"Ark 2" is an open-world survival game produced by Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, and released by Studio Wildcard. The game also features a lot of features. Awakening suddenly in a primitive world full of dinosaurs and humans for domination, you must work with legendary heroes against powerful dark forces. Riding on the saddle, join the ultimate next-generation survival experience of ARK2!
What is the content of Ark 2?
Go through the past. Tame the future.
Wake up suddenly in a strange primitive world full of dinosaurs and humans for domination; you have to piece together the history of how you get there, team up with legendary heroes, and fight against powerful dark forces trying to control all life’s destiny. Sitting in the saddle, join the ultimate next-generation survival experience of ARK2!
In this sequel, every aspect of the Ark series has been rethinked and redesigned. Here are examples of new features that ARK 2 will include in its initial Early Access version:
Epic Story
Played by Vin Diesel ("Riddick") as legendary ARK hero Santiago, he goes through an adventure across the ages and a vision of a new future as he seeks to protect his daughter Meeka (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho ("Moana") from the ghosts of ancient times.
Revolutionary cross-platform modification
Fully stackable, user-created mods for new creatures, items, game features and maps are now distributed across all platforms and support modified unofficial servers!
Best in class, third-person only
Advanced character traversal mechanisms such as Mantling, free climbing, parkour, sliding and swing!
Soul-like melee combat
Target locking, blocking, dodging, combo, interleaving, special attacks, emphasizing actions based on player skills.
Huge new alien environment
Explore a mysterious and chaotic world where protozoa and plants are occupied by invading primitive creatures from extinct earth!
Component-based item creation
Build your weapons and tools from a range of different modules to customize their appearance and functionality – millions of possible combinations allow you to make your own unique gear! The specific materials you choose will further affect the look of your items, with a wide range of resources to choose from in unique areas of the world.
Dynamic World Events
Natural and unnatural events always happen throughout the game world and have nothing to do with your existence! Your choices when deciding whether to interact with these events will pay off or challenge.
Fight against PVE power
Hostile "Aratai" rides their own tamed creatures to hunt and attack you as they try to drive human intruders out of their world.
Advanced template building and sharing
Instantiated rendering and network streaming provide higher client and server performance for structures built by large players and longer drawing distances! Survivors can set up and save their own favorite building templates, share them, and place the expected template layouts on the world, then build them out as a team.
Bioartificial Intelligence Based on Sensors
No omnipresent radar – Animals now track and hunt through vision, hearing and smell! Dodge predators through visual camouflage and environmental obstacles and learn to cover up your scent! Dynamic pathfinding allows creatures to intelligently bypass obstacles and the structures built by players.
Role Progress and Skills System
Get experience and knowledge points from the game by completing key goals and overcoming unique challenges, and move forward along a vast skill tree full of new initiatives, privileges and passive advantages.
Make full use of Unreal Engine 5 technology
See leaves to respond convincingly to passing wildlife, water flow around obstacles, volumetric storm clouds, local weather systems, smoke and particles affected by physical forces, etc.! The fundamental advancement of the lighting system enables a more realistic day-night cycle, generating real-time ambient lighting and shadows in natural and player-built environments!
