Metro 2033 Walkthrough: Chapter 1 - Exhibition {Alternative Ending} [Hardcore - Full HD] (1080p)

Metro 2033 Alternative Ending: Chapter 1 - Exhibition [Hardcore mode] (1080p)
Metro 2033 AE Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EAE26E717FDED54

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** Moral Points **
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1) Play the guitar in Artyom's room. (1:36)

2) Play the balalaika (triangle guitar) near the father and the child drawing on the floor. (2:43)

3) Approach the man and woman sitting in the general market area with a teddy bear between them. As soon as the woman stops talking, you'll be able to talk to the man. He'll tell you about his sick child and asks you for a few bullets. Give them to him. (You will lose about 2 MGRs.) (05:10)

4) Talk to the guard next to your stepfather's room. (10:15) Note that I didn't speak a second time to him and as such didn't collect that moral point. (keep pressing 'E' to get him talking for the moral point)

5) Enter your stepfather's room. (10:21) Talk to your stepfather two more times after that. for another moral point.


** Current level information **
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Exhibition is as the name states the station in which the entire friendly level will take place. It is the home station of Artyom and is well-known for their production of mushroom tea. Artyom's step-father Alex makes his (optional) second and final appearance in the game (he doesn't appear in Metro: Last Light either) and awards two moral points when met with full attention.

You can fire at the firing range with unlimited ammo, though make sure that you reload BEFORE leaving the range or you will lose 30 dirty ammo roudns or MGR rounds.

Good to know is that the weapon vendor sells weapons which are by then much too expensive to buy, so don't worry about having lost potential packets of money, you simply cannot buy those. Instead they are shown to let players be aware of weapons that are later acquirable in more difficult levels.

Additionally, lots of ammo (MGR) can be found here for the Sherlock achievement.



** Alternative Ending tips **
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Some things are vital to know before starting the alternative walkthrought:

- It is dead important to research where and when moral points can be accumulated. By far the best location to go for a guide is here: http://metrovideogame.wikia.com/wiki/Moral_Points

Moral points are the triggers across the entire game that will decide wheter you can unlock the alternative ending (Enlightened achievement) or not and represent the right decisions in the game. You must collect a high amount of moral points before it unlocks, and some moral points CANNOT be missed regardless of the amount you have collected (examples are the MP from Khan in "Driving to Sparta" level and choosing the Dark One twice in 2 visions)!

- Contrary to believe, you CAN loot ALL dead bodies found in the Metro channels or the surface. Some guides tell you that looting is incorrect for the enlightened achievement but it has been confirmed many times that this is wrong. So, loot as much as you can!

- Some achievements are helpful in conjunction with the alternative ending. Examples are "Merciful", "Invisible" and "Generous".

- You'll know when you can trigger the alternative ending at the end: When Khan repeats his message from the Sparta base at the very end of the game (just before the launch of the missiles) it means that you can shoot the missile locator off the tower. This will unlock the 'Enlightened' achievement.
- http://metrovideogame.wikia.com/wiki/Enlightened
- http://metrovideogame.wikia.com/wiki/Endings



** Walkthrough information **
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Since it is the first video in the walkthrought, I'll quickly give an insight of the entire walkthrough and what exactly you will be able to see:

- This walkthrough explains the entire Metro 2033 gameplay, with the alternative ending instead of the 'normal' or usual ending. To be able to get the alternative ending, you are obliged to do some extra research and harder tasks which are otherwise not essentially noticeable on a first runthrough of the game.

- The difficulty is hardcore. This game is one of the rare games to have difficult AI even on easy mode! I thought hardcore would give the best balance between all difficulties. As DLC difficulties are not available to everyone, I refused to choose Ranger mode Hardcore.

- I play on all the highest settings. Note that I do however use Analytic Anti-Aliasing (AAA). Generally, there is a difference between AAA and SSAA but it isn't particularly better.