I love giving early access games a try, sometimes you find a really useless poorly made game and other times you find an amazing gem like ARK.

Being a dinosaur fan my entire life I had to try this one for myself and from day one I was hooked. There is so much to do. You have to work right away to stay alive not only from the elements but from the carnivorous dinosaurs as well.

In the beginning I count myself lucky, I had no clue the waters were dangerous and would swim about willy nilly then one day I saw the threat! I learned how to build a bridge pretty quick after that and a raft lol.

I haven't played a game in a long time that can affect my nerves the way this one can. Always waiting for the next set of teeth to come charging at me, it's great.

Along with building yourself a suitable upgradeable shelter, you have to find food and water, make recipes, craft weapons and craft armor. Then there is the really fun stuff, taming the dinos. I have such a huge dino army right now its ridiculous! You will be very protective of your first tame and its best to level him a bit before bringing him out with you or you risk losing your new friend.

Another great thing about ARK is it is constantly being updated by the developers. They know from the feedback they have a truly unique and fantastic game. They could just say OK we are done, we made millions already lets hang it up, but they don't! They are always giving us more and that is one of the things gamers love. This not only keeps us playing it gets us to spread the word and gets more gamers buying their product. I personally have bought 5 copies so far, one for myself and the other 4 I gave to family members. I have 6 family members that play now and more considering it. So devs great job keeping up your product it does help sell more copies and we appreciate all you do.

Not only are they currently updating but they have said upon release the game will have even more content! So if you have been watching twitch streams, reading about the game via reviews or web and you are still considering if you should purchase it or not. By all means go get it. I guarantee you will not regret it! You can see I have over 200+ hours in the game and I am still having a blast. So much more of the map to really get down and explore and I have yet to take out each army to see what they can do!

Update November 22, 2017

I have had this game since it first appeared and to this day I still love it and still spend hours playing it. Between the game updates and the ever growing supply of mods its always something new and exciting. I still highly recommend this game to all!

The only thing they did disappointing is hike the price up so high. Now when I recommend it to someone they hesitate to buy if because of that. Lower the price and charge for the DLC and the profits will add up faster, but hey what do I know, I only spent my entire life in retail and mostly management :P

I love giving early access games a try, sometimes you find a really useless poorly made game and other times you find an amazing gem like ARK. Being a dinosaur fan my entire life I had to try this one for myself and from day one I was hooked. There is so much to do. You have to work right away to stay alive not only from the elements but from the carnivorous dinosaurs as well. In the beginning I count myself lucky, I had no clue the waters were dangerous and would swim about willy nilly then one day I saw the threat! I learned how to build a bridge pretty quick after that and a raft lol. I haven't played a game in a long time that can affect my nerves the way this one can. Always waiting for the next set of teeth to come charging at me, it's great. Along with building yourself a suitable upgradeable shelter, you have to find food and water, make recipes, craft weapons and craft armor. Then there is the really fun stuff, taming the dinos. I have such a huge dino army right now its ridiculous! You will be very protective of your first tame and its best to level him a bit before bringing him out with you or you risk losing your new friend. Another great thing about ARK is it is constantly being updated by the developers. They know from the feedback they have a truly unique and fantastic game. They could just say OK we are done, we made millions already lets hang it up, but they don't! They are always giving us more and that is one of the things gamers love. This not only keeps us playing it gets us to spread the word and gets more gamers buying their product. I personally have bought 5 copies so far, one for myself and the other 4 I gave to family members. I have 6 family members that play now and more considering it. So devs great job keeping up your product it does help sell more copies and we appreciate all you do. Not only are they currently updating but they have said upon release the game will have even more content! So if you have been watching twitch streams, reading about the game via reviews or web and you are still considering if you should purchase it or not. By all means go get it. I guarantee you will not regret it! You can see I have over 200+ hours in the game and I am still having a blast. So much more of the map to really get down and explore and I have yet to take out each army to see what they can do! Update November 22, 2017 I have had this game since it first appeared and to this day I still love it and still spend hours playing it. Between the game updates and the ever growing supply of mods its always something new and exciting. I still highly recommend this game to all! The only thing they did disappointing is hike the price up so high. Now when I recommend it to someone they hesitate to buy if because of that. Lower the price and charge for the DLC and the profits will add up faster, but hey what do I know, I only spent my entire life in retail and mostly management :P