Escape from Tarkov provides an unparalleled gaming experience for streaming and viewers-this is just the first of many games.
By the end of last year, Escape from Tarkov – A very punitive, realistic survival shooter game – detonated on Twitch. Tarkov is not a new game; it has been publicly available since the end of 2016. A few weeks ago, viewer interest had been slowly rising, but a limited match in December made it extremely intense.
The Twitch Drops program is the first to be launched for Tarkov, through which viewers can earn in-game items by watching participating ribbons. After enabling "Twitch Drops", it is nothing new for the game to gain awareness of Twitch, but it can be said that Tarkov's success on Twitch in recent weeks is all due to Drops. The promotion lasted only a week, but Tarkov has regularly appeared on Twitch's first-class leaderboard every day since then, reaching nearly 300,000 viewers this month.
Niche streaming media has been used on the platform for many years, the number of viewers reached a record high during the same period, and has been occupying Twitch's front page ever since. Even today, viewers have discovered more Tarkov-specific ribbons, which have been there all the time, but no one knows their names.
Obviously, the noise of Drops has disappeared, but Tarkov continues to dominate. This lasting popularity is something other developers will focus on when creating future Twitch hits.
Tarkov is a game with complex systems and mechanics that is only available through its Russian developer's own website. One copy can get you from $ 45 to $ 140. This is the definition of a niche game. If you know what this is, you are probably already determined. The great benefit of this event was introducing Tarkov to many people who would not have looked for it. However, the reason why it maintains its highest status today is the same as the cause of the huge sensation of the Royal Escape in the past few years. That's a bet.
Most importantly, escaping Tarkov is a high stake. In this game-based experience, players can carry the best weapons and equipment, hoping they can survive long enough to stand out with a backpack full of loot. If they die, everything they bring will come along. Runs may end in the blink of an eye, and your dream is to pile them into thousands.
In the image and literal sense, the booty is Tarkov's money. If you participate in a match with equipment worth £ 150-300,000, the value will be written off when you die. Assuming you have nothing more to lose, you may not always have cash to fund another expensive business. Everything in Tarkov has monetary value in the game. These include ammunition, some of which are so expensive that many players cannot afford them. Not to mention advanced healing kits or other rare and useful items littered in the game world. Regardless of the outcome of the raid, there is always money to make.
For players, it involves gambling. Your bets are as high as possible, sometimes not even cashed, and you suffer a net loss. At other times, they are spade-shaped, and you use loot to extract items that are orders of magnitude higher than you think. When the ribbons make these bets, they have truly visible bets in the raid. For the audience, witnessing the entire process and knowing what to solve makes the Tarkov match more attractive than any other game.
Escape Tarkov attempts to alleviate this pressure by providing a one-time, pre-made character called Scavs. These games are available to all players and they allow you to participate in the same tournaments without risk and have the opportunity to fight alongside the most elaborate players. It even created its own niche market in the Twitch community. Some ribbons are dedicated to Scav raids all day-so-called zero-to-hero raids just to see how big they can score.
I even think that Scav's running is even more exciting because you have to start from the back foot and have to accumulate your own loads, loot and fear of opponents in the course of 45 minutes.
Unlike most games (including Royal Battle Royale), what happened in a Tarkov match doesn't stay there. Even the worst PUBG or Apex matches can be forgotten, but playing a role in Darkov and participating in the game with high enthusiasm, with only one minute five minute hit rate, will determine your next few games game.
Escape Tarkov is also a game that thrives on limited information. To stand out, smart players will need to search the Internet for guides on the types of ammunition to avoid, maps showing where they are going and the best strategies to deal with the inevitable frustration. In the game, you have to rely on your eyes and ears to find the enemy. There are no in-game maps, compasses, or even simple indicators to distinguish teammates from the enemy. If you participate as a group of three or more people, one of you will most likely be at the receiving end of the fire of friendliness at some point.
The general lack of information increases the already high stakes and provides players with incredible depth to discover and learn more. As a viewer, you are discovering new information next to the ribbon, and there is so much information that even experienced players will slip away occasionally. Escaping Tarkov seems to have been designed for Twitch's success. It's a mystery why it took so long to make it bigger.
When we inevitably have a new understanding of the formula, other developers will analyze all the different components of Tarkov. The next Twitch breakthrough will have some form of character persistence and offer meaningful bets to its players.
