My Honest Thoughts on ARK Ascended
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2023
- Here is my review and my honest thoughts on ARK Ascended after playing for more than 200 hours.
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I like to PvP, and PvE. Usually wearing an Exo Suit nowadays. Unlocking it is easy with no cheats needed anymore, and usually on a server, official or unofficial, I'm not fussed. Single Player is great though, certainly with a guide for any platform be it xbox, ps4, ps5, pc, it's great. Sometimes play MTS, and usually post patch/update. But a survival game needs some community news and that's what I do, giving you the latest on events, small tribes, maybe even fast flyers and primitive plus, usually covering all maps from Island to Genesis Part 2. And one day. ARK 2!
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Im exited to download and play ASA on console so i can complain about roll back and lag
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That’s one reason why I mainly play single player.
Same rannus
@@fasi247 that's your opinion and I support that, but personally i'm gonna buy it just for the mods
You'll complain more then about that game looks blurry and I'm on a series x
Sometimes it's easy to forget that what we see here is a carefully curated slice of content. I was quite surprised to hear that Raas already has 200 hours clocked in the game.
Just like these youtubers and their bots. Getting paid to promote this game and they use bots to manipulate countless of people
Brilliantly done.. love the narration-- you sounded amazing.. gorgeous video-- the Ark devs should love this!!
I love listening to your narration on these videos. So very well said, like listening to a short story.
Floating rocks are awesome and mesh dino storage is very nice feature.
same bugs whit all their prev games old Ark + Atlas go look ate them its all the same ! same models ! same building system all is the same !!! but whit some makeup to get your money
Procedural generation, what an invention... 😂 less work, more money, but a terrible experience.
Rally in depth video, touching on all the important parts and very fair judgement imo. Thanks for taking the time to make this video 👍👌 really great one
You are a great story teller. Loved watching.
I went to my local vape shop today and all the guys were sitting around watching Raasclark’s stream on the tv. It was so awesome to see. 👍
I did not think i would play A:SA more than A:SE at this point. I just did not realise how diluted the gameplay had become with mods and additional quality of life improvements that the other maps had brought to Ark as A:SE evolved. I had forgotten how to do a lot of very basic stuff required by The Island, but reacquiring that lost knowledge has been very enjoyable in such a lush environment. The single experience that has blown me away is relying on sound over visuals for locating Dino's, especially species, direction, distance and threat level when in the thickly laid out undergrowth. i hear things first with surround headphones, a piece of kit which i have used playing A:SE and never noticed this phenomenon. This also makes the atmosphere in the caves especially good, which was probably what hooked me on day one. The pace is noticeably slower for me, but maybe not for some of the other tribes on the server i play. I am taking my time and savouring the moment. There have been precious few bugs compared to back in the day, and i stuck it out through all of that nightmare with my R9 390. I think this has been a triumph for Wildcard so far, with much room for improvement so long as they are given the chance. Snail is a whole other boardroom game. I think we will all keep an eye on the mollusc running the circus and hope they will focus on the success of their primary asset. I need a rum.
Well said 👏
couldnt have said it better
Must be nice to have the NASA super computer you need to run this game
@@theunderdog9353 I thought i would just need to upgrade the trusty 5700xt that has served me so well for many years and sadly a few weeks before A:SA dropped a lightning strike killed the poor thing. R.I.P. bought a Sapphire Pule 7800xt for £480 as it is the best card i could buy that would fit into my case and it is snug. The bench saw less than a 10% improvement which was extremely disappointing. This made it clear that the lil old 1800x was bottleknecking so i had to upgrade everything else. I wanted to go for the new generation, but budget didnt allow so i went for a 5800x3d and saw a huge improvement on the bench. Im running 3440x1440 with A:SA settings maxed and everything is great, except this is a wildcard game, so not always. The ray tracing is lacking and sometimes the light coming through the trees i the redwoods looks more like a bitmap sprite. It cost just shy of a grand which was more than i wanted to spend. This wont last 6 years either as i plan to upgrade again next year.
Dude. Ragnarok is going be crazy!
I play on my own server and so far it runs fairly well. I can't see what my babies need when they need care and sometimes they float in the air. Two of our tribe members recently lost all their gear. I hope these issues are fixed soon.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you!
Thorough review, nicely done Raas :)
Cheers mate
NOICE job on some of those shots in camera mode Raas!
The wording was legendary raas. Thanks for being fairly honest. Youve earned my like and love for another day.❤
Thanks for you honest and true opinion raaaas
I have had to dial down some settings, but still am enjoying the new adventure and can still see a lot of the new features.
I can't wait for Fjordurr!! It's gonna be A-MA-ZING!!
