You have probably heard of ARC Raiders by now, and its overwhelmingly successful launch. The highly anticipated title from Embark Studios quickly became one of the most played games on Steam, and if you’re still hesitant to try it because it’s an extraction shooter, let me give you a few reasons why you should.
As someone who barely plays extraction shooters, ARC Raiders has been one of the best multiplayer experiences in recent times. I previously played The Cycle: Frontier, Escape from Tarkov (if only briefly), and Delta Force. They all have their strengths, but the overall loop of an extraction shooter didn’t hook me. The Cycle: Frontier had sci-fi environments, Tarkov has realism, and Delta Force has gunplay, but every game is about looting, hoping not to get shot by another player, extracting, rinse and repeat. Extractions shooters have always been about pressure from other players, and that just didn’t feel fun.
