Can’t wait for the news about it inevitably dropping in players. Followed by news of permanent server shutdown within the next 2 years (I’m being extremely generous.)
Submitted 1 day ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://insider-gaming.com/arc-raiders-steams-most-popular-extraction-shooter/
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justsquigglez@leminal.space 1 day ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To be fair, I told my friends that I thought The Finals would last only 7 months, but it stabilized around a little north of 10k concurrent players, which is probably fewer than the devs were hoping for but enough to keep it going.
barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Their handling of The Finals is a big reason I’m going to invest some time and money into Arc Raiders. It’s a really beautiful game with amazing sound design. I urge anyone who isn’t generally into extraction shooters to give it a shot this weekend, I don’t mind dying and losing shit as long as I’m making progress on missions and whatnot.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
God forbid people enjoying their little coop adventures. I will never understand this community’s hate boner for everything online. Just stick to your single player stuff and be happy. Why dig trenches for something that doesn‘t affect you?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
We used to get multiplayer games that weren’t dependent on some server that we don’t control, and now they’ve all turned into this. Then we read about all the layoffs that happened because this model is inherently unsustainable, and we have a giant gap in the medium’s history of games that we used to be able to play but now cannot because the business made a gamble on a type of game that sometimes becomes a money printer.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Lemmy’s gaming community is honestly so insufferable, lol.
justsquigglez@leminal.space 13 hours ago
Dude, calm down. My point was that there has been like 60 live service games like this that have shut down within the past 5-10 years. Did you see me say anything about the gameplay itself? No, I only mentioned the player base and servers.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I dont hate coop online games. I hate PvEvP Extraction Looter Shooters.
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Honestly nothing makes me feel more disconnected with the general gaming populace than the sheer popularity of extraction shooters. Every single one of them looks and sounds unfun. Also they tend to look incredibly generic.
But they’re popular so what do I know.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
They are inherently a sweat fest by their very nature and they appeal to a crowd that enjoys high risk high reward gameplay. Theres nothing wrong with you for not being into it. Not everybody’s dream job is being a fireman and running into burning buildings before lunch.
But it’s one of those niche genres that scratch an itch that more casual games don’t.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I think this was is sufficiently different, if you like any kind of shooter I’d say give this one a shot.
njm1314@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
What is an extraction shooter? The article did not explain, which it really should have.
Matty_r@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Basically a bunch of players are dropped into a game map, and normally your objective is to go around and collect as much loot as possible, then after some time or you’re ready to leave, you need to find the extraction point - this will save your loot and that run is over.
Some extraction shooters are PvE, and some are PvP, some are both. If you get killed with all your loot before you get to the extraction point you lose it all. It can be pretty stressful, and unbalanced if its PvP where some players play much more then you do therefore have better weapons etc
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Because Embark knows how to make fun ass games. This and The Finals are just both an absolute blast to play with some friends.
neaptide@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Holy shit this article reeks of AI. “Escape from Duckov” made their list of other extraction shooters, wow.
Sheldan@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
store.steampowered.com/app/…/Escape_From_Duckov/
It seems reasonably well received, so why not.
neaptide@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I’m thinking it didn’t quite have 61,000 players but it does look fun
themusicman@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Steve: “Hey Jim, what did you say that other extraction shooter was called?”
Jim (muffled): “Escape from Tarkov”
Steve: “Oh yeah Escape from Duckov, thanks mate”
neaptide@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Not a big surprise. The genre is a niche, the hype has been building for years, and Arc Raiders looks like it scratches that itch many players want right now. Especially disillusioned Tarkov and Hunt Showdown players have high hopes for it. Anyone who‘s into multiplayer FPS knows The Finals is the freshest game in it‘s genre in over a decade so the devs have already proven they can make things at least interesting and fresh.
But again, the genre is a total niche with not much competition as of now. I think that‘s mostly why.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
My buddy keeps trying to get me into shooters. Most are boring as hell with almost zero gameplay innovation from games I played 20 years ago.
chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Im just waiting for a sequel to battlefield 2142. 2142 was peak fps for me and nothing has come close since.
0li0li@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Planetside 2 did it for me, but nothing since :/
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am old because, for me, my favorite was battlefield 1942. Had so much fun, and it wasn’t as competitive, which i enjoyed even more.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That and most of them now are GaaS scams.
Chozo@fedia.io 19 hours ago
You should check out Embark Studios' (ARC Raiders dev) other game, The Finals. Literally the most innovative FPS I've ever played, it completely reinvents the competitive shooter genre.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours ago
The developer behind this game (Embark Studios) is trying to push the genre forward with new gamemodes and approaches to combat design.
