Not only do you have some of the best Ark taming tutorials, you're also one of the few honest Ark channel owners! You call a spade a spade and don't sugarcoat the failures of Snail Games and Wildcard in order to be their darling. Kudos! I think you're spot on with what to expect of Ark 2 if there is something of that title at all existing at this point. Probably they spent all on that Vin Diesel cameo and had to milk the ASE fans for ASA in order to engage in Ark 2 development in the first place. If there was anything unique they had already, they would show it. And finally with pay2win "fantastic" creatures and premium mod paywalls to servers, they'll destroy the tiny community of the few Ark players who gave ASA a chance despite the ripoff on the ASE community for good.
I think that the devs are really nailing on Ark 2, thats why the release is so delayed, you shouldnt judge Ark 2 this bad, I really have good hope on Ark 2. I really enjoy ASA and its mechanics are exceptional!
Indeed. They keep pushing back their release road map. I predict they're going to be able to make it to release all the maps and certainly are going to scale back on what they deliver. Right now, the community is doing their work for them in premium mods and that passive revenue is what is the only thing allowing them to barely tread water even now.
Your humor is the best! That Vin Diesel impression had me rolling! Our expectations have been set after YEARS of shit that has been shoveled. I bought into ASA but will not spend another dime. I will not even try to play Ark 2 until I get the recommendation from you. You have earned your communities trust.
I sadly think you are spot on... And you very much summarized why I finally decided to deinstall all ARK instances and focus on actually playable, stable games with a future.
I think you nailed it. So a turd like ASA not worth buying or playing. I'm done with ARK completely. Not sure why I even watched your video on it, but I've always liked your videos.
Best case scenario then is that Snail is forced to sell off wildcard in the bankruptcy proceedings and someone that is actually willing and able picks it up
I feel the same way. After the announcement of ASA, these concerns have been confirmed for me, because they plan to develop ASA for the next few years, and ARK2 will certainly be something different. When new canonical DLC comes out, I will rename ASA to ARK2 in my mind.
I came to ARK because I watched Nooblets PvPing solo a whole server for 9 hours. Until Nooblets comes back doing this, I’ll never touch this game again. F... Snail Games
Idk what it will be like, but I think based on the info available it would be cool if it was like a 3rd person real time strategy game. Your player and hostile tribe will be on opposite sides of map to build bases and tame dinos to play an AI version of PVP.
😂Everyone yelling click bait. Totally went into this video thinking, I wonder what he's up to now. Was not disappointed. Excellent video and really thick you're in the general ballpark of what it's going to be like. Keep up the fun.
I love Souls games so I'd be excited to see the possibilities, but at the same time I totally agree it will probably be Soulslike in only the most basic way. That's if it ever comes out at all. I think at this point, Vin Diesel is going to have to pay out of pocket like he did for the animated series.
If it comes out, I dont even think it will have so many features as you think. I was actually just thinking a more primitive version of ASE, with only half the dinos, more focus on primitive combat with. I dont even think that the hostile tribe will be out at launch, it will properly be a feature for the year after. And most of the dinos we will see, are just re-reskinned versions of the ones from ASA, with very few new mechanics. Thats what I think, I dont expect very much, at this point.
I’m playing the original Ark, PVE community driven and being respectful of each other. I have a choice of all the maps, not worrying about being attacked and a helpful community. 👍🏻
To be honest: I don'tcare about Ark 2. Right now I'm playing every story map on ASE and after that I'll try ASA on my new computer (RTX 470, 32 GB RAM, etc.) but this won't happen until the next 1-2 years... Maybe they have fixed most of the issues until then.
Instead of adopting the play style of elden ring, I think it would be better to adapt it to the Horizon games. Those games feel like what ark 2 should/will be.
Seeing lots of similarities between this Ark 2 "release" and Kerbal Space Program 2... hopefully not!!! But I'm never buying early access again after buying KSP2 only for them to release a partial game that's pretty broken and then have it totally shut down. Sad.
P.S. We are on console, so ASA has still been a whole new game in many ways for us. Free would have been nice of course, but we've overcome our disappointment there. Thank You for all you Share!!
Tbh I'm thinking they'll buy the codebase of something like Black Desert, then badly reskin it and try to force in ark building and MAYBE some taming... Even if they get it all put together it'll be so bugged and untested that it won't be worth playing for a year or two
1:24 yeah I have no expectations, why would I support the team that plagiarized the Jumping Spider, charges us 60$ canadian for the same game but it runs worse, charges us 40$ canadian for either lacklustre to pay to win content, 5$ for the permit to tame one creature, butchered the Centre because of PvP exploits and more BS that I haven't listed or hasn't happened yet.
