Steve Troughton-SmithOct 17
Time to slam some servers and raid those lost ARCs 🫡
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 18

ARC Raiders is the first game since PUBG that makes me feel how I felt about PUBG. It's *great*, even in this limited playtest. The pace is much quicker, but the extraction mechanics, questing, and skill tree provide that hook that could make me play hundreds of hours of this.

[You know, if PUBG had a mode with all these elements, and not just shrinking circle gameplay, I would probably put hundreds of hours more into that, too]

Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 18
Love the environments and the world-building in ARC Raiders. There's a lot of lore in this; loot is environmentally contextual, questgivers are voiced, have cinematics, and drive an overarching story narrative. The one map provided in this weekend's playtest is enormous. You may encounter one, maybe two other players in a session (though will hear many others via distant gunfire). When a player goes down, a flare goes up — alerting everybody from miles around — which is a really neat mechanic
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 18

I also like how readable the ARC Raiders UI is at a glance, which is something I can't say about Marathon

(Though maybe Bungie will steal a better design language by the time it ships 😛)

Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 19

The average ARC Raiders play experience. Bit of diplomacy, bit of combat, a lot of escaping from robots.

(No voiceover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqNj8GreOk

ARC Raiders — Server Slam #1 (No Voice)

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Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 19
I love the flare-on-downed mechanic in this game. It's such a great indicator of combat resolution, especially for more-distant firefights going on around you, or when you see a swarm of robots chasing a player and are curious who wins. It both means 'free loot', and 'danger close'
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 20
…and we're done. I got 11 hours in during the playtest, and loved every minute of it. ARC Raiders is the 'PUBG 2.0' I've always wanted; it's very much cut from the same cloth, but improves upon it in a hundred different ways. And PvP is always negotiable — nearly every time I witnessed somebody saying 'don't shoot', they (or I) were spared — and that goes as far as the ability to res other players and temporarily team-up with a truce. Good vibes all around
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 20

This session in ARC Raiders was one of the most PvP-heavy I've had, but the kill count of that Rocketeer drone is *terrifying*. Every time it unloads, a player goes down.

Can't wait for the full game at the end of the month 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkO6mS1EfQ

ARC Raiders — Server Slam #2 (No Voice)

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Show threadDagaloniOct 20
@stroughtonsmith the terrain looks beautiful!
Show threadSteve Troughton-Smith
@Dagaloni I love the maps! Lots of fun to explore
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