How To Save Ark Survival Ascended....

[@Rampy]

I'd normally pin a comment here with my socials or whatever, but felt this video deserved something a bit more. This video is in no way meant to increase any of the unnessecary hate towards Studio Wildcard and the Ark Team. Yet I think constructive and accurate criticism is a good thing, and as content creators we should use our platforms to try and push the game forward. I'm aware that it has become quite 'trendy' of late to jump on the bandwagon of hating ASA and giving it a hard time, but that's not what this video is trying to do. It attempts to offer some actual thoughts of how Wildcard can get themselves out of this rut they are currently in and revive the game and franchise. I don't believe it's too late for that, but I do believe it has to start soon. Anyway, back to proper Ark Challenge videos later this week. Got a crazy video I've been working on for over a month now coming on Friday. See you all then and much love.

[@Bee_Mavrick]

But it's going to cause people to hate more, and solidifying the hate

[@Rampy]

@@Bee_Mavrick people should rightfully be critical. There is just a massive difference between sending hate and personal abuse towards individuals, and critically examining a game of theres.

[@MarcelPerkowski]

Hi

[@sussybaca7256]

Ark evolved was a mess. They had how many years to fix it? But just kept pushing out paid dlcs. I mean there is still mesh holes that have been out since the maps released. And honeslty its the "content creators" that make it worse yall could point out the flaws and wildcard would be more inclined to listen we can see it with how they answer support tickets. Instead yall edit all the bs out and make it seem like a flawless game. Ascended was obviously a cash grab and anyone thinking they will fix the game obviously never played or dont remember evolved. Yall remeber "atlas"? Lol ya that wasnt a cash grab at all. Haha we just need to let this game die, maybe then wildcard will get their sh1t together and start to fix it. But it is "content creators" that need to leed the fight not just try to make content.

[@GamerPro-he1dq]

@@Rampy I get it don’t give me wrong it’s just that people are saying so many bad things about this game or dying and it’s not. It’s not even close maybe on PC and by the way no one‘s playing ark survival evolves on Xbox or PlayStation because why would they they didn’t just buy this game because they didn’t they knew it was perfect no half the people already knew that heck all my PlayStation friends knew that this game was trash. They knew that because I was telling them I had it on lunch I was on PC. They knew that this game was gonna have bugs, and all that they didn’t care they bought it because they could play with me on arc cause I don’t play PlayStation, I used to play PlayStation, but I stopped playing PlayStation because they change the prices and I’ll never go back. I would rather have no friends than ever go back and pay 100 bucks just to play online. I’m talking about the base. The base is basically $100 if it’s 80 that’s basically $100 you wasted 100 bucks, but yeah what I was saying is my friend knew that they bought it because it crossed most people that that buy it specially on console you gotta know this consul players don’t have no benefit or survivalist send. It has every benefit I get people on PC jump back to ark survival evolved, but console players will never jump back. My my friend literally says out of all the problems I have on this game I would rather play this game then play ark survival evolve because it has no mod you can’t play with anyone other than a couple of people that’s what I’m talking about the steam chart you guys are all looking the steam charts OK let it die on steam who cares if you I love PC I’m a PC gamer heart the reason why it sucks is not mean I mean is mainly also because wildcard is pushing back the release date of maps constantly but it’s also because you guys don’t have a good PC. If you had the world PC exposure you would actually be playing the game very well like it powerful enough that’s why steam people don’t like it it’s not that they can’t play it. It’s just that they’re having issues because of your PC can put up with this game like my PC was powerful enough and I couldn’t put up to this game but if you really like this game and if that is the issues you’re dealing with crashing all that go on GeForce GeForce now has a free membership. All all you gotta do is hook up your steam account to the GeForce now cloud and then boom you can stream that G for now or that game from GeForce now and play it just fine. The only thing you have to have is a good Internet connection. If you don’t well, then you might as well not be playing it at all that’s what I do my PC can’t handle that game at all. Now I’m pushing 4K 120 Hz fully epic settings like everything epic because GeForce now can support all that because I give you the best graphics card Nvidia offers. I’m not saying that who wants to hop on a force now please don’t wait times will be terrible but I’m just saying if that’s just the argument right there because of the issue you don’t have a powerful enough PC go to G force now get a free PC basically and stream the game on a good PC so you won’t have no issues

[@NaturalCauzes]

I wanted to love Asa. I was excited seeing the trailer. That excitement was slowly beaten out of me forcefully through Every. Single. Crash.

[@MarcelPerkowski]

Hi

[@keithdonaldson8955]

Mate I feel 100% the same as you. I haven't even been able to bring myself to start the game for months and ASE was the only game i played for years and tried hard to keep playing ASA.

[@Luckboy28]

And the ARK community is already pretty comfortable with bad performance and random crashes/bugs from the years of "early access" that we went through with ASE. So for ASA to be unstable *by ARK standards* is pretty damning.

[@m-mo2br]

ive only played on console and it hasnt crashed once in over 150 hours

[@ChrisSmith-ew9fp]

I keep hearing about crashing crashing crashing. I'm on xbox with like 30 days? Idk only crashed maybe 5 times?

[@Henrique-wv9xq]

I really wish that there was another dinosaur taming game like ark, but made by devs who actually cared.

[@thisisnotragnaros8402]

We can only hope for that to happen at this point. Unfortunately dinosaur games (least good ones) are hard to find.

[@ocarinabravo]

Palworld isnt dinosaur related but, it is very similar.

[@PixiePink]

Palworld.

[@AllMightyLifeGiver]

Palworld is awesome 😛

[@theemptyset715]

It's likely an issue with bad management rather than the developers at fault

[@Nebby_smells]

I feel like they should have worked on this in the background instead of fully closing ASE to focus on it. That way playees get a full ASA experience with all the maps

[@RoofpigeonGaming]

I understand but dude, thats not feasible from a business perspective.

[@Stuart-v5n]

agreed. but when has ark given a fluff about the players? ark needs to be european / american orientated not the chinese market snail is aiming at. want to play good games? dont play asian orientated sheet.

