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  • Summary: Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Sep 2, 2017
    80
    I felt like I have grown along with the game, however, the constant graphical issues and glitches do pull it down to a point of annoyance that couldn’t be ignored.
  2. Aug 29, 2017
    73
    After a long time, Ark Survival Evolved arrives as one of the best survival games. Its a pity that developers have not fixed the performance problems, because it affects the experience quite a bit, but if you like dinosaurs and you don't care about performance, you will love it.
  3. Sep 8, 2017
    73
    A highly deep, varied and compelling survival game, but after two years in Game Preview this final version still feels like an early access game, with several technical problems and requesting gamers to pay for DLC even if it's now more than three times original price.
  4. Sep 8, 2017
    70
    Amazing things are possible in the ARK — the gun-wielding soldier set high atop the most badass predator of all time comes to mind — but the experience is clouded by the best ones being locked behind excessive grinding, boring farming and the need for a large group. System commands and customizable settings can ease some of the pain, but the base concept remains a chore. A messy UI and the lack of a tutorial leave you alone in the dark, forced to spend hours researching on your own in order to figure out what's what. But there's no denying that if you're willing to put in the time, you will be rewarded with some incredible gameplay moments, especially if your friends join you on the ARK.
  5. Oct 17, 2017
    70
    Ark: Survivor Evolved is not a game for everyone. But if you have patience, and are willing to learn the basics the hard way the payoff is huge. A bit clumsy control on the consoles aside, this is one of the most addictive games this year.
  6. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Oct 21, 2017
    60
    Performance issues and progression complaints compromise this survival fantasy. [Nov 2017, p.86]
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 43
  2. Negative: 16 out of 43
  1. Apr 8, 2018
    10
    The low score for this game was done when it was an early access title full of bugs. Its an exceptionally ambitious title and understandable aThe low score for this game was done when it was an early access title full of bugs. Its an exceptionally ambitious title and understandable a difficult one to get right, the sheer freedom in this game is unmatched from the building to the combat to pvp diplomacy and the interactions with the fauna it is all amazing. The warning I do have however is that it is an anarchy simulator! some people will be crushed and will not be able to handle it, but for those that can rise to alpha status they will have a blast with the freedom that Ark provides. Expand
  2. Jan 12, 2021
    10
    Improved over the years in performance and spectacle, this remains one of the best survival games of all time.
  3. Jul 24, 2021
    7
    Not as good of a run as on PC, but still enjoyable beautiful soundtrack is retained.
  4. Dec 6, 2018
    5
    ARK: Survival Evolved or as I liked to call it... Die within two minutes.
    So yeah I am not a big survival fan, but after seeing how amazing
    ARK: Survival Evolved or as I liked to call it... Die within two minutes.
    So yeah I am not a big survival fan, but after seeing how amazing the game looked in trailers, I wanted to know more... I mean I got into the game and was instantly impressed by the look of it, the animals were very detailed and their was a realistic tone to them... Then I was killed by three level 150 creatures and then I ran into the issue of not knowing how to build and then that eating berries was only slowly keeping me alive... I just kept running into balancing issues over and over again that made me feel discouraged for playing the game.
    If you are hardcore into survival games than this is the game for you, if you like really hard games than this is the plan for you... But for me who likes to enjoy the game thoroughly this game was not for me.
    Good game, just not for me
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  5. Jul 18, 2018
    1
    Les jeux de survie sont à la mode depuis quelque temps, un principe évidemment séduisant sur le papier mais qui débouche trop souvent sur desLes jeux de survie sont à la mode depuis quelque temps, un principe évidemment séduisant sur le papier mais qui débouche trop souvent sur des baudruches vides, surtout lorsqu'elles sont boulottées par des studios plus ou moins indés, plus ou moins médiocres et incapables.

    Comme le but prioritaire est le multi-joueurs, on y observe avec consternation des mécaniques de grind absolument épouvantables (il faut garder les kévins le plus longtemps possible sur le jeu, les kévins et leurs copains krololol) afin qu'ils achètent les extensions et autres DLC... et continuent de jouer.

    Ark cela dit, est tout-à-fait jouable en solo -et sans connexion aucune- et laisse au joueur unique la liberté de modifier moult paramètres de l'expérience. Hélas, la traduction française a été faite par des amateurs (des "fans") qui n'ont aucune idée de ce qu'ils font et qui auraient mieux fait d'aller cueillir des pâquerettes ou de continuer leur farmage tranquillou.

    Jeu de survie donc mais aussi de "construction" puisqu'on peut construire sa maison et des machins et des trucs mais là encore, il faut farmer les ressources comme un Coréen et apprivoiser ces cons de dinos avec d'autres bidules à farmer : de toute façon, t'as pas le choix, tu descends dans cette putain de mine, tu la fermes et tu bosses 24/7.

    Sur Xbox, il faudra se taper une interface conçue pour le PC, son clavier et sa petite souris mais avec une seule manette en tout et pour tout : on a rarement vu aussi bâclé à cet égard. De toute manière, rien n'est expliqué, ni de près ni de loin : t'as qu'à "survivre"... Et effectivement, le jeu ne va pas survivre bien longtemps dans ces conditions et finir dans les affres de la désinstallation.

    Graphiquement, le jeu n'est pas bien beau malgré une optimisation pour la X mais tourne à peu près correctement. On s'ennuie donc rapidement à refaire la même chose sans arrêt et ce n'est pas l'idée de grinder ces merdes avec des kévins qui va nous rassurer, bien au contraire.

    Voilà, Ark survival n'a pas survécu et comme il est aussi disponible sur galette, c'est chouette : on peut caler des tas de trucs avec. La musique du menu était sympa.
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  6. May 14, 2020
    0
    Visually is stunning but the mechanics are awful. I had this games since it was in the Preview stage and all I can say is that it should haveVisually is stunning but the mechanics are awful. I had this games since it was in the Preview stage and all I can say is that it should have never been released the way it is now. Button mechanics do not work, whistle literally does nothing and you have to spam for an action to work properly. The game lags every 5 seconds and can also freeze your game and you will still take damage and lose everything and won't be able to do anything. This game is not worth $40 the way it is now and should definitely be worked on. After 2 hours of playing this game you are going to wish you played something else. Expand

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