No thank you. (Gaming)

by ManKitten, The Stugotz is strong in me., Monday, April 14, 2025, 08:31 (14 days ago) @ Coaxkez

I just don't get how people are disappointed with this gameplay. I'm concerned about the story, the art style, the PvE component, the price point, etc. but the core gameplay itself looks great. Am I just unfamiliar enough with the extraction shooter genre to not know what I'm missing?

I was in a bad mood last night and came in way too hot with my post.

The only experience I have with extraction shooters is The Division and Call of Duty DMZ. Both were extremely frustrating because every game is just trying to extract but teams camp the extraction zone, ambush you, take your loot and leave on the [extraction device] that you called in. I was really hoping to see something different in some of the released videos.

The gunplay looked fun. But it seemed pointless. Players talked about an objective, but all I remember seeing is them getting into PvP battles, and taking their loot....but to what end? Once something is extracted, what can be done with it? In DMZ, you could get loot that you bring into the next game, but if you die you lose it all. There were also special weapons you could find, but when the game ends, the weapon goes away. It would have fun to keep that laser gun to start the next game with so I could go deeper into the map.

I was hoping to see more of an explanation like "Drop in, collect loot, and safely extract it...AND THEN look at all the cool stuff you can do with said loot." The latter never happened. But then they end it by saying "weapons and loot aren't as important as skill and tactics"...well then what's the point of the game!? Sounds like they are just making a small scale Arena/Royale shooter.