"The more we play this game the more we're all understanding that these Devs don't know what they're doing. They did a great job making a great game but all the little bells and whistles, no way" Nickmercs gets honest on the ARC Raiders issues

The game isn't meant for giga sweat pvp, these dudes running it down on father's of 3 are lacking self awareness

He’s out of touch. Regular bros have been having a blast. Best game of 2025-2026 EZ

Nickmerc realizing that casual games become significantly less fun when you do not play them casually*

This is obvious to anyone with working neurons firing off in their head. It’s been a month+ and they still can’t fix Stella Montis that they had in development for 7 years. People are starting to glitch into more and more walls on other maps as well including mountains. Cheaters just family share on steam to avoid bans. Can still access developer console on Xbox. Hell, trigger nades were broken for 2 months and the first thing they nerfed…INSTEAD OF TRIGGER NADES.. was movement to make it harder to run away from them. The current development team at embark studios are going to massacre this game in under a year.

All streamers want is games to be made specially for themselves and nobody else

I do not care about the opinion of a small minority of professional/ power gamers

Streamers are trying to kill this game the same way they did with Warzone. 😭 It’s not the devs fault if you guys getting stream sniped by cheaters. They’re doing their best, it’s not as easy as you think. I’ve played this game since day one and have never seen a cheater. If they’re that mad about it, just play on console and turn off crossplay, it’s not rocket science.

Bro talking about game development

Honestly, ARC feels like a masterpiece with a few loose screws. The core is amazing, the extras need love. What 'bells and whistles' are they wanting fixed?

This has to be clip bait from nick right? Also isnt embark a small team probably didnt expect this game to blow up the way it did i still havw confidence in them for now People forget this game is still only a few months old

These streamers lack self-awareness. They think every game needs to revolve around them and the specific way they play it. Game is great, and those of us who are not professional streamers are having a blast. Maybe Nick can go back to CoD if he's so put out.

AR is amazing. The human interactions are beyond anything I have ever played in a long time. I hope it succeeds even more than it has.

I common opinion by someone who’s never made anything in their life.

I'm so fucking tired of streamers.

Given that the gameplay and gunfights are genuinely well made… pvp players myself included are extremely happy to finally have a game where everything feels satisfying… unfortunately, we need to take a step back and be honest This isn’t a PvP game it’s a game made for casuals It’s our despair speaking and when you look at true PvP games like CS2 with terrible subtick where even the pros complain you can also understand the take from both points of view Gaming industry isn’t aiming people like us

Devs thought they had more time they did not expect or plan for this thing to be so popular right out of the gate . Now they are trying to appease a massive player base they didn’t plan for so early . Suffering from success

Kinda crazy idea here but... maybe these games weren't developed with sweaty streamers in mind who no-life these games for views. Maybe they're meant for the majority of gamers who log on when they can and play around their life schedule. Crazy right?

I am sure this is taken out of context. But let’s assume it is not. The Devs are the most competent I have seen building a game on UE5. Most AAA studios have no clue how to optimize in UE5. No game is perfect all games have issues. The steam reviews clearly show the studio knows what they are doing. Also The Finals is criminally underrated

Streamers are such losers. All they do is complain

Took me an hour idk

I mean compared to who? Look at duty and how trash that game is and has been now for a long time. Apex, Tarkov every games has issues. Embark employes 350-360 employees for multiple games, and are spread between current content and future. Give them time or don’t play 🤷🏻

GTAV is one of the greatest games ever and still has game breaking bugs over 12 years later. Not comparing ARC Raiders with GTAV or Embark to Rockstar Games.

Bells and whistles ? Calm the fuck down nick, streamers are so toxic man, think they know everything - then when one of them tries to fund or create a game it flops… but yeah these devs don’t know what they’re doing…stfu lmao

Why do we care about a Nickmercs opinion in 2026

Sooooo it's a great game with great bones but because of that we're now going to nit pick at the small stuff. Got it!

The more we play this game the more we realize it isn’t fucking COD. It’s loot & exploring first with PvP there as an option. It’s not meant for you to be loading in to every game playing fucking team deathmatch.

Nick Mercs doesn't know shit about fuck. No one should take that shit for brains idiot seriously.

What an entitled douche bag 😂 let’s see him design and build a game.

.@NICKMERCS bozo always crying about something

Can everyone give watching these streamers a break? Maybe then they’ll stop thinking they’re important.

When will these creators realize that games are not made for the 2% of players who finish the content in a week. Content Creators are the downfall of so many games it's pathetic

If I’ve learned anything over my many years of gaming, it’s to never listen to the career streamers. I love Nick, easily my favorite streamer, but the game they are playing is a game that 99% of the player base rarely, if ever, face. Enjoy the game. Develop your own opinions

Does he go into detail or be constructive or is he just regurgitating the same thing they all say after they play the same game all day everyday for a month or two.

Streamers are ruining the gaming industry. Ofc you notice the game isn’t perfect when you play as much as you do. It’s your job & as a result you play more than the average player. Wealthy playing a game & still choose to clickbait with negative comments.