I'm not sure they can pull off Elden Ring combat in a rushed, low budget release of Ark2. I think a reskinned Conan Exiles in Ark's style is likely more realistic for Ark 2 given what we know. Back when they announced Ark 2 was going to be third person, have souls like combat, quests and open world. I immediately thought Conan Exiles with dinosaurs. Both Ark and Conan Exiles are built in Unreal Engine, hence the similarities and would be easier for the devs to reuse ASA assets into its less complex third person combat, boss encounters, questing, and tribe encounters style. Plus it's extensive in-game purchases model of selling skins will be something Snail Games will go for.
Honestly, I really want ark 2 To be like ascended, both new abilities. Although 1 the second game was gonna be announced, I was kind of hoping it would be very similar to Conan exile. When it's unique boss fights there. It's unique landscapes was hoping for something like that. But after what you said about dark souls, I mean, i've never played dark Souls, I mean, I don't know what do you guys think
Not sure what the goal of this video is. I'm ignoring ark 2. When it's actually a thing, maybe ill take a look. ASE was an old customised unreal engine that couldn't be upgraded and it needed to be upgrade for new platforms and to attract new players with newer machines. It would have meant a slow death. I used to play a lot of EverQuest, it was awesome for it's time and you can still play it. But the graphics are very low res and dated and nobody new is going to start playing it thinking its cool. ASA had to happen, its fully upgradable and the upgrade to unreal 5.4 being released soon is prove if that. And well they did fix the long rifle reload bug!!! My pc is 11 years old, it doesn't run asa very good, but thats my problem not wildcards. A lot of people will be upgrading anyway as windows 10 goes out of support.
I'm not convinced Ark 2 will ever come out at this rate...but if it does it NEEDS to be something completely new...otherwise it will be the final nail in the coffin for the franchise.
I don't follow development very close, so I had no idea they were going for a souls like design for ark 2... I honestly don't think ark 2 being a souls like will end well, I've always been a fan of the freedom ark gives you, no quests, no bosses, just an island some fists and the freedom to explore how you wish. ark is and always has been an open world survival craft game with dinosaurs, that's its entire appeal. I don't really see this ending well, especially from snail games with how short sighted and money oriented they are. I'm not saying it'll be a bad game of course, but I'll definitely be holding my wallet shut until I see some reviews of how this mashup of genre's will mesh together.
I tried ASA when it was free to play on steam for a weekend. If anything I wanted to see how my PC handled it. After playing a bit, I thought "wait, this is just a shinier version of the game I've already played for years, do I really want to do this?..." *uninstall*. Still playing ASE and no interest at all in Ark2.
At this point ASA will tank WC and Snail will be right behind or ahead of that. There is very little chance Ark 2 will see the light of day let alone ASA getting any legitimate fix.
they say the numbers of evolved are tied to no one having the hardware to run ASA, i think even if we all did, i still will not play ASA, i spent years waiting for evolved to get to the state it was in the end, i have the game, i paid in money, tears and hours, i dont need to buy the same buggy game with less content again, and to buy pay to win crap now too, i never put evolved down, week 3 of ASA i was done with it,
it somewhat makes me sick how somewhat decent ark survival evovled was if they just would of fixed the bugs and left it alone and took that money then upgraded us to unreal engine 5 and did it a different way
With all the extra IAP/PTW/Mod costs, glitches amongst the list you have mentioned, I am so glad I haven't purchased ASA. Oh wait, still can't afford to buy PC parts to play it in the first place. Still happily playing ASE. Single player, no stress, runs ok. As for Ark 2, no thanks. The system specs will probably be needing a quantum pc by the time they release it...
Most of the revenue they're earning at this point is from the micro transactions of the premium mods and even that isnt much. They're in serious financial trouble and just frankly its not sustainable. So just as they've kited much else to date, they're also kiting the inevitable demise. Most understand, including so many youtubers that used to cover Ark lots, that Ark's best days are far behind it at this point.
IF ark 2 actually releases, but its like dark souls or elden ring, im not playing it. Ark needs to be ark. It cannot simply copy another game and be successful.
