just to enjoy its setting. The dark tunnels, the eerie sounds, the makeshift settlements, it's all so good.

[@amberfugal9410]

I love having Snipey as a host! He’s a great addition!

[@NightcoreClips_]

He really is. However I’m kinda starting to miss Shesez

[@jaypsych1806]

I love Snipey's Spooky Stories. "I dunno I dunno wehhh", classic

[@BasVoet]

Agreed! Like them both.

[@jamesquwavers872]

I really miss shesez😔would be nice to have him back

[@Ian.Murray]

I respectfully disagree

[@contentconsumer3743]

12:06 THANK YOU! long live the boiler man

[@Dex99SS]

That full body animation is astonishing! I love the makeshift fishing rod flagpole too!!! I never would have noticed that. Totally fits! Annnd somehow I don't at all remember the ending of this game. I know I played it to completion, and I think got the good ending... but man, I can't remember any of this stuff... I gotta play this again.

[@theone2-three438]

I was thinking while watching this the exact same thing. The only difference is that my game bugged and gave me the bad ending even though I never killed anyone.

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

@@theone2-three438 Did you have all your mates on train by the end? It depends more on if they left you along the path to fix the mistakes you made, and less about kill count.

[@theone2-three438]

@@user-zd2kl9yg4v I did not, but if I’m not mistaken killing people leads to your lads leaving, leading to the bad ending. I did not kill people, which I thought would lead to my buddies staying (or not dying). Either I was mistaken or my game bugged out.

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

@@theone2-three438 You can kill people at Volga freely, but let the ones who surrender to surrender, killing only bad guys in caspian also won't help, you have to free slaves whereever you can and find Gul photo. The pioneer camp is like the only level where you should not kill anyone, because there are no evil people there. Overall exodus made it much more easier to get good end compared to previous game, where if you don't tip to beggar once, you get the bad end.

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

The dude you hired is doing a great job, and the regular releases put your videos back on my KZbin homepage .

[@Shevlander]

I always wondered how this game looked so good and had a distinct lack of “SlavJank” Who would’ve guessed it was all off screen this whole time. The zone does many strange things

[@combatarmzfreak1]

Metro Exodus is underrated. Love this game.

[@GCTubaTim]

What do you mean? It's very highly rated.

[@RubenFedop]

Honestly the entire metro series is kinda underrated in a sense, just not as underrated as you might think.

[@TheVoidWanderer]

@@GCTubaTim I think he meant like it should be more well known, for the quality and love put into these games.

[@bigrubberfist2945]

Eh it was good but the previous games were better. Play STALKER if you want to play open world post apocalyptic Russia. The watchmen were literally stolen from those games

[@kenetickups6146]

@@RubenFedop Except for last light

[@warrax62570]

I need to play this game once again, it's so immersive. I loved to chill on the train phase just chatting with the crew

[@AidanRatnage]

It's always a nice surprise to see legs when looking down in a first person game.

[@micahsean8664]

The development of this game is evidently *meticulous* and I love it even more. Can't wait for the next in the series 😁

[@jaredelderstudios4468]

Having you do these helps us get more boundary breaks and that's always a win

[@bigchickentime7391]

I have waited for this for soooo long such a great game

[@andreworders7305]

The player model’s cutscene and environmental interaction animations are surprisingly detailed for not being able to see much of them.

[@jasondomican1991]

They used a ton of cool and interesting tricks to achieve this, I enjoyed watching this one alot!

[@Chewbarta]

17:02 Low key I really like this commentator’s vibe. Very relaxed and informative, providing the exact details that I would be curious of with every game. Keep up the good work you are amazing. 😊

[@Indigofrost]

This is fake, it's a bot that is trying to trick you

[@Chewbarta]

@@Indigofrost I thought this was OneyPlays and you were gaslighting me. Lol. Good looks thanks!

[@Mike-IP]

I got the whole Metro trilogy platinums, this game is awesome.

