Positive post about my experience with the game

i keep seeing posts out of here hating on the game, so i'm just going to give my experience.

i think the game is great, it's got flaws, sure, but i really appreciate how much care is put into the systems, and how it feels to go topside, i'm a pretty passive player, and i like how the matchmaking system lets me be friendly, while also keeping me on my toes, unlike other extraction shooters which punish me for ever being friendly, and i think people here don't realize, how difficult it is to create any semblance of "chill lobbies" without ruining the game, or straight up failing, like with tarkov's co-op extract system, and i think people might be taking the fact embark listens to start demanding their opinion be made into reality, or taking development issues personally, like duplication glitches exist in most games, and they are clearly building this ship while sailing it, i don't see the point of going on reddit and being incredibly bitter about it, but whatever

i really appreciate that they took into account extraction making sense in lore, like how any elevator or turbine or train actually has to arrive, and then you have to tell it to leave, it's so much more immersive,

i love that all items have a use, and not that but multiple uses, scrapping, projects, and crafting, are so much stronger than other extraction games and they make looting much more enjoyable, and give me a reason to carefully fill my stash. i love that coins can only go so far, and if i want high end gear i have to craft or find it, it makes it feel very earned.

i love the design of arc, every arc unit is so engaging to fight, focusing on hornet engines, or bastion legs, and how cool and intimidating they are, i of course, have played enough i can kill them all, but it doesn't take away from that

i love how grounded the character is in the world, i am not certain what sort of animation system they use, but it's clearly contextual and very dynamic, every fall, and interaction feels very real, and grounded, and the game is extremely well optimized, i use a laptop GPU and the game never dips below 60

i love PVP combat, the shields and gunplay are balanced so much that it's not that often i instantly die, and i am given a chance to recover from mistakes, while still being pretty punishing, so i don't get comfortable, and i love how dynamic and well designed most of the utilities and consumables are, it's always a blast

i love the atmosphere of the game, the gunplay, and the economy, and while i might be getting bored, i still have some great memories both from random queue squads and with my own friends, and i would love to see the game keep going for another few years and what embark might add to arc or topside in that time.

now with that being said, i have also raged, i have also gotten annoyed, and i have lost big bags, and been done extremely dirty, and in my eyes, that's part of the fun