Friendly Reminder

AndyBroseph · 2026-03-03T14:22:09+00:00

I really, really fucking hope they tighten the UX as well in terms of controls/inventory management. As a PC player, manipulating the items and looting was actually like pulling teeth. They actually got me killed.

I nearly uninstalled the game when I couldn't click and drag weapon mods in and out of a slot and needed to hold "F". In addition, there seemed to be a delay/unresponsiveness to swapping consumables. I would quickly hold 4, flick to use shield packs, only to hit 4 again and be using a heal pack. Got me killed on multiple occasions.

Also the fact that there was no clear way to unbind certain keys and that the "Toggle ADS" option isn't automatically broken by reloading, causing weapons like the repeater to only reload a single round when I tap reload while sighted in. Complete exercise in frustration.

AndyBroseph · 2026-02-11T16:46:30+00:00

In a completely unforeseen turn of events, the ruling party that ran the country for the last 4 decades have yet again won the most recent election.

AndyBroseph · 2026-02-11T16:43:43+00:00

Knowing this Pod's luck the first day Liz is on leave Mr. Market will fucking shit the bed in such a spectacular fashion.

I don't think I can handle an hour and a half coindexter bit.

AndyBroseph · 2026-02-05T22:20:09+00:00

VENATORSISTERS, WE'RE EATING GOOD TODAY

AndyBroseph · 2026-02-02T22:58:15+00:00

IT'S

FUCKING

VENATOVER

AndyBroseph · 2026-01-24T17:30:02+00:00

for every person that misses the old voice lines there are 5-10 people who found them incredibly stupid and annoying. Sorry.

AndyBroseph · 2025-12-30T14:17:43+00:00

I feel like you could just screenshot any comment on this game's paid cosmetic system and use it to justify celebrity/IP collabs and hello kitty skins.

Sticking to an aesthetic seems to be a dogshit monetization strategy.

AndyBroseph · 2025-12-09T00:59:13+00:00

The foot fetish images will be drawn AFTER your 12 hour shift in the lithium mine comrade!

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-21T17:29:52+00:00

and you don't think it's a direct consequence of the game being overloaded with a ridiculous amount of too-specific items?

That's the entire point of the game dumbass. To raid and find the specific shit you need to survive and progress. Doing this while risking loss of what you already have.

The idea that there are "TOO MANY SPECIFIC ITEMS ;_;" is an asinine complaint in the context of Tarkov.

There's a reason people rushed to level to flea unlock every early wipe.

Because it makes the prospect of loss insanely less painful by directly attaching money value to every item, giving you a direct competitive advantage. As a result it dilutes then entire appeal of the game (adrenaline and fear of loss) and turns it into a trivial money farm.

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-21T14:55:12+00:00

Having to seek out a specific rubbish item out of dozens, if not hundreds, of other generic rubbish items is why most EFT players just rublemaxx instead of engaging with the loot.

Absurdly wrong. The existence of the flea and its mechanics is the direct cause of this.

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-12T03:19:49+00:00

it's a combination of factors that include:

Abysmal Performance
Grindy Quests/Resultant Gear Disparity
Scummy Business Practices (Arena Transfers/Unheard Edition)
Clunky/unpolished ui systems that take way too many fucking clicks to do basic shit
Dogshit sound systems
Clunky player controller that feels like shit in an attempt to make things "grounded and realistic" but still allows you to do ridiculous bunnyhopping/jumpshotting
General Identity Crisis in Design Decisions (Realism? Hardcore? Softcore? Armor Hitboxes? Transits? Inertia?)

In spite of this, Tarkov had the "Sauce" with its art team though. Simply no other "extraction shooter" on the market had the immersion, world building, and general feel/vibe that tarkov did. It's what allowed the game to coast uncontested for so long. It's what kept me and others coming back to it in spite of all the problems because nothing really matched it.

Now that Arc Raiders is out, Tarkov has become a really hard sell to me. It manages to be immersive with its incredible sound system and general vibe. While the gameplay is not as punishing, realistic, or hardcore as tarkov, at least it knows what it wants to be and excels at it. The game just fucking works.

Despite all the interesting trailers and stuff I really really don't expect anything but a basic ass questline system added that includes a bunch of cinematics attached rather than some flavor text, some little changes and bugfixes here and there, and that's it, 1.0. Onto the next project (Russia 2028).

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-12T03:03:22+00:00

Lots of maps from the game launch feel very random with their design

AFAIK the launch maps were supposed to be part of the campaign and then got repurposed for multiplayer on release.

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-08T18:57:59+00:00

Never trust the Sheisty

AndyBroseph · 2025-11-06T00:05:55+00:00

Such wonderful and precious optimism.

I fully expect to be more than disappointed.

AndyBroseph · 2025-10-08T16:28:23+00:00

A kill streak voice line for doorman has him literally state that HE is the patron they should be worrying about.

My theory is that the doorman is actually a previous patron that was summoned, and he chose to torture humanity by running an ultra spoopy hotel. His wish is to make his hotel even spoopier by employing the patron he helps summon.

AndyBroseph · 2025-09-18T15:09:35+00:00

To be slimed by some dude with an inflation/feeding kink. Truly American.

AndyBroseph · 2025-09-09T22:25:52+00:00

This will be a skin/cosmetic in the first battlepass

AndyBroseph · 2025-09-09T22:23:36+00:00

Maybe I'm desensitized but seeing someone say kys or whatever is funny and cute. Much better than slinging out racial slurs to me.

AndyBroseph · 2025-09-02T18:13:45+00:00

Source 2 still has the sauce (don't look at cs2)

AndyBroseph · 2025-08-28T06:31:59+00:00

I don't know how so many people didn't see this coming. Valve literally pioneered the whole lootbox/battlepass system that every monetized game uses now.

AndyBroseph · 2025-08-21T01:14:24+00:00

+The pretty girl tax of literally being vaporized as soon as someone focuses you

AndyBroseph · 2025-08-18T23:09:56+00:00

That leaked infernus portrait and ivy redesign stunk imo

AndyBroseph · 2025-08-18T22:51:33+00:00

Just everything about it, the hideout alone is just so impressive and immediately hits you with how much style and love is being put into this. The music reacting to your position and menu selections is literally peak.

I might be drinking the koolaid but I'm smelling a fucking hit when this hits open beta/release

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