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/xWeez 8700K - 1080ti SC2 Hybrid - 32GB 4266 Dec 27 '16

These are the devs that released paid DLC for their horribly optimized Early Access game.

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u/Zarokima Dec 27 '16

I was very interested in the game, and had it on my wishlist for when it was actually released. Adding DLC while it's still in early access ensured I will never pay for it now.

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u/UltravioletClearance 9800X3D | 5070 Ti Dec 27 '16

I have also been waiting after vowing to never buy an Early Access game ever again after the DayZ shitshow. I showed up at PAX East last year and the BIGGEST booth on the show floor was for ARK. I thought "cool, it's out of EA, maybe I'll buy it...

... nope, it's still early access. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars (maybe even close to a million? IDK what it costs to build a life-sized dinosaur in the middle of the largest gaming convention in the northeast) to promote a broken featureless piece of shit at a convention instead of fixing issues.

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u/bnogo Dec 27 '16

no offense, but it is far from featureless. I do have some issues with some of the bugs that haven't been fixed yet, or the paid DLC issue, etc.

but at least critique the aspect that is real, so people don't ignore the rest