ARK vs Conan exiles, which is better and why?

[Timmy The Great]

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[Sister of Silence]

In single player I liked Conan better because of the NPC system and the lore but ark has many more (and prettier) maps so it has much better longevity.

It would help if you say if you prefer pvp/pve/multilplayer/singleplayer. Play style makes a lot of difference in a sandbox game like this.

[WildDogsGaming]

Ark. Dinos. Is any further explanation really needed?

[LaeLena]

The amount of content? ARK
The newbie experience? Conan Exiles
The optimisation? Conan Exiles (at least for me it run miles better than ARK does)
The unmodded solo experience? ARK (the game has an option for playing in a mode that is actually balanced for solo play, last time I played Conan it still didn't scale things like boss HP down when playing solo)
The looks? Conan Exiles (this is ofc very subjective)
Theme/atmosphere? Conan Exiles (I don't like the idea of guns and fancy technology in ARK, will have to try the Primitive+ addon)

With that said ARK is free until the 19th so I'd just pick it up (like I did) and grab Conan later... especially if you want to get your friends to play with you.. There isn't much to lose in trying out a free game. Also I'm enjoying ARK atm after I picked it up for free (tried it in the past, refunded due to performance and lack of basic options like vsync and turning off controller vibration). Seems the performance has gotten a little better and I found workarounds for the vsync and vibration issues so I might even buy all the extra content later.

[retsam1]

Nguyên văn bởi Timmy The Great:

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Content wise ark has more offerings both in terms of dlcs and in terms of modded content by a long shot.

Player base wise, average player concurrency this month for Conan is around 7800. Ark has an average concurrency this month of 44,000. Conan's best month with a peak(not average) concurrency was 53,000. Conan basically has always been a mere fraction of players compared to those playing Ark.

Both games are on UE4 and both have issues but with various degrees of differences. Since more though play ark by a long shot, more issues get reported daily by players obviously.

In terms of servers(this is a stat for both unofficial and official servers, Conan has less than 13,000 active servers. Ark has over 70,000+ active servers.


Going beyond that, comparisons start to fall into subjective and aesthetics since both games involve different game play intentions and it will be up to the player as to which then is preferred.

So over all, "better" is really subjective but at least the evidence is rather compelling that since more do/have played Ark and keeping it even after 7 years in the top 20(was typically in the top 10 for almost 5-6 of those years) that it speaks to perhaps people being more engaged with Ark than perhaps conan

[Highspy]

I play both Conan and Ark and feel Ark has better content but Conan is more polished. Building in Conan is far superior than Ark. Most importantly, Conan does not take up half your drive to install updates, etc.. In the end, I still love them both and playing them depends on my mood.

[JusTaGamer]

If you love Dinos then Ark, if you love Babarians then Conan. :-) In Singleplayer Ark vs Conan... is Conan much more boring.

[Macdallan]

For me it's Conan Exiles, hands down, even though both games have a lot of bugs and issues. Ark was just too much of a train wreck and most of CE's problems are tolerable. There was a point during development when Ark was pretty solid, then something significant changed and it got far worse and it just kept getting worse.

[ReeshiePanda]

Conan is the better of the two games in my opinion. The only thing Ark has going for it is dinos and more maps, half of which were made by hobbiests anyways. Getting NPC buddies (thralls/animals) and harvesting is far less tedious, your character feels more powerful on its own than the dilo-bait in Ark, the combat is better, and survival is less chaotic, making for an overall better experience.

[WildDogsGaming]

Nguyên văn bởi ReeshiePanda:

Conan is the better of the two games in my opinion. The only thing Ark has going for it is dinos and more maps, half of which were made by hobbiests anyways. Getting NPC buddies (thralls/animals) and harvesting is far less tedious, your character feels more powerful on its own than the dilo-bait in Ark, the combat is better, and survival is less chaotic, making for an overall better experience.

come on, being level 1 running from those 9 compy's is half the fun! LOLOLOL

[retsam1]

Nguyên văn bởi ReeshiePanda:

Conan is the better of the two games in my opinion. The only thing Ark has going for it is dinos and more maps, half of which were made by hobbiests anyways. Getting NPC buddies (thralls/animals) and harvesting is far less tedious, your character feels more powerful on its own than the dilo-bait in Ark, the combat is better, and survival is less chaotic, making for an overall better experience.

All free dlc maps that were modded content previously had their makers hired as devs. Also the Ark sponsored mods program that pays 4k a month stipends to select mod makers means those folks at the very least aren't hobbiests as you like to call it. :P

[Nagisa]

honestly this is a dificult question ark in basic stance is prolly the better game if you like more machnics then just fighting. Conan over all is smoother and more stable and far better combat system and doesnt try to over complicate the simpliest things like in ark

so really it boils down do if you want a more combat oriented game or a capture and monster raising type game

and how meny bugs you want to deal with - dont get me wrong conan has its share of bugs and issues but Ark is just in its own world with issues and most of these have been in the game since early accsses years ago. This is just me though it seems a good bit do agree Ark devs dont seem toc are about there players and dont listen to any feed back and do w/e they want too waither players like it or not (ark 2 is prim example) hardly no one wants 3rd person only and a combat oriented ark game but yet what do we get?

anyway both have there perks

[HALO_run]

both are good games with downsides
ark is bigger with more to do but lacks npcs, and human ai
and conan aimed at adults, as with ark is aimed at kids\teens

[Addmin Dino]

If u love Dinosaur, taming it, raise mating, using for combat, make it mutation love to explore map with good graphic (of course using good PC) then ARK is for U

[Mister Oogway]

I loved both, but I have significantly more hours into Ark than Conan. In my experience, in Conan Exiles, I hit endgame burnout faster.

[Ravenfeathers]

I find Conan a better game overall than Ark. I played Conan for over 500 hours, it's a better optimised game. I played Ark nearly 300 hours but feel completely sick of it, it has too many problems and seems like the Devs don't really care about the game. Whereas Conan is just a better experience overall which Devs seems to listen and try and improve things.