[@maxmikester8185]

Snail is money oriented, and also are trying to pull a long con. Ark 2 has been a scam considering there’s zero gameplay trailers of it.

[@saintcelestine3521]

@@maxmikester8185 It Fucking Better Be As They CLOSED OFFICAL FOR THIS SHIT THEY BETTER DAMN WELL FIX IT

[@christianmontoya4674]

I was having the best time with ASA with PVE only. my last straw was the repeated anti-mesh deleting me and tames just for playing the game normally. I was done wasting my time for an ok experience in the first place.

[@bjkwolf9578]

yepppppp Lost wayy to many tames to a cliff side that occasionally opened it's mouth

[@christianbaelor]

for pve not sure why anti mesh matter but for pvp I rather be anti meshed every once in a while when I go in a fishy spot than have someone mesh into my base destroying everything I spent months of 16 hour days making

[@christianmontoya4674]

@jerome43withacakepop man I wish it was just in fishy spots, it happened. just landing for stam on a small incline. I think its because the changed the map but not the anti mesh field so it's way easier to barely clip the it and get deleted.

[@Endermann111]

@@christianbaelorthe anti mesh system is soo broken. like you land on the side of mointain -GONE-, you grapple to a cliff -GONE- etc. its soo broken like everything in this game

[@christianbaelor]

@@Endermann111 you should be fine on 9/10 mountains and cliffs the only mountain you might get anti meshed on is volcano the top spots to get anti meshed is on the side of volcano and at the bottom of water

[@SoalRaptor]

Tbh. Jokes on all of you if you expected anything different. This is the same Wildcard we (or atleast I) have been dealing with for the past 10 years. Personally I did buy ASA and I started just hosting my own 20 slot server for my friends and I to play on. Having a blast.

[@rahgolthur5152]

yeah dont know why people thought that anything major was gonna change. Game is still enjoyable we just need the new map as people are getting bored of the island. They are learning a new engine though so I imagine as they get used to it and all its shortcuts and such it will go alot faster for other maps

[@Laocoon283]

You will know a tree by the fruit it bares

[@Trashcanman0]

I did the exact same thing with my friends! However, we dealt with constant crashing and poor optimization when playing on PC. That, combined with us feeling burnt out from only having one map, has caused us to take an indefinite break. It was still fun though, friends totally make all the difference. We plan to return to ASA once things have settled down and more content is available.

[@celloj3703]

Truth

[@GokuBlack-bj3xl]

Evolved was never as bad as Ascended... It's so poorly optimized its actually insane

[@TheBuildMiner210]

Honestly I haven't gotten ASA for a simple reason, it's just the same game with less content but it also barely runs on my rig. Barely is likely a bit exaggerated as it can run stuff like starfield on max settings w/o much issue but from benchmarks I've seen I'd still need to fuck around with ASAs settings heavily for it to run well.

[@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken]

What is your rig? Mine could run both well enough, given I do use some commands to make it run even better (just disabling clouds itself is literally a 20-30 fps boost). Also how would you know if ASA barely runs on your rig if you haven't gotten it? lol. Benchmarks alone never tell the full story. I used to run ASE in the early days on a 970, most settings on high, with some on low/turned off, and it ran smooth af. According to benchmarks however my PC should have imploded on itself and I should have been getting negative 40 fps. edit: fyi not defending ASA. It's awful in most ways with very few "saving" graces about it. and those few don't justify buying it

[@TheWeejohn96]

bro said he doesnt have the game and game runs like shit on his rig in 1 comment

[@MictianHybris1]

refunded maybe?@@TheWeejohn96

[@errorboot]

I played ASA for 25 min. I have I7 13gen, 64GB RAM and RTX 4070 the game isn't great even with that and I got refund from steam after realizing it's the same broken evolved game, if you don't believe try to go touch the top barrier on the island and tell me if your character and inventory survives.

[@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken]

@@errorboot If your rig can't run the game with that, you either have some defective parts, or are capping. Touching the top usually only kills you if you're using gcm on SP because of the speed you're hitting the barrier. I've touched it a few times on official and have been perfectly fine. There are many reasons to call this game bad, unoptimized, and the like, but the examples you state aren't any of them lmao.

[@sarakleinhenn3652]

I still play evolved. Accended is a money grab with more money grabs while playing, with crashes.

[@damianmlamb]

I've not crashed once get better internet

[@SiriusSphynx]

​@@damianmlamb "get better internet" what a smooth brain thing to say. Got any other wisdom? What about the undeniable money grabbing and poor management of updates? Do you even pay for your internet? How even old are you. Do you even know how regional internet works outside of cities? Do you know that even inside cities there are sometime one service? How do you even know where they live? Not everyone lives in America Einstein. Got any other 12 year old contributions to the discussion?

[@lmao1585]

I want to play the old ark too but i cant find any servers

[@mr.ironic95]

@@damianmlambstick a coin in an outlet

[@AhmedBabiker-sr8fl]

​@SiriusSphynx you can get good Internet even in a pretty poor country with enough money

[@Kittykatlapurr]

great vid rampy and i couldnt agree more with all the points you made. as a content creator and as a player, i try my best to stay positive and at the very least neutral to all the shortcomings we have seen. but it does get so frustrating to keep positive when the lack of communication and broken promises of any content coming our way is delayed and then were thrown a bone (insert new dino or skin here) to hopefully make us happy. i had high hopes for asa and just want the best game in the world to be good again.

[@ade5691]

I'm just gonna say, I've grown tired of the crashes this game's unstable state current inflicts. To the point where I felt like I had to report the game. I run a way above specs pc, 4070ti, 7800x3d, 64gb ram. It's unacceptable for the game to be in it's current state. I have been patient. I have been understanding, but being released coming up to half a year later is unacceptable.

[@Rampy]

Yes I agree completely, to have not fixed the constant crashing and saving bugs so many people have had basically since launch is unacceptable at this stage.

[@CarKiller92]

I can't even play ASE solo without it crashing every ~30hours and also ending up on some weird spots where I can't even get into the game without it crashing. I'd be out of my mind if I played official and had this experience without being able to "cheat" my way out of these by using corpse revival and other such features. Can't imagine how unstable ASA must be if their ancient game is still this buggy.

