re: Can anyone tell me about Ark on PS4?

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Looks like an awesome concept and game, but I'm not eager to jump into something that time consuming, especially if it is buggy.

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So I put an absolutely absurd amount of hours in to this game that I am not proud about

It runs okay. There are some loading issues, especially if you build some massive structures. People's games would freeze for a good few seconds if they flew over my tribes base.

The official servers are an absolute grind. Materials take a long time to gather, especially without dino's. Taming high level good dino's can take incredibly long. Then once you've grinded for all of these things someone can come wipe it all away while you are offline. Most of the official servers on XBOX for example are dead now because one tribe becomes alpha and just ruins it for everyone else. I wouldn't suggest joining one unless it is PvE or if you have a lot of time and a tribe to play with.

Now being in a small tribe with the sole goal trolling the frick out of the big ones can be pretty fun, but making any sort of progress in the game is basically impossible.

My suggestion would be to look for a PvP server with increased rates, play on the extinction servers which have increased rates but are wiped every so often so no one stays alpha, or once you've grasped the game there is survival of the fittest.