English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on November 12, 2025, 06:00:23
Title: Former Bungie director calls “Extraction shooter” label ‘dumb’ criticizing genre definition for Helldivers 2, Marathon and Escape From Tarkov
Post by: Redaktion on November 12, 2025, 06:00:23
Former Bungie product director Chris Sides told the Shooter Monthly podcast the label "extraction shooter" is "dumb" and reductive, arguing it names a genre after a single mechanic and fails to capture the divergent pacing, tone, and complex mechanics of games like Escape from Tarkov and Helldivers 2.