Honestly, Ark 2 when I first saw it, the second trailer. I was actually really excited for it. The first trailer too I also was and like I really do want to see what a the gameplay looks like and I'm kind of worried it will be canceled or something bad will happen to it. But I really want it to play It so badly. What do you guys think? Do you really want to play the? Sequel
Marketing: Ark 2 releasing soon! Developers: No way in hell we have the time and resources to launch before 2026. Publisher: Rename Ark Survival Ascended to Ark 2. Done deal.
have you seen conan exiles? I originally thought ark 2 would be as if ase and conan exiles had a baby, but after seeing asa come out im more expecting a game that you have to pay to press the [Launch Game] button each time.
at this point im hoping it doesnt come out, id much rather they fix ascended and do the relaunch for all the dlcs and then stop, i dont have enough faith in them for ark 2
So I do believe the teams are different and I don't think it cuts into their time for the development of each game like people might be thinking. It's probably/hopefully(?) like large studios where they can have many different games in development at once - though there is likely some management involved and without hiring more staff if there are too many projects the quality of that management and coordination goes down. However....... ..... I hope it's *at least* Elden Ring reskinned into Ark. That sounds potentially optimistic 🥲 It really might be better for everyone if they DON'T release Ark 2 this year if it's in a really incomplete state. Might ruin their sales even more and suck for us to play
Liked just for the Vin Diesel impression! xD As for ARK 2 I couldn't care less. It's not the style of game I hoped it to be...and I just don't like Vin Diesel. If it does come out and people enjoy it, good on them. I personally think the Franchise is done unless a different, more competent publisher gets their hands on it to make it a lot better.
I'll continue to play ASE until the wheels fall off or someone else make a better Dino game like it. I seriously doubt it will come from Snail or Wildcard thO. I have zero interest in ARK2 and will only think about getting ASA when every map is out and it goes on a massive sale. I'm not going to buy the same game twice at full price just because it has prettier graphics and some useless dumb additional DLC.
‘If it comes out’ 😂 Never change Nooblets… never change.
That Vin Diesel imitation combined with your accent though… 10/10 😂😂😂
Just wait til you meet the fakey BAHA 😂😂😂
Dang it, I got baited lol
well the devs bait us too :P
Don't feel bad..he got us all 😅
We expect clickbait from the devs shouldn't stoop to there level thou
@@NOOBLETS All because of developers clickbait doesn't mean you should you should be better than that
@@bringerd1936 hint if I may? Punctuation would make this easier to read,
that vin diesel impersonation was straight up golden. I laughed so hard. "Family"
Loved the Vin Diesel cameo in the middle there - sounded just like him...... 😂
Thank you mate, hope it made you smile :)
Not only do you have some of the best Ark taming tutorials, you're also one of the few honest Ark channel owners! You call a spade a spade and don't sugarcoat the failures of Snail Games and Wildcard in order to be their darling. Kudos!
I think you're spot on with what to expect of Ark 2 if there is something of that title at all existing at this point. Probably they spent all on that Vin Diesel cameo and had to milk the ASE fans for ASA in order to engage in Ark 2 development in the first place. If there was anything unique they had already, they would show it.
And finally with pay2win "fantastic" creatures and premium mod paywalls to servers, they'll destroy the tiny community of the few Ark players who gave ASA a chance despite the ripoff on the ASE community for good.
They just need to scrap it and work on Asa not being shit at this point
That is the most likely prediction of Ark 2's development direction I have heard. You have re-earned the title of Arkstradamus yet again :)
I think that the devs are really nailing on Ark 2, thats why the release is so delayed, you shouldnt judge Ark 2 this bad, I really have good hope on Ark 2. I really enjoy ASA and its mechanics are exceptional!
I just started playing ASE unofficial and I couldn't be happier.
Yeah I'm just gonna go back to ASE. ASA runs like hot garbage on my fairly nice PC and it's just overall super disappointing.
I think that Ark 2 will be closer to "Dark and Light", camps of enemies, a little boss fight here and there, released and left to rot
Click baited me like a boss. You got me good! I forgive you though, you're Steve. :)
Thank you, well the devs bait us too ;)
One more view, a subscriber leaves. I hope it was worth it
Ark 2 is never coming we’re lucky if we get all the maps remastered in unreal 😢
Indeed. They keep pushing back their release road map. I predict they're going to be able to make it to release all the maps and certainly are going to scale back on what they deliver. Right now, the community is doing their work for them in premium mods and that passive revenue is what is the only thing allowing them to barely tread water even now.
