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After 250 hours, I keep coming back to Arc Raiders not because it's surprising, but because it's predictable
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After 250 hours, I keep coming back to Arc Raiders not because it's surprising, but because it's predictable

When I gave extraction shooter Arc Raiders a glowing review in November, I wasn't certain it would keep me hooked. Two months later and I'm 250 hours deep. Despite clear flaws – and developer Embark Studio's insistence on retaining AI-generated voice lines – I feel its pull every day, and not for the reasons I would've thought. I used to think what was special about Arc Raiders was that every round was different, that anything could and would happen when you met another player mid-r