You too can run around on an island beach, pooing, chasing Dodos and punching creatures; all whilst in a loin cloth!
It's a PC game. It's got dinosaurs, crafting, building, evolution and fighting - Oh yes there is fighting. It's a MMORPG popular with gamers/kids/YouTubers - even Pokemon fans.
Let's be upfront it's on sale fairly often (every 2-3 months perhaps) but get it now while it's cheap.
My lads want it mostly for the Pokemon Evolved and other mods, as they've also got the game on xbox.
It's naff on Xbox, but voted hot for PC version cos mods.
StrifeyWolf
30 May 17#3
Isn't the steam sale on June 22 (Summer sale), I bet it will be sale again then.
Macdory
30 May 171#4
I got this ages ago and never played it - any good?
deeplink to Macdory
30 May 171#6
It's pretty decent, different to your average survival bash, mainly for the dinosaurs and the fact it's quite challenging remembering where you've built stuff. I've only dabbled in single player to learn the building routes. As soon as I've worked out animal taming other than useless dodos, I'm going online! I've had it for nearly a year and didn't touch it, but it's slowly becoming my goto game of the moment.
Oliver_Warden8
30 May 17#5
I'm really mixed on getting this! be honest is it worth getting this?
sion22
30 May 172#7
ah the infamous Early access game with £15 DLC before its even out. Good price but shady as hell
steve_bezerker to sion22
31 May 17#8
I can only assume you've never played it because there is more to do in this game than 99% of full releases. You could VERY easily sink 1000 hours into this game and still have new things to do. I've played this game for about 300 hours and I'm still yet to fight a T-Rex or Giga or tame any kind of sea monster, I've never gotten end-game weapons or building materials and the game updates so frequently that you'll never truly 'finish' it.
It's a struggle just keeping your base and your army of 10 worthless dinosaurs fed and alive. It's also got access to the steam workshop where there are already thousands and thousands of mods that will extend the life of this game and change it's settings. You would be lucky to EVER 'finish' with this game.
BetaRomeo to sion22
31 May 17#13
Well, perhaps. It's easy enough to target the lowest common denominator with low-quality trash, and all sorts of garbage wins awards and sells well. That doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the game.
The review scores might be a better indicator as to whether or not actual gamers should buy this game. So let's take a looksee... oh, ARK is currently sitting on a 60% score from its ("Mixed") Steam reviews. Huh, I think that's bang on. Of course, two years of us paying customers expecting qualitative updates that improve the base game instead of month after month of THREE NEW DINOSAURS THIS MONTH have to take their toll, I suppose.
Oddly, even though you've just told me that the game has significantly improved in many objective ways since March, even the recent reviews are "Mixed" (which means 40-69%). Shouldn't a game which is, let's not forget, "some of the most fun I've had in gaming my entire life" - steve_bezerker, be picking up at least a "Mostly Positive" (that's 70-79%, in case you're wondering) from the users who have bought and played it?
sion22
31 May 17#9
You can sink 1000 hour in any of these survival game like this or dayz/H1Z1 etc. Doesn't change the fact they release £15 DLC while the game is still in early access that is unoptimised and very buggy, and this show the greed and attitude of the developer. I for one wont support this practice
steve_bezerker
31 May 17#10
Un-Optimised and buggy? Again, I point to the fact that you've never played it. The game runs great, suffers from no horrendous FPS dips, is very forgiving on shadow and terrain detail and SFX to maximise FPS even on potato machines.
The game is not very buggy at all. It had a handful of issues when it was released over a year ago but these are long forgotten. The game runs and looks fantastic, even on budget machines. I don't think you should be deterring people from what is a hugely successful game based on your opinion of Early Access games (which make up about 90% of my steam library and is some of the most fun I've had in gaming my entire life).
The game was so successful that it prompted a full console release like Rocket League.
Also as a sidenote: the DLC is TOTALLY worth the price tag as it gives you access to an entirely new game-mode, new items, armour and weapons, new dinosaurs, an additional map (which is also huge) and several character skins.
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Opening post
It's a PC game. It's got dinosaurs, crafting, building, evolution and fighting - Oh yes there is fighting.
It's a MMORPG popular with gamers/kids/YouTubers - even Pokemon fans.
Let's be upfront it's on sale fairly often (every 2-3 months perhaps) but get it now while it's cheap.
My lads want it mostly for the Pokemon Evolved and other mods, as they've also got the game on xbox.
The Survivor's Pack is on sale too for £10.32, containing ARK: Survival Evolved, ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack
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It's a struggle just keeping your base and your army of 10 worthless dinosaurs fed and alive. It's also got access to the steam workshop where there are already thousands and thousands of mods that will extend the life of this game and change it's settings. You would be lucky to EVER 'finish' with this game.
The review scores might be a better indicator as to whether or not actual gamers should buy this game. So let's take a looksee... oh, ARK is currently sitting on a 60% score from its ("Mixed") Steam reviews. Huh, I think that's bang on. Of course, two years of us paying customers expecting qualitative updates that improve the base game instead of month after month of THREE NEW DINOSAURS THIS MONTH have to take their toll, I suppose.
Oddly, even though you've just told me that the game has significantly improved in many objective ways since March, even the recent reviews are "Mixed" (which means 40-69%). Shouldn't a game which is, let's not forget, "some of the most fun I've had in gaming my entire life" - steve_bezerker, be picking up at least a "Mostly Positive" (that's 70-79%, in case you're wondering) from the users who have bought and played it?
The game is not very buggy at all. It had a handful of issues when it was released over a year ago but these are long forgotten. The game runs and looks fantastic, even on budget machines. I don't think you should be deterring people from what is a hugely successful game based on your opinion of Early Access games (which make up about 90% of my steam library and is some of the most fun I've had in gaming my entire life).
The game was so successful that it prompted a full console release like Rocket League.
Also as a sidenote: the DLC is TOTALLY worth the price tag as it gives you access to an entirely new game-mode, new items, armour and weapons, new dinosaurs, an additional map (which is also huge) and several character skins.