Like the Finals has it’s own unique gamemode (Cashout) that doesn’t really exist anywhere is, and is a ton of fun with the amount of unique encounters you can have throughout the game (with the fully destructible environments with physics allowing you to completely up-end the map layout). There’s no “one answer” to solve a problem, and while mechanical aim and good listening for the enemy players will obviously help you, you’ll need to change your mindset from the shooter status quo because the objectives and combat can flow quite differently.
Arc Raiders is still in testing, but it’s designed to be an entirely 3rd person extraction shooter with an emphasis on sound design and careful maneuvering and movement (make too much noise, you attract a robot or a human’s attention. Move too slowly, you may be leaving loot behind or losing out on a good position like the high ground). It even features Uncharted style mantling and climbing, which I absolutely adore.
There is a lot of shooter slop these days, I agree. But these guys are definitely trying to change that.
dan1101@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah I had some fun with Day-Z and Player Unknown’s Battle Royale, but the repetitive rounds in those sorts of mods got boring to me pretty quickly. Especially the scavenging for gear each time, I just wanted to battle but it feels like work.
I have the same sort of issue with RTS games where you are in a race to build your base and units, I don’t enjoy speed harvesting and building.
ampy@discuss.online 19 hours ago
I’ve been playing it and it’s pretty fun
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Arc Raiders may be the most exciting PvPvE launch I’ve had in a long while. A lot of the comments in this thread seem negative, but I would bet money this game is going to be successful for at least the first 6 months. It’s just too good right out of the gate.
As for 1 year+, depends on how well the company is at producing new material. I think they have something special with this game. If Hunger comes out, or Marathon (lol), and does something just as compelling I could see Arc having a hard time but I doubt Hunger will eat the same player base and I doubt Marathon will feel very good (they seem like they have too many problems at this point).
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Youre probably correct about Hunger. It’s fun, but it is slowwwwwwwww and way more “hardcore” compared to ARC Raiders. I’m in their NDA play tests, for what it’s worth.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Very jealous, I’m excited for that game. I just hope they nail the fun aspect. Hunt showdown is so much fun but has almost no meta progression and very little customization - hunger seems to have that addressed (or is planning to). Grey zone Warfare is very cool, hardcore, and slow but it’s got almost no gameplay considerations; it’s like barely a game in the traditional sense and had a terribly short shelf life for me for that reason. That’s where I’m curious if Hunger can pull it off - from what I’ve seen it’s too early to say.
Thoughts?
Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 hours ago
Oh shit this is tge same devs as the finals? That game was so good and I dont even like fps.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Yes. I’ve liked how the Finals has been handled and supported for the most part. It’s currently my fps of choice at the moment.
warbond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been looking into this recently because The Algorithm wanted me to (I don’t always do what The Algorithm wants, but sometimes it’s really fucking spot-on so maybe I’m just institutionalized) and I simply don’t see why this is really any different from anything else available.
Is it really that much better? Is it the same thing just with better execution? As we’ve seen time and again, popular doesn’t always mean good.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s the best extraction shooter I’ve played in the genre by like a country mile. Obviously we haven’t seen what the full economy looks like or endgame but there isn’t a single component that doesn’t outclass the competition in my opinion.
Like the immersion is top tier with the sounds, the graphics, the feedback, the movement. It feels really good.
The gameplay is also top notch and does things others in the genre don’t do. Namely:
- variable game length that feels rewarding. I can do a 5-10 min run and get quick and dirty loot with a free load out or I can stay in the map for the full 45 and look for exactly what I want.
- the items themselves are compelling game play pieces. Like the rare weapons are full on laser rifles and mini missile grenades - they’re cool and change how you play, not your power level. Like in Gray Zone Warfare nothing I get feels meaningful different or cool, other than the bullet spongy nature of higher level zones and even that’s not super noticeable. I had no reason to want to chase loot in that game.
- the meta game is sick, probably comparable to Tarkov (although I didn’t play enough to actually compare this). Every match I feel like I’m working towards a goal of making the gear floor higher and gear ceiling easier to attain. Again, we need to see what the full game is like but collecting recipes, upgrading my workbenches, and collecting targeted materials feels good.
