Yeah fuck this game in particular. Made by a Russian company with ties to their defense industry.
I was going to make an argument that it was probably just research for their real world gun implementation, then I read the article. Big yikes.
Some more sources would’ve been great.
Damn, this developer is really hell bent on pissing off its fanbase, isn’t it?
And not a single person was surprised
Paying for a cheater infested pvp game is not something I can see myself doing.
I quite like the singleplayer mod. Also the devs apparently support the russian invasion of Ukraine, so don’t give them your money anyway.
I agree, Single Player Tarkov was the only way I found the game playable. The bots could be decently balanced so there was still some challenge and risk to the game.
Still an issue ?
Hit up a buddy that enjoys rage baiting cheaters in game by cheating and hunting them down.
At the moment he says there’s about 2 cheaters for every 10 legit players in a lobby not counting himself.
Which is definitely down from when it peaks right after a wipe. The highest iv seen it at personally is 6 in 10. But that’s normally only few a few weeks right after a wipe when all the RMT cheaters are running around.
Arena is apparently worse off tho with the high ranks being basically just HvH gameplay at the moment.
They are just doing this to cash out, it costs them nothing to provide a Steam key.
Fuck that Russian company! time to install the single player tarkov mod just because the devs don’t like it.
I regret buying it the first time.
Looked for a Tarkov alternative with pve option (because I don’t need any more sodium in my diet) and found gray zone warfare. It’s a pre alpha and is in a pretty playable state, plus it’s an entire open world which is fantastic.
I played that but it was too sim for me, seems like fun if you want an unforgiving game.
Good thing I’ll never be playing escape from tarkov again, otherwise I might be bothered
huh, I was interested in picking this up
Guess not
Why wouldn’t it?
No. They don’t “have to”. Wake up, fellow poors. Stop giving your money away. If “buying” doesn’t equal “ownership”, et al…
I haven’t read the article, but just going off the title, if that’s accurate: isn’t that how it’d be for any game? I’m not defending it but the only platform I’ve seen devs give Steam keys to players for ownership on has been on itch.io.
People don’t suddenly get rewarded cross-platform ownership just because they bought it on one platform. Same with Unrailed, had it come out on Switch first and Steam later, etc.; they must re-buy if they want it on Steam. Same with Slay the Spire: existing Steam owners don’t suddenly gain Android access just because it released on Droid, etc.
