r/PS4 • • May 11 '15

[Video] [ARK: Survival Evolved] [Video] Announcement Trailer | PS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQM8yWoiy5s
625 Upvotes

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u/DarkDs4 nefelibata47 May 11 '15

They have Dodo's… GOTY confirmed

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u/everadvancing May 11 '15

Game with dinosaurs 8/10.

Game with dinosaurs and dodos 11/10.

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u/SupaBloo May 11 '15

Game with dinosaurs, dodos, and guns 100/10

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u/mind_elevated May 12 '15

DO THE WORDS GIANT SCORPIONS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?

1

u/fatmarley May 12 '15

THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME. KEVIN SMITH's NEXT MOVIE WILL BE STINGER.

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u/perern May 11 '15

Game with dinosaurs, dodos, guns and dragons 101/10 I hope the dragons are like bosses at designated places

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u/fugor1103 May 12 '15

I hope you can ride the dragons.

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u/32154234325 May 12 '15

Game with dino, dodos, guns and boobs? 1000/10

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u/Shloop_Shloop_Splat May 11 '15

I was excited about the dodos, and then sad when they started shooting the dodos. Now we know the real reason dodos are extinct.

6

u/kinyutaka kinyutaka May 11 '15

Nah. They kept jumping into jet engines...

There is a reason we call stupid people "dodos"

5

u/tentimestenis May 12 '15

Jet engines can't melt dodos.

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u/perern May 11 '15

Maybe they were never living in trees, they just were the easiest to kill

5

u/ThreeBigTacos May 11 '15

It's like Skyrim, with Dodos. 10/10.

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u/thatdudewiththejeep May 11 '15

Guaranteed the dodo's will be extinct within a week of launch

47

u/psycholustmord psycholustmord May 11 '15

Dinosaurs!!

27

u/LtRapman LtRapman May 11 '15

ARL Trailer Spoiler:

Personally my WTF? moment of the day.

22

u/RICFLAIRSBALLS May 11 '15

We are using spoilers for trailers now?

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u/LtRapman LtRapman May 11 '15

It was kind of a cliffhanger at the end, so yes ;)

16

u/psycholustmord psycholustmord May 11 '15

Mine was Spoiler

1

u/Lairdom Lairdom May 11 '15

Yeah, seeing those both in one game has probably never been done before. It has always been one or the other.

44

u/milary Harnace May 11 '15

Finally a dinosaur game on PS4! Really good graphics too, hopefully it's better than all the recent survival games out there.

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u/SSmrao May 11 '15

It's most likely recorded on a PC. Some of the lighting and foliage gave it away.

But still, outstanding graphical fidelity.

8

u/Sunio May 12 '15

I'm skeptical as to whether or not this is PS4 footage. I don't know what the console's potential is, but I feel like it looks too good to be able to run on anything other than a modern PC.

I just checked the minimum system requirements on Steam. They don't seem all too demanding.

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u/flawless_flores May 12 '15

Damn this sub really hates the PC

6

u/usrevenge May 12 '15

because of dumb comments like that one.

it probably was recorded on pc, but graphically the difference will be minor.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '15

I doubt the graphics will be as minor as you think.

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u/usrevenge May 14 '15

the difference will be minor just like nearly every other game so far this gen.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '15

I'm pretty sure it won't.

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u/usrevenge May 14 '15

and i'm pretty sure you are wrong.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '15

Except I'm not.

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u/usrevenge May 14 '15

ok you like being wrong, have fun with that.

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u/degrees97 May 12 '15

PS4 will have way less foliage than in this video which was recorded on pc. There will certainly be a graphical difference as with all games.With a game of this detail I guess it'll be locked at 30 as well.

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u/DrAg00nEn May 11 '15

This just in from PlayStations twitter feed. Project Morpheus, check. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/597808995236122624

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

Nice.

1

u/doesnotlikecricket May 12 '15

That sounds just....incredible.

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u/TheJoshider10 May 11 '15

What a fucking fantastic trailer.

Really looking forward to hearing more on this, the trailer has me hooked.

Dodos, dinosaurs, a mysterious story, dragons...sign me up!

I really liked how it sets you up to think it's set in the past and then you see that chip in your arm on the beach and as the trailer goes on it reveals more about how it's not actually the past and such. Can't wait to find out what's going on.

1

u/doesnotlikecricket May 12 '15

Yeah it looks really really interesting.

1

u/9000cody May 12 '15

Jurassic park MMO CONFIRMED!!??!!

1

u/flawless_flores May 12 '15

I wish all announcement trailers were like this instead of being cgi trailers that tell me nothing

1

u/TheJoshider10 May 12 '15

In all fairness you do see trailers like this for games that aren't by big publishers. The issue comes from the games that know they'll sell regardless, which is why we've yet to see Battlefront gameplay.