Abberation will be amazing
Great video Raas you nailed it mate !..
Thanks for the synopsis!!
Nicey put Raas, I myself have managed to play a little and enjoy your live streams. Tweaking the graphics has been a pain, but now fairly stable so i can play for a few hours. For those wishing to see the game play Raas live streams are FAB, and show the graphics with full effect compared to some live streams.
Amazing one raas, i hope ps gets it soon enough!
Playing on the series X I think the devs done a really good job remaking The Island, it feels like a different map and so atmospheric now it’s awesome. Obviously there’s issues, some pixelated lighting and clouds and some of the water is unresponsive to movement but all in all I am really enjoying it. I loved playing scorched earth some hopefully that map gets just as much tlc from them.
my triceratops keep flying into the sky when i'm flying on a pteradon - weird bug
Series X looks like ASE it can’t run the game
@@randomname5646 you need your eyes tested mate. Looks 100 times better than ASE.
@@randomname5646I play ASA in series X and the game not only looks better, it’s also quite smoother in terms of fps and more unlikely to have frame drops
It's crazy how they can make the exact same game again and make the same mistakes. There's passion behind this game but I think their passion is blinding them from making a good game.
it is funny how wildcard said that dinos will have better ai when my argy is just flying into the tree when I am hanging on one of the redwood trees
great vid mate
Me: I finally got a pc that can play all games on epic settings! Wild card: Hold my beer.
It's running incredibly smooth on series x..no crashes or lag in the 2 hours I've played.
Yeah, I'm having fun playing ASA on PS5. It's a game where I get lied to over and over again, after I change my schedule over and over again. At least this time I saw it coming that they are simply telling lies, so I didn't assume it would actually drop on PS5 end of Nov.
i really thought i would hate it bought it yesterday and im hooked again
Honestly I really hope they changed (or will) some of the animations. For example Equuses in ASE jump weirdly or when they stand on their hind legs they look bugged. I also hope they will add some animations to make things look more smoothly.
That and some dlc. TBH I would have rather seen tlc votes instead of new dinos. So many already exist with little to no reason to exist.
Good vid, Raas.
Although the New old Island map is a refreshing...
I can't be the only one who's super excited about Scorched Earth on UE5?
They should really fix the crashes issue. At best I get 20mins of play time before game crashes.
Not just Scorched Earth. Imagine what Abberation will look like. No offense but on the crash issues i can beat that. I can crash 10 times in 5 minutes when i start sorting out stuff from drops and fishing. About 2 days ago i did some fishing with fishing mod (one you craft baits and it skips mini game) and got around 277 blueprints. It took me almost an hour and i dont even know how many crashes before i sorted that out. Imagine crash every 2 minutes xD. Funny that for me i lasted almost 170 hours without single crash and then it let itself go on that one.
Would love to see the old ark original release trailer side by side with the same but using ASA instead just to see the difference more clearly.
my favorite addition is probably , the dino homicide mechanic for easy baby tames . while yes , you still have to grow them up into worthy tames and take care of them , its way easier than getting 2 high level tames of the opposite sexes and breeding them . while sure , its not as efficient , its way easier in the early game than normal taming mechanics . also , because of the revamped ai pathfinding , the wayne method of acquiring dinosaurs just becomes more viable in my opinion . also , curious question , can you color the belt torch ? because that would mean you could put a blue flame above your crotch and call it "blue balls" which is quite hilarious indeed .
Accurate - very similar to how I've explained the game to friends.
If I’m being honest. I got emotional when I saw the trailer for this. Can’t wait to play it on my ps5
You forgot to mention the new system of mutations. That's a real game changer.
yes, it is.
@@ShubhsGamingHubwhat even is it?
@paco explain please
@gmaccc2420 It is very hard to explain.
In ASE, the mutations were normal. If you are doing 10 mutations and your dino A health is 9,000, and after that, you get a new dino B who has 9900 health without mutation, then the mutations you have done will remain in your dino A. You cannot transfer the mutation.
In ASA, you can transfer your dino A mutation to your dino B mutation. Which means that after you mate dino A and dino B, there are chances that dino B will get those 10 mutations, and the health will go up like 11000 or whatever the health increases per level.
I will try to elaborate more on this if you don't get it.
@@sweetcorn1936 In ASE, if you have a mutation stack on a dino and find a better one, you may regret it or start over again. You can find higher level dinos in some DLC, and there's no point in starting a mutation stack until all the DLCs are released. In ASA you can continue mutating new dino and the problem with unreleased DLCs has been solved.
