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Ark: Survival Evolved is free on the Epic Games StoreThe one with the dinosaurs
The one with the dinosaurs
As well asa load of old Samurai Shodown games for free, the Epic Games Store is this week giving awayArk: Survival Evolvedfor keepsies. That’s the one with the dinosaurs. The survival sandbox is still one of the most-played games on Steam, five years after first launching in early access, so maybe you’re curious to see what it’s all about?
Speaking of, another modmap today became official. Polished up a little, Crystal Isles is now up on theSteamandEpicstores.
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Crystal Isles arrives as part of Ark’sfifth birthday festivities, which also include big bonuses to XP, breeding speed, taming, and harvesting. That’ll help with Ark’s interminable grind, if you don’t already play on one of the servers boosted to the sky.
“While Ark can be a lot of fun – grabbing another player off of a raptor with an Argentavis feels bloody brilliant – it’s rarely worth the hours of tedium,“Ark: Survival Evolved reviewsaid after it left early access in 2017. Our Nate also had good things to say about the original game in hisArk: Genesis review(though he didn’t have much good to say about the expansion):
Which, yeah, that does interest me. The last time I tried Ark on a Steam free trial weekend, performance was so bad that I quickly gave up. Maybe it’ll be a bit better now. Maybe?
