A friend sent me this video, and it eventually led to me trying the game out! It's from an older playtest, but the points still hold up perfectly. It's a great introduction to the game and...
A friend sent me this video, and it eventually led to me trying the game out! It's from an older playtest, but the points still hold up perfectly.
It's a great introduction to the game and extraction shooters in general, and what really sets Arc Raiders apart from other games in the genre - which, as the author pointed out, have mostly been Tarkov clones.
Honestly, before trying it the genre seemed uninteresting and overly complicated to me, but Arc Raiders genuinely feels like a breath of fresh air.
The sound design is what really stood out for me. So much of the game revolves around it. In the video, the author mentions hearing someone looting from a distance. Walk into a building and alarms might go off. Get near a car? It starts beeping. The gunfire, the distant extraction sounds, ambient nature, Arcs getting alerted all create this immersion that's hard to express.
Also, PVE combat vs Arcs is way harder than it looks and adds an interesting dynamic.
The game's free to playtest from October 17th through the 19th. I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot!
A friend sent me this video, and it eventually led to me trying the game out! It's from an older playtest, but the points still hold up perfectly.
It's a great introduction to the game and extraction shooters in general, and what really sets Arc Raiders apart from other games in the genre - which, as the author pointed out, have mostly been Tarkov clones.
Honestly, before trying it the genre seemed uninteresting and overly complicated to me, but Arc Raiders genuinely feels like a breath of fresh air.
The sound design is what really stood out for me. So much of the game revolves around it. In the video, the author mentions hearing someone looting from a distance. Walk into a building and alarms might go off. Get near a car? It starts beeping. The gunfire, the distant extraction sounds, ambient nature, Arcs getting alerted all create this immersion that's hard to express.
Also, PVE combat vs Arcs is way harder than it looks and adds an interesting dynamic.
The game's free to playtest from October 17th through the 19th. I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot!
Looks fantastic...sadly, I don't think I am good enough to serve as anything other than a loot pinada, and that probably wouldn't be fun.