You decide what gear to bring with you, get dropped into a map in some fashion, find loot, and try to make it to an extraction point alive. If you die, you lose what you brought with you and anything you found. Add in some AI enemies and PvP, and it can be fun. I feel that the most challenging part of making these types of games is finding that sweet spot between risk and reward. If it’s too punishing, you’ll feel frustrated, like you’re wasting your time. Too easy and it’s boring. ARC found the sweet spot. Very responsive ai enemies, working proximity chat for pvp to call a truce, very well designed maps, just enough help to keep you going back for more, great audio design, and extraction mechanics that result in some tense moments. I’ve played 4 or 5 raids on only one map and so far each time was been unique, tense, and fun. This is my first time playing an extraction shooter and I picked a great one. I’m usually pretty bad at pvp but this one just feels good.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
whats an extraction shooter?
MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s a derivative of the strand-type game.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
so um. whats a strand-type game. Man am I super out of the loop?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
(I’m sorry, I should have specified my sarcasm) It’s a thing the creator of Death Stranding made up to troll journalists who kept asking him what type of game he made.
I…don’t know what an extraction shooter is. Until I’m corrected I will assume everyone is a dentist trying to collect teeth from their opponents.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 22 hours ago
In fairness, I have never played any other game like Death Stranding.
borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Take on missions, collect loot, leave the area. If you die, you lose everything on you. At least as far as I know, I don’t play any but have seen some escape from tarkov videos.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
There are different kinds of shooters?
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
You mean other than extraction? Sure, arcade like L4D series, rpg like fallout series. Team death match, like Quake series.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
ah ok. thanks.