[@_Devil]

I literally JUST finished Exodus a few days ago so this was a huge cherry to see in my inbox lmao

[@paulchilds1893]

"Rendered all the way to the nipple" is a phrase I'm going to start using in every day life when someone puts in unnecessary effort or detail into something.

[@kyoobqa]

15:55 - it's actually very reproduceable! Speedrunners use that glitch to get out of bounds at a precise spot and skip like 5 minutes of gameplay.

[@Liggliluff]

I really appreciate that you've found your style, it's so much better now. You're more confident and it works so much better.

[@Hyperion-5744]

In one of the train levels i seen some large white line that separates the map. Let's see a boundary break video of the 2006 prey and dead space 2 sometime.

[@velzekt4598]

You might be unsure of yourself and doubt how well you make these episodes, but you are an amazing commenter and editor. Shesez has big shoes to fill but you're doing a great job, keep it up!

[@Denten62]

For a little bit I actually held the Glitchless World record for this game, so happy to see it getting some attention.

[@andyrodriguez8414]

You did a great job, cant wait for more of your videos!

[@TheVoidWanderer]

Man what a fantastic game, seriously, underrated.

[@dinofreak01]

Just before 5:29 The gun scrunching is SUCH a CLEVER illusion!! Yet looks so natural in first person! No doubt saved some time not having to come up with full 3d models of the items.

[@kendrxck2064]

Awesome video, thanks for making it. Loved seeing all the little tricks and cheeses the devs used to make things work really well in-game.

[@killerofcgi6259]

7:56 hey btw you are able to get to that exact spot using hardcore parkour, there is even a "pet" spider at the end that just hovers under you for the rest of that playthrough. Also 12:05 thx for letting me know

[@TheLondonAnarchyPunx]

Thanks for doing this! Metro Series is my all time favourite, and this was a journey! Hope to see the other games too! Nice work 👍

[@Lazlowzky]

This is great and interesting as hell! Thank you!

[@christiancooper478]

Dont stress out about any pressure, i think your doing good man. I think you’ll find the perfect flow going through each scene of whatever games you present to us. I enjoyed seeing all those thing in metro exodus.

[@redel1955]

Just discovered this channel and I must say... this is amazing ! Keep up the good work

[@shamssyed8331]

You're doing an amazing job Snipey! Keep it up, you're a great addition to the show!

[@henderbac2262]

Good to see more videos and talk about this masterpiece of a game, thanks you for your video man !

[@BananaBrainsZEF]

This was honestly the funniest episode of Boundary Break yet. 6:17 [press × to shovel eyeball]

[@ariezon9085]

4:46 that's a new technique I never saw before. I thought the arms model would just move back like usual.

[@deepakprajapati2635]

great episode, makes me wanna play through the game once again

[@JasonLihani]

I love Snipey's videos and the games he covers. I play mostly FPS games and I'm really enjoying these.

[@jacobwhite934]

thanks for making this imma be playing this game soon and love being able to have things to look out for :D

[@TomMcD71]

Great video Snipey

[@Tapperje16]

All the Metro games are just amazing, i love all of them and thanks for showing this to us all, love the weird stuff the did to make this amazing game!

[@CatsT.M]

Have a good day too. Hearing the birds in the background at the end is great.

[@anndedma5355]

so far man youre incredible! both of my 2 fav games of all time back to back... and you did halo as well!!! man i cant wait for more!

[@YOEL_44]

Birds and rats, thank you, that's all I need.

[@aaronskuse2207]

Exodus is one of my all time favorite games. I’ve 100% completed the game half a dozen time.

[@shozebnaqvi2966]

been waiting for you to do a boundary break on this game thank u

[@andreworders7305]

I was just wondering about this one. Good timing.

[@jdottdeestv8149]

Thanks for the BBs, this one was particularly wacky and interesting. Glad its working out for you guys too!

[@TOMLEE64]

This channel has gotten so much better since the new guys have come on to help.

