Can I just ignore the futuristic part of the game?

[Lucipurr, The Silly One.]

I like ark, but there are some aspects that are just... eh?
I really like exploring getting new dinos flying around and building etc. But I keep seeing all this new stuff with robot dinosaurs with jets and machine guns and lasers, how much of this is on the island map? I dont really like any of it.
I know theres a longneck rifle and shotgun on the island map but are there full blown automatic rifles and stuff too?
I just kinda ignore the tech dinos made of metal, they are annoying and dont fit in but I try to ignore them.

[Chris]

there are assault rifles yes, and it goes all the way up to futuristic laser guns aswell with power armor.

[ihoujin.]

I get what you say, I prefer the prehistoric stuff too so I also don't get to much into using all the tech stuff unless I need it. But the ARK is actually a science project as far as the story goes, so it's not completely out of realms that all these things exist.

[Juliane_L]

you can completly ignore the obelisks, bosses, tek tier, artifacts and such if you want to.
if you do this the only futuristic part of the game is one fanatsy creature that never existed (araneo).

[Tachyon]

It's a futuristic game with dinos from all Eras that spread over millions of years who never existed at the same time - and creatures from mythology - walking around in artificial mini-worlds. Gigantic gravity-defying Obelisks can let you cross over to new worlds and when you die you pop back to life. If you think it's a real world with real dinos you have really missed some big clues.

I think of it as a giant Eugenics experiment to train humans to survive in hostile environments possibly with a view to sending out Colony Ships to other star systems. Just my fanciful rationale.

[Serangel]

You can edit your ini file to replace Tek dinos, you can also disable any engrams that you consider too advanced. Then you can add mods that add more primitive or medival themes you like.

Just keep in mind ark was never intended to be just primitive, but there plenty of ways to get as close to it as you can.

[Jameegi]

If you knew the backstory of ARK, you'd understand why there's futuristic stuff in the game. Regardless as others said, you can ignore that stuff regardless as it doesn't affect much in-game anyway but will make life easier when fighting certain bosses etc.

[Maya Mizuki]

i don't know, i guess in an open world game where you build, craft and kill on your own methods.. i meen i guess you could also not decide to craft guns to make life easier? or maybe just use the cloth armor instead of the Riot gear/tek armor you can make.... i meen cmon

the game first of all never forces you to use anything in a specific way, you want to use 20 wolfs in a boss? sure you wanna use 20 mech robots gainst a titan? i meen sure,

i'd recommend you 1 thing if you hate the tech so much, do not play any other map than crystal isle, the island, ragnarok and scortched earth, cause abberation has tech, extinction has a lot of tech,

the story and how the ark works is fully regarding tech, if you don't like this i'd advice even avoiding The Island, you'll hate the boss even more

[Lucipurr, The Silly One.]

Originally posted by Ravennes:

i don't know, i guess in an open world game where you build, craft and kill on your own methods.. i meen i guess you could also not decide to craft guns to make life easier? or maybe just use the cloth armor instead of the Riot gear/tek armor you can make.... i meen cmon

the game first of all never forces you to use anything in a specific way, you want to use 20 wolfs in a boss? sure you wanna use 20 mech robots gainst a titan? i meen sure,

i'd recommend you 1 thing if you hate the tech so much, do not play any other map than crystal isle, the island, ragnarok and scortched earth, cause abberation has tech, extinction has a lot of tech,

the story and how the ark works is fully regarding tech, if you don't like this i'd advice even avoiding The Island, you'll hate the boss even more

The point of a game is to have fun? If i wanted the easiest experience I possibly could have then I would just cheat? I dont enjoy the futuristic parts of the game. Yeah im just gonna not craft that then. and im fully aware of how the other maps are pretty much 100% futuristic.

[Lucipurr, The Silly One.]

Originally posted by Serangel:

You can edit your ini file to replace Tek dinos, you can also disable any engrams that you consider too advanced. Then you can add mods that add more primitive or medival themes you like.

Just keep in mind ark was never intended to be just primitive, but there plenty of ways to get as close to it as you can.

Thank you. This is helpful.

[Uueerdo]

Originally posted by Zoey:

... and im fully aware of how the other maps are pretty much 100% futuristic.

Scorched Desert isn't really, and what I have seen of the free maps, those are not very futuristic either.
It's mainly Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis as the backstory (which is sci-fi) progresses through them.

[Annethema]

Just play primitive + version

[Martell]

Isn't primitive unbelievably bad to play, regarding bugs and loading times?

[Veeshan]

Honestly just play at default rates by the time you hit tek your tastes will have changed.

[NotDylan7055]

Can you? Yes, for the most part. Should you? Depends.
The only really techy things you'll encounter not by choice are the obelisks, the tek dinos. and the caves. If you can look past the aesthetic parts, and you ignore the tek dinos, then you can certainly ignore all the "in the wild" high-tech stuff, to my knowledge.
Should you? Well, if you're on a PvP server, you will get destroyed without high-tech equipment. Bringing a Dilo to a gun fight, etc. If you plan to play singleplayer, then it obviously doesn't matter. I can't speak to PvE, since I don't have much experience.
Really, it's up to how much you're willing to ignore, and where you're planning to play.

[margalus]

yes you can ignore it. In fact you won't see any of that if you are playing single player.