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The funny thing about Arc Raiders is how friendly it is. Trios mode is fairly reliably violent, and you'll occasionally get popped by people like Fraser, but in solos mode most players are, unexpectedly, quite cooperative. It's a little weird, given the nature of videogames, and developer Embark Studios was perhaps a little surprised by it, in a good way: Art director Robert Sammelin said in December that "we were certainly hoping that we would see cooperation happen, but I think to the extent that it happens at launch, and seeing how people treat each other socially is heartwarming, it is really uplifting to see."

Embark isn't the only studio whose players have done something unpredictable with the world they're given. In an interview with The Game Business, Fallout 76 creative director Jon Rush said Bethesda was surprised that players turned out to be a lot friendlier than developers assumed they'd be.

"Before we released the game, we were like… it’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another," Rush said. "It’s the complete opposite. The complete opposite. It’s been great to see that. I’ve never experienced a community as great as the Bethesda Game Studios community."

Source: PC Gamer