[@ziudra91]

You may have a vram issue

[@ade5691]

@@ziudra91 possibly, if that's the case, It would not be an issue if frame generation worked. Which it still currently does not. Nothing can be said to excuse this, if having one of the latest cards is not up to scratch, it's frankly still unacceptable. That being said, even the 4090's the current most powerful card on the market is still having these issues. People like you need to stop pointing the finger at individuals in a pathetic attempt to defend the undefenceable.

[@ziudra91]

@@ade5691 I have a 4080 super. Play high to epic settings at 1440p. It exceeds the 12 gb vram the 4070 has. This is not just an asa thing. Avatar exceeds it too and hogwarts legacy. Tech is moving fast and 12 gb is not enough for a lot of newer titles. I'd suggest moving over to 4070 TI super

[@Weirdo_Studios206]

This game should not have gotten the grace newly released games get. Its not a new game, its a reskin of a game thats been around for years. Sure with a new engine there is gonna be bugs, but theres barely anythig new. Its just Ark but slightly more flashy and even worse system requirements.

[@Rampy]

Yeah to be honest I'm not a fan of the whole early access for a remaster in the first place, you are quite right.

[@TheApawcalypseCats]

If you can even telk the diff I can't I had a texture mod on ASE that looked so much better...

[@DreadEnder]

Anyone who thinks it’s a reskin hasn’t played it. It absolutely deserves the grace it got.

[@Weirdo_Studios206]

@@DreadEnder No I have not played it. So what about it makes it not just a reskin, cause I'm genuinely curious.

[@DreadEnder]

@@TheApawcalypseCats I heavily doubt that since as far as I’m aware ASE doesn’t do texture packs and even the best ones wouldn’t be as good

[@chigwom7894]

Sadly this the fate of every modern game. I feel like gaming is going extinct weirdly. It’s not about the game anymore it’s all about the money. Now that these mfs know how much they got everyone under there grasps cause of the great games they released back in the day. It’s sad. It will never be the same

[@infarededge4393]

I got the game day one with full trust in wildcard that they wouldn't screw this up but here we are and I haven't even been able to play for longer than an hour without feeling disappointed. I really hope they can salvage the game as I've been playing ark since the game previews on Xbox.

[@Endermann111]

I just knew they would absolutely throooow the new title into the garbage bin so i didnt buy it instantly. if they aren‘t broke in like 4 months i hope its better then and maybe buy it xD. but not gonna happen. Snail Games and also WildCard are ass at communicating and all in all game developing

[@infarededge4393]

@@Endermann111 that is the sad truth that I shoved out the way to trust the devs out of love for ark. I do hope they can fix their mistakes and bring a good product or at least establish better communication with the fanbase but that is just wishful thinking at this point

[@Bloopergrandson1]

Lol why do people continue to pay for released games that run like trash and comes out buggy as hell? Last time I checked it’s not the consumers job to fix your buggy pos product we’re not beta testers but you can’t hand them your money and complain 😂

[@Laocoon283]

"full trust in wildcard" isn't something I haven't heard someone say in almost a decade lmao

[@Endermann111]

@@infarededge4393 i think it will go just like cyberpunk just with even less communication xD

[@aoyidragon8337]

The Last time the world sided against a man in a domestic violence case, we had the Amber Heard Vs Johnny Depp... Johnny was innocent and Amber was ruled a psychopath in the court of public opinion. I wonder if this will turn out similar to that; With Asta trying to do some "give me a raise or I'll 'Me Too' your career" shenanigans. I am not one to victim blame for sure, but I gave up a hero of mine before because of it only for him to be not only exonerated, but to be the VICTIM HIMSELF! I'll hold out hope that Vin is 100% innocent, and that this Asta chick is just a nutcase who thought she could blackmail Vin.

[@conner4385]

Honestly, I don't even think new maps are what the community wants. People just want 'content' for an almost half of a year old Early-Access title. The first "content" update outside of limited-time events is one, single, new creature. Compare this to ASE's Early-Access where we had at least two to three new creatures every two weeks. With new items here and there.

[@feralon9570]

I can sum this entire situation up with one sentence.. Dynamic bridges, that's how long I've been waiting on promises from Wild Card.

[@ocarinabravo]

honestly, I really like ASA. The Quality of life changes are fantastic (Im aware mods do this on ASE) and the babys I really like. Do I like it more than ASE? As soon as Noglins drop in ASA (by the going rate, potentially by 2077) Yes. I love those little brain munchers. I do honestly believe that as they become more and more familiar with UE5, Things will be better streamlined and released at a better rate. The real question is, Will the studio genuinely MAKE it that far? I'm concerned scorched earth is the last content to drop.

[@K-W1]

Likely not the last but I predict its not going to make it to deliver the full set of content they outlined in their roadmap, especially due to their financial situation.

[@Garrettkplayes]

The only problem I have with Asa is the with a series s I don't get all the cool stuff that was shown like all the new water physics and how the grass moves when youe moving in it pretty much on series s I'm play ase but with better graphics thats all

[@jeffreynieuwendijk]

U really think if they get more familiar with ue5 they will make deadlines😂 they couldnt make deadlines in the 9years they worked on ase

[@diggs5518]

How's it looking now, LOL!?

[@Chavez707hum]

Found out about you from a credit given to you from LoadedCrysis. Happy to have found you as I watch alot of Ark creators. Im a console player unfortunately, but love Ark and have been playing for some time. Binged your ASE Raptors Evolved immediately and loved it. Keep up the great work, and lets hope the best for Ark. Be well

[@Rampy]

Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed!

[@barrymiracle9152]

We played Arc and that never seemed like it was a complete game. There was not really any end game play. Now we have Ascended, and it is the same game with upgraded graphics. I just dont get why they are confused that players arent coming over.

[@ambius2]

Rampy! So excited to hear you joining monarky!

[@neonpanacea2584]

The center releasing without a creature is so wildcard. like how many times it neglected. ngl it's a great map.

