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Binjour, je suis bannis sans raisons et sans explication d’arc raiders. Dans mon cas, ccleaner a interrompu la fenêtre d’arc raiders, je l’ai fermé et repris le jeu. Quelques minutes après, ma partie c’est arrêté pour cause probable de triche. Je fais toujours du pve, j’aide les autres contre les arc, je n’ai pas micro... bref je joue tranquillement après le travail ( j’ai 50 ans donc la triche, très peux pour moi). Voila, encore une belle compagnie qui nous prends pour des abrutis...

To Whom It May Concern, Although this message will likely go unread or ignored, I feel compelled to speak on behalf of a large portion of your player base that is clearly becoming frustrated and exhausted with the current state of ARC Raiders. I have been a lifelong gamer. Video games have always been an escape, an experience, and something that brought genuine excitement into my life. When friends first recommended ARC Raiders to me, I was intrigued. At the time, I only owned a PlayStation 4, despite also having a capable gaming PC. However, because I genuinely believed in what your game appeared to offer, I went out of my way to purchase a PlayStation 5 specifically to experience ARC Raiders on console. The first time I loaded into Speranza, I was blown away. The atmosphere, the visuals, the sound design, the sense of discovery — it felt like stepping into an entirely new world. Exploring with friends, completing quests, gathering resources, collecting fruit, fighting ARC units, or simply walking through the environment admiring the beauty of the game created an experience that felt rare in modern gaming. It was immersive, refreshing, and genuinely enjoyable. Yes, we all understood that PvP existed. Initially, it added tension and unpredictability in moderation. That balance is now completely gone. After several months, the game has devolved into a miserable experience dominated almost entirely by toxic PvP behavior, camping, and players exploiting every opportunity to ruin the experience for others. Casual players can no longer enter a session and simply enjoy the game. Every extraction point becomes an ambush. Every encounter becomes paranoia. Every moment of progress feels temporary because someone is inevitably waiting to shoot players in the back moments before extraction. That is not tension. That is not excitement. That is not fun. Many of us work 60–70 hours a week. We have children, families, responsibilities, and limited free time. We log into games to decompress and enjoy ourselves with friends — not to become targets for people who spend entire matches hiding near exits waiting to punish others for simply trying to play the game. I have attempted every workaround possible. I disabled cross-platform play. I switched regions. Nothing changes. The problem is embedded into the core experience because there is currently no space for casual players to enjoy the world you created without constant harassment from PvP-focused players. As a result, you have officially lost me as a player. I will be uninstalling the game, and I will not return unless meaningful changes are made — specifically the introduction of dedicated non-PvP or casual maps. Many players do not want forced PvP. We never asked for every single moment of gameplay to revolve around it. We simply want the ability to enjoy your world, your quests, your atmosphere, and your gameplay loop without being relentlessly punished for existing. The solution is not complicated. Create separate map instances or servers with PvP disabled. Give players a choice. Allow casual players and competitive players to coexist instead of forcing one group to dominate the other. If you implement this change, I genuinely believe you will see a dramatic increase in player retention and daily active users. Right now, however, your current design philosophy is driving players away at a rate that will continue to outpace growth. You are losing players daily, and many of us are reaching the point where we are no longer willing to tolerate it. Until PvP is no longer forced into every aspect of the experience, I am done supporting the game. I also intend to voice these concerns publicly within the community because I know for a fact I am not alone in feeling this way. ARC Raiders has the foundation to become something truly incredible. But right now, that potential is being buried underneath a community environment that rewards toxicity over enjoyment. Sincerely, A Former Supporter of ARC Raiders

I have never left a review on a game ever and i have given Arc Raiders every chance posssible over a 4 month period and this game is so disappointing that at this point its embarrising to even say i played it at all. the community on the game is terrible and the game play is nothing like what embark claims it is. Dont get me started no the carlessness around cheating and hackers on this game which you'Embark Creators' have done next to nothing to resolve. i could not be more disappointed. if i could get a refund for this game being such a failure i would do what ever i could to get that money back. Embark go find another carear path because this sucks! And to anyone wantting to get tthis game to give it a go DON'T DO IT!!! I am uninstalling this game perminantly because you have failed so badly and im jjust one of hundreds of thousands of people who have left this game because they feel the same way. DON'T BE SORRY JUST DO BETTER!!!

