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Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
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As Escape From Tarkov nears its long-awaited 1.0 release, Battlestate Games’ COO Nikita Buyanov tells us why the extraction shooter will stay true to its hardcore roots.
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Escape From Tarkov is known as a hardcore extraction shooter, but its difficulty changes with each and every wipe. These changes - like requiring quest items to be found in raid or adding Marathon-style tasks that require you to travel in-raid to a new location - change the difficulty of the extraction shooter for better or for worse. But now, as Tarkov approaches its 1.0 launch, Battlestate Games’s COO, Nikita Buyanov, has confirmed in our recent interview that he wants the game’s identity at launch to remain challenging, but fair.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
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Escape From Tarkov is known as a hardcore extraction shooter, but its difficulty changes with each and every wipe. These changes - like requiring quest items to be found in raid or adding Marathon-style tasks that require you to travel in-raid to a new location - change the difficulty of the extraction shooter for better or for worse. But now, as Tarkov approaches its 1.0 launch, Battlestate Games’s COO, Nikita Buyanov, has confirmed in our recent interview that he wants the game’s identity at launch to remain challenging, but fair. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
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12 November 2025, 1:19 pm
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Jess Bone
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title: Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
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link: https://www.pcgamesn.com/escape-from-tarkov/balanced-hardcore-1-0-focus
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As Escape From Tarkov nears its long-awaited 1.0 release, Battlestate Games’ COO Nikita Buyanov tells us why the extraction shooter will stay true to its hardcore roots.
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Escape From Tarkov is known as a hardcore extraction shooter, but its difficulty changes with each and every wipe. These changes - like requiring quest items to be found in raid or adding Marathon-style tasks that require you to travel in-raid to a new location - change the difficulty of the extraction shooter for better or for worse. But now, as Tarkov approaches its 1.0 launch, Battlestate Games’s COO, Nikita Buyanov, has confirmed in our recent interview that he wants the game’s identity at launch to remain challenging, but fair.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
content_text: Escape From Tarkov is known as a hardcore extraction shooter, but its difficulty changes with each and every wipe. These changes - like requiring quest items to be found in raid or adding Marathon-style tasks that require you to travel in-raid to a new location - change the difficulty of the extraction shooter for better or for worse. But now, as Tarkov approaches its 1.0 launch, Battlestate Games’s COO, Nikita Buyanov, has confirmed in our recent interview that he wants the game’s identity at launch to remain challenging, but fair. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"
pub_date: 12 November 2025, 1:19 pm
guid: https://www.pcgamesn.com/escape-from-tarkov/balanced-hardcore-1-0-focus
creator: Jess Bone
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