Not to mention the game is unoptimized as hell, AND is absolutely infested with hackers that they refuse to ban because I'm pretty sure 90% of them are Russian and if they banned them they'd lose a massive chunk of their playerbase. But I think that's peanuts compared to LITERALLY, UNIRONICALLY SUPPORTING WAR CRIMES. Hell, when Microsoft became a BDS target for providing AI to Israel, I actually stopped playing any game I had in Xbox Game Pass, and only came back after they announced they were no longer providing Israel with tech.

Good point, I have no interest in tarkov but arc is great

Hey! We aren’t that bad.

Recounts the thousands of hours I’ve played over the last 8 years

Okay, maybe we are.

Yeah. I quit playing long before the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine, but that’s just one more reason I’d never install it again.

I'm not touching it because I like my sanity, but also they're shady as fuck. They offered an exorbitantly priced premium version of the game that promised all future upgrades for no additional cost, then decided that didn't include the new pve mode. You could probably find a dissertation on other shitty things they've done but that's a big one.

If I check the reviews its mainly a bad first day experience. Third party launcher, and services being down because so many people are trying to play it. I haven't played it myself, but I suspect that when people calm down a bit we get the actual reviews mentioning the game, rather than the day 1 experience. So I'd say: give it a few days and then let's check the reviews again.