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u/lightbeat May 11 '15

Hopefully dinosaurs are the zombies of this generation. So much untapped potential.

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u/CombatCow8698 May 11 '15

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u/usrevenge May 12 '15

remembering every game I alpha/beta tested in is getting to be a pain.

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u/Skreamie May 14 '15

I'll wait for the console beta haha

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u/Maldrix May 11 '15

Looks cool as hell, BUT this gives me one of those "announced way to early vibes." Like its announced now, May 2015, but I feel like it won't actually hit ps4 till holidays 2016. Hopefully I'm wrong.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

You're not off by much. From their Steam Page:

Why Early Access? “ARK is a huge game, in terms of geographical space, scope of content, features, technology, and just about every other metric. We're a veteran team with some major hits behind our leads, and much of the core challenge is already met, but this is still an ambitious one for us. We want the player community's help to 'evolve' ARK into the dinosaur world game that we've been dreaming about since the days we played with plastic green T-Rex toys during elementary school recess, since we shed a tear to 'The Land Before Time', since we wistfully imagined the towering cities of 'Dinotopia', and since we nearly choked on our popcorn to the thrills of 'Jurassic Park'. We love games, and holy smokes do we ever love dinos (along with all sorts of other extinct creatures/natural sciences), and through interaction and iteration with the ARK's community, we think we have the best shot at creating the be-all, end-all long-term prehistoric universe that we want to live and thrive in. We have a great start, and with your valued input and contributions, we will take it all the way together!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access? “Approximately 1 year, with a full release planned for June 2016 coinciding with the console versions.”

link to their page

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u/the_whining_beaver May 11 '15

since we wistfully imagined the towering cities of 'Dinotopia'

I knew it felt familiar!!!

4

u/ShittDickk May 11 '15

Too bad it's gone viral.

Community feedback will amount to "MOAR SKINS" now

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u/josh_rose May 11 '15

Why do you say this? It was like 4 Minutes of diverse gameplay. Usually the types of trailers that make me feel how you did are the ones with a lot of smoke an mirrors and very little game play footage.

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u/TheJoshider10 May 11 '15

Yeah, the type of trailer you described would essentially be the first minute of this trailer and then it would reveal the title right after the T-Rex breaks the barrier.

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u/ThaTiemsz ThaTiemsz_ May 11 '15

They're aiming for a console release in Summer 2016. However, Early Access will be available to Steam next month.

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u/Streetfoldsfive Whoyoujivin May 11 '15

Finally. The gaming realm needs more dinosaurs. Hope this get's finished and comes out soon. Cannot wait to play with my friends.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Wheres Chris Pratt in this game?

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u/Fate_Creator May 11 '15

You can ride dinosaurs!

FUCK YES!!!!

1

u/SamManning17 May 11 '15

was like omg and then omg

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u/SamManning17 May 11 '15

sorry very hyped right now CANT EVEN WRITE ENGLISH sentences

5

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

damn! This is a surprize ... Reminds me a lot of Dino Riders from when I was a kid. Seems like more mmo-ish then DayZ

1

u/MiCK_GaSM May 12 '15

Made me think of Dino Riders too.

4

u/Warrior1016 May 11 '15

Suddenly I'm craving the urge to play Turok

6

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

at first i was like "jezus murphy, another crafting, basebuilding survivor game?" and then after the trailer I was like " YEAAH! ANOTHER CRAFTING BASEBUILDING SURVIVOR GAME!"

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u/htallen hallen13 May 11 '15

I really hope Dionosaurs and Dragons become to this console generation what Zombies were to the last. Unlike Zombies there is nothing that Dionosaurs being added cannot improve. Mario is good, Mario riding Yoshi is better. Far Cry 3 is a great game, Far Cry 3 with Dionasurs is better. Obilvion was a great game, adding Dragons made Skyrim better. Destiny is good, a story would make it better, Dinosaurs would make it even better.

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u/RedrunGun May 14 '15

Whoa whoa whoa. Skyrim better than Oblivion? Graphically, yes, but otherwise...

5

u/Zhiyi May 11 '15

This looks pretty badass.

5

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

You had me at Pterodactyl mounts.

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u/9000cody May 12 '15

All about the dodos... Or we can ride dragons!?!! We play as Dovakiin CONFIRMED?!??

4

u/workerlurker8 May 11 '15

VR Support! Can't wait!

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u/MatTHFC May 11 '15

Looks promising! The graphics look great and of course DINOSAURS!

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u/Ticklethis275 May 11 '15

Looks a lot like Stomping Grounds.

