Men_in_Boxes
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I'm curious to hear if sentiment has shifted on what I consider the "baby apex predator" genre known as Extraction. (I basically see this becoming gamings dominant genre in 5 or so years)
Most of NeoGAF was able to ignore the genre because Escape from Tarkov was off on PC and Hunt was never that popular (or good - sorry Hunt fans) on console.
April 2025 changed that. Marathon and ARC Raiders were front and center for a good portion of the month. Two big budget, highly anticipated Extraction games finally headed to the console audience.
I'm curious to hear the perspective from people who didn't really dive into this genre until last month. I'm particularly interested in hearing about your view of the genres framework rather than your opinions of ARC Raiders and Marathon. Right now, the genre is most commonly called Extraction Shooter but I can see more and more developers heading into the Extraction Adventure (ARC Raiders classification) direction to pull in a wider variety of player.
Why is it gamings "baby apex predator" genre?
- Relatively new genre with a very small number of entrants.
- Gives players a high degree of choice on whether to disengage, pursue PvP or PvE - plus a number of tools on how to do each.
- Long form progression focus appeals to most (all?) gamers.
- Highly social game that will pull in the Chatty Kathys of the friend group.
- Elite "water cooler moment" game that gets people talking about it at work / school / OTB.
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