GREAT video.
i honestly cant wait for aberration i want to see how beautiful it will be
Well stated Raas!
im waiting and hoping the center map gets open world bosses like fyodior has cause there is areas that it could be a thing. and all the uncreative areas that where kinda barren get a great overhaul and more random death like deathworms and golems all ovet the map
If they add all the DLC maps from ASE to ASA, ill lose my mind.
Imagine Extinction or Abberation with these graphics 🤯
funny how reignited trilogy came out and everyone said "this is what we want in hd remake games" and then ark does it and gets a bunch of hate. sure there have been some missteps like with server hosting and yeah its taxing on the old PC but its not unplayable. its a "new but old" ark and i couldnt be happier playing it, because i love ark. but im one of the few who played since pre-alpha launch day one and know full well how bad it could be, and its nowhere near as bad as that.
@awhellnah__ id say your subjective opinion is shit. reignited sold over 10m and Ascended already sold over 600k in two weeks. id say that makes you a minority who just likes to complain. i dont think you really understood my point to begin with either lol
Looking forward to Aberration
You know you love it!!
I think/hope/wish the future of ASA is extremely bright. I play it on steam (MSI Suprim X 4090 + 13900k) and immediately noticed the game still needs an absolute ton of optimizations and fixes however once said dust really settles I think the game will run and be amazing. The servers have become remarkably more stable now which is very nice as well.
Hopefully by Abb the game is a lot more optimized
@@minimozzer9149 I’m there with ya, I’m hoping by scorched, I think the desert would look amazing (ab as well) as I spend a lot of time normally in the drake dens
As much as i hope youre right i think we just on copium. Optimization on regular ark never got trully better in 8 years i dont think theyll do miracle in less time with a new engine
I Bought evolved on day 1, it played very well, then the updates started coming ! optimization was never as good as it was on those first days
@@johnmcafee9663I think either you were on single player or another game.
Good informercial.
I want to love this game but until they fix the crashing with the UI especially when you open inventories even with the Transition setting off I just am always mad at it. And yes I have a very high end gaming pc. The crashing just totally kills the fun for me.
Same for me...i hope the fixes come soon
My PC can just barely run this game at pretty decent looking settings and a for the most part stable 60 frames. But I love what they have done with this game and I'm enjoying a lot of the new features.
Aberration is most definitely gonna be the GOAT in ASA. But so might be the performance and crashes
Raasclark you a real one
New Ai pathing works...sometimes lol. Things i needed to see updated were like things like the Argy when ordered to follow...still hangs there for 5-6seconds then circles you at 400mph...Ark will be Ark
I hard a argy on follow on my giga it flew close to the ground and couldnt work out how to get over a rock.......a bird stuck on a rock had to go back and fly the birb over it. GREAT path finding
Oddly enough the enemy pathing seems to be superior to tames'.
5000 hours in ark pvp can’t wait to deal with the same problems from before
It’s so nice it’s finally on ps5 this game is everything I hoped for and more
Hopefully it gets updates in the future
As someone who would like to play this game but have a laptop that could barely run ASE, and now know I'd need to save up a lot two buy two high end gaming pcs, one for myself and one for my partner, I have a few questions. I've never built a PC before and am already reserved to wait on buy the game till I can get Both pcs. Any advice, though not expected, would be appreciated.
- Would you recommend using that PC building company if located in the US?
- Are these "bare minimum" upgrades for the game to run on max or at least high settings, with mods, or should I go above and beyond?
- I heard it was difficult to set up small non dedicated lan games still. I mostly play in small groups. Is it still best to get a server and is non-dedicated even possible?
Thank you for your time.
And thank you Ras for the details in your videos as always. I will be checking out those PC parts when I have time latter today.
I personally love the game it is beautiful has very many QOL improvements and it has a feeling I didn't get from ASE which is the ability to play for a longer time and not get tired of it!
An unspoken reality by fanatics are:
Quality of life issues on official:
1. No cryopods (causes lag by having to render everyone’s Dino’s at all times:
2. No mawing (sleeping is impossible)
3. No special additions on gameplay taming.
4. New building structures but same snapping issues.
5. Servers have timeout issues.
6. Meshing still an issue.
7. Primitive Cooking causes crashes.
8. Caves are the same. Just look high rendered.
9. Maps have poop level Dino’s. It’s a days work to get one good Dino on official.
10. Ark players … we still leaving foundations all over the map to be Aholes to everyone.
11. People still using traps even though new AI is practically useless which makes taming easier than ever.
Cryopods should be available on day one.
You never played ark before extinction map and it shows, go play unofficial please and adjust everything to your liking
I bought it only because I wanted to play official and ASE official type servers again. With that said, the first time I loaded the game the graphics shocked me. It was far better seeing it in game myself rather than on a youtube video even when I was only getting around 30 fps. At this point I honestly think it was worth the $45 that I had bought it for even though it has not been optimized at all.
