Recent reviews by oopie

a game made with love, i'm excited to see what is added in the future 🌳🌷

the perfect game

money money money

the environment design is beautiful, very peaceful

add all the papa games on here, deluxe editions, i'll get them all

I really like that they kept the nostalgia of every single bug from ark survival evolved, takes me back.... like way back all the way to how the game was in 2015 :3 how kind!!

- Dung beetles still fall through foundations into the rocky abyss

- The alpha and large dinos will still phase through and become one with your dinosaur, trapping them, mauling them to death while all you can do is whistle desperately and cry as they die in front of you.

- Official servers still crash and roll back every 15 minutes after playing for 15 minutes so you get to play even more! :)

- Official servers also still stutter and lag like i'm stuck in 2015

- Dino 'follow' AI still makes me want to scream violently

- Fatal Error x 100

- Nothing is decaying fully on official so there's thatch and abandoned bases everywhere that no-one can do anything about

- Volumetric clouds and fog cannot be turned off in settings so you have to use ~

- Optimisation? no.

- The new dino tracking system is just so bugged, i cant get rid of tracked people and the icons fly around the map constantly or theres double icons.

- As i was writing this my ptera on follow just clipped through someones base i sat on to gain stamina safely and is now one with their base, trapped, ripped from my arms and into the base of a random.


and im sure theres many more i can find if i just play the game for 10 minutes more.

This unreal engine update was supposed to be a free upgrade to those who purchased ARK. Then they went back on their word and said they wanted it to be sold for $90 bundled with ARK 2. Then changed their minds again and are selling it for the current price minus ARK 2. We're on track for all expansions to be also, paid content YIPPEE!

For a studio that's made well into the millions and still wont fix problems i've been experiencing since 2015. thats a no from me chief. Don't buy this. Glad I got this as a gift, part of the reason i enjoy this game is because it has the potential to be an amazing game to play if they just you know, fixed 6 year old bugs idk


Edit:

-People can still force crash servers using rocket launchers to roll it back.

-If you go into the Alpha dragon fight its invisible and you're stuck there waiting for the timer to count down and everything to die.

- People who are not in your tribe or alliance can still sneak into the boss fights with you, raising the difficulty multiplier and waiting for the boss rewards to spawn to steal them ;)

I used to give this game a bad review but this isn't really a game, just dondi's personal passion project and it's a good project even though updates are slow