Escape from Tarkov is sitting on a Mostly Negative rating today after yesterday’s eagerly-awaited Steam debuted to stability and performance issues that prevent players even logging in, let alone play.
Acknowledging that players are experiencing “problems connecting to the servers and authorising in the game launcher”, developer Battlestate said its “technical team is actively working to stabilise the game servers and authorisation services” and apologised for any inconvenience caused.
It hasn’t stopped thousands of unhappy people leaving negative reviews, though, with just 34% of the 7200+ reviews left since yesterday’s launch reporting a positive experience. Some claim that they can’t even create an account” due to connection issues and ongoing server/website maintenance.
“Escape from Tarkov is not a game. It is a cosmic punishment sent by indifferent gods to remind humanity of its insignificance,” opined one reviewer. “Booting it up is like willingly inserting your face into a malfunctioning wood chipper. Nothing makes sense. Hit registration behaves completely random. The sound doesn’t work, everyone moves absolutely silently. Bosses and Scavs walk through doors like they don’t exist. Players are plunged into despair the moment another server error occurs. Every raid is a dissertation in disappointment, a Shakespearean tragedy written by drunken raccoons on fire. You don’t play Escape from Tarkov you endure it, you endure until madness becomes your only friend.”
Another, this time leaving a thumbs-up, wrote: “Escape From Maintenance: Mental Warfare 10/10 game so difficult i cant even make an account without losing my mind.” Someone else simply said: “They should implement a feature where you can actually play the game”.
Battlestate acknowledged the issues earlier today and promised that its team was working on a fix. However, at the time of writing, there have been no further updates from the developer on social media or on Steam.
Last year, Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate apologised after it u-turned on a decision to lock an “exclusive” PvE mode to its €300 Unheard Edition following player feedback, saying it is “very sorry that fans and the game community in general are experiencing these feelings”.