[@rahgolthur5152]

might still get one gigantoraptor was just moved forward so it released with a creature as its voted one wasnt ready yet

[@inker.jrcalimari4704]

I don't think it is due to the fact the gigantoraptor is a mod right now

[@ArkSurvivalAscendedu3i]

Ive been playing Ark since the age of 8 immediatly after it dropped as a Hardcore dino fan. I saw the Game develop and the community form over years. I met great people and made good friends. And now seeing the reason why our Friendship started fading away is sad to see

[@nicholaserwin988]

For me its just the lack of maps....the game runs better than ever. I havent had a single crash or any major bug on ps5 which is wild because in comparison on evolved it would crash several times a day. But I just want more content because the island is overplayed.

[@justinpatton5513]

This plus mods on console are its biggest improvements aside from aesthetic and UI improvements.

[@cheeseyw]

Agreed. My group of friends are absolutely okay with Ascended, but we all agreed that it needs a better map. The Island doesn't cut it. Push for Ragnarok or something better, idk. But not the Island.

[@Raven777777777777777]

Game was still crashing from time to time but it was way better then before. One thing that is way better than ASE is loading times and that alone pretty much sells ASA for me. Also performance did increase a bit too but as you said lack of maps is the problem. I hated Island in ASE to begin with but still managed to play it in ASA for about 450 hours and finish it all and after that i spend around 100 hours on Svartalfheim (still dont have a base there) but now i havent played for over a week because i no longer have anyone to play with. One who played ASA said that he aint coming back until Bloodstalker is in the game so thats gonna take a while and rest just dont like dinosaurs or something, i guess they prefer zombies and mutants since they played 7 Days to Die a lot and after that Sons of Forest to this day.

[@amaterasu1145]

@@cheeseyw gotta give them time ark always needs time it’s just by this point everyone doesn’t have the patience to care

[@rahgolthur5152]

yeah gotta agree here people seem to forget wild card always seems to promise something earlier than they can give it then get upset everytime but on release of said content people get extremely excited and enjoy it. What the game needs which it will get in time is its old content baseline and for some new content which we have been promised as well.

[@fertileplanet7756]

I never played Ark a lot (the farthest I got was taming a single rex, no saddle) but I think it's a really cool game, and I hope that they can fix the mistakes that they have made with ASA and Ark 2, and I have faith that they CAN fix it with enough care. Kerbal Space Program 2 was in a very similar transition when it launched (barring the microtransactions), but with recent updates, it's become not only playable, but a lot of fun. If Private Division and Intercept Games can save that game (which was in its dire condition for almost a year), then Snail Games can absolutely save ASA and Ark 2.

[@philipphoffmann8929]

i do believe that a *MAJOR* problem they need to fix is how they treat players on their discord as well. they focus on bugs that are *ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT,* like being able to make your character name longer than should be possible, while ignoring game breaking shit. even worse: they have time to nerf things *into oblivion,* take the rhynio for example. it is heavily outclassed by any goddamn argy now, and dont come at me with the 'being able to carry full vaults and stuff', nobody cares, it is absolutely worthless if you want to carry creatures to farm, or just to carry them. and if people talk about how this is frustrating them because in reality they do not care about their players, which becomes *VERY* obvious if you pay any attention to their discord, where they have actually been mocking people who were frustrated with things like those instead of actually communicating. i do not want ark to fail, i love ark, and i'm sure *SOMEONE* at wildcard hq, who i feel pity for, loves the game as well and would like to do things that help it, but doesn't have a chance to do anything about anything. i gave them another chance with ascended after TONS of frustration in evolved, where they preferred paid DLCs and even whole new games, albeit just reskins of some sort, to fixing major issues. i mean... bugfixes don't generate money, right? we idiots already paid for the game, nothing more to gain from us unless they drop more paid content. i for one am not going to buy anything wildcard anymore, you always get half finished products that, with *LITERALLY EVERY FIX* take a few steps back, not forward! they do not communicate openly and if they DO communicate they have the nerve to actually mock fair points on their discord!

[@matle9949]

Rhynio is waay better than argy for metal farm etc.

[@philipphoffmann8929]

@@matle9949 piss off, stop crawling up their butts. Rhynios insane speed nerf when carrying *ANYTHING* is absolutely unacceptable. Nerf it when carrying big creatures, or enemy tames, but don't fucking nerf it to the ground in general.

[@philipphoffmann8929]

​@@matle9949 it is not. Nerf em carrying big tames, or enemy tames, but not completely ruin it for pve just because it 'is strong' in pvp!

[@forbidraptors8045]

They mocked him in the discord 😂😂😂😂😂😂 You got roasted by wildcard 🫵😂 Couldn't be me

[@matle9949]

@@philipphoffmann8929 ok say that to my 12k weight rhynio.

[@jflawless7]

You're really missing a major point. ASA was never meant to be a sequel to ASE. It is 100% a remaster, Wildcard made clear when they announced it. True remasters are exactly that. I don't see why everyone is begging for brand new content when this was never the plan in the first place. I mean sure, new maps would be great, but that doesn't exactly follow the lines of remaster.

[@alcapone2990]

I wish I could love this game but it’s impossible at this point

[@aver-bloom]

YEAi love the monarky so happy to see you joining

[@jahson7_7_76]

Boycott snail games, wildcard needs more ethical overlords!

[@Adam-082]

I am fairly new to Ark I started playing during the whole covid shit. Though Being new I still have over 3 thousand hours in unofficial servers with my friends that started around the same time. I fell in love with the game, Its a broken mess most of the time but I loved it. Seeing how awful the company is and the publisher being an nightmare to put it lightly I took a look at ASA and we all decided we were just going to hang our hats and bid Ark fair well.

[@christianbaelor]

have any of these reviewers played this game past the first month of release? the crashes almost never happen now, the optimization is pretty good my shitty laptop runs 60fps, the meshing is not as big of a issue the main issue is not the performance anymore they have made many changes to the performance of the game but the lack of content is what is killing the game now and maybe nitrados hold on unofficial servers

[@kindasortatoxic7890]

I don’t think half the reviewer’s even play it to beggin with. They jumped on a hate train. I play on both console and pc. My 2 official servers stay at over 50 population. Lack of content is the only downside. So many people said once maps are out they will come back and play.

