Escape from Tarkov is in shambles, but it’s still worth saving

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Sometimes, being blunt is the best form of mercy — Escape from Tarkov is in dire straits. The recent shift from Steam Audio to Oculus Audio has been frustrating, with audio cues coming from the wrong direction, if it triggers at all. Attempts to limit real-money transactions (RMTs) have only managed to hinder authentic players, forcing specific playstyles that revolve around tedious quest lines and hoping rare items spawn in a raid, rather than enjoy the MilSim sandbox that Battlestate Games created. There’s also rampant cheating, coming to a head after a video went viral, which seemingly forced the hand of Battlestate Games.

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Escape from Tarkov is one of the most tense games available today. With every corner, behind every tree, there is always the possibility that you’ll simply lose hours of work with little to no recourse. A sudden crack of a rifle, and you’re looking at the KIA screen, lucky if you happened to identify where you were engaged from. This is an acceptable premise for many — the tension makes the title brilliant. Every engagement comes down to preparation, experience, and skill, with the superior foe taking the spoils of battle.

This makes people rather tense when Escape from Tarkov is discussed at length, simply because the game itself is a white-knuckle ride. When you can permanently lose your entire liquid net worth in the span of a second, fans begin to take things seriously, especially when that net worth was a week of grinding. So when players are attempting to discuss the likelihood of being killed by another player cheating, accusations would fly with the inevitable ‘git gud’ being