ARC RAIDERS Phenomenon

ARC RAIDERS What is it?

So, let's start from the beginning. ARC RAIDERS is an extraction shooter based on the UE5 engine.
Developed by Embark Studios for platforms such as XBOX, PS5, and Windows.
The game itself features PvPvE gameplay, featuring both player-versus-player and player-versus-environment battles.
 You can create teams with up to three friends.

Setting

The game itself is set in the distant future, where AI has finally won and taken control of the Earth.
Because of this, people have been forced to flee underground, creating entire settlements.

Where people are forced to fight on the surface for resources and their survival. In order to sell these resources, the main action takes place in Italy.

And now about the game itself. Let me reiterate, this is an Extraction PvPvE shooter based on the UE5 engine. While this engine is renowned for its undoubted beauty, it’s also notorious for its less-than-stellar optimization. The game itself is third-person. The point is to embark on 30-minute raids with up to 24 players. You have a secret slot that starts with one item, but you can upgrade it to three. If you die, that’s it, all your items are lost. The gameplay involves collecting loot from various buildings, killing enemies, and then evacuating back underground via elevators. And that’s all, it would seem. BUT! The devil is in the details.
The concept itself isn’t unique, but it’s interesting, yet the details make this game a phenomenon.

Details

Here’s what one person who’s played this game for hours says: “It feels like all other extraction shooters are made on Android, and ARC Raiders is made on iOS. Everything is so polished and intuitive, pleasant and clear.” Although the association with a phone base is debatable, this doesn’t change the fact that there are tons of such reviews about this game. So what’s its secret? Its secret is both simple and brilliant. Namely, details, ambient, intuitiveness, little details. For example, your base has unique interior items like the Rooster-Bun. In the raid itself, almost every sound and ambient sound has a meaning and often evokes horror. Little things like tumbleweeds or something moving minimally can create the illusion of danger. Loud sounds and doors opening in the dead silence. Even when you’re almost evacuated, you can simply be outwitted.
The game offers a huge amount of customization and a non-intrusive donation system.
Optimization is also one of its main advantages, but more on that later.
The unforgettable atmosphere of empty, abandoned territories now inhabited by robots, the sound design, graphics, and other elements make the game an unforgettable experience. Even despite the price, many people are buying it.
As of November 11th, the online player count had exceeded 420,000, which is more than the equally acclaimed BF6.
But if BF6 is a well-forgotten legacy, ARC RAIDERS is a breath of fresh air.

Performance, and a little about ambient and atmosphere So, what about performance? Let’s start from the beginning.

ARC Raiders is built on Unreal Engine 5. Although extremely beautiful and quite popular, it typically doesn’t have the best optimization in games. So Embark Studios has managed to harness this beast.

So what do we have for test 1? It’s playable even on such a budget build. Yes, at low settings, but the game runs on UE5, and this optimization deserves praise.
Now let’s move on to test 2 with more expensive but still relatively budget hardware: RTX 3050TI + Intel I7 11800 H on FULL HD without ray tracing.

And this is just a fraction of all the tests, so what do we have so far?
The game runs quite well even on less powerful PCs at some settings, with questionable frame rates, but frames are frames.
And finally, the ambient sound and atmosphere are what make this game truly unique.

Abandoned area with a river Dense forested area (taken from the official Steam page)

High mountains, abandoned cities, picturesque landscapes (from the official ARC Raiders website)

High density of grass and trees forest

The sounds of animals, the environment, abandoned cities, empty spaces, and dangerous robots—all this makes ARC so unique.

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all pictures above taked from official stime website of arc raiders