These days, you can tell how much hype exists for a game by the activity on social media: early memes, meta discussions, incredible clips on YouTube or TikTok from beta or playtests. Arc Raiders certainly had all of this ahead of launch, with huge anticipation from gamers genuinely excited for a game mercilessly wedged between BF6 and Black Ops 7.
But hype is transient, and cementing joy is far more important. Arc Raiders’ minor delay from its official release time was concerning, true, but it was soon washed over with tides of glee. The fun of the Server Slam is back.