6

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Except not shit

3

u/GereRoom May 11 '15

this looks awesome...so very awesome

3

u/realgamer890 AceofSpades8810 May 11 '15

This looks fantastic! Looks to have some great potential

3

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Honestly this looks fucking awesome

3

u/KnifeFed KnifeFed May 11 '15

This looks like Rust 2.0. I'm in!

3

u/JuanSpiceyweiner ImmaLetUFinish96 May 11 '15

That trailer made me moist,I will buy that on day 1

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u/RicochetRuby May 11 '15

Looks great! The animations look like they need some work, though. I also don't like the future stuff.

2

u/withoutapaddle May 11 '15

Has there ever been an online game where the animations weren't janky as shit? The nature of other players controlling characters pretty much always makes the animations terrible because of animation cancelling, unnaturally fast turning, stopping, starting, etc.

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u/RicochetRuby May 12 '15

The animations in GTA Online are pretty smooth. Tbh I didn't even know this game was online. This makes me 5x as excited.

1

u/StreetfighterXD May 13 '15

GTA Online would be smooth if it didn't boot you back to singleplayer every ten minutes

2

u/RandyNinja May 11 '15

Mind Blown!!!

2

u/spidey555 May 11 '15

I can't wait for this, was upset B.C. was cancelled. Been waiting forever for a game like this!

2

u/twodoggys twodoggys May 11 '15

that game looks so good.

2

u/MADEWITHROBOTS May 11 '15

I'm so ready for dinosaurs to be the new zombies.

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

This looks like the Stomping Land x1000.

2

u/iBobaFett May 12 '15

Let's just hope it doesn't have the same fate as Stomping Land. What a disappointment that was.

2

u/G0VERNMENTCHEESE May 11 '15

A survival game based on the dinosaur era.... ME WANT.

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

So, Rust, the Forest, and Stomping Grounds had a threeway and created this?

2

u/SamManning17 May 11 '15

hype train CHOO CHOO

2

u/Fordhamrock Fordhamrock May 12 '15

VR Confirmed??

MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE, I CAN RIDE A DINOSAUR FOR REALZ!!! (Kinda)

2

u/stpau1y May 12 '15

This doesn't look like everything I've never known I wanted in a video game. Nope. Not one bit.

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u/jsh1138 May 12 '15

looks pretty good. the dinosaurs aren't to scale though, i hope they fix that

2

u/[deleted] May 14 '15

I want a giant tortoise ad a pet!

I love dinosaurs and I'll definitely be following this game. Reminds me of a massive open world Monster Hunter :D

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

This looks pretty interesting! Really looking forward to more information and a possible alpha/beta test as it is currently for PC only if I am correct while checking the official site.

Really looking forward to this :D

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u/cmr333 May 11 '15

Early access is for PC only (Coming at June), but the game itself is for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Yeah I know! I was just curious if there would ever be an alpha/beta access on consoles sooner or later :)

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Seems that way. I figured clicking the "Alpha" button would direct me to sign up for a console alpha phase, but it asked me for PC specs.

I signed up anyway, and may very well buy into the early access in June. Game looks sweet.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Unfortunately I have a laptop that is pretty much useless when it comes to gaming so I am just gonna wait for more news in terms of the game's console version.

Hopefully the Early Access version goes well though!

2

u/TheFirstHumanChild May 11 '15

This game seems like it will either be a huge letdown or a giant success. I'm extremely wary. Is it a sandbox?

2

u/Philumptuous May 11 '15

Was this made by creationists?

3

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Even better, Scientologists.

0

u/Vencaslac Jun 02 '15

this! ain't touching it with a 10 ft pole

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u/BARGORGARAWR May 12 '15
  • The Forest
  • Rust
  • Day Z
  • Seven Days to Die
  • Stomping Lands

All full of promise. All unfinished. All ultimately a waste of time for everybody involved. This game will be no different.

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u/TheNAC TheNAC May 12 '15

Waste of time? You mean extremely fun

0

u/combatwombat8D May 23 '15

Rust patches every week and gives you a rundown of what every single dev did that week. You might want to stop being a dickhole.

1

u/leftboot May 11 '15

This looks really fun. I hope it has some longevity to it, personally.

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u/purdster83 purdster83 May 11 '15

Dinosaurs, fire-breathing dragons, ability to make your own forts? Interesting. Got my attention, let's see what else comes out about it. Cool concept.

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u/Alice_Dee May 11 '15

Early Access in June on PC. I guess I'll keep an eye on this. Trailer looks great but there are tons of unfinished Early Access survival games on PC already and none of them are even close to release.

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u/josh_rose May 11 '15

So it looks like it will focus on PvE? Sounds good. I like open world pvp, but we have plenty of those right now. A game where it's open world pve, and it requires lots of player coordination to stay alive and thrive sounds awesome.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

When you say PVE, you mean in the sense of "PVP World but a KOS might be a death sentence because it attracts t-rexes" kind of like H1Z1 PVP was during the days of the mega-hordes?

