If any of you are looking for a good survival game that bases itself around dinosaurs and PvP(Player Versus Player) or PvE(Player Versus Environment) ARK is the game your looking for. This post will be on my own personal opinion on how i think ARK is a great dino game, I'll also include pros and cons the game has on it currently
Game Pros
- Open World
- Weapons ranging from spears, to rocket launchers, and turrets
- Weather System
- Multiplayer
- Crafting system
- Consistent updates
- Day/Night Cycle
- Ton of skills to master
- Base building
- Grouping/Spawning System
- PvP/PvE
- You can tame/ride dinosaurs
- Steam workshop
- Selfie/Orbit Cam so you can look at yourself
- You can host Servers and have access to console commads
- 3rd person (Can be accessed on servers that have it enabled)
- Large Modding Community
- 3 New Maps added recently
Game Cons
- This game is a Life drainer if u were to play it solo, some dinos can range up to 16h to tame. Highly recommend playing on Unofficial server or with friends on official.
- Omega tribes that legit WIPES servers and claiming them for their own personal use.
- Quite a lot of KOS(Kill-On-Sight) Tribes that will wipe you and your tribe if they find u.
- Currently has spotty FPS on majority of systems (Needs optomization work)
- Dinosaurs hover on certain terrain (Very minor)
- Dinosaurs need pathfinding work
- Chance of spawning on a hostile dinosaur, killing you upon spawn
-WARNING: Hackers - Developers released DLC before the game was anywhere closed to finished
- Some Areas of some maps are bugged where you or your dino will fall through the world thus kill u and your dino.
- Some spots on maps can be exploited and players can shoot rockets from under the map.
Relateable Games
• Rust
• The Forest
Conclusion
ARK is an amazing game, been playing it since ALPHA and its still the only survival game I'd rather play if I got the free time to play it for a while.