Your humor is the best! That Vin Diesel impression had me rolling! Our expectations have been set after YEARS of shit that has been shoveled. I bought into ASA but will not spend another dime. I will not even try to play Ark 2 until I get the recommendation from you. You have earned your communities trust.
If ARK 2 ever comes out 2026 will be the absolute earliest it will come out.
The Vin impression was priceless, really needed that laugh, thank you so much Steve ! 💚🤣😂
Just so long as Vin’s head isn’t stalking us like HLNA 😂
I sadly think you are spot on... And you very much summarized why I finally decided to deinstall all ARK instances and focus on actually playable, stable games with a future.
people say you clickbaited but honestly its a very realistic video
I think you're spot on.
I think you nailed it. So a turd like ASA not worth buying or playing. I'm done with ARK completely. Not sure why I even watched your video on it, but I've always liked your videos.
What year ? Well never , Snail goose brook before it comes out 😂, great vid as always ! ❤
Best case scenario then is that Snail is forced to sell off wildcard in the bankruptcy proceedings and someone that is actually willing and able picks it up
Possibly the greatest Vin Deisel impression ever.
I feel the same way. After the announcement of ASA, these concerns have been confirmed for me, because they plan to develop ASA for the next few years, and ARK2 will certainly be something different. When new canonical DLC comes out, I will rename ASA to ARK2 in my mind.
Hah😂 love the vin diesel impersonation spot on lol
That Vin Diesel imitation bit deserves a million subs on its own
Hey Steve
You spot on on this one they are just doing consistent item's for cash ... waste of time
They should have just left well enough alone
@4:05 you make a great Vin Diesel Steve 🤣🤣🤣great video
I came to ARK because I watched Nooblets PvPing solo a whole server for 9 hours. Until Nooblets comes back doing this, I’ll never touch this game again. F... Snail Games
Why you gotta clickbait me like that 😂
If snail and wild card can click bait you with Ark 2 why cann't I? ;) lol
@@NOOBLETS😂🤣😂
Oh man, didn’t know you were getting so much TH-cam cash that you could afford to hire the real Vin diesel to to a voice over for your channel 😆
Ark souls is something i am interested in kindof lol
A trex rolling would be comedic.
Idk what it will be like, but I think based on the info available it would be cool if it was like a 3rd person real time strategy game. Your player and hostile tribe will be on opposite sides of map to build bases and tame dinos to play an AI version of PVP.
You did say everything Nooblets 💯💯💯💯
😂Everyone yelling click bait. Totally went into this video thinking, I wonder what he's up to now. Was not disappointed. Excellent video and really thick you're in the general ballpark of what it's going to be like. Keep up the fun.
ty mate
I love Souls games so I'd be excited to see the possibilities, but at the same time I totally agree it will probably be Soulslike in only the most basic way. That's if it ever comes out at all. I think at this point, Vin Diesel is going to have to pay out of pocket like he did for the animated series.
We need more PVP and Raids in ARK 2
Fr I had a warship with canons and catapult that I online raided other rafts with
If it comes out, I dont even think it will have so many features as you think. I was actually just thinking a more primitive version of ASE, with only half the dinos, more focus on primitive combat with. I dont even think that the hostile tribe will be out at launch, it will properly be a feature for the year after. And most of the dinos we will see, are just re-reskinned versions of the ones from ASA, with very few new mechanics. Thats what I think, I dont expect very much, at this point.
I can't see WC mastering animations and combat at the level of any souls-like games lol. But it will have my attention if it releases
I’m playing the original Ark, PVE community driven and being respectful of each other. I have a choice of all the maps, not worrying about being attacked and a helpful community. 👍🏻
To be honest: I don'tcare about Ark 2. Right now I'm playing every story map on ASE and after that I'll try ASA on my new computer (RTX 470, 32 GB RAM, etc.) but this won't happen until the next 1-2 years... Maybe they have fixed most of the issues until then.
by darksouls, i think they mean conan, but they just dont wanna say they are copying their competitor
"Need you to get a raptor that can do a 1/4 mile in 6 seconds" "then we can go out and crash some dinos" "yreaaah"
They'll change thier minds and call ASA the new Ark 2 after they add random crap!
Instead of adopting the play style of elden ring, I think it would be better to adapt it to the Horizon games. Those games feel like what ark 2 should/will be.
