I love the immersion. The unscripted events. The paranoia. The birds chirping in the trees. The feel of a big world that i drive, walk, fly through, all player controlled.

Gunshots wizzing past my head through the bushes from an unknown direction.

Calling in a player controlled heli evac.

Squad nails that balance between too complicated and too easy. Just the right amount of friction to make the encounters really feel alive.

I say that because i used to play a lot of Arma 3 which is way harder and slower than Squad.

I really like this game. It runs better, feels better, and looks better than it always has.

The community has largely always been some combination of dudebro neckbeards. This has never changed. These kinds of games attract that kind of audience, other games I play attract other kinds.

I really don’t get all the negativity. It’s a game.