I don't usually jump into multiplayer shooters to get wrapped up in storylines or lore implications, but Arc Raiders has had that effect on me in the small bursts I've played. The extraction shooter makes a strong impression as you step into its post-future, '70s-tinged sci-fi Italy.
Arc Raiders has a unique conceit for a PvPvE game that's fundamentally about filling a backpack with valuable stuff: You're a citizen of Spiranza, an underground city founded after humanity was forced underground by the Arc, a brigade of homicidal robots that dropped out of the sky one day. At the time of the game, the Arc have dominated the planet's surface for generations. As a raider, you're one of the few souls bold enough to brave the surface to loot for valuables.
