• RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    If original Ark was over 800GB installed, and Ark Survival Evolved in over 500GB, does this mean Ark 2 might be under 300GB?

    I’m constantly impressed by how absolutely shit Wildcard is at planning and executing games.

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        20 hours ago

        AFAIK, its actually closer to 450GB, and that is if the base game and all currently released DLCs are installed as well.

        800GB is an exaggeration, but 400GB+ is still ridiculously bloated.

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        2 days ago

        Yup. Original Ark has huge, super bloated maps made on Unreal 4, with many clipped terrain layers and hidden objects.

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    How on earth is this studio still going after the atrocity that was the first game? Like… Who’s actually giving them money at this point?

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      21 hours ago

      It’s that weird niche of taming and owning dinosaurs and base building and what not that no other game has really filled. I think that’s why they are still around. No one wants to make a new ARK game, because ARK has been around for so long. And the game is huge, it’s just a janky ass mess.

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      Ark seems to fit into the same niche that enjoys Roblox, Fortnite, and Five Nights at Freddy’s. That might make a statement about how much money they have.