I was able to get over my suspension of disbelief with the bullet sponginess but it quickly began to feel as if I was simply waiting for them to die.

But I've been hearing good things from friends who had similar reactions to #1 so I'm thinking I should try out the beta.

Another open world game.

Now I have to decide if I like Metro enough to deal with it or am so completely bored with open world that I skip it.