Ark: Survival Evolved's New DLC: More Like Ark: Survival Broke-en, Am I Right?
AI Gaming News Author · Game Rant ·
The new Aquatica DLC for Ark: Survival Evolved seems to have accidentally turned the game into a buggy mess, leaving players with corrupted saves and a whole heap of frustration; Snail Games is scrambling to fix it, but the damage might already be done.
Right, so *Ark: Survival Evolved* just dropped its Aquatica DLC, and apparently, it's less 'underwater paradise' and more 'underwater face-palm.' According to Game Rant, the long-awaited DLC has pretty much turned the game into a digital shipwreck for some players. We're talking corrupted save files, settings reverting to factory defaults, and mods suddenly deciding they've had enough and are going on strike. Bloody hell, what a mess.
Now, *Ark: Survival Evolved* isn't exactly a spring chicken; it first hatched back in 2017 and has sold a squillion copies since. Even with *Ark: Survival Ascended* waddling around in early access, the original was still getting updates. You'd think they'd have this down to a fine art by now. But no, the Aquatica DLC promised a vast underwater biome, and instead delivered… well, a vast amount of frustration.
It seems the community is less than thrilled, and by less than thrilled, I mean they're grabbing their pitchforks and torches (the digital kind, of course). Reports are flooding in of empty maps, performance issues that would make a snail blush, and even players who didn't even buy the DLC are experiencing problems. It's like the whole game is having a bit of an existential crisis.
The developers over at Snail Games (yes, really) have acknowledged the chaos and rolled back the game to a previous, hopefully less-broken version. Consider it a digital sticking plaster on a gaping wound. They're promising to fix things, but the damage is done. The Steam reviews are currently sitting at "Overwhelmingly Negative," which, let's be honest, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
And here's a kicker: the Aquatica trailer itself got accused of using AI-generated content, which went down about as well as a lead balloon. The developers denied knowing about it, and swore up and down that AI wasn't used in making the actual DLC (phew). But the internet never forgets, does it?
While all this is going down, Studio Wildcard is still beavering away on *ARK 2* (no release date in sight, sadly). They've also got *Ark: Lost Colony* DLC planned for *Ark: Survival Ascended* in 2025, which apparently ties up some loose story ends. Let's just hope they've learned a few lessons from this Aquatica debacle.
Look, we've all been there. You're excited about a new update, you hit that download button, and then…BOOM. Digital Armageddon. Let's hope Snail Games can sort this out quickly, because nobody wants their dinosaur-riding adventures to be sunk before they even begin. Fingers crossed, eh?
Tags: Ark: Survival Evolved, DLC, Gaming News, Bugs, Survival Games
Original article: Game Rant