Ark: Survival Evolved Review
Posted: 16 months ago, last updated 11 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
The game offers additional expansions to bring new maps, hazards and enemies:
- Scorched Earth expansion pack
- Aberration Aberration expansion pack
- Extinction expansion pack
- The Center map
- Ragnarok map
- Valguero map
- Crystal Isles map
Game Details
Rating: PEGI 16+
Release Date: 08/08/2017, updated in 2018
Price: 80% off
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Genres: Action, Fighting, Open World and Simulation
Developer: @Survivetheark
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Commitment
Cross-Play: You can play people on different systems: PC and Xbox One.
Costs
Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition
 | Xbox One | £74.99 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
 | PS4 | £65.99 | – | – |
| PC | £74.99 | – | – |
 | PC | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. This includes a regular subscription fee (known as a 'battle/season pass') to unlock access to reward items and other aspects of the game. You can purchase Scorched Earth and Aberration expansions to add maps, creatures and hazards. The third expansion, Extinction, is available through a battle pass.
Age Ratings
This game has been rated ESRB TEEN.
This game was rated PEGI 16 for frequent scenes of moderate violence. It is not suitable for persons under 16 years of age. The examiners report expands this rating with the following: Violence consists of you fabricating a variety of weapons from pointy sticks to rocket launchers and using them against enemy humans and dinosaurs. Physical responses vary from minor to realistic but blood is shown and bodies remain until they’ve been harvested for parts or decompose.
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Accessibility
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