Should/won't
Seeing lots of similarities between this Ark 2 "release" and Kerbal Space Program 2... hopefully not!!! But I'm never buying early access again after buying KSP2 only for them to release a partial game that's pretty broken and then have it totally shut down. Sad.
P.S. We are on console, so ASA has still been a whole new game in many ways for us. Free would have been nice of course, but we've overcome our disappointment there.
Thank You for all you Share!!
I think the souls like combat was more for the Dino vs Dino. I hope.
Tbh I'm thinking they'll buy the codebase of something like Black Desert, then badly reskin it and try to force in ark building and MAYBE some taming... Even if they get it all put together it'll be so bugged and untested that it won't be worth playing for a year or two
1:24 yeah I have no expectations, why would I support the team that plagiarized the Jumping Spider, charges us 60$ canadian for the same game but it runs worse, charges us 40$ canadian for either lacklustre to pay to win content, 5$ for the permit to tame one creature, butchered the Centre because of PvP exploits and more BS that I haven't listed or hasn't happened yet.
i'm just over here on ASE... I'll believe it when I see it...
I'm not sure they can pull off Elden Ring combat in a rushed, low budget release of Ark2. I think a reskinned Conan Exiles in Ark's style is likely more realistic for Ark 2 given what we know. Back when they announced Ark 2 was going to be third person, have souls like combat, quests and open world. I immediately thought Conan Exiles with dinosaurs. Both Ark and Conan Exiles are built in Unreal Engine, hence the similarities and would be easier for the devs to reuse ASA assets into its less complex third person combat, boss encounters, questing, and tribe encounters style. Plus it's extensive in-game purchases model of selling skins will be something Snail Games will go for.
Hahahah I looked it up it’s called “blue vulva” 😂 apparently that’s real too
Nooblets always was a master baiter 😂😂😂 jk ive been watching you for years. Love the videos
Honestly, I really want ark 2 To be like ascended, both new abilities. Although 1 the second game was gonna be announced, I was kind of hoping it would be very similar to Conan exile. When it's unique boss fights there. It's unique landscapes was hoping for something like that. But after what you said about dark souls, I mean, i've never played dark Souls, I mean, I don't know what do you guys think
I was shocked for a second 🤣
i think your spot on and if not i expect it'll be even worse
I love the idea of what they've announced for ARK 2, but it's questionable if they're able to live up to their words
if its still going to be a soulslike then I don't care for it.
I think you are spot on.
The biggest issue I want to see fit in ark is pillar claiming
Not sure what the goal of this video is.
I'm ignoring ark 2. When it's actually a thing, maybe ill take a look.
ASE was an old customised unreal engine that couldn't be upgraded and it needed to be upgrade for new platforms and to attract new players with newer machines. It would have meant a slow death.
I used to play a lot of EverQuest, it was awesome for it's time and you can still play it. But the graphics are very low res and dated and nobody new is going to start playing it thinking its cool.
ASA had to happen, its fully upgradable and the upgrade to unreal 5.4 being released soon is prove if that.
And well they did fix the long rifle reload bug!!!
My pc is 11 years old, it doesn't run asa very good, but thats my problem not wildcards. A lot of people will be upgrading anyway as windows 10 goes out of support.
4:05 dang it nooblets! why...why have you done this? 😂
Why you gotta do me like that! I thought we were closer then that man! 😂
I'm not convinced Ark 2 will ever come out at this rate...but if it does it NEEDS to be something completely new...otherwise it will be the final nail in the coffin for the franchise.
You missed an opportunity to say "We got GTA6 before Ark 2"
I don't follow development very close, so I had no idea they were going for a souls like design for ark 2... I honestly don't think ark 2 being a souls like will end well, I've always been a fan of the freedom ark gives you, no quests, no bosses, just an island some fists and the freedom to explore how you wish. ark is and always has been an open world survival craft game with dinosaurs, that's its entire appeal. I don't really see this ending well, especially from snail games with how short sighted and money oriented they are. I'm not saying it'll be a bad game of course, but I'll definitely be holding my wallet shut until I see some reviews of how this mashup of genre's will mesh together.
I tried ASA when it was free to play on steam for a weekend. If anything I wanted to see how my PC handled it. After playing a bit, I thought "wait, this is just a shinier version of the game I've already played for years, do I really want to do this?..." *uninstall*. Still playing ASE and no interest at all in Ark2.
At this point ASA will tank WC and Snail will be right behind or ahead of that. There is very little chance Ark 2 will see the light of day let alone ASA getting any legitimate fix.
