

A Bitcoin can be sold to an in-game merchant for a number of roubles that's tied to its real-life value.

My favourite part of the game is that one of the game's big-ticket items is Bitcoin. The best trick Escape From Tarkov has up its sleeve is the way that it contextualises the loot and shoot gameplay, so you care about every CPU, water filter or even USB charger you find along the way. Still, once you've graduated with your degree of not dying instantly from Tarkov's bloody syllabus, it's actually quite an enjoyable romp. Tarkov is probably the most "hardcore" shooter currently in development, with all the positives and negatives that come associated with that. In addition, your armour will degrade, in line with the caliber of bullet you're shot with and the ballistic profiles of the particular round: the same gun could fire different rounds that either ping harmlessly off your armour or blow a hole in it and kill you near-instantly. On top of this, you have to manage a fairly robust medical system that simulates fractures, pain and the effects of starvation and dehydration. Die, and you lose everything you bring in with you. For the uninitiated, Escape From Tarkov is a survival game that takes the rules of battle royale and supersizes them - you choose what you take into each "raid", before trying to complete quests, loot valuable items and kill enemy players and NPCs.
