ESCAPE

Then came Escape from Tarkov, by Russian development studio Battlestate Games. The gameplay loop was unique at the time (it has since established the "extraction shooter" genre, which has several competitors at this point). In Escape from Tarkov, players equip themselves from a persistent inventory, and are dropped into a large map simultaneously. The goal is to reach fixed extraction points some distance away. Should you die, you lose everything you came in with. Should you extract successfully, you keep everything you've collected along the way... Escape from Tarkov is a love letter to modern firearms, with a commitment unmatched by any game I've ever played. It undertakes a level of customization that maintains fidelity both visually and mechanically to real world weapons and equipment. The variety of platforms is massive, and the options for tweaking and altering them are countless: gas tubes, receivers, magazines, rails, tactical lights, scopes, and optics can be mixed and..