When I’m having a good time in ARK, I’m having a really good time. The problem is that those moments are usually one part to every nine parts menial grinding and crafting - especially at the later tech tiers. Having to repeat so much work after failing an attempt at a boss feels far too punishing, and some really dumb dinosaurs can take a lot of the challenge and sense of danger out of the many primal locations. Even with all of those quirks, however, I’m still hungry to play more after the 60 hours I’ve spent so far. There aren’t a lot of survival games that have legitimately held my attention that long.
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I'm not going to sugar coat this: ARK Survival Evolved for Nintendo Switch is the worst performing game I've ever played on Switch. The Switch library thus far has been a constantly surprising string of technical success stories. We've marveled at games...
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When I’m having a good time in ARK, I’m having a really good time. The problem is that those moments are usually one part to every nine parts menial grinding and crafting - especially at the later tech tiers. Having to repeat so much work after failing an attempt at a boss feels far too punishing, and some really dumb dinosaurs can take a lot of the challenge and sense of danger out of the many primal locations. Even with all of those quirks, however, I’m still hungry to play more after the 60 hours I’ve spent so far. There aren’t a lot of survival games that have legitimately held my attention that long.
In the end, Ark is a game that's impossible to recommend unreservedly, but it's also one that isn't easy to dismiss. It may frustrate, and flounder, but, at its best, it's a game capable of delivering true wonder and spectacle; one full of endless possibilities, thrilling exploration and discovery, tense action, satisfying social collaboration, creativity, destruction, and, yes, dinosaurs.
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Studio Wildcard, the studio that never sleeps, announced today live at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 (E3) three titanic content updates for its definitive online dinosaur survival experience, ARK: Survival Evolved . Speaking live from the 2016...
Johannes Rohe@DasRehRoheIch hab's ja schon im Text geschrieben: Ark zu bewerten, ist eine verflixt knifflige und undankbare Aufgabe. Durch meine vergangenen Ausflüge mit den YouTubern und Ark-Profis Coya, Exhumed und Beam weiß ich, wie viel Spaß und...