I’ve always approached Escape from Tarkov with some trepidation. A hardcore take on the extraction shooter filled with survival game elements, I have constantly been battling the temptation to give it a try since its closed beta launch back in 2017.
A lot of this was thanks to its enduring popularity with streamers on platforms like Twitch but, as gripping as it is to watch someone else play, the seemingly endless flow of posts on sites like Reddit where new players vented their frustrations at the game’s notoriously high learning curve managed to repeatedly put me off from taking the plunge.
