Sound is incredibly important in this game as it can let you know where other players are and making too much noise will alert other players to your presence. Put a decent pair of headphones on and turn the volume up so you can hear what’s going on around

In addition to being extremely valuable it’s also incredibly easy to raise, just start munching whatever food you find and guzzle down drinks. It may seem wasteful, but the rewards will more than make up for

The main way players are going to be defending themselves against other players and the AI Scav units is through the guns they’ve either brought into a raid or that they found during a raid. Like many FPS games in the genre, Tarkov has plenty of different guns to choose from and equip. Naturally, those different types of guns use different types of a

If you see someone don’t just start pulling the trigger, think about how you can get the drop on them, make sure you’re behind good cover, maybe even get an angle that leaves you covered and exposes them better. While this is a first person shooter it’s more of a tactical shooter and you’ll live longer if you treat it as s

What draws you in and keeps you hooked for hundreds of hours, though, is the immersion. There are few games that can match S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in this regard; it delivers some of the most impressive atmospheric experiences you'll ever see in a video g

It can be tempting in this game to go in with the bare essentials to avoid losing too many of your items, but you should absolutely break this rule when it comes to Painkillers. When your body parts start going black Painkillers are a quick way to negate the side effects temporarily. Having the ability to run or stop coughing is crucial to survi

Escape from Tarkov has risen to a fever pitch in popularity seemingly overnight. For those who might be wondering exactly what Escape from Tarkov is , the game is a first person shooter MMO-like game with PVP elements. The game recently became a sensation on live streaming platforms like Twitch and Mixer, causing the game to explode in popularity in a very short amount of t

As has been the case with other online survival games such as _ DayZ, _ and partly in similarity to asymmetrical online games in general as well, people often find joy in watching people play these games, which almost resemble real-life simulations of societal conflict and lawlessness at times. However, while these games can be enjoyable to observe, the same people who view the games may not always enjoy playing them as heavily or actively, due to the tension, anxiety, stress, and at times, unfairness, involved in succeeding in the g

The newfound popularity of PC game Escape From Tarkov _ brings with it controversy as a 2016 interview was discovered showing one of the developers stating that women can't handle the stress of war. _Escape From Tarkov first began being developed in 2012 by Russian studio Battlestate Games. The game is an action role-playing simulator that was first launched in alpha on August 4th, 2016. As of July 28th of 2017 the game has been in closed beta to anyone who purchases the ti

In 2016 Wccftech interviewed Battlestate Games developer Pavel Dyatlov about the prospects of the game. During this interview the question of female soldiers being represented was brought up to Dyatlov and he almost immediately rejected the idea. His first response to the question was, " We considered that, but we came to the conclusion that women are not allowed to be in the war ." The interviewer corrected Dyatlov by saying that women are in fact allowed to see combat these days, but the developer did not change his stance on the issue and stated that women can't handle the stress. Battlestate Games has since released a statement to point out that the article in question is three years old and that the company as a whole does not share the same values of just one of their developers. They went on to say that the developer in question was reprimanded for his explanation statements, but the game still does not have female charact

As stated before, Escape from Tarkov is currently the hot topic on many live streaming platforms. That’s right, both Twitch and Mixer are currently heavily engaged in the title. Though there has been recent drama within the streaming community, with the now Mixer exclusive streamer, Ninja, and Reverse2K recently breaking up their friendship over an argument had during a Fortnite session. The argument in question was unsurprisingly about their rivaling streaming platfo

Escape From Tarkov is still in its beta stage and will be so for the foreseeable future. At the moment there has been little indication that the company plans to add female characters to the game any time soon. The company is correct in its assessment that one developer does not define the entire company's stance on female soldiers, but after their copyright battle with Eroktic it does not help their public image. It does not aid Battlestate's cause that this controversy takes place in a world where other video games have begun to incorporate female soldiers . Hopefully by the time that _Escape From Tarkov _ gets a full launch gamers will be able play as any gender that they cho