[@leviaaron500]

I can't remember if this guy has hosted before, but he's awesome! Thanks for another amazing video!

[@luispieri640]

Love that game, amazing video!

[@banditondrugs3577]

Keep up the amazing work, love watching your content!

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

Honestly, the physical model stretching, with the unique shadow stuff is really clever, good on them for solving a common problem in such a creative way.

[@Indigofrost]

Fake user. It's a bot

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

@@Indigofrost No shit.

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

5:07, well it is mighty cold outside.....

[@porterschoen1510]

That is the weirdest way of simulating depth of field and such in first person in a while. It's pretty cool.

[@AkibaAvenue]

You always have interesting video bro. Very cool.

[@TheClone159]

you are just as great of a host, so dont worry.

[@twilightverdict]

Ahh, good old CS stretch neck to aim spirit lives on!

[@snwlvl634]

This game is so good, I’m so glad you made this video.

[@NeilRoy]

Halloween and a headless character... perfect if you want something "spooky"! 😆 You did an excellent job, well done.

[@misterlazar]

Love the footage

[@G.A.N.]

i like Snipey. I was affraid i may not get used to some new host and just avod most of videos, but gladly it didnt happend. ( good example can be Did You Know Gaming channel, where they have so many guests that i do not like to watch every single video they post. Glad Snipey is such great host and i can follow up still watching everything on this channel! )

[@davidt3563]

YES!!! I just beat this game about 2 months ago and was hoping you would do one on this! Re-read all the books and re-played all the games.

[@Mr.Pallanza]

What a take! All this, from a development team known to have experienced hardships, and even shift offices to continue development. Imagine the logistics, and the hours spent backing up builds and developed segments of the game, all ending up into masterpieces that is the Metro seried. We don't deserve 4A Games, but they sure as hell know what Metro fans deserve by making these masterpieces. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of this!

[@stoic_rose]

ive literally never heard of this game before watching this video, and even so this video is still crazy interesting, showing all of the animated stuff that you never see. so cool

[@simondelacroix18]

Play it. One of the best game I ever played, absolute master piece

[@contentcreations6810]

I love your fantastic content

[@adamfleetwood3980]

I'd love to see one of these videos focusing on Terminator: Resistance. Sure it might not be the best game ever made but it has some lovely, intricate environments

[@DePhoegonIsle]

HEY. he goes on about shrinking weapons 5:12 ~ It's cold out there, lay off.

[@mix_bm2884]

I love this game... Thanks man!

[@KairuHakubi]

Right. "Bats." Hey this was plenty spooky, the adventures of a headless man!

[@Shift_Salt]

Glad to have another great narrator workin alongside Shesez

[@totallyserioustutorials2041]

one of the best ones till now

[@EastCoastTaffer]

The metro series as a whole is so underrated. It deserves more recognition

[@dogeramsey9154]

I like how they managed to save resources by tricking the player, honestly never noticed how many times that npc was cloned or how your gun can literally turn 2D.

[@mob5613]

Awesome vid

[@deaththekid3625]

8:00 oh my dear sir, we got back there lol

[@charlesdarwin7647]

Now I realize that creating games is a complete mystery.

[@milkycalcium3172]

I was waiting for this game!!!

[@Giped]

Awesome video

[@Zenlore6499]

Oh cool! I love the Metro series!

[@LeviathanRX]

Cool that this came out as I'm legit in the middle of re-playing this gem of a game.

[@lordkite5505]

amazing!

[@tigerofdoom]

Oooh, low-poly bats, nice! So many strange things in this one. Good finds!

[@many_feet]

The game coverage has been very different which is very interesting

[@WafflesASAP]

The fact that in some scenarios your full body is animated and in others you essentially "float" in lieu of normal leg-driven locomotion makes me wonder if - at some point during development - there was ever an intention for the user to be able to see their player model in third-person in some capacity.

[@shcdemolisher]

Would've been interesting! But we never got it.

