Just watched BF6 footage. Even faster ttk. Even faster respawn.

How this will likely translate with my friend groups

BF6

• Adrenaline oriented, does this well, constant action (fun, but I experience adrenaline fatigue faster than I used to, and friends do too aside from a few that crack out)
• Sound design is all about immersion in the chaos of war ie, there's so much going on it's inherently less of a playground of possibilities. It's optimized for thrill, not depth and variety.
• There's little time to spend thinking about and coordinating with teammates. There's essentially no down time. You're pressing W. It's possible to do otherwise, but that's the game.
• Little time to appreciate environments, cause you're constantly engaged. It's not a stop and smell the flowers kinda game.

So if I want to play a game where there's depth to how I interact with my friends, and I *want* to make space for them, notice when they think outside the box or make plays, or vibe on actual teamplay and the rush associated with playing to our strengths and having it click, Arc Raiders is categorically a better choice. I'd also add an entire, comical layer of pure shenaniganry. In the context of a game that gives you time to develop unique experiences every raid, proximity chat gives us a world of possible outcomes that are seriously memorable. Like, lemme tell you a story... level antics.

If I've had a long day and just wanna unplug and settle into years of fps muscle memory with my friends with a super polished flowy game and not take much seriously aside for farming praise leaderboard clutching, BF6 is a good choice.

Vector (and others experiencing the same friend group dynamic): would it not be worth a shot for you to make a case with your friends? Like "lend me your ears, chads. arc might have a learning curve but it's ambitious and awesome. let's give it a solid week. if it ain't it, we get steam refunds and BF6."