[@berosar]

what are the specs of your 'shitty laptop'. The requirements on the store page are quite hefty.

[@fellowasp6768]

Both yall are missing the point... it doesnt matter if day 2 all problems and content we wanted was fixed/added they lied abt ASA like 4 times from it being a free upgrade to making it apart of a bundle for cheaper lying abt literally every mechanic and visuals being improved shitting on ppl in there discord or outright banning them for voicing frustration... but ya woooohoooo we can play a shit remake of a game from 10 yrs ago with less content and overly done graphics that look like everythings made out of plastic with 0 surface texture. That excuses everything right?... right? Oh wait step 1 of lying abt it shoulda been the last straw its morons like yall that keep these scummy companies running

[@joshuadiaz890]

seems the performance has been improved on xbox series x, at launch it was abysmal and now its functioning properly and also ASA has just been added to gamepass on console and pc so hopefully this will bring it back to life.

[@Rampy]

I think it’s going in the right direction right now! Just hope it doesn’t bear off course again😂

[@CapnMcRummy]

As a console player I could happily go back to ASE today if it wasn't for the mods that we have now had a taste of. And can't wait to see you in the new Monarky series mate 🍻

[@Rampy]

Thanks man!

[@Kubaxwot]

WAIT YOU'RE JOINING MONARKY? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU

[@Gapiga01]

me and my few friends started playing asa like 1 month ago, and we beat asa in 2 weeks and get bored. but when we played ase we used to play every day for like 2-3 years . And this is the problem :(

[@WakelessPark]

This is very similar to the same situation of Battlefront 2, and DICE really had to get their stuff together to fix that game and make it memorable to play, hopefully Wildcard can step up and do the same

[@Ravencr3st0998]

I was so unbelievably excited for this game to release, there's only maybe one game that I have similar hours in compared to ASE, and that's WoW, which is infamous for being the online equivalent to crack. But the moment I checked the store page and saw the required minimum specs, I was crestfallen, I'd need to spend a ballpark minimum of nearly 700 USD to upgrade my PC to meet the minimum specs. I just couldn't justify buying it, and after seeing everything that's gone on with the game and its lack of updates to long standing bugs, I can't say I am all that sad that I didn't pay. I still love ASE, I still play it fairly regularly, finding modded maps to explore and adventure on even now, but it does disappoint me, that it feels like I have no reason to want to upgrade my PC to play this game I love in a graphically superior way. It also genuinely feels like now the votes that I and so many others made towards the new creatures have just gone down the drain, and the ingenuity that so many artists put forwards to creating their ideas and putting them forward are just going to be locked in a purgatory of dev time.

[@Raider19D]

You are missing oout big time. ASA is amazing. Much better than ASE. Drop the money its worth it.

[@Lucifer-do7mf]

my pc is below minimum specs as well and i tweaked around with the setting and play on roughly 40fps with peaks of 70 and drops to 20 during dawn in the redwoods. but i have barely any crashes. plus despite me adjusting the settings im still squeezing the shit out of my GPU here. its playable AND looks stunning.

[@MoldyMarshmallow]

I recently bought ascended on xbox and so far everything has been going very well. In the span of a week no crashing, no lag, no optimization issues, and no save issues. From what i heard from my friends back in November I see not a single one. Maybe Wildcard has been working in the background and maybe there is hope for the future.

[@maksimklimok4005]

They should have just gone with ark two fully, there was no need for asa, if they worked on ark and released it with new maps and a continuation of the storyline, and then later on revamped some of the old maps and brought them to ark 2 then it would have been amazing, because we would have had a fresh experience with some of the old maps as well. also i thought ark 2 was like ark 1 with more features like a skill tree and stuff not a dark souls battle type game.

[@legalzero1]

I'm just back. Yes it's gorgeous yes there are improvements and yes I hope these Devs etc learn some hard lessons and bring us back to former heights

[@markgaming9102]

I genuinely almost cried watching your video, because I can feel your pain just as much as i can feel mine. Ark has been the world for me, ive plowed through every bug, crash, missed deadline and comunication issues, giving it a chance every time, on the hopes that wildcard would realize the beautiful gem they have in their hands and started caring, but that has never happened, in fact it has gotten worse over time, to the point that I, a blind diehard fan of Ark since its conception, have started to question myself if its worth it anymore. I am afraid i must say, im afraid the very game that change my life and many others, that brought comunities together and forged a bond within us for a digital world, will die, forever.

[@Kalazar88Gaming]

I love your videos, Rampy, and it does have to be really hard being a content creator mainly focused on Ark right now. Hopefully the glass is half full on the future of the title.

[@Rampy]

Thank you man! Let’s hope so!

[@steveroberts92]

This is just atlas 2.0. Its a beautiful game, visually it is. It has a lot of QoL additions that I love. Its different enough to feel different but same to know you're playing ark. But they keep lying to us, they have lied to us since they said it was free upgrade. There's no way they get ASA done with all maps before 2027 at this rate. We're supposedly getting SE this year. Its fair to assume the next story map is Aberration and if they've taken 6 months minimum to develop it. I imagine aberration will be far more work than SE given how the map is visually on ASE. Wildcard needs to make a choice, full force into ASA, which they can and still make financial work of it with paid mods and adventurer packs. Or just admit its a failure and full force into Ark 2. They can't seem to do both at the same time, and I don't think anyone asked for Ark 2. Give its player base what they already want. You can release dlc/expansions for years to come, it is possible. They're just trying to be too ambitious, and its not working. To add to what you think, I think they need to remaster all story maps. And only 2-3 free maps. Ragnarok is impactful, its a fan favorite. Forget the center, forget lost island. I think Ragnarok after SE is fine, then either valguero or crystal isles after extinction. And then fjordur after all story is out. That said, if they just wanted to get rid of genesis part 1, forget it existed, I'd be fine with it. toxic ass map. Least favorite.