2024 means October. October means late 2024. Late 2024 means December. December means spring 2025...... so I think spring 2025
they say the numbers of evolved are tied to no one having the hardware to run ASA, i think even if we all did, i still will not play ASA, i spent years waiting for evolved to get to the state it was in the end, i have the game, i paid in money, tears and hours, i dont need to buy the same buggy game with less content again, and to buy pay to win crap now too, i never put evolved down, week 3 of ASA i was done with it,
Steve Astley just Arkrolled me.
Who even asked for that? I mean, I play Ark to be immersed. Not for 3rd person action gameplay
it somewhat makes me sick how somewhat decent ark survival evovled was if they just would of fixed the bugs and left it alone and took that money then upgraded us to unreal engine 5 and did it a different way
Imagine ark 2 being the exact same game like the last arks. 😂
Nah 💀🤣
A bit late here but do you think ark 2 will have multiplayer out on release?
I think we will clone dinos before ark2 comes out
With all the extra IAP/PTW/Mod costs, glitches amongst the list you have mentioned, I am so glad I haven't purchased ASA. Oh wait, still can't afford to buy PC parts to play it in the first place.
Still happily playing ASE. Single player, no stress, runs ok. As for Ark 2, no thanks. The system specs will probably be needing a quantum pc by the time they release it...
I see myself passing on Ark2.
snail will be bankrupted before we ever get ark2
ark2 will be the conan exiles at home
I've played 11k hours of ARK:SE and I'm finished with the Snail Games/Studio Wildcard shenanigans. F them!
I believe ark 2 was quiet cancelled.
I like your thinking. That sounds different enough to Ark1 that I might consider buying it ( I didn't buy ASA....because, why?).
"find me family" XD
Its coming out in 3024
Expect "Ark 2" to be a DLC for ASA
Most of the revenue they're earning at this point is from the micro transactions of the premium mods and even that isnt much. They're in serious financial trouble and just frankly its not sustainable. So just as they've kited much else to date, they're also kiting the inevitable demise. Most understand, including so many youtubers that used to cover Ark lots, that Ark's best days are far behind it at this point.
IF ark 2 actually releases, but its like dark souls or elden ring, im not playing it. Ark needs to be ark. It cannot simply copy another game and be successful.
Honestly, Ark 2 when I first saw it, the second trailer. I was actually really excited for it. The first trailer too I also was and like I really do want to see what a the gameplay looks like and I'm kind of worried it will be canceled or something bad will happen to it. But I really want it to play It so badly. What do you guys think? Do you really want to play the? Sequel
Marketing: Ark 2 releasing soon!
Developers: No way in hell we have the time and resources to launch before 2026.
Publisher: Rename Ark Survival Ascended to Ark 2. Done deal.
have you seen conan exiles? I originally thought ark 2 would be as if ase and conan exiles had a baby, but after seeing asa come out im more expecting a game that you have to pay to press the [Launch Game] button each time.
at this point im hoping it doesnt come out, id much rather they fix ascended and do the relaunch for all the dlcs and then stop, i dont have enough faith in them for ark 2
ark 2 is going to play like atlas combat mixed with slightly better ai
So I do believe the teams are different and I don't think it cuts into their time for the development of each game like people might be thinking. It's probably/hopefully(?) like large studios where they can have many different games in development at once - though there is likely some management involved and without hiring more staff if there are too many projects the quality of that management and coordination goes down. However.......
..... I hope it's *at least* Elden Ring reskinned into Ark. That sounds potentially optimistic 🥲
It really might be better for everyone if they DON'T release Ark 2 this year if it's in a really incomplete state. Might ruin their sales even more and suck for us to play
Liked just for the Vin Diesel impression! xD
As for ARK 2 I couldn't care less. It's not the style of game I hoped it to be...and I just don't like Vin Diesel. If it does come out and people enjoy it, good on them. I personally think the Franchise is done unless a different, more competent publisher gets their hands on it to make it a lot better.
I'll continue to play ASE until the wheels fall off or someone else make a better Dino game like it. I seriously doubt it will come from Snail or Wildcard thO. I have zero interest in ARK2 and will only think about getting ASA when every map is out and it goes on a massive sale. I'm not going to buy the same game twice at full price just because it has prettier graphics and some useless dumb additional DLC.
4:06 LOL
Pretty "spot on" I'd say
Sadly I cannot disagree with your view on what Ark 2 will end up being like. With how and what the did ASA.