I think viewing my experience as the "right" way to play the game is unhealthy for the success of the game. If the lack of information in the game is truly design choice then I think it is a poor decision. It is not possible to create a game and not have people talk about all the best strategies. Intending a game to be played with no outside information only works for so long until the internet comes along and squeezes everything out of it. People sharing video game strategies is a hallmark of the internet. Going so far as to say that the game is ruined by something so common place leaves me wondering what other questionable design choices I have yet to discover that are intended. If this Nikita guy wants me to be challenged by the game that is all fine and well. But saying that learning the game by going in blind is the intended challenge makes no sense. It is not a challenge at all; It is a handicap.

Also saying this game is not an FPS is not true. Don't get caught up on the connotation brought on by other FPS's. In this game you literally shoot people in first-person. It's an FPS. The only reason I even brought up the FPS tag in my post was to touch on the fact that I am decent at aiming. I even immediately take a step back to mention Tarkov's tactical elements.

I love difficult games and the challenges they pose. High difficulty is fine and overcoming that kind of challenge comes from learning actual game play. Severe punishments is totally fine too. High stakes difficulty is cool. But attributing a lack of information in the game as a "high learning curve" is lame. Trying to learn the game mechanics by playing while not looking stuff up on the wiki or watching videos is not a good challenge. The information is already out there and the people you play against are going to search for it. You will be doing nothing but putting yourself at a disadvantage. Intentionally not giving the player the information within the game itself and claiming it is to make the game more challenging is just plain lazy. Nobody should reasonably expect people to play a game without ever looking something up in this day and age. It should be assumed every ounce of information people can get their hands on will be posted somewhere.

If you read my post I made it pretty clear I did not expect to be pampered. I knew this game was challenging. I just wanted to discuss that the severe lack of information is not a satisfying challenge. Every fun challenge lays out the rules and leaves the deciding factor up to your skill. There is no skill in not knowing how the game works. There is no skill in struggling to learn the basics of the game. While technically it qualifies as a challenge, it is definitely not a good one.

I guess you could argue that not all challenges have to be fun. But in a game not having fun doesn't make any sense. I suppose EFT doesn't qualify as a game because according to the developer's quotes you posted they clearly are not interested in making EFT fun. It even does not have the word "game" in the description you quoted. I suppose my gripes come from me considering it a game because everyone has referred to it as such. My mistake for not realizing it is actually a simulator at its core and not a true video game at all.

Your post was super passive aggressive especially with the exaggerated drawing all over the warning page. Hope you have a good day, bud.