Like most always-online, live-service games, Arc Raiders isn't immune to its fair share of exploits, cheaters and bad actors, sometimes all three at the same time. It's just what happens nowadays.
However, this latest exploit, one that made the game playable in first-person, hinged on too cool to fix had it not actively impacted the playability of Arc Raiders for those also in the game.
As first spotted by Insider Gaming, a now-patched command-based exploit let players experience the ever-terrifying world of Arc Raiders through the eyes of your Raider, a massive change for the third-person-only game.
Simply put, the game is terrifying.
"I would legit have about 3 times more playtime if there was a first-person mode," one commenter on Reddit wrote. "Literally, the only thing I dislike about the game is third-person PvP."
Yet, as cool as it was, it came at the expense of some major FOV changes that disabled environmental mechanics like fog, shadows and trees, putting everyone else at a massive disadvantage.
For its part, Embark Studios has sent out a Hotfix to disable any future commands that could impact games.
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