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Another thing is the forcing of the backstory - I don't want to be a homemaker with a law degree, I wanna be a slightly unhinged mercenary Goddammit 

Not to mention it tries to force emotion for characters you see about five minutes of 

Player choice has been so heavily restricted that it's simply mind blowing 

I play it with the FROST mod personally - open world Metro is fun, railroaded good guy-ness with a forced backstory and whatever that isn't even good? No thanks.