Artyom's late life retconned?

[Motor]

So, there are already discussions about how Artyom's kid is kinda retconned in Exodus, but I'm also wondering about Artyom's late life.

The first game, 2033, is basically an old, grey-haired Artyom recalling his first adventure. In the intro cutscene, he is shown still living underground and using a typewritter to write what is basically his memoirs. The menu of 2033 Redux also shows him still living with Anna and having a kid...while still living underground.

Now that we know, how Exodus plays out, I wonder if Artyom living out his senior years underground should also be considered a retcon, or will Artyom...for some reason...go back to Moscow and remain there. Or maybe he will live underground, but not in Moscow?

Any thoughts on this?

[cuss]

I had to look retcon up, where do these expressions / terms come from?
(Artyom dies in the gutter from a bullet to the head delivered by Anna's lover Sam over a card game called 'We all Die')
Seriously though............................................................................................................................
I doubt Artyom, Anna or the team will return to the Metro tunnels. I think if you still envision Artyom typing his memoirs underground it's because they've dug some holes because it's cool and demons can't pounce. Old habit's die hard.

[sigmapsidelta]

In that same first game it can turn out that the Dark Ones aren't attacked. In the second game it can turn out that Artyom dies there. You just have to follow the path through the first two games that leads to the ending of the third that eventually connects to the start of the fourth.

I'm sort of hoping for a gathering of old friends. Khan. Dark Ones. Maybe others. As Artyom leads his small team, along with Dark One assistance, in evacuating the Moscow Metro to Lake Baikal. Seems to be plenty of rolling stock available. A 'Battlestar Galactica' on rails across a devastated post-apocalyptic Russia, with mutants, radiation, and advanced life-forms. No doubt the odd missing bit of track to spice things up.

I also believe that Hanza haven't yet paid a high enough price for shooting me at the start of Exodus. Their murder of many others under the cover of their lies is one thing, but I'm the player and that kind of behaviour by NPCs should be discouraged terminally.
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[cuss]

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

I also believe that Hanza haven't yet paid a high enough price for shooting me at the start of Exodus. Their murder of many others under the cover of their lies is one thing, but I'm the player and that kind of behaviour by NPCs should be discouraged terminally.
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Still grumbling about that 'accident'? I remember that other post of yours, you took it pretty personal if I recall, but you punched their dog, in their position I might have shot you too.

[lilac]

Metro Redux came out before Metro 2035 was released