This game any good ?

[Kaname]

I am curious

[Dradiin]

Hmm been around if dev/release for 4+ years and is always in the top 10 Steam games. Probably one of the most popular survival games to date. I would take a few minutes and go watch some YouTube videos of it and see what you think.

For me i play this game more than any other i have in my library.

[steelkucaza]

i think it depends on if your into it if you like survival and dino's then yes if your not a fan of dying alot from dino's then no. The other thing is the game can be faulty at times like your playing then crash.

[Kaname]

Like how many servers are their that is base game ?

[Sicksadpanda]

Ark is a very fun game if you're into survival and construction based games similar to Minecraft, Rust, etc. The biggest charm that Ark has is the ability to tame a large number of animals, and rely on them heavily.

You can play the game in single player if you choose to, you have absolute control in single player...such as how much materials you can harvest or how long a it should take to tame a dino. There are official servers, but I honestly do not recommend them as they are often toxic and can really impact your schedule. There are plenty of unofficial servers (these servers are created by players themselves, not the official company), and they can adjust rates and such to improve quality of life.

Another great thing about Ark is that it has a massive modding community. There are so many mods you can try out, it's what makes the game very replayable. I personally think a lot of people can enjoy this game, but it's a very high learning curve game and setting up the right rates or finding an unofficial server can be a frustrating experience as well. But we're happy to help you get started if you have any further questions.

[ryan]

No. I have like 800 hours and I can tell you that it used to be good, but not anymore at all. Unless you have a group of friends to play with on a private server and you're willing to customize every setting (edit: and you gotta get at least 20-30 mods) to make the game playable then it can be ok, but it gets old pretty fast. Also you need basically a supercomputer to run it. I have a 1080, i7 8700, 16gb ram, etc (and you need like 200-300gb minimum no joke), and even then my computer struggles to run the game. It takes 20-40 minutes to load and it crashes VERY frequently. There's also the problem of DLC. Ark gone big downhill, stay away.

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Originally posted by Kaname:

I am curious

If you do get it play unofficial unless you want to spend half your playtime babysitting tames, and dont waste $ on the NEW season pass yet

[Liralen]

Define "good", in your opinion.

It varies, ya know?

In my opinion, Ark is good if you can run your own servers, or can find people willing to accept you on their private servers, or like soloing. Because then the game can be modified however you wish.

I don't think the game is good at all using official rules. For reasons such as this: https://www.dododex.com/taming/therizinosaurus/150

To my shame, I've watched a stump for days as an Everquest cleric, to obtain a necessary object. But my addiction to Everquest made me resolved to never do such things ever again, for fun.

Because it's not fun to watch stumps for days or even spend hours taming a dino.

Which you must do, even if all you want to do is build.

Your abilities are nothing compared to a tamed dino. And so you must tame them to progress.

But nevertheless, Ark is fun for me, playing with friends, because we run our own servers, and so are able to modify taming times down to a point where it doesn't make my eye twitch caused by my addiction to Everquest. Or any other parameter that is not fun.

And being able to use the S+ mod, which helps a lot to fix the building issues, which are many despite it. Like the Ark devs seem to not know that WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) is a really big deal in programming.

Because very often what you see as a ghosted image before placing an object is not what you get.