Arc Raiders is undeniably a one-of-a-kind extraction shooter, finally bringing the niche, hardcore genre to the masses. And while its retro-futuristic aesthetic, reminiscent of Fallout, is a joy to wage war pr make life-long friends in, the same can't be said for its cast of quest givers.
Try to think of any characteristic or personality trait to describe Shani. Impossible. Celeste? Nope. Lance is by far the coolest, but that's just because he's a robot wearing aviators. Arc Raiders characters are puppets pretending to be human, a problem only worsened by the deadpan line delivery of their text-to-speech, AI-powered voices.
