With ARC Raiders, a new shooter has landed on Steam, which is currently receiving praise not only for its fun gameplay but also for its technology. This praise is now joined by a well-known developer from Palworld.
How is ARC Raiders performing? The new extraction shooter ARC Raiders is currently celebrating its success on Steam. According to Gamereactor.eu, the new shooter has sold more than 1.5 million copies within 3 days. This success is attributed not only to the good gameplay but also to the technically solid launch of the game.
There were hardly any lags or performance drops, which are usually expected from players on the Unreal Engine 5. Due to the influx, which likely surprised the developers a bit, they had to impose a small waiting time on the servers, but no overload resulted from it. This was positively noted as well.
The fact that ARC Raiders runs so smoothly has now been noticed by players, but also by a well-known developer from Palworld.
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Strong technology in ARC Raiders
What does the Palworld developer say? Communications Director and Publishing Manager “Bucky” praised the work of the developers of ARC Raiders in a post on X.com. For him, the shooter is the “most technologically impressive game [he] has played this year.”
He further states: “Nowadays it is trendy to dismiss games as ‘ugh, UE trash’ because it is ‘in’ to blame the engine, but Arc Raiders could be the new benchmark for UE development. I am impressed by what they have achieved.”
Players are also celebrating the good performance of ARC Raiders on Reddit. For example, user DunkBird writes: “As a developer, I have no idea how the game can only be 30 GB in size. With that and with ‘The Finals’, Embark may have the best technical developers of all shooter game studios.”
Why is the Unreal Engine 5 so hated? Once considered the jewel of modern graphics, the Unreal Engine 5 was a hallmark of beautiful games. However, this status has now turned negative for some players, which Palworld developer “Bucky” addresses.
Games that use the Unreal Engine as their development platform are often seen as looking the same and being technically underdeveloped. With Borderlands 4, there has been a new shooter that used the engine and didn’t impress technically at release.
However, ARC Raiders proves that the Unreal Engine is not a hindrance and that with good work from the developers, strong FPS and good performance can also be achieved on UE5.
ARC Raiders is currently receiving strong praise from players. It seems that the developers have made good use of their time and did not rush the release of the new extraction shooter. The developers also considered cheaters with respect to the players: ARC Raiders not only bans cheaters in the game, but also compensates the victims.
