Arc Raiders once had jump pads and the Snap Hook made you 'like Spider-Man' before its extraction shooter pivot: 'It was much more heroic'

Arc Raiders used to be a much faster game during development—quite literally, as Embark reduced the speed of everything by roughly 60% after it shifted the game towards a PvPvE extraction shooter. It's something you can see pretty clearly in the game's original reveal trailer, where players were leaping around every which way and running at the speed of light, with Dancing on My Own blaring in the background. It's a vibe, for sure, but far from what Arc Raiders is today.

In fact, halfway...