TLDR: After 4 years, and now there's Ark 2, Ark 1 is finally in a fully playable, mostly bug free, and highly fun state. Highly recommended! :D

Full Review:

As a long time player I have so many memories of this game:

-The time Ark updated and broke every map (was fixed after a few days).

-The time Ark updated and wouldn't run on Windows 8.1 x64 (was fixed after a month)

-The time Ark updated and stopped working on AMD GPUs unless you ran it with "-norhithread" or turned off post processing (was fixed 8 months later).

-The time Ark updated and broke every building mod (mod authors had to make their own fix)

-The time Ark updated and you suddenly had giant green spheres around feeding troughs (fixed by mod authors).

-The time Ark updated and all Triceratops suddenly became immortal (fixed after a week).

-The time Ark updated and kept crashing in Windows 7 x64 DirectX 11, so you needed to run it in DirectX 10 mode (fixed after 3 months).

-The time Ark updated and the network connection code was broken (was fixed after a few weeks).

So many memories...

But now in the year 2021 AD I can safely say the game is 95% bug free and fully playable.

How is the actual game? Kick@ss! you run around gorgeous maps, taming dinosaurs, crafting buildings, riding dinosaurs, crafting buildings on top of dinosaurs...

10/10 - What's that... they are releasing Ark 2? Here we go again! :D

TLDR: After 4 years, and now there's Ark 2, Ark 1 is finally in a fully playable, mostly bug free, and highly fun state. Highly recommended! :D Full Review: As a long time player I have so many memories of this game: -The time Ark updated and broke every map (was fixed after a few days). -The time Ark updated and wouldn't run on Windows 8.1 x64 (was fixed after a month) -The time Ark updated and stopped working on AMD GPUs unless you ran it with "-norhithread" or turned off post processing (was fixed 8 months later). -The time Ark updated and broke every building mod (mod authors had to make their own fix) -The time Ark updated and you suddenly had giant green spheres around feeding troughs (fixed by mod authors). -The time Ark updated and all Triceratops suddenly became immortal (fixed after a week). -The time Ark updated and kept crashing in Windows 7 x64 DirectX 11, so you needed to run it in DirectX 10 mode (fixed after 3 months). -The time Ark updated and the network connection code was broken (was fixed after a few weeks). So many memories... But now in the year 2021 AD I can safely say the game is 95% bug free and fully playable. How is the actual game? Kick@ss! you run around gorgeous maps, taming dinosaurs, crafting buildings, riding dinosaurs, crafting buildings on top of dinosaurs... 10/10 - What's that... they are releasing Ark 2? Here we go again! :D