For me my dedicated server is at least as stable as the original and my client rarely crashes, and I also have rebar enabled on max settings at 4k!
Ima see if it goes on sale for black Friday
The wild babies are SOOO freaking cute , suck when you need hide 😂
Thanks for the unbiased opinions, Raas. When I go to the ark subreddit, all I hear is non stop negativity, but when when I watch reviewers online I see so many positive features that make me want to play the game again.
Idk if its worth $45, but I think I'm gonna pick it up regardless and I'll get my moneys worth
Raas as always you bring out the best in everything Love this video, and very well put on all the pros and cons of the game. I think mostly the main problems we are having is server wise, Nitrado claims to have great performance but sometimes my shoes has better performance than these servers and i am half crippled. Never had problems with G-Portal and I am so ölonging for them to be able to host this. But i am now looking forward to playing with my daughter who has a xbox series-x
This game looks gorgeous, and I'd love to play it, but i cant afford the upgrades necessary to barely run this thing. ASE it is.
You forgot to mention the new feature of mystical floating ground clutter in the game.
Just finished watching the console video
If i buy this on ps5 what maps will i have access to and when will they release as i heard there's a release order
I mean over all it looks really good. I've thought of getting it but not sure if my computer would be able to even handle this lol
They also forgot to add stone and metal piping, you can't bring water to your base
I'm bummed that the console version doesn't look as gorgeous as the PC version. Like the game runs smoother than I was expecting and it doesn't look bad but, this games beauty deserves to truly be appreciated, not just baseline serviceable
as much as i love ASA, wildcard need to get their shit together. our server sometimes crashes upwards of 10x in an hour, other times its fine for half a day. inconsistent behaviour impossible to troubleshoot and logs that are practically useless. we cant do anything without risking to lose everything we have. its sad that these issues havent been fixed, if anything theyve gotten severely wors the last few patches. awesome video tho raas!
The blinders on fanboys is impressive
I'll play ASA when I don't need a 40 series GPU just to have playable FPS. Sticking to ASE until they fixed and optimized ASA
I wait untill the aberration dlc update, i played it but it was to bare without a modlist im used to 😂
To sum up:
Give it 3 years. Might be Good!
Could you recommend single player breeding settings? I’m trying to get it so a giga doesn’t take a week to raise, several hours to a day would be more reasonable. But not too fast that I can’t 100% imprint small creatures.
This is the real everlasting struggle of Ark
I got it! 40 maturation and 0.05 imprint.
I raised a giga, Rex, raptor and Dimorphodon successfully
I also have single player (off) not sure if that effects those rates
@@vexydara It definitely affects those rates but it's a good starting point to tweak from!! Thanks!
Took me 3 days of testing numbers lol if you tweak it to perfection let me know, I’m currently in the middle of moving so all my stuff is packed away no time to play.
I never played A:SE, my partner wanted me to but didn't understand what was meant with taking down the servers so I was under the impression I couldn't play it at all anymore... We talked about trying Ark 2, but while trying to research that I stumbled onto A:SA and through that this channel, Veno's, Syntac's, AxeMan's, etc. The information provided is always helpful since I feel like I'm going backwards on idiot mode most of the time I'm playing. I watch you all be meh about a level 100 and I'm like "I'm so happy I actually managed to tame a level 2!" In some ways it's daunting - having to learn how to function in easy to then make it harder and harder to be at the point where I'm looking for level 150 dinos, but I'm about 3 steps away from trying out the first cave and that's actually really exciting. You say you'd get bored without the mods, I'm in awe at taming a Moschops... Someday I'll get there, but for now it's more learning from folks like you so thanks for your honest opinions, it'll help everyone in the end.
I've only played a little bit but creatures were still getting stuck on rocks, trees, etc. AI doesn't seem like it was changed all that much, tiny bit but nothing like they were advertising. I think it's awesome they updated dung beetles, oviraptors, building, and babies roaming the lands ❤️ but idk. The game feels very much the same. All in all, I'm disappointed. :/ I wasn't expecting a massive change but I was expecting more. Guess I was expecting too much from Wild Card.
Your only allowed to love it
They're smarter now. Harder to get them into traps
If they could finally fix all the clipping issues… (dinosaurs falling into the ground, getting stuck, random floating things, building platforms only for them to fall out and through walls, etc)…I would be a happy camper.