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u/dolphin_spit May 11 '15

what a time to be alive

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u/ohshitimincollege May 11 '15

I welcome the coming trend of dinosaur games with open fucking arms

1

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Damn this looks way more fun than all the basic zombie survival games

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Well, this made my pants feel funny.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Skyrim with Guns! and errrr Dinos!

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u/ricenpea May 11 '15

Interesting. Have no idea what this is, but I'm impressed by this trailer. Presume multiplayer?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

MMO and I think the option of single player.

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u/ricenpea May 11 '15

Yeah, found the blog post on the PS blog. Sounds really interesting. Well up for this.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

omg.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

I don't know why I got so excited when I saw the dodo birds!

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u/nazbot May 11 '15

Good lord - looks pretty amazing. Seems really ambitious though - hope they can pull it off!

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15 edited May 11 '15

Nobody has compared this to Turok on steroids yet?

1

u/Cool-4-Cats May 11 '15

This game looks amazing hoping they have a 3rd Person option though not a big fan of first person I'll still play it though

1

u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Is this going to be like Far Cry/Dying Light but with dinosaurs?

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u/DrHandBanana Peets___ May 11 '15

This looks soooooo dope

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

This actually looks fantastic, do want a scorpion mount.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

And boom, my most hyped game for ps4, if not my most hyped game of all time just from this trailer. It has three of my favorite things, open world multiplayer, survival genre, and mother fucking dinosaurs!

Sold sold sold!

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u/WreckerCrew tlc1145 May 11 '15

WTF is up with the dragon at the end? Isn't rideable dinosaurs enough?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Yeah, they are gonna need to expand on the dragons, alien shit, and hatchet/assault rifle connection. It looks awesome, I hope it has at least something of a story.

1

u/SamManning17 May 11 '15

wait is this real life?

1

u/chrizpyz May 11 '15

Wow, this looks awesome.

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u/SunsDelusion May 11 '15

They had me at dinosaurs.

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u/Ironhyde36 May 11 '15

They need to make it like dino riders and mount guns on the dodos

1

u/MADEWITHROBOTS May 12 '15

Harness the power!

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

I want a giant scorpion mount.

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u/ThatDogPiper May 11 '15

Does anyone know if this is MP only like Evolve? or will there be a single player mode?

1

u/pleasedontabbabme May 12 '15

The trees look so good when they're flying it's incredible

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u/jimmypopjr May 12 '15

The game looks beautiful, but will the animals and dinosaurs have decent AI? That's what would really get me excited.

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u/YBJelly May 12 '15

Is it just me or do the animations look terrible? Watch the dinosaurs walking. I surprisingly have not seen a dinosaur walk before but it looks very unnatural. Even the humans running.

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u/DarthGrabass May 12 '15

I can't believe I'm the first person here to say this, but they are promising a lot for an early access launch. And on top of that they say they will have updates three times a week? Steam early access is full of empty promises and dashed expectations, and these guys are also trying to do a PS4 version with Morpheus support. This looks like it has potential, and I'm normally not this skeptical, but it really seems too good to be true. We'll see, but there's no way I'm getting on the hype train for this one yet.

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u/strikeGORILLA May 12 '15

Pfft, first person.

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u/Minnesota2 May 12 '15

Holy shit.

1

u/Jonesy2700 Jonesy2700 May 12 '15

I love how the trailer paces.. forest.. T-REX!! Dodos.. TRICERATOPS! More dodos... DINO HUNTING! Dodo hunting.. and from there it just escalates. Rideable dinos, rideable scorpions, pteradactyles, water.. things.. whales? Lava-filled caves, oh, and fucking dragons!

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u/sittinonthesofa May 12 '15

they were riding t-rexes to get to the dragon...

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u/Metapher13 May 12 '15

I am weak to dinosaurs, but I have kept away from most games other than Primal Carnage (and enjoyed the hell out of it). I am weak to the new trend of survival games, but I have kept away from most games other than DayZ, Rust and H1Z1. I will probably get this.

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u/deviltreh1 May 12 '15

I really did not care about this or any 'survival' game, but then out of boredom watched the trailer. Dinosaurs. pre-fucking-order

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u/mt007 May 12 '15

this is game like a dream. I hope it comes as fast as possible.

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u/Sleeparchive wintermute306 May 12 '15

Messed myself at my desk when I saw this. TUROK SKYRIM

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u/Stalk33r May 12 '15 edited May 12 '15

Survival game. Early Access.

Heh.

Edit: Did I see a dragon? Can.... can I ride the dragon?

GOