The Metro: Exodus Trailers and the Problem with 'Vertical Slices'

So that trailer for Metro Exodus at the Game Awards was pretty great, right? The sweeping shots of a snowed-in ruined Russian city, the flicking of a flare dancing on the wall of a pitch black tunnel—it all made for a post apocalyptic vision that was as beautiful as it was sad.
Too bad it feels as though it came from a different game than the footage we saw in E3’s Metro Exodus reveal trailer, which was an orgy of visual delights that seemed like a revolution in graphical prowess. In