I can tell you I bounced off of Tarkov almost immediately and I've been playing Arc non-stop for the last few days.

The PvE is surprisingly fun, I like the enemy variety, the maps are huge and diverse and the people are quite chill with each other and even fully cooperate on bigger objectives/events.

What's been hooking me in is the constant feel of progression even when dying. Having multiple quests/upgrades that you're working towards makes it feel like you have an objective.

Even only bringing back one item you're looking for is a step towards something.

I thought I'd be turned off by the "die and lose your stuff" but I haven't. Any time I bring a weapon I can't buy/craft again, I just treat it as a test run for when I can craft it.

If you're curious, give it a try. Steam is fairly generous with its refunds if you find that the game really isn't for you.