I want to love this game, I really do, this game has so much potential and Aberration proves they're working in a better direction. My problem isn't the price tag, the laundry list of bugs, or even the fact that you were able to buy the season pass while it was in Early Access. No. My issue is the lack of optimization. This game released in 2015, it is now February 24th, 2018 when I'm writing this and very little has changed. Yes, they've made very little changes to the optimization to the game but if you aren't using the worlds beefiest computer don't expect to run this game on Epic graphics. Medium and Low make the game look like a baked potato, and the Ark dev's have done nothing to change this other than a few patches here and there to make the optimization "better." This was somewhat understandable in Early Access, but the game is RELEASED now, with a $60 price tag slapped on it, and for new comers expecting to have the game look as gorgeous as they see it on Youtube or wherever are going to be met with 5-10 fps. This game's spaghetti coding is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess. In 9+ months until the next "optimization patch" I'll give it another go, but at this point I can't stand this game anymore in it's current "finished" state.


For the record, I'm running a GT70 and an i7 with 8 GB of ram. I'm more than aware that expecting Epic quality from that would be ridiculous of me, but I would at least hope that High works, but even Medium doesn't work for me.

I want to love this game, I really do, this game has so much potential and Aberration proves they're working in a better direction. My problem isn't the price tag, the laundry list of bugs, or even the fact that you were able to buy the season pass while it was in Early Access. No. My issue is the lack of optimization. This game released in 2015, it is now February 24th, 2018 when I'm writing this and very little has changed. Yes, they've made very little changes to the optimization to the game but if you aren't using the worlds beefiest computer don't expect to run this game on Epic graphics. Medium and Low make the game look like a baked potato, and the Ark dev's have done nothing to change this other than a few patches here and there to make the optimization "better." This was somewhat understandable in Early Access, but the game is RELEASED now, with a $60 price tag slapped on it, and for new comers expecting to have the game look as gorgeous as they see it on Youtube or wherever are going to be met with 5-10 fps. This game's spaghetti coding is a fucking mess. In 9+ months until the next "optimization patch" I'll give it another go, but at this point I can't stand this game anymore in it's current "finished" state. For the record, I'm running a GT70 and an i7 with 8 GB of ram. I'm more than aware that expecting Epic quality from that would be ridiculous of me, but I would at least hope that High works, but even Medium doesn't work for me.