[@WafflesASAP]

@@shcdemolisher I think the game does just fine being first-person-only, and given the light horror/suspense elements, I think not being able to see your body and the space around you from a third-person perspective heightens the tension a little bit. That said, I just can’t think of any other reason why they’d spend the money and take the time to animate the player model so thoroughly if they knew from the outset of development that we’d never see those animations.

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

The original version of metro 2033 actually had out of body cut scenes, but they got replaced in remastered version. Maybe here they were not sure which path to take.

[@Rob712]

It's common nowadays to animate first person cutscenes with motiom capture. The cutscenes where you see Artyom's body are mocapped and the camera is placed where his head is. Dying light 1 uses this same technique, the final fight is really detailed even in third person because of that. It's cheaper and faster than hand animating the animations.

[@WafflesASAP]

@@Rob712 but you don’t see MANY of the *custom* animations that were done for Artyom’s body at any point in Exodus, right? How does that fit in?

[@haydenflynn6962]

I fell into water near the entrance to the giant fish lair during my Iron run on the first open world chapter and Artyom grabbed the dev square and climbed up it, I was so shocked and very annoyed that I had to do it all again.

[@BewbsOP]

The lights inside the cube might be for activating and deactivating lights. You can turn off lamps and stuff in game for stealth, so its possible those objects don't actually emit light. They might just have a light emitting blank object parented to them that exists in that cube ready to be put in any light emitting object when you get near them, and ready to be sent back if you turn the light on that object off. It's probably better for resources to have a couple lights always on somewhere than to have every light emitting object checking if you're near them so they can be activated.

[@grabisen]

Really glad the rolling guy is ok

[@l-l]

Wonderful voice over!

[@DrakenGuardz]

Great video - did you manage to see where the spiders come from when they walk across your face? I always get jumpscared when that happens

[@VeritivX]

You can also run around the rocks on the taiga level. And in taking a certain path you can actually get to the developer platform and obtain a secret helmet. There is a video on KZbin by Car Kidz on how to do it. You can also skip the spiders entirely and see the radiation ocean

[@White_ops_arcade]

1:29 we have been trying to reach you on your demons extended warranty

[@DavidJCobb]

another good video from snipey. :) 1:43 im idly curious what would happen if head rendering were turned on for the player -- if we'd see the same face as in the ending, shown at 16:33. the way shadows usually work is that before you render the scene normally, you first render the scene "from the light's perspective." if the light can "see" an object, then it should be shining light on that object. if the light can't "see" something, it's because that object is behind another object or behind the light. things that the light can see should also be brighter if they're closer to the light, and darker if they're further away. so, you render an image -- "shadow map" -- which indicates what the light can see. then, when rendering the scene for real, we can take any given surface, on any given object, and use math to figure out where (as in what pixel) on the shadow map that surface would be, and how bright its pixel would be on the shadow map if nothing were in front of it. we can compare this to what's actually on the shadow map, and this allows us to know if the pixel at that spot on the shadow map is brighter than this surface would be -- that is, if there's something else in between the current surface and the light: something in front of the current surface from the light's perspective. if so, then that "something" should cast a shadow on the current surface, so we don't light the surface. which means that in order for the player's head to cast a shadow on the ground, _there must be a head_ in the scene. there's no major fakery here; there's a 3D model for the head; it's just that the game is choosing to render the head only in the shadow map. only the light can "see" the head, and there is a part of the ground that the light can't "see" because it's behind the player's head. and because we know there actually _is_ a head, it must be true that if someone knows how to tamper with the game in the right way, then the head could be made visible. of course, it might be that no one knows how to tamper with it in that way

[@no_biggie_smalls]

Been playing Exodus for about a month. I really love the atmosphere of the game

[@1r0zz]

My guess for why there is all that stuff out of bounds is because they “clone” all items where they are in gameplay, but everything is loaded a thus calculated once to save resources.

[@dhelite8861]

It’s about dang time the metro series got son recognition🎉