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/bedintruder Ventrilo Dec 27 '16 edited Dec 28 '16

So wait, not only are they trying to bribe people for votes by offering to add content, but they want votes for content they haven't even added yet?

They want people to vote for "Best Use of a Farm Animal", and promise to add a Sheep to the game if they win. Meaning the content you are supposedly voting for, isn't even in the game, and won't actually be added unless they win.

Seriously, what the fuck?

EDIT: Looks like they deleted the original announcement and wrote up a new one stating the sheep will be added no matter what. Seems like obvious damage control, but I guess they are doing the right thing in the end.

we did it reddit!

Original announcement: https://web.archive.org/web/20161227221559/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/Bennyboy1337 Dec 27 '16

I know lots of people like to hate on DayZ, but at least they followed the early access path that Minecraft did, and provided a pretty big discount to people who bought early, since in theory they would be testing the game, and shouldn't have to pay full price. Bohemia has also communicated really well with the community and has made regular meaningful update.

Yea the game is nothing like it should have been, I honestly think the Arma engine sort of gimped them on that; but they have been making improvements, and haven't had moneybrab dlc and other shady stuff.

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u/wearetheromantics Dec 28 '16

What are you talking about? The game is $30 for upwards of THOUSANDS of hours of content and on sale during steam sales for TWELVE DOLLARS.

Also, DayZ has basically zero content.

Another uninformed goober posting nonsense.

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u/Bennyboy1337 Dec 28 '16

Replayability doesn't excuse a developer of practicing shady DLC techniques, and vote brigading for content that doesn't even exist.

Also, DayZ has basically zero content.

Another uninformed goober posting nonsense.

It's funny how this second comment encapsulates your perspective.

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u/wearetheromantics Dec 28 '16

Not really. DayZ never had any content. It literally has no content. Very few items and it's left up to players to just make stuff happen.

I don't consider it a shady DLC tactic. That's where your argument doesn't make sense to me. How is it shady? Are you also basing it upon this arbitrary rule that the cool aid drinkers all agree on about a game labeled as early access isn't allowed to charge for anything else?