Fragmentary Order Won’t Be an Extraction Shooter, Says Escape From Tarkov Founder

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Fragmentary Order Won’t Be an Extraction Shooter, Says Escape From Tarkov Founder

When Escape from Tarkov was released, it was a defining moment for the platform shooter genre, paving the way for games like ARC Raiders and Marathon, and creator Nikita Buyanov is trying to reinvent it again.

Escape From Tarkov Chief Showcase New Space Shooter

Nikita Buyanov previews the upcoming Sci-Fi FPS with a stunning reveal trailer.

Buyanov has been working on a new sci-fi FPS game called Fragmentary Order, which is being developed by the newly formed Rant Gaming Studios, while Battlestate Games continues to work on Escape from Tarkov.

Tarkov Creator Says Fragmentary Order Could Be the Beginning of a New Genre

While there is still a lot of mystery surrounding Fragmentary Order as to how the game loop will work, we have been shown quite a bit about the game’s story.

FragOrder takes place in the year 2251, after humanity has been brought back from the brink of total destruction by an AI-controlled entity known as the Core.

With the help of this organization, humanity began to overcome famine and war, unite world governments, and explore the solar system, but now, the Core’s control has been weakened by newly formed, power-hungry alliances, leading to the Divided Order.

Although this exciting new space shooter has been affectionately nicknamed “Starkov” by fans, Buyanov revealed in a recent interview that the game may not be what you expected. “We’re calling it a fighting simulator. It’s going to have takedown mechanics, but it’s going to be very different. Again, we want to have something new in the genre, create new mechanics, and maybe it’s going to be another genre after all.”

FragOrder has reportedly been in production for a year now, and is built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, but a firm release window has yet to be announced.

FragOrder takes place in the year 2251, after humanity has been brought back from the brink of total destruction by an AI-controlled organization.

Buyanov says that, despite the fact that the basic mechanic is to enter and withdraw, there will be other game types, and your main goal is to improve your life by earning money through the system: “The basic principles of withdrawal will be there, but they will not be the main principles.”

Tarkov fans may wonder if FragOrder will have any kind of EFT connection, but when asked if there was any part of the story from Tarkov, Buyanov simply replied, “I can’t say this.”

With the great success of ARC Raiders, which took the award for the best multiplayer game of the year, and Marathon is also doing very well, we see the type of extraction shooting is changing and starting to snowball in terms of popularity, and Buyanov says that the key to success is the soul.

“It’s a constant battle. Many games try to do different things by looking at each other and simulating the same things over and over again, especially in extraction shooters. They don’t understand that extraction shooters and games like Tarkov are different. You can’t just recreate all the same elements. You need to put soul into it. To put soul into it, you need to play what you do and love to love the game.”