is this game really bad, or are the reviews particularly harsh

[Orge Lambart]

game looks good, but the negative reviews are real.. Just a case of people being butthurt or is the game really bad?

[Caldrin]

Well its certainly not perfect.. a lot of the reviews are junk from people who either dont understand what early access is or just hate on the devs for whatever reason they want to make up. I am sure there are some legit bad reviews out there from people who have tried it and really dont enjoy it.. Same with the Good reviews.

So its not been a smooth start thats for sure lots of bugs to work through and big game mechanic changes.. and a wipe that has just happened.

Saying that things do really seem to be moving in the right direction with the new clan servers.

I would only suggest getting the game if you are happy with a game in early development and all the issues that come along with it.

[Amris]

The game is good. But it is early access with all the bugs that entails. And limited content compared to ARK.

[󠀡󠀡]

I'd say that it started off bad but, as with early access games, bugs should be expected currently and major overhauls needing to be done where necessary. However, I think it's starting to make some positive progress now, although I still wouldn't set foot on official and will stick with unofficial.

[Dragens.Euci X]

its a really nice game. is a lot of fun with typical early access bugs. the most negative reviews just come from the rough start the game had with delays and server problems.

[Giacomo]

I just bought it on sale despite all the bad reviews. So far im enjoying it but i didnt jump in early and catch all the launch dramas that others had to deal with. Sure there are some bugs and frustrating aspects to it but its still early days and it seems they are actively working on it.

I dont care if its an ark re skin or whatever it just seems the gaming community has gotten so toxic in recent years everyone just seems to live to hate and expects to get everything for nothing and wants it yesterday.

The game has a long way to go but has tons of potential so might as well snap it up while its cheap, even if you save it for later on when its more polished.

[Hawkins]

I played Atlas when it released around christmas last year. The start was challenging and the release was pushed back several times.So Atlas got many of the bad reviews from angry players who couldn't play the game. Then a lot of negative reviews pointed out that the company had too many gameplay element and graphical similiarities to ARK, another game they made. Then there are a lot of negative reviews from people who... just wanted to lash out at the developers for issues they had with any other game they made or that this engine was used for. Finally, they relased a TRUE early access game. Not only does that mean that this game has/had a lot of bugs but the gameplay rules and mechanics themselves are still transforming and changing to improve the joy playing can bring to your life.

But for me the game was always fun, i expected delays, and downtimes, and crashes and lags. I even knew there would be griefing players who's greatest joy is to find every little thing that you can do in this game to spoil someone elses fun. But that is what early access is for, to give the players the possibility to do every possible bit of damage and stretch rules, software and hardware beyond their limit so all these issues can be identified and dealt with. And that is exactly whats happening here.

Things have very much improved since the start, and today Atlas is more fun for me than in all the months before. Shipbuilding is faster, and the creative challenge seems to be bigger now than the material gathering grind. You can finally gather water from water spouts which does wonders for your survivability. Farming makes a lot more sense, the underwater world is much more interesting and challenging now. ( They added a SUBMARINE, i want mine yellow ) The new claiming rules are allowing more people to build their homes, but don't to expect to own your own island when you are going solo or duo. But you WILL find a place to build on.

And i have hope for alle the things that are still coming. ( To the devs, there is a simple bed right now, and ... it really LOOKS simple, can we have complex bed soon? PLEASE )

I like it, Atlas is definately better than the reviews show.

[Jim]

I played the hell of it at launch and loved it. Only thing that ruined it was the massive chinese clans that would offline you every moment they got. and with being apart of a small group it was horrible.

[Caldrin]

Originally posted by JimmyXCrow:

I played the hell of it at launch and loved it. Only thing that ruined it was the massive chinese clans that would offline you every moment they got. and with being apart of a small group it was horrible.

Hopefully that should now be sorted on the new clan servers :)

[Vik]

reviews come mainly by toxic ark plaers and noobs

[Darknclaw]

I love the game alot of reviews are mostly people butthurt that they got raided or cant own a island solo, sure there are some issues like bugs but otherwise it is very fun

[Scooby Doo]

I am with the rest of the posts in this thread. I have 632hrs in game or more forget now. That in itself shows that clearly I enjoy it or I would not be back for more.

Well guys I think all of you will be happy to read this. With the rise to fame of the Epic Store Steam has put this out.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/

Large AAA developer Ubisoft has left Steam and taken their new releases with them. The Division 2 and Annos 18000 to name a few will not be on Steam. Annos will though be on Steam for Launch day. After that the store page will be gone.

This is a great day for all of us that rely on reviews to be honeest and on topic. Not some crap post about developers or one word crap meant to kill the score causing people to click off the game as fast as they clicked on it. We all know you see Mostly Negative in the review score you are unlikely to read many of them. For Atlas that is a bit unfair as GS has worked hard to change things.

[Pyro Draegan]

Originally posted by Orge Lambart:

game looks good, but the negative reviews are real.. Just a case of people being butthurt or is the game really bad?

the reviews are way to harsh, it is early access OBVIOUSLY there will be flaws but they are being fixed, the game itself is fun

[QBecks]

The game itself is fun, especially depending on who you play the game with. We are a group of three looking for new members on an EU PVE server...come join us....fun is all but guaranteed.

[Zaerin]

The game is a blunder.

EA is not an excuse. Plenty of other EA games have been made that started stellar with reviews and stayed stellar. Atlas has remained at ~35% since its launch.

Reason being, the developers of Ark knew they could milk the formula of the game, so they made a sister company, copypasta'd code into a pirate theme and resold it.

Atlas is a boring joke. Most streamers spend their time RPing in the game because there simply isn't anything else to do.