I feel like KF didnt explain extraction shooters properly. Here is some better context!
Hello everyone! So I’ve been a KFBF for a long time now and when I say I love this group of people so much I’m not joking. I love them.
Mike is one of my faves and Andy and funny as hell so I don’t want what I’m going to say next as a negative towards them.
But in yesterday’s game cast they did somewhat of a bad job of explaining what an extraction shooter is. So I want to give a little context to whose who don’t actually know what they are and might be really into the genre but if you only hear KF talk about it you wouldn’t actually get the concept.
So in the basic dumb down version of the genre it is what Mike said.
Go in.
Kill npc’s and other players. Loot and leave.
But it really is a lot more than that.
Disclaimer I can’t speak for exoborn or arc raiders as I have not played those
But in every other extraction shooter. The depth is insane.
- You have missions that you must complete. For example in one game you are given a mission by one of the factions to place a tracker in a box that will be shipped out later and they want to track it. What’s cool about this mission is that if you die carrying the tracker then you have to buy a replacement tracker because you lost it when you died.
Each game has hundreds of missions for you to complete before you even get close to “finishing the game and have to rely on interaction with other people to make content for you”
So Andy and Mike saying they don’t see extraction shooters lasting more than 15 hours is weird
- Keys and map variants.
In DMZ call of duty’s extraction shooter. There was a whole ass map underneath the regular map and you had to complete a whole ass puzzle just to get into that area. But you also had to be careful because in that area the NPC’s were a lot harder as the loot was better. And you also had missions to compete down there so it was a very intense time and challenge.
And you have keys. Oh there is this room you wanna get into for a mission. Well shit. Go find a key and then you can complete the mission.
- Your own stash/blacksite
In games like tarkov or delta force or any other of the newer extraction shooters. There is a whole internal stash system that you need to craft and work towards building. It allows you to have better HP, better stamina and even hold more gear and make expensive gear cheaper. It allows you to have more options.
And lastly 4. If you are someone who likes Helldivers. Then you’ll love extraction shooters because they are the same thing. Only difference is that helldivers is only PVE where most extraction shooters are PvPvE
Andy himself said he just wants the division. And like these are exactly just that. The division they just have the PvP element as well!
That’s what I think is a big mis understanding that Andy and Mike has what the genre is.
Again. I love Mike and Andy and all of KF. but I feel they really did a bad job explaining what extraction shooters are for those who don’t know. And could stop people from trying them if they only listen to KF
Some free extraction shooters to try are Delta Force Arena breakout infinite
Love y’all. Have a good day!