ARC Raiders Review: The Momentum of Survival
When Stillness Becomes a Threat ARC Raiders captures a moment in time where the world feels alive. Dust swirls in the towers while the machines pulse in the distance. The sky resonates with a dull metallic whine. It is the world below where danger, creation, and survival converge, where the heart of the game comes alive. The desire to move that impulse is unique to ARC Raiders and sets it apart. Most extraction shooters reward patience: crouching behind cover and waiting for footsteps or surviving stillness. Here, motion means survival. Slid down a dune and dodged incoming fire. Grapple through the half-submerged remains of an overpass. The game demands rhythm, momentum, and awareness. It's a dance. The first few runs taught me the lesson the hard way. The surface of Earth reclaimed by ARC machines, and designed to be scouted, is meant to hunt you down. The wind, the alarms, and even the weather systems work together to keep players under pressure and in constant motion. It'...
