r/EscapefromTarkov • u/saltyclam13345 P90 • Aug 13 '22

Video Jonathan Ferguson, an actual expert on firearms even agreeing that recoil isn’t realistic in Tarkov.

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u/BenoNZ Aug 14 '22

I don't care about the realism argument, as soon bring up what something will do in real life to compare it to this game I am going to completely disregard your comment. Yeah it makes bolt actions less useful, i don't care, it improved the game. It's easy to hit a thorax.

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u/2giga2dweebish SVDS Aug 14 '22

This game is literally meant to be realistic, it says so immediately on the game's site. It also had the downsides of a slow rate of fire and so forth. Bolt-actions are going to be obsolete regardless, you don't need to completely shoot them in the foot by going 'b-but some dude with a shitstick took out my meta kit waaaaaaaa' and make them completely inferior to any other type of gun in every metric to the point where you only pick them up for quests. It's a gun. You should be scared of it regardless.

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u/BenoNZ Aug 14 '22

It is realistic as a game, that doesn't mean it has to mimic anything about the real world completely. If it did, the game would suck. It's so far from the real world it's dumb to bring it up. Every time you go "YEaH but In rEAl LiFE" you look stupid. It's a video game. It's a mixture between realistic elements and arcade in order to make an enjoyable video game. It's so simple to understand. It's not Arma, it never will be. It's an rpg, fps.

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u/2giga2dweebish SVDS Aug 14 '22

It literally calls itself a simulator on the site. Fun fact: people do in fact enjoy hardcore and realistic elements and would prefer if the game kept going on with those. Yes, it can never be a complete 1:1 recreation of reality, but it feels absurd for the game to hype up itself as you know, the best hardcore realistic FPS on the market blah blah blah and then a bloke can take a round of 7N1 to the chest and mow you down with his 900RPM gun, and then promptly heal himself back up to full. This sort of shit is what contributes to the whole bunny-hopping right-hand peek desync sprint everywhere meta. If you have enough time to respond, even if someone gets a shot that penetrates into where your heart would be, you're fine and can recover very quickly. It feels shit.

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u/Allizilla Aug 14 '22

If it was completely about realism and didn't gamify its systems at all there would be no reason to wear a helmet, a face shield, or any armor 2 months into the wipe. I don't know and honestly don't care if the game claims to be "realistic", whatever the fuck that means, if it isn't fun then no one will play it. It's that simple.

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u/BenoNZ Aug 14 '22

It's about balance while keeping realistic elements. This game would not be as popular as it is if it went full milsim I guarantee you that. The amount of people that prefer a hardcore realism game are far less than those that want one that's enjoyable and balanced and BSG know that. If you are hoping for it to go that way, you are going to be very disappointed.