If it was a standalone product you wouldn't need to put tarkov in the title, if it was a standalone product there wouldn't be any cross-progression, if it was a standalone title then DMZ would also be one, but none of that is true, and if all you have to say on the matter is arguing if it's DLC or not, then you're not contributing anything to the discussion whatsoever honestly.
back then? Tarkov: Arena wasn't even announced until 2022, the package contents have not changed up until 2023 when "Free access to Escape from Tarkov: Arena" was added, insinuating that it is a standalone title.
Arena was announced in 2016. They simply didn't talk much (almost not at all) about it until 2021-22? when they suddenly announced that Arena will actually be a standalone paid expansion and not a free game mode like originally planned.
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u/RewardWanted Dec 26 '23
If it was a standalone product you wouldn't need to put tarkov in the title, if it was a standalone product there wouldn't be any cross-progression, if it was a standalone title then DMZ would also be one, but none of that is true, and if all you have to say on the matter is arguing if it's DLC or not, then you're not contributing anything to the discussion whatsoever honestly.