Unknown why, but 4A Games are still being asked for a multiplayer at Metro and they continue to meet the same: we have no interest in it. They once again said it in an interview with Game Informer.
"I would not say that the multiplayer is not technically interesting, but our focus on Metro has always been to deliver a story-driven experience - you know, putting yourself in the place of someone who lives in this world," he explains executive producer John Bloch. He says that during the Exodus work, the team has experimented with a cooperative regime, but they were not impressed by the results. "This is something quite different in its own category. You have to spend as much time doing it as you did in the main game. The multiplayer? Yes, it is possible. But get it just because there is such an opportunity? We have no interest in this. If you do, it really has to be something unique. We have an idea ... but we are not dealing with it yet, "says Creative Director Andriy Prokhorov.
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