Summary
AnArk: Survival Ascendedplayer has impressed the community with a creation that looks like it could have been pulled straight fromGrand Theft Autorather than a dinosaur-filled survival game. Building is a primary component ofArk: Survival Evolvedand its remake,Survival Ascended, as players gather resources out in the open world to build massive, customizable, multi-leveled structures with varying durability depending on what building tier players are on.
RedditorKenny_mcalpintook to the r/ARK Subreddit to share a video of one of their creations, an extremely highly detailed, domesticated house that some commenters described as looking like it had come from games such asGTA 5or jokingly asking ifThe Sims 5was out yet.
Kenny_mcalpin stated that they were on theconsole version of the game, and the creation was made in about 4 to 5 days roughly with several mods on their server “Greater Arkadia,” withtyereliusprimehelpfully providing a link to the modlist.
10 Biggest Differences Between Ark: Survival Ascended & Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Ascended is a graphical revamp of Survival Evolved using UE5, but questions of what else has changed are worth exploring.
ARK: Survival Ascended Improved Its Building Mechanics
With Improved Plumbing, Snap Points, & Structure Variants
Ark: Survival Ascendedimproved the building mechanics fromSurvival Evolvedin many ways, with better snap points for certain structure types thatadded some much-needed creative freedom as players could better align items and rotate them in a variety of different ways to createimpressive and unique structures. It also reduced the overall number of engrams required to build a structure so players are no longer required to spend hundreds of points just to learn every variant of one type of structure and only need a handful to switch between variants instead.
The remake also greatly overhauledArk: Survival Evolved’s plumbing and power systemsto make it far easier and reduce the number of items needed. Whereas before, irrigation and power generation required placing multiple pipes or electrical wires to channel water or electrical currents from one place to another, these are now more clutter-free as players only need to place a Water Intake or Power Generator item within range of their base, and it will automatically take care of the rest.
Elements like building mechanics have always encouraged players to get creative, and both the enhancements toArk: Survival Ascended’s building system and the impressive mods on display in Kenny_mcalpin’s server led to an impressive creation that looked far more domesticated than most bases created in the game. Normally there would be some concern as to whether or not it could survive a dino attack, but the T-Rex skull on the front lawn suggests that there should be no reason to worry.
Source:Kenny_mcalpin/Reddit,tyereliusprime/Reddit
Ark: Survival Ascended
ARK: Survival Ascended is a reimagined version of the 2017 action-adventure survival MMORPG by the developers at Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games. Built in Unreal Engine 5, players will return to ARK to build tribes, fight and tame dinosaurs, and brave the elements as they battle to survive in a unique sandbox where crafting and resource management is essential.