I’m positive I’ll get 3+ months of good fun out of this before I might start mixing other things back in. If the end game is really good I’ll be able to make it 5+ months with no content additions I think. The real question for any multiplayer game is can they add material at a fast enough pace to keep it compelling long term. We’ll have to see, but they have dozens of levers to pull on compared to a traditional fps or PvE game. New ARC, new bosses, new map mods, new events, new maps, new guns, new gadgets, new subsystems, new modes. Lot of different angles they can add to in parallel.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I hear the game is supposed to be fun so I suppose I should give it a shot. But styling they give the characters and weapons, essentially junk weapons and raiders from Fallout wearing whatever goofy scrap they can find puts me so far off. Like not everything has to be perfectly tacticool but like, something closer to the Metro series would be dope
Damarus@feddit.org 1 day ago
The release window for Arc Raiders could not be worse. Right between Battlefield 6 and Tarkov 1.0. Also a few weeks ago Arena Breakout Infinite released, which is also a very competent extraction shooter, that I had lots of fun with before Bf6.
This activity is a good sign for Arc Raiders, however it’s only a free playtest while the full release will cost 40€. How many of those players enjoying it now will actually cough up this much money for a game in a genre with many failed games before it? Dark and Darker was hugely popular during its last playtest and rapidly declined after the paid (Early Access) release.
I hope that they’re successful with Arc Raiders. I think the extraction genre is super interesting and needs more healthy choices that are not Tarkov (which has so many problems of its own).
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I personally will drop $40, and only because it’s from Embark Studios. Currently one of the very few studios I have faith in.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I mean Fortnite‘s release window couldn‘t have been worse and it defined the entire genre going forward. In the end people will stick with what‘s best and it could be any of those three and more. I think there is something poetic about Embark going head to head with Battlefield 6 as if to prove themselves. Arc Raiders has good momentum. Now it needs to land properly and we‘ll see from there.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Anyone know if Nexon is a concern for this game? I haven’t heard much about them recently but their shitty practices from way back then (and continuing) from their older MMOs doesn’t inspire confidence.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
From my experience playing the Finals, it seems the developers have quite a good grip on creative freedom and how they monetize (the only exception is the cosmetic battlepass “upgrade” for additional superfluous cosmetics), and there haven’t been any elements of P2W that I witnessed.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Yeah, I’ve spent 0 money on Finals but have all the Battlepasses over the past 8 seasons. And got extra in game currency to buy more cosmetics without spending money.
And for the gameplay itself which is the most important aspect there is no pay to win.
xenos@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
The game was only available to play in limited time play/stress tests. It obviously wouldn’t be present in a stress test.
That doesnt mean there is going to be P2W in the released game, but it seems somewhat disingenuous to say that you didn’t witness any P2W, since there wasn’t an opportunity for it yet.
Based on every other game in the genre, there’s usually at least some amount of convenience or power you can buy so I would expect some to be added at some point, maybe not on day 1 of release though.
rozodru@piefed.social 1 day ago
They must have a decent marketing budget because I’ve seen A LOT of big streamers playing it. It looked ok. not my cup o tea.
also funny note that the new Call of Duty apparently censors “ARC Raiders” in the in game chat.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I fucking hate living in today’s world.
You can’t even talk about different games while playing certain ones, like what bullshit is that? I really feel like corporations are policing people’s lives nowadays, what with Nintendo being shitty to everyone, CoD not letting you talk about certain other games in-game, YouTube and other social media companies censoring any goddamn word that has even the slightest negative connotations (kill, suicide, pedophile, etc.}
Like the world just feels so infantilized and people can’t actually be people anymore, like we all need to be told what to do.
And in the end, I think it could all be explained with the rise of fascism literally everywhere right now. This world and existence fuckin sucks.
MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 18 hours ago
But then we have the indie devs that constantly praise each other, include in-game references to their inspirations or blog about what blast they’re having while playing a competitors game.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Those are a few different incentive systems in place. YouTube does what it does to be friendly to advertisers. Call of Duty does what it does because they’re too stupid to realize that censoring mention of your competitors actually draws more attention to them. But you’re here on Lemmy right now, presumably, because you were fed up with something on reddit and decided to move, and you can do the same with which video games you play.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I doubt they have a huge marketing budget. Perhaps they‘re using it in a clever way but I doubt Nexon bets everything on 0 here when The Finals only did ok. Extraction shooters is a niche that‘s starving for content. Somehow it gained a reputation for being everywhere when in reality there don‘t even exist 5 of them with a decent player size. The shooter genre is huge and people want something that isn‘t just a battle royale for once.
lath@piefed.social 16 hours ago
It may be that some games are dropping the ball and so players are looking to flock somewhere else.
For example, Helldivers 2 has some loud complainers who advertised both Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders as potential alternates.
Word of mouth can do a lot of damage if the mouth is loud and persistent enough.