[@andauril]

I want ASA to succeed, I really do. I like the quality of life changes - the new building system is so much better, I love the babies, I like being able to download mods from within the game. And the game for me at least loads so much quicker. But damnit, they need to communicate better and give us more than that. Like, one new creature per map isn't rlly gonna do it. Adding a couple new dinos to ALL maps, releasing new never before seen maps, new blue prints and structures ... like, imagine if there'd be a fungal wood building set for Aberration, and a scrap metal set or sth for Extinction? idk, there's potential here, things that would give you a reason to play ASA over ASE (apart from the the small stuff I mentioned which, as I said, I really appreciate)

[@Saberfighterx]

I agree with all of your points I love ark and I really really do want ASA to succeed and I believe if it was executed properly it would have been awesome but it wasn’t executed well at all but I do believe it can be salvaged into an Awesome game and the best ark ever has been but that requires some work

[@Pete-fx1ty]

I came here from a different KZbinr and must say, I really like your way of explaining and reasoning. I Fully agree with your points and I think, the same as me, probably most ARK players have given up on believing any deadlines Wildcard provide. I could be wrong but I believe that, since since the beginning of ASE, all the way to now ASA, Wildcard has never delivered, even within a month of their release date. Will ARK 2 happen? The way I see it at the moment, I doubt it. By the time they finish with Genesis 2 in UE5, they will try and screw us over again by offering "The Island" in then probably UE8, hoping we all just blindly forget what happened and purchase the whole thing again, coming again with the same errors we've already experienced in ASE at the start. Same as we need to start learning from our past experience and not making the same mistake again, so should Wildcard. It is unacceptable that a game that was released months later than the announced release date, is coming out with this many issues. And while bringing out new Dinos, how about concentrating on making this a smooth gameplay for everyone, so that players are happy about what they paid for. You can always introduce new Dinosaurs when the game is actually working. No game is without issues, but I think ASA has by far more than any game I've played, ever. And I've been playing Videogames since the early 80s

[@TechItEasyCollective]

Hopefully wildcard see's this video and takes note - great vid Rampy 👌

[@KennethSmith59]

I play satisfactory by Coffee Stain Studios. They had the same growing pains as wild card but they handled things differently. The weekly stream by two fantastic community mangers kept us informed. You never felt like they missed a deadline because they kept us informed. They did say they were unsure if they would go to unreal engine 5 but gave us a surprise when they did. They addressed issues and fixed them. They went from the older unreal engine to unreal engine 5 in less time than wild card. I always thought wild card could take lessons from coffee stain and how they communicate with players. They also don’t get offended and acknowledge bugs and then fix them. The livestreams every week are very entertaining.

[@kaedawkins5817]

although im a new ark player these maps are more then remasters! the visual difference and experience overall (when not turning down graphic settings) make it a world of a difference

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

very good points and ideas. On the Ark 2 discussion. Part of the reason why i bought ASA to begin with is because they sold it as a way to fund Ark 2. So being someone who *wanted* Ark 2. I bought ASA to experience some of the DLC i didnt buy/get around to really doing much with yet in a new engine with crisp visuals while they finish Ark 2. But now Ark 2 might not even come out?(rumor i heard) idk. Just unfortunate the way things have gone.

[@Villosa64]

So glad I quitted ark and didn’t waste money and time on ASA

[@natedawg8778]

This is a perfect example of how to kill an amazing game franchise and let down every fan.

[@Morgan00081]

Yuh they had crazy potential but it was wasted

[@ClaudiusTheFirstKnight]

i wish they had a little more attention on asa and smaller on ark 2, until the stuff on ASA calms down

[@Orlyy]

If I hadn't upgraded, I probably wouldn't play this. On a 13700k/4080 and 3440x1440 monitor, I absolutely HAVE to use dlss and frame gen to get 144fps. On top of that, I have to disable the volumetric clouds(they look awful, and the benefit of having them is basically nothing).

[@guldi3]

Cannot wait for scorched earth. The only thing i am scared about is that a lot of the content that comes with the siblings pack seems like a griefers paradise. I think this will be pure chaos at launch.

[@sammeikle9501]

I feel like we've been lied to as cross play doesn't apply to non dedicated server which was one of my main reasons for buying to play with my friend on ps as im on xbox but no cant play a private server

[@huntersuper98]

I'm going to be honest, I knew from day 1 where it was announced that ASA was gonna be a dumbster fire on release and likely for a long while afterwards. I never expected to be good, have a lot of content, or be even remotely optimized. I whole heartedly expected it to be a buggy mess with little content and horrible optimization for at least a year after it's release. So now that I've had the chance to sit down and watch this video it just confirms everything I already knew was gonna happen. If they continue to support the game my guess is that it will be in a "better then ASE" state in around a year maybe 2 years down the line.

[@28dayslater532]

Breaks my heart to see so much negativity around this game! I had never heard of this game 3 years ago and literally scoffed at the idea of a dinosaur game. I was hooked instantly and even moved to steam so i could enjoy the game with mods. I am even subscribed to most ark youtubers because i couldn't get enough of the game. The 100 days videos have to be my favourite, they are more entertaining than most Hollywood movies these days. Now i am back to console because my poor little laptop struggled with the menu, nevermind the gameplay. I am struggling trying to find a server as it seems a lot are closing and too right, the price of a server for 1 map is outrageous. So i am on single player and oh my it ended up unplayable for a while. Resources not respawning to not saving. It is saving now but the tek cave mountain is still bare of obsidian... I genuinely thought nice one i'll be at the beginning of this game, find a server and hopefully find some ark friends but it's not looking that way so far. I am hopeful but i don't have much left right now. "I'm not angry just disappointed"

[@ICEMAN_GLX]

I’ve had no issues with the game but I do have a beast of a PC. My friends however can’t play it very well making me want to play it a lot less.

[@kisamebalusong4980]

palworld placed the final nail for me. I actually like base building and having my creatures help me do task/collect resource but palworld is now scratching that itch and i don't have any reason to get ASA anymore.

[@TheGayling2]

Ngl I would be furious if they decided not to port over all of the old maps. That being said, I would be more than willing to wait for them if it meant getting new content first.

[@chewytowel]

Just a heads up, the game does run fine on Nvidia Geforce Now if you weren't aware. The downside is the 10gb/hour bandwidth that may be an issue for some.