Arc raiders is great! The look, the feel, the experience is unmatched in my opinion. The game is PvPvE, but somehow I have enjoyed the PVE aspect way more. The story, the quests, looting, crafting weapons, inventory management, and character building are all the key elements of this game. Yes there is tension when it comes to PvP, but it helps with the experience. But nothing is better than meeting random strangers and teaming up with them to battle the Arc, or helping one in need of a revive, or tracking down the Rats. I believe the reason for my awesome experience and 5 star review comes down to who I am. Im a 40 year old mature adult. I casually play arc raiders. I can easily escape from reality while playing this game. The immersion is so surreal. Sure there are some days I can sit for hours playing the game. And sometimes go 3 to 4 days without playing, because i do have a life outside of gaming. In fact this is the first game ever where I sat a played for 12 hours straight. I had to rethink somethings about myself after that day. Haha. And with that being said I do not burn thru the games content like most gamers do. You have plenty of time to do all the mission, find all the blueprints, and participate in the weekly trials, within each season before expedition reset. I believe that Embark is doing the best they can to meet customers demands, complaints, and wishes. I applaud them 100% for their efforts thus far. I believe most of the negative reviews of this game come from a particular type of person. These people have gaming addictions. It is real and can be serious. They burn thru the games content, play non stop all day long, everyday, become try hards and grind as fast as they can. Only to be left with nothing to do for the next 50 days. They get bored, and start to demand daily updates, and new content every week. They yearn for it. They have a gaming problem. It's not Embarks fault for most of these bad reviews. These people do it to themselves. Im sure most of them are kids, or grownups with no family, or no jobs. Which is why these negative reviews shouldn't be taken too seriously. Like I said, im a casual gamer. I love Fallout, wreckfrest, and world of warships legends. If you feel like you are someone who is like me, and loves relaxing to games and getting lost in the immersion, then I absolutely recommend giving Arc Raiders a try!

Honestly, the game just isn’t fun right now. The audio is terrible — you can barely hear enemies properly, which makes fights feel random and unfair. In a game like this, sound is one of the most important things, and right now it completely fails at that. On top of that, the ARCs are absolutely garbage and make the gameplay even more frustrating. The community is also toxic as hell — players can insult people nonstop without any consequences or proper moderation. The game is just frustrating and annoying to play.

Es ist katastrophal, ich hatte 3 Monate Spielspaß und dann wurde ich ohne verständlichen Grund gebannt worden. Erst einmal nur für einen Monat lang, doch als ich nach diesem Monat zwei weitere Spiele gespielt hatte wurde ich mitten in einer Runde (als ich von einem Arc getroffen wurde und mich heilen wollte) für immer gebannt worden und hab also 30€ in den Sand gesetzt. ;( ich habe den Support angeschrieben und nach dem zweiten Bann, angeblich von einem echten Mittarbeiter die gleiche Nachricht wie den Monat davor bekommen. Ich hätte gecheatet habe ihr anticheatbot erkannt und sie könnten mir aus internen Gründen keine nähere Erklätung geben. Echt krass schlechter Support, die Nachricht war copy and paste 🤦‍♂️. Ich habe nie gecheatet und spiele freundlich.

Constant bugs and issues with games – yet no support whatsoever. The latest bug, following the Riven Tides update, prevents crossplay with other platforms. This means that groups of friends playing together aren't able to do so. Contacted support – no response. Pathetic.

Embark Studios, discriminating against disabled players who cannot play without adaptations and not returning any money. Disgraceful company.