Honestly, it frightened me as well at first but once you're in it you realize players are sometimes quite nice if you engage conversation. I used mic a lot during last playtest in October 2024 because it builds bridges better than without and even if I'm not a pro PvPvE player, I like to have another layer of threat aside machines. It forces you to sneak, watch your surroundings and most importantly, listen. Sounds play a huge part in this game. You need to keep cool, evaluate threats and know you might not be able to get everything on a run.
Sounds great in theory but I have no doubt once the general shooter demographic gets ahold of it it'll devolve into immediate kill on sight 95% of the time.
I'll still keep an eye on the game and try to hold out some hope though because it looks great
I had a great time with the demo. I'm not normally much of an extraction shooter person, but it was a lot of fun. Looking forward to playing it with some friends
I miss it too and it's been only 6 months or so. It feel like this game was quite unique to me despite the genre already being used. Embark really cooks hard and well.