[@jearNL]

Before i knew about the existence of asa is was extremly hyped for ark 2 so i really really hope when they drop ark 2 that its done its finished its a good game (Cause ASA isnt finished yet its so extreemly rushed we can all see that and we see what it does to the community) I really hope that dosnt happens to ark 2 i really hope ark 2 releases in the next 12 months from now and that isnt rushed and is finished and that is gonna be a good game!

[@SkufzXbenzz]

Is anyone going to talk about how the gigantoraptor was supposed to be on Ragnorok changed to the center in replace of the shastasaurus

[@meta7958]

Because they said they need more time to work out it's mechanics

[@SkufzXbenzz]

@@meta7958 thought it was because of its saddle

[@inverted7683]

I always knew from the start that asa was a cashgrab for a sequel thats going to fail just as badly as the grab

[@juzzyg1982]

Your half right, It is a cash grab but not for the sequel, it’s a cash grab by snail games before wildcard breaks ties with them and they lose the rights to anything they create.

[@euanisles9122]

Man i wish i had the problem of getting bored of the island, however, my PC with only slightly under the recommended hardware cannot run the game for shit. Even on the lowest of the low settings it is a stuttering mess. Back to ASE for me…

[@Kelly-f7r]

Im a returning player after a few years and im loving asc is , its running well on series x , and ilove all the changes to items and runspeed has brought the game back to basics andbim enjoying it, butni eat treash for beakfast so idk

[@denigster]

oh you will join monarchy - i think thats the reason you popped up in my videos - i m excited

[@jeremyloomis9839]

Bro! Your joining the Monarky!!! I'm legit stoked for that even though the game is disappointing right now

[@whatif8741]

To show how much experience they don't have in UE5, FSR is just a plug in that works with UE5 made games.

[@beeplk7290]

The only people who have my sympathy in this whole debacle are creators. They base their channels around the games, and as you once pointed out to one of my comments they HAVE to stay current. They put so much effort into their work, literally their hearts and souls. It's a god damn shame. They should have moved on to ARK 2 instead of this catastrophe. Even if the new system in what they described was not for me doing something NEW would have gotten them a lot more goodwill, and wouldn't have been such a blatant, insulting moneygrab. Fortunately ASE and all its maps are still there, and still very enjoyable to play. It's proving to be the REAL evergreen experience in Ark. Your video inspired me to try the Hunted mod and it's been a total blast. The bitter feelings about being right about ASA is nowhere close to compensation. At all.

[@jakegaunt4389]

They should have offered an upgrade path for ase. £30 upgrade that adds the new features and graphics to existing creatures and applicable maps as they are finished. Split their servers, the dead ones being made into the upgraded path. Once theyre done with all offical maps they can then release a set of new paid dlcs.

[@dynamiteskye9007]

"Even those normally amongst the positive in the community..." yeah... Raas looking downright dejected and more down than when he played DOX....

[@Raven777777777777777]

When reading Community Crunch is worst then finishing DOX xD.

[@FigureInTheDark]

Not to mention ASA was supposed to be free,instead they made it 40 bucks and the old game’s better.

[@ernestuz]

I am sure in a few years there will be interesting and dramatic stories coming out of Wildcard.

[@diddykong9366]

ASA is ark 2. same engine and graphics and all the mechanics they planned for ark 2 can be added to asa as new story dlc campaign.

[@Spindlersage19]

ARK will forever be a very important game to me as ive played it for years... Ever since it came out as a game preview on console... It was on ARK i met my friend, who introduced me to his mates and few weeks later introduced me to a girl, and this girl. 4-5 years later me and this girl are still talking and our friendship is stronger than ever and could soon become a relationship. BUT the POINT IS... ARK is an amazing game and a amazing franchise filled with a wonderful community, however the game is dying... and i honestly believe this is it for ARK... I WOULD LOVE ! For ark to come back and be as great as i remember it to be, how we all remember it to be, hope ASA is better than ASE but way its going its increasingly seems unlikely... And hope ARK 2 saves the game but again... We'll see. When the game came out in 2017 on consoles i was 11, Im now 17, and will soon be 18... Ive had highs and lows in ark and in life and ARK and the people ive met through ark has massively helped me get through it all! and i think the lesson all of us are learning now is that ofc we should hope for the best ! and while it is an absolute shame this game has fallen so hard, we shouldn't be sad its COULD over, but instead be happy this game happened and be happy for all the experiences we've had through this game.

[@perm1thurple581]

you can only play on the island for so long before getting bored

[@rofishy2]

We have certainly come a long way,but I just can’t be patient anymore. I played ase for damn near ten years and I never got to enjoy the official servers past a stone cabin. I literally played when you can kill a raptor bare naked and bare hands.

[@melatonin1371]

Forget ASA im still having fun on SE. Its the community that made the game, although I do want some madlad or team to make a program that optimises the SE

[@AfroNerd-cv1dl]

Just let me play with my friends who are on Xbox without having to purchase a server. They told us that cross platform play within the game, we bought the game and was extremely devastated to find out that we have to purchase a server first. It's literally only three of us, I don't want to pay for a server just to play with the three of us on the settings that we like. That's something that should come standard in games released in 2023 and beyond.

[@darthragnarok1066]

main reasons I haven't made the switch yet, are optimization and bugs. and the lack of maps. yeah the QOL improvements seem cool, and the graphics look amazing. I absolutely think it has a ton of potential. but right now, thats just not enough to offset the limited number of maps. i'm so sick of the island that the idea of playing 'the island, but a little prettier' (yes I know they have made more tweeks than that) just isn't enough to hold my interest for more than a week or two. scorched earth is meh, wyverns are cool and all but its still not one of my favorites. aberration okay now we're getting somewhere. I do enjoy abb, and haven't actually played it much (and it would probably look STUNNING with updated graphics) I'm probably just gonna wait for rag to release before making the switch though, its one of my favorite maps, and would easily keep me busy while they work on the rest of em. imo, rather than releasing the maps in the same order as the original release, i think they should have focused on the non-story maps first. since the non-story maps are 'generally' the more popular ones (not always i know, i'm a pretty big fan of extinction personally, and I know some people who live and breath for abberation.) but I imagine there is more work that needs doing to update the official story maps, updated boss fights, cut scenes, explorer notes, etc. etc. (especially since some of those maps are the oldest and most in need of some TLC and tuning) focusing on the non-story maps first would let them get the (comparatively) easier stuff out of the way, and give players access to many of their favorite maps anyways to hold us over while they finish polishing the story maps.

