So I have played a fair few hours now into Scorched Earth and I do love it, I have always loved ARK, whilst this DLC has come out even though the main game isn't finished I didn't hesitate to really buy it, I have put so many hours into the main ARK game that I wouldn't put into games double the price of both ARK: Survival Evolved & ARK: Scorched Earth combined. This game has so much replayablity to it.

Scorched Earth is brutal, even in the easy areas you will get wolves and raptors attacking you. You really have to play carefully around these to be able to survive in the start, you can find places to set up base where you will be mostly safe in this easy areas. Though you will have raptors visit your base often. I love that the difficulty of the game has increased, the 3 storm types electrical, heat wave and sandstorms make you play the game completely differently. You simply cannot survive outside during them and will need to build your base accordingly and you need a tent on you at all times.

You will want to find water as soon as your spawn in and build a base near water, without it you will die fast, there are multiple ways to find water in the scorched earth. Between water and storms your beginning days are hard but there are some tricks and tips to being able to survive. I've made a video of what i've done to help me survive those first few days.

https://youtu.be/GMyTrOTnqi4

The new creatures have a lot of added benefits although some are bugged at the moment, Jerboa warn of storms, Lymantria produce silk and spore (this is bugged current from what i can tell), Morellatops are your walking water jar (you can also knock out wild ones and drink from them if you're in a tricky situation with water), Spiney Dragons are a walking smithy which is great for when you need something while out adventuring. Plus the new bugs that produce water and oil. All these creatures help you survive this DLC so well and you can tell that they fit so perfectly in this world.

The one con to this and honestly even the main game is that there are just so many bugs and optimisation isn't great but if you can deal with that like you have the main game then I would highly recommend this DLC, if you're hesitant on the price wait for a sale maybe, but altogether I have paid about $40 for ARK and put in hundreds of hours. The price is worth it.

So I have played a fair few hours now into Scorched Earth and I do love it, I have always loved ARK, whilst this DLC has come out even though the main game isn't finished I didn't hesitate to really buy it, I have put so many hours into the main ARK game that I wouldn't put into games double the price of both ARK: Survival Evolved & ARK: Scorched Earth combined. This game has so much replayablity to it. Scorched Earth is brutal, even in the easy areas you will get wolves and raptors attacking you. You really have to play carefully around these to be able to survive in the start, you can find places to set up base where you will be mostly safe in this easy areas. Though you will have raptors visit your base often. I love that the difficulty of the game has increased, the 3 storm types electrical, heat wave and sandstorms make you play the game completely differently. You simply cannot survive outside during them and will need to build your base accordingly and you need a tent on you at all times. You will want to find water as soon as your spawn in and build a base near water, without it you will die fast, there are multiple ways to find water in the scorched earth. Between water and storms your beginning days are hard but there are some tricks and tips to being able to survive. I've made a video of what i've done to help me survive those first few days. https://youtu.be/GMyTrOTnqi4 The new creatures have a lot of added benefits although some are bugged at the moment, Jerboa warn of storms, Lymantria produce silk and spore (this is bugged current from what i can tell), Morellatops are your walking water jar (you can also knock out wild ones and drink from them if you're in a tricky situation with water), Spiney Dragons are a walking smithy which is great for when you need something while out adventuring. Plus the new bugs that produce water and oil. All these creatures help you survive this DLC so well and you can tell that they fit so perfectly in this world. The one con to this and honestly even the main game is that there are just so many bugs and optimisation isn't great but if you can deal with that like you have the main game then I would highly recommend this DLC, if you're hesitant on the price wait for a sale maybe, but altogether I have paid about $40 for ARK and put in hundreds of hours. The price is worth it.