Is Ark: Survival Ascended Worth Playing If You Enjoyed Evolved?

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Upgrading to has its pros and cons. is a revamped version of. It offers a refresh of the classic experience: players must tame dinosaurs, build bases, and make allies or strike down enemies in order to survive.

But while there are certain differences between and ,the two are, at their core, the same exact game. may look better, but don't download it expecting a completely different experience: it has the same gameplay, the same mechanics, and to some extent, the same problems as. So, is really worth the price of admission? Here are all the reasons why or why not.

Those who upgrade to won't be able to transfer any of their progress from. In most cases, this is because game progress is saved on multiplayer servers, which can't be carried over from one game to another. However, there's also no feature to transfer single-player saves from to. And even the official servers that transferred from to were completely wiped, taking all the players on them back to square one.

In practice, what this means is that anyone who upgrades to will have to start completely from scratch, on a new server or new save file. Many have invested a lot of time into. Losing all that progress is an unappealing thought, and one good reason to stick with the original version of the game.

Players of appear to be running into many of the same issues that first plagued in its 2015 release. Official servers lag and crash frequently, dinosaurs clip through walls, and distracting, resource-demanding graphics settings can't be adjusted or turned off. It'd be a stretch to say is bug-free in 2023, but it has the benefit of updates, patches, and fixes going back eight years., by contrast, is much newer, and still has plenty of kinks to work out. While this will