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ARK: Survival Ascended

Studio Wildcard

PC $44.99 2023-10-25
3.5/ 5

2 player ratings

Rank #2508 on PlayPulse

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About ARK: Survival Ascended

Respawn into a new dinosaur survival experience beyond your wildest dreams… as ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of videogame technology with Unreal Engine 5! You awake on a mysterious island, your senses overwhelmed by the blinding sunlight and brilliant colors bouncing off every surface around you, the azure waters of a verdant Island lapping at your bare feet. A deep roar echoes from the misty jungle, jolting you into action, and you stand up – not afraid, but intrigued. Are you ready to form a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of species of dinosaurs and other primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain? Your new world awaits… step through the looking-glass and join it!. . FEATURES. ARK: Survival Ascended has completely recreated and redesigned the artwork and worlds of ARK to take advantage of the latest in videogame technology, Unreal Engine 5, using high-end graphics features such as fully dynamic Global Illumination (“Lumen”), so that light bounces realistically off of surfaces and provides realistic reflections, and advanced mesh streaming (“Nanite”) of hundreds of millions of triangles for extreme

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ActionRPGAdventureMultiplayerMMO
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Player reviews

MellowReef_tv 2.5/5

I wanted to love this, but it never quite got its hooks into me

I wanted to love this, but it never quite got its hooks into me. Fans of Action, Adventure, MMO will recognise the pieces, though ARK: Survival Ascended never quite assembles them. It advertises ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game; what you get is a thinner version of that. The pacing sags in the middle third and never fully recovers. There is more content here than the price suggests. Try before you buy.

  • Graphics2.5
  • Gameplay2.0
  • Story3.0
  • Value3.0
QuietCartographer66 4.0/5

I went in with modest expectations and came out genuinely impressed

I went in with modest expectations and came out genuinely impressed. ARK: Survival Ascended leans hard into Action, Adventure, MMO, and that is exactly the part that worked for me. It helps that the premise (ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game) actually shows up in the moment-to-moment play. Pacing is generous, checkpoints are fair, and the whole thing respects your time. Checkpoints are frequent enough that a bad run never feels punishing. Easy recommend at full price.

  • Graphics4.0
  • Gameplay4.5
  • Story3.5
  • Value4.5
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