Chilla

9mo

So I tried to fight the new Matriarch yesterday. Let me tell you how it went:

I find a great spot where I can shoot from relatively safely, and other solo players are there as well by my side - but I did not bring enough ammo and eventually ran out and had to leave. It seems others did the same or left for other reasons because I did not see anybody there when I left.

I hear the Matriarch's roar near the Launch Tower. When I get closer I see a Rocketeer and a Bastion right beside her so I quickly try to run into safety at the side of the tower - but to my horror I've ran into the arms of a Leaper who was standing right in the corner where I was hoping to find a moment to catch my breath. As I'm stumbling backwards in panic, the Leaper takes me out before I have time to react and I lose all my gear.

I've made it safely to the Launch Tower for another attempt and I meet other players at the top of the tower. Suddenly, one player starts shooting folks - a traitor among us. I hear somebody on the other side of the gap at the top of the tower ask for a defibrillator. I happened to have one and was just about to jump over the gap to give my defibrillator to the downed player but my character wouldn't sprint at that moment so I failed the jump and fell all the way down from the top of the Launch Tower and died while yelling for help. A player hears my plea and appears in the last second, but I die in his arms.

I met some dudes at the Launch Tower and we're beating up the Matriarch. We've broken off some armour on her legs and her head, exposing weakpoints and getting some more damage in. I have ammo to spare this time around and the other raiders have not caused any trouble, but then I hear a voice from Speranza on my intercom say "You have 5 minutes. I repeat, 5 minutes to return home safely". Time was running out, and I had to extract. The Matriarch was still kicking but there was no time to finish the whole meal so I had to leave it behind and return home to my family.

You think there was a 5th attempt after what I went through? I'm not made out of ammo and I'm traumatised bruh!

Gosh

9mo

Most games are only cinematic during cut scenes

This s*** makes you feel like youre in a movie during gameplay, they really snapped can’t wait to see how it progresses

AKA SB

9mo

And it’s in a MULTIPLAYER game of all things

F*** it I’m just gon say it; I haven’t felt this blown away from a video game since.. Grand Theft Auto III back in the early 2000s.
I truly believe ARC has pushed the medium forward with how emergent its gameplay loop is.

In video games in general, we’re used to the repetitiveness of the gameplay loop because that’s just considered part of the medium right? And the downside of that repetition is after the end of a gaming session, our brain chooses not to remember all what happened because it was just another gaming session (like at most, all we’re going to take away from it basically is whether we had fun or not).
But with ARC, it’s rewiring our brain differently by providing us with unique memorable gameplay moments that have surprised us, caused sheer panic/anxiety, and best of all, gave us a sense of camaraderie.

Embark received a lot of flak for changing ARC from a pure PvE looter shooter to a PvPvE extraction game, but in hindsight, it literally saved the game, and dare I say the whole gaming medium cus of how stale online gaming has felt in recent years.

Undun

9mo

max level, all benches upgraded

kinda just going through the project now, not convinced it’s worth but it’s something to keep me hooked

Bo Ceephus

9mo

Its basically prestiging. Heard you lose your blueprints so im definitely never gonna do it.

Bo Ceephus

9mo

Its basically prestiging. Heard you lose your blueprints so im definitely never gonna do it.

Undun

9mo

so its essentially a tarkov wipe

I heard you get a permanent character upgrade tho

AKA SB

9mo

Rate my raider fit y’all


I was inspired by Interstellar

Bo Ceephus

9mo

Idk. Collecting bp's is already s*** for me. I cant imagine doing it all over again and again.

They'd have to give me some really nice perks

Gosh

9mo

Crazy drip

AKA SB

9mo

Rate my raider fit y’all


I was inspired by Interstellar

Gosh

9mo

Off work today wanted to play this for hours, but woke up sick as s***

Not fair man

Gosh

9mo

I keep a defib in my safe pocket like 90% of the time unless I find some rare s*** but have never been able to use it

When I do it’s gonna feel so good

AKA SB

9mo

I used to keep a defib in my safe pocket, but then I realized I want other raiders to be able to use it on someone else if ever I go down