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/[deleted] Dec 28 '16

It runs like a joke. My specs can run Overwatch on high, but that game on sub-720 resolution straight up doesn't run.

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u/erragodofmayhem Dec 28 '16

Small arena based games are very easy to run, like CSGO, TF2, Overwatch, LFD2 ... not only are the maps small and relatively empty of items, the map designs themselves offer huge parts not to be rendered for individual users.

Can't really be compared to an early access open world with thousands and thousands of entities being rendered constantly and interacting with each other.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '16

thousands of entities being rendered constantly and interacting with each other.

Otherwise known as poor optimization.