Ark: Survival Ascended Aberration Brings Back One Of Its Weirdest Mechanics

has finally added the DLC, which returns an awesome but weird mechanic. has had one roller coaster of an existence. Though it fulfills its goal of being an upgraded version of, it has had a myriad of issues. The most major is the high requirements needed to run the game, which excludes many potential users. Others include questionable microtransaction features and crossovers with missed opportunities that have made the upgrade feel like a cash grab to buy time for the sequel.

's map takes place on a damaged ARK that, due to massive amounts of radiation, forces all life underground. All this life has also been extremely mutated and is highly dangerous to players. Due to the harsh environment, players need to have proper gear to survive the radiation and scale the hazardous terrain. This DLC provided a unique challenge to the franchise while also being one of its first steps toward embracing its Sci-Fi features.

Ark: Survival Ascended is a graphical revamp of Survival Evolved using UE5, but questions of what else has changed are worth exploring.

The Reaper is one of the new creatures from, and despite how amazing it is, it also comes with a weird mechanic. The Reaper is one of the strongest battle mounts in the game. This is due to its strong armor, high damage, and good mobility. Though they are not the easiest to get en masse, their strength more than makes up for this lack of quantity. However, the process of acquiring Reapers is what causes the odd reception.

To get a tamed Reaper, players must be impregnated by a Reaper Queen and give birth to a baby Reaper that can be imprinted on. This process was inspired by the Xenomorphs from the franchise, which the Reapers are loosely inspired by. This has brought up problems with how eager some get for this mechanic and how detailed the process is. The only thing that can be compared to it is the breeding process for the Rhyniognatha, which is similar but done on another dinosaur rather than on the player.

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