Atlas - new Ark developer Pirate MMO

pcfarrar · 7 Dec 2018 at 13:49

New Pirate MMO from the Ark: Survival developer Wildcard.

Probably better than Sea of Thieves!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/834910/ATLAS/

Raumarik · 8 Dec 2018 at 22:10

I remember the ARK trailer looking completely different to the game at release.. and even now.

Certainly keep an eye on it though.

NZXT30 · 10 Dec 2018 at 23:29

People are forming massive clans to complete on the 40k+ player server :rolleyes:

. I expect lots of anger and disappointment come release day.

terley · 10 Dec 2018 at 23:49

The animations just look so clunky.. it already looks like its going to run at 15fps on a 2080ti

Tombstone · 11 Dec 2018 at 08:10

I cant even begin to imagine the lag when 40k people all come to the same area, just as well pirate ships dont move terribly fast !

TonyTurbo78 · 11 Dec 2018 at 14:26

Wildcard huh.

After the unoptimised buggy mess no matter what spec you had that was ARK......NO THANKS IM OUT. wouldn't touch anything from this dev ever again

NZXT30 · 11 Dec 2018 at 16:06

TonyTurbo78 said:
Wildcard huh.

After the unoptimised buggy mess no matter what spec you had that was ARK......NO THANKS IM OUT. wouldn't touch anything from this dev ever again

Good to be cautious but I hope they succeed. We need PC devs doing their own thing.

montymint · 11 Dec 2018 at 16:12

I'm curious enough to warrant a buy and I'll play for an hour or two and refund if it doesn't grip me - providing the price is alright.

chroniclard · 11 Dec 2018 at 16:19

Looks like a normal mmo with boats and pirate outfits.

Andygully · 12 Dec 2018 at 08:37

What? You don't like boats and pirate uniforms???

chroniclard · 12 Dec 2018 at 09:08

What me and the wife do in the bedroom is none of your concern.

Devrij · 12 Dec 2018 at 10:57

I'm all for it, but there's no way in hell I'll be buying into early access. Ark was fun, but it just ran so badly. Don't have time for games like that anymore

pcfarrar · 12 Dec 2018 at 13:50

Release is delayed until 19th December now.

Omega_ · 12 Dec 2018 at 13:52

Storage: 100 GB available space

No thanks

horrorwood · 18 Dec 2018 at 13:39

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/atlas-mmo/

This kind of got me hyped up for it..

dr_volki · 18 Dec 2018 at 15:43

NZXT30 said:
Good to be cautious but I hope they succeed. We need PC devs doing their own thing.

yes, like releasing paid DLC for a game in early access

still doesn't sit right with me to this day

horrorwood · 18 Dec 2018 at 18:51

dr_volki said:
yes, like releasing paid DLC for a game in early access

still doesn't sit right with me to this day

The article I just linked above they said that they realise that was a mistake and this game will not have any paid expansions or DLC.

dr_volki · 19 Dec 2018 at 08:11

horrorwood said:
The article I just linked above they said that they realise that was a mistake and this game will not have any paid expansions or DLC.

well that's good to hear

Omaeka · 19 Dec 2018 at 08:32

Part of me wants to dive right into this (3k hours in ARK) but I'm hesitant due to how poorly developed ARK was, it took them forever to make the game to an acceptable standard and it certainly wasn't an MMO... Plus the only person I'd want to play this game with is at Uni full time

dr_volki said:
yes, like releasing paid DLC for a game in early access

still doesn't sit right with me to this day

Scorched Earth was created by a different studio separate from Wildcard in attempt to make back some of the money they lost being wrongfully sued by some company due to a loophole in the law. I don't remember the specifics but it was disgusting. It never bothered me personally as I knew why it happened way before the hate bandwagon formed.

Now basic and core features in ARK being broken to this day on the other hand, that bothers me, plus some baffling design choices like dinos fleeing when their KO meter was above a certain %... Yuck

dr_volki · 19 Dec 2018 at 11:08

Omaeka said:
Scorched Earth was created by a different studio separate from Wildcard in attempt to make back some of the money they lost being wrongfully sued by some company due to a loophole in the law. I don't remember the specifics but it was disgusting. It never bothered me personally as I knew why it happened way before the hate bandwagon formed.

Couldn't really care any less why/how/who made a dlc. paid DLC for EA products should not exist at all in my opinion.
this doesn't mean i won't be purchasing atlas at all, but i'll most likely hold off till full release for this one if turns out to be good.

Atlas - new Ark developer Pirate MMO

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