I agree ☝️ this games the one in 1 to 2 years 🎉🎉 I played ASE so much I don’t even care how bad it runs bc I love the game
I really like ASA, but I don't feel like playing on my own again after more than a thousand hours of singleplayer in ASE.
Can you make a video on the Xbox hot keys I have no idea how to do any of it
If you remember when ark was just a game preview it was unplayable yeah it’s got a lot of bugs and glitches but evolve still does it’s not that bad on Xbox and I’m on a s model
Good review and opinion. I just love ASA. So new but still familiar. Best game of all time for me
Not trying to be smart or anything, do you have a top of the line PC?
@@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf nope. Rzen 5 7600 with rtx 3070.
@@lilow3581 I've got an i7 13th gen and 3060Ti , can manage between 45 to 60 fps on 1440 with decent settings, iso clouds turned off of course
@lilow3581 that's still way above the average build. Most people are still on 10XX series gpus.
3050 4gb and ryzen 7 4800h and i love this game. 30-40 fps so its pretty good
Series s graphics are downgraded and I'm experiencing screen tearing often. Hope there is a fix soon.
My only issue with ASA is the tether is still here, even worse than ASE. I’m a console player and the ASE tether was 400 meters and ASA has a 200 meter tether, that’s my only issue with it
Really well articulated mate on why this game if you ark fan. Is definitely worth the wait and can only get better going forward. Clearly had its early issues and lacked organised realise but think most will agree will be new and better Ark given time.
Fantastic review! I have a 3070 ti, 5900x 12-core processor, and 32 GB of ram. Anyone know if this would be able to play the game with all of the necessary settings to make it actually look as good as the trailer shows?
I have a 3070ti and can’t run the game at 60 like settings want and game it kinda laggy and jittery but if I cap my dreams to 30 it’s a perfectly playable experience and still look great I’m sure that’s what the consoles will be capped to I’m sure just like every other game they get just about can’t wait for all my console player to finally experience ark again in a new and beautiful light the game has had so much potential and even more now that everyone is on one network now all that’s left is PS when PS gets added that’s when the real fun will begin
EDIT: week last im getting a stable 50 fps same setting fps is now capped at 45 for a smoother overall experience.
whats with the performance now? can i get with my 6950 xt in 2k over 60 fps with good looking?
Game runs all maxed 4k at 60 fps on my 4090 and i913900k
Well spoken Raas. Anxiously await the Series X launch and am praying for stability.
Crashes for me on spawn but has played beautifully since
I've been playing for an hr on xsx..buttery smooth.no problems so far
can someone tell me if it’s decent on xbox i honestly don’t care ab framedrops and shi but does it run okay besides that? is it still fun? Is it worth it? idk if this is answered in the vid because i’ve got school and can’t watch the whole thing rn but someone pls tell me if it’s still good. it’ll be downloaded by when i get home and js wanna know a lil bit ab it before i play.
ps is the bosses already added or na? boss fighting is my favorite thing besides building and i wanna know if it’s there or not :) oh another thing are there still explorer notes?
The bruce wayne comment 😂😂 i cant wait for this to drop on ps5 lowkey jelly of my xbox and pc bros
as a xbox player i love asa the wild babys are so cool and i can get mods on xbox now but it lags alot so i had to turn off some stuff like fog it also is a bit more harder which i like i get chills thinking about how SE will look but i dont like that i have to pay for SE A E G1 G2 when i alredy payed for it in ASE
Yea the servers are still not running great by any means with no mods everyones rubberbanding and crashing plus gotta love the random rollbacks when restarting a server
i find that ASA, while still a good game has a lot more potential. especially on console, one thing they could work on that would improve the game 10 fold, at least for console is to optimize it for console. I use the xbox series X and can only run max 35 frames in the open. this drops to almost 20 in forests and i couldnt imagine caves or the later maps such as aberration or genesis.
Since it’s so much more expensive than evolved. Assuming to have similar levels of bugs, should I get evolved instead? Like I don’t reli care toooo much about graphics. Like um, or should I wait until they polish ascended? Will they ever though?
Oh I’m just playing with my sister, so basically two copies needed, doubling the price. And I don’t understand the whole server thing. As long as I can play with my sister, it’s fine, I don’t need um other unknown people in my server, I think it’s called local server.
And I looked at the score on steam, ascended is way worse than evolved
Stick with A:SE, it will be more worth your money, and you don't have to deal with all the requirements if you are playing on PC. I've only played the Island and Ragnarok so far, can't wait to get into the other maps, the community map, Ragnarok, is so awesome! The Island, too dense, constantly losing my dinos when I have them on follow, only to find them stuck between two trees. 🙄
Have fun!! I could just build bases for days in A:SE.
Is the proper ark 2 ever coming out