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And with that my interest in the title is gone too.

Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2023/05/arc-raiders-genre-changed-to-pvpve-extraction-shooter

 

[mitch1971]

So, just a Division darkzone game.

 

[March Climber]

So Tarkov Darkzone 2?

 

[Pop]

So, just a Division darkzone game.

Heartland*

 

[Schmendrick]

Shame, it looked pretty interesting....

/skip

 

[[Sigma]]

 

[STARSBarry]

Oh man how intresting, I hope it enjoys falling face first onto the corpses of every other fucking shooter released in the last 5 years trying to be Tarkov.

 

[Fbh]

Shame, it looked somewhat interesting but I have zero interest in this genre

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

I'm stillinto the idea, but mam that makes me way more cautious. Shame. Seemed to have one of the most potentials.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Blame it on the Publishers and shareholders. Chasing the GAAS $$$$$$$$

 

[a multicultural team of v]

 

[Comandr]

Fuck. I was actually looking forward to this one. My interest just went through the floor.

 

[Black_Stride]

More Arc Raiders news!!!!!!!!

It doesnt sound too bad but they really should include a Raid mode that doesnt have any sort of PvP elements.
I like Tarkov and Hunt Showdown, but those games can get so stressful, this looked to be more light hearted and fun coop experience me and my buddies doing raids back to back.

 

[cart00nero]

farck raiders

 

[cormack12]

How do you just decide to change the genre and why? Either way, I wasn't gonna buy anyway.

 

[KyoZz]

Annnnd I'm out

 

[saintjules]

Still free to play though right? Can't access link since I'm blocked at work..

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Thank God. Co-OP games get boring AF fighting endless braindead AI. Let's gooooo!

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Hmm, now it has my attention.

 

[tmlDan]

They announced a closed alpha you can try it out soon, still says pvpve

 

[Neolombax]

Damn what a shame. I dont enjoy extraction type games. Couldve been so much more.

 

[AJUMP23]

I don't know what that means.

 

[Games of Today]

No dude!! I thought you could just chill when not fighting the robots. The map looked pretty sick too. That sucks.

 

[Black_Stride]

How do you just decide to change the genre and why? Either way, I wasn't gonna buy anyway.

It was always a Free to play game.

I don't know what that means.

Originally it was a fully co-op experience of players vs the ARC Robots, with boss battles showing up in the world.
When not in combat you could effectively just chill, explore fight solo or whatever you want........think of it like the Destiny, players are all doing their own thing but can coop with each other if they want to in the overworld.

Now its more like Tarkov and Hunt Showdown, while in the overworld other players can choose to work with you......or kill you for your loot.

 

[MagiusNecros]

PvPvE is cancer. Yikes. But hey I at least I have another reason to keep playing Deep Rock Galactic.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

*crosses name off games to play list*

 

[Salz01]

Dissapointing…… but at least it introduced me to this song.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

And with that my interest in the title is gone too.

Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2023/05/arc-raiders-genre-changed-to-pvpve-extraction-shooter

What was it before this? EDIT: I guess a coop shooter?

 

[L*][*N*K]

What was it before this? EDIT: I guess a coop shooter?

It was supposed to be like Destiny with large maps and large player numbers competing for recourses in a PvEvP type game, seemed very interesting

 

[Blitzmangoman]

Aaaand my interest in this game dropped super low.

 

[Black_Stride]

Dissapointing…… but at least it introduced me to this song.

Too right.
That first trailer was hype half because of this song.

If theres still good coop in this im still down to give it a go.
Hopefully the community isnt as ruthless as Hunt Showdown so it doesnt develve into a massive death match that just so happens to have some AI robots around.
d hope players work together more often than not.

And if they can include a raid mode that doesnt have PvP im all in.


<---Still gonna give it a go, got nothing to lose.

 

[ChoosableOne]

These guys are ex battlefield devs and it shows.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Welp, hopefully this is still handled well and with passion instead of just trying to be a slice of what's hot right now.

 

[nikos]

Sounds good to me. Signed up for the beta.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Granted, I don't know shit about game development but how exactly does one just "change genres" randomly? Legit question, not being snarky. Was the original announced concept fairly similar and they essentially just shifted some components around? I've actually been really interested in this one based on the cool Rollerball-ish 70s aesthetics.

All that being said, I play Hunt: Showdown constantly so sure, why not.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol this was always announced and shown as a PvE shooter. They have just added PvP to it. thats all. Everyone knew that Battlefield devs were going to have pvp battles in this game. come on.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Edit: im feeling salty over the overwatch news. Just tired of devs announcing things then changing plans or failing to deliver.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Hopefully the community isnt as ruthless as Hunt Showdown so it doesnt develve into a massive death match that just so happens to have some AI robots around.
d hope players work together more often than not.

I will say based on what I've seen of ARC so far, and it could've totally changed by now, the "vE" component seems way bigger than Hunt. The AI in Hunt exists to facilitate PvP and are essentially noise traps. ARC doesn't give me that impression at all based on the gameplay footage they have out there at least.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

I thought this was always an online PvPvE game?

 

[Black_Stride]

I will say based on what I've seen of ARC so far, and it could've totally changed by now, the "vE" component seems way bigger than Hunt. The AI in Hunt exists to facilitate PvP and are essentially noise traps. ARC doesn't give me that impression at all based on the gameplay footage they have out there at least.

We havent seen any of the PvP gameplay from this game.
The only gameplay we have seen is of the PvE component, which was in the initial trailer, where we were fighting the ARC and trying to gather as much loot (that was vP) component.
The other "gameplay" was just showing off the different environments in the game.

Ill sign up for the Alpha Test, hopefully I manage to get in, cuz I like this team already after The Finals and just looking at the talent they have.

I thought this was always an online PvPvE game?

This is the original description of the game:

ARC Raiders is a cooperative, free-to-play, third-person shooter where you and your squad of Raiders unite to resist the onslaught of ARC – a ruthless, mechanized threat descending from space. ARC Raiders will release in 2023 on PC through Epic and Steam, on Nvidia GeForce NOW’s game streaming service, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.

 

[Fbh]

Granted, I don't know shit about game development but how exactly does one just "change genres" randomly? Legit question, not being snarky. Was the original announced concept fairly similar and they essentially just shifted some components around? I've actually been really interested in this one based on the cool Rollerball-ish 70s aesthetics.

All that being said, I play Hunt: Showdown constantly so sure, why not.

Well I don't think it's just a random change.
Maybe they saw that the game as they originally envisioned it just wasn't coming together, or the response to internal testing (and/or focus testing) wasn't very good, or they implemented some sort of rudimentary PVP for testing and realized it made the game more engaging, etc.

lol this was always announced and shown as a PvE shooter. They have just added PvP to it. thats all. Everyone knew that Battlefield devs were going to have pvp battles in this game. come on.

I was expecting some sort of the PVP mode like Destiny, or specific optional PVP areas.
The way it's described it just sounds like another one of those games where you need to be on the lookout for enemy players all the time and the community is 99% 15 years old griefers.

 

[Black_Stride]

Granted, I don't know shit about game development but how exactly does one just "change genres" randomly? Legit question, not being snarky. Was the original announced concept fairly similar and they essentially just shifted some components around? I've actually been really interested in this one based on the cool Rollerball-ish 70s aesthetics.

It was already a PvE game.....they likely turned on "friendly fire" and realized while playing it was actually kinda fun and tense working together to take down the ARC then fighting each other to steal loot from other players.
Or seeing someone fighting ARC and just watching till they die (either side) then coming in and cleaning up.

Think Fortnite....it was originally a coop shooter.
The BattleRoyale mode was just a mode for testing shit.....but killing each other in that sandbox ended up being more fun than Coop so the game effectively became "just BR mode".......Fortnite: Save the World is still playable but it hasnt been updated in eons.

Well I don't think it's just a random change.
Maybe they saw that the game as they originally envisioned it just wasn't coming together, or the response to internal testing (and/or focus testing) wasn't very good, or they implemented some sort of rudimentary PVP for testing and realized it made the game more engaging, etc.

Yup.
This is what I think happened.
They loaded up a session with friendly fire on or something and they had a blast.

 

[nemiroff]

Why not just change it into a golf game.

Edit: Upon further thought I agree with the post above.

 

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[SmokedMeat]

Chasing the current hot thing. Went from the top of my Steam Wishlist, to falling off it completely.

 

[GC_DALBEN]

Sounds good, i love games like Hunt Showdown.

 

[Phase]

We havent seen any of the PvP gameplay from this game.
The only gameplay we have seen is of the PvE component, which was in the initial trailer, where we were fighting the ARC and trying to gather as much loot (that was vP) component.
The other "gameplay" was just showing off the different environments in the game.

Ill sign up for the Alpha Test, hopefully I manage to get in, cuz I like this team already after The Finals and just looking at the talent they have.

This is the original description of the game:

ARC Raiders is a cooperative, free-to-play, third-person shooter where you and your squad of Raiders unite to resist the onslaught of ARC – a ruthless, mechanized threat descending from space. ARC Raiders will release in 2023 on PC through Epic and Steam, on Nvidia GeForce NOW’s game streaming service, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.

Now the question (for me) is will it have crossplay. I need more games I can play with my brother on ps5. There are so few, even in 2023...

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Chasing the current hot thing.

Remember when Sony chased the current hot thing in 1994 with home console videogames? Should have stuck to the Walkman...

I assume you're not a multiplayer gamer, but open world Tarkov type games are rife with potential. The concept has insanely strong bones.

 

[hlm666]

Hunt Showdown

It really is similar to hunt, they also changed from 4 player coop to pvpve

 

[Lasha]

The change definitely has my attention. I enjoy PvPvE games. Especially when E is interesting. Third person makes me hesitant purely for the cheese that the camera angle allows. It's really annoying to be blindsided by somebody who has your head zeroed in from around a corner.

I don't get the fears about not being able to chill. My best tarkov memories consist of grabbing some mosins and hanging out in a nest with the boys shooting the shit and seeing who could plink the longest player. It's pretty relaxing.