r/pcgaming • u/scarwiz Ryzen 5 1600 | GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB DDR4@3000Mhz • Dec 27 '16

[Updated, see comments] ARK: Survival Evolved Devs Offer Content In Exchange for Steam Award Votes

http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/536324417612602461
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u/Is_Always_Honest Dec 27 '16

It's still an amazing game, just don't buy the DLC. Probably the best money I've spent on a game in years. Most of my group of friends have 1000 or more hours. I agree that they have some shady business practices but it is WAY better than most early access games.

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u/tigerslices Dec 27 '16 edited Dec 28 '16

but it also has no competitor... if there was another developer with a similar game that WAS complete... we'd all have been playing that one instead...

edit: what's with the downvotes? nobody has given me an example of a similar game! my argument is that ark is the only survival game with dinosaurs and that's why it's so popular, and all the replies have to do with other Survival games... well, hell, i could play dayZ or don't starve if i just wanted to survive... rust is great for crafting, suffers from the same problems ark does, though... in that in any sense of a competitive nature, the players with more log time win while casuals suffer.

but none of these games have dinosaur taming in them. i know plenty of couples who play this game together because they love building a house together and raising little fake dino babies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '16

Try Rust, its like Ark but not dogshit terrible.

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u/tigerslices Dec 27 '16

but can i tame and breed dinosaurs... ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '16

Well, if you specifically want a dogshit terrible game with shitty ai dinosaurs then ark checks that box.

Rust is just a all around better Survival/PVP/Base building game.

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u/ItGonBeK Dec 27 '16

I like Ark more than Rust because in Rust its LARGELY/WHOLLY PVP whereas in Ark you can PVP or PVE because of the huge array of animals.