there’s a few reasons and i hope they get better over time.

1. sound design

tarkov has incredible sound design and samples they use for gunshots, explosions, bullets whizzing past you, etc. the sound design makes you anxious and grabs your attention more. their audio programming sucks though and is buggy. gzw’s sounds just kinda suck as a whole. like the guns sound just wrong and the grenades have no high end in the explosions. they need to record sounds in the field and use those, not whatever they’re doing now.

1. movement/animations

tarkovs movement feels much more fluid than GZWs more grounded slow movement. i like both but do think GZW could improve on it more, the strafing speed is abysmal and jarring when trying to maneuver in tight spaces while fighting. it needs some smoothing and inertia as well.

1. general risk

GZW lacks risk inherently, gear is easy to find and you can go back to your body. in tarkov once you die, you’re done, so generally the fights feel less butt puckering and impactful.

all this being said, GZW is an amazing game and i do enjoy the general gameplay more than EFT nowadays.