Look into the SPtarkov mod. It is regretfully only single player but you can just relax and sometimes do a mission or 2. It also has mod support to remove the things about the game you find tiresome.

Every now and again I fire it up and play a map or 2. I have had the same character for over a year now.

“There ain’t no gettin’ offa this train!”

No man. That is a brilliant feature that has caught out many “anti-gay” politician’s.

A person of principles. I like it.

I missed Gale since the description of the portal said it felt dangerous. Only returned 3 levels later thinking there was a challenge.