[@DeathShlongerer]

I used to be able to boot up this game with no problem despite the issue due to having a pretty damn good rig. But its gotten to the point that it's felt a legit abusive relationship with wildcard and their lies and broken promises. I legit loath refreshing my base timers and feeding dinos at this point because there's only a grain of hope within me personally for this game and the release of scorched. You're right about April 1st being an important date for this game, I genuinely feel it will determine how this game ether fails or moves forward.

[@THRSTXN]

its been here for 4 months xd - this game wont be stable till atleast 2 years in, its still early access its still new and everything will take longer to fix and improve if everyone has a fit and leaves as soon as its not 110% up to expectation

[@dier7144]

When I first went to purchase ascended (on my Xbox 1S) I was super excited to finally get to give mods a try and the graphics looked AMAZING, I was so incredibly hyped but then, sadly the library said that “this game is not supported by this platform due to graphical issues” or something along those lines and I was absolutely devastated… looking back, I’m glad, it wasn’t nearly as good as I imagined, and mods, quite frankly are simply not worth that mess of a game

[@wysh7205]

I never saw the point besides ASA being a slight rework of survival evolved for a full price tag so pretty much just rebuying everything for no other reason other than "we need moneys"

[@cueapronn329]

I sent over 100 tickets of the alpha tribe cheating. No response the alpha tribe who lives in the mesh report me for using the diplo rathole and now I get dev'd. Great Game Enforcement really on point.

[@derby13214]

what just put me down was just for me who had a bad pc and never could play games on high graphics for most of my life the pc i got 4 years ago was a i7 920 with a gtx 650 ark ran on medium graphics fairly well and then i upgraded to a gtx 1060 which to me was a giant change even when i got it a year ago i was happy when i turned on ark and could play with high graphics on about 40 fps which was nice to me i recently finally upgraded my i7 920 to a amd ryzen 7 5800x which is a another masive change but when i saw how bad asa looked on the gtx 1060 it was like playing ark evolved without a graphics card since you had no lighting bassicly and i dont have the money to upgrade my gpu for the game to actually look even semi comparable to evolved which yea is just not worth it for what you get in the current state of the game and at the time i dont see myself buying asa for the near future since to me ark evolved looks great the only thing that pushed me away from ark for the near months was that the save file on caballus i spend 3 months on that i had on a bought server i just cant launch it on singleplayer i was gonna continue that save file till i got all my dinos nicely imprinted atleast 20 health and melle and i had many many dinos on that list as well as building multiple bases across the map to not lag the game to much by fitting to much into 1 spot i had gotten my rex and deino breeding down and was making nice progress but then i downloaded the save file from the server and i just crash while loading into it on rivers and lakes physics getting something like {in outer roaming something lost island engine something something line 1714

[@kyhassen]

I just play single player on asa. Although several other games have my attention now but I do plan to go back and play eventually

[@MrEroupe]

I really look forward to the monarchy series!

[@urbanoperez9238]

Being able to remove trees or be able to see through things to see peoples bases. That ruined it for me. I’m a solo and now anyone can find me just by typing a command to remove things that hide my base. After no playing for a while now makes it easy to play other games now.

[@flamer38544]

I've been playing official on the switch. Since I purchased the game last year.

[@slimjim125_gaming4]

The only reason I played ASA was for the fact my friend gifted to me. Now at first I was love struck blinded by the "new graphics". After a few weeks I have decided to do a full uninstall and I am not looking back. I do not support companies that will not listen to the customers and continue to make things worse and expect us to pay to fix their problems and debt they have created. Until they change, listen and communicate, I will be done.

[@bomma2694]

I was a bit suprised when ase launched and there wasn't things like silk plants or fungal trees somewhere on the island. They knew nobody wanted to play the island anyway 😂

[@TmOnlineMapper]

Ah yes. Cleaning up the code base, by not implementing half the features and what is implemented has the exact same bugs as the old game in its infancy. Truly remarkable cleanup! Nearly bursting with how much competence they clearly have when it comes to developing a core game system. Also I'm sure the extremely high staff churn helps a lot, when you're a relatively speaking a senior in the company at your first anniversary. That screams of a healthy and well managed work place that doesn't overwork their staff and that deep and old knowledge of their code base! /s Juuuust in case

[@MatthewRobertsMusic1]

If they had a date to get their shit together we all know it would just get delayed

[@cjsaurus4120]

i actually enjoy plying asa solo and i love my beloved brutus

[@seanhein4711]

0:57 literally playing evolved trying to find a video to listen to while playing

[@darrengallacher271]

3600 hours on ASE and had planned on upgrading. Due to so many games being released broken, I now don't buy day 1. In fact, I wait for sales. I got ASE the week it landed on PS4 and it was early access and only £20, it took a year of wildcard updates and bugs that came with them that the community sucked up. The reason i still don't own ASA is that it sounds like a downgrade in that it doesn't have any of the maps/dlc that ASE has. With a delayed release of Ark 2 on Sony, I'm likely to either wait for that or get involved in Dune Awakening as a new PvP survival game

[@solar_boy]

Ark Ascended is for me and my friends a brand new experience we play on consels and some are playing on ps5 and some on Xbox and we finally could play together. we messed around with some mods. but the lack of content with the mods that made our life easyer (like awsome spyglass) we had fun in the beginning stage but. some of these caves are just shit. and the crashes. it isnt fun after a week. but for me it will always have a place in my heart and i hope that wildcard fixes there game

[@pinksamm]

Should've just kept adding stuff to ASE, maybe slowly updating graphics and such and adding new creatures to maps and such and focus on Survival Evolved 2 in the background

[@htcthunderbolt]

honestly I havent experienced all the stuff from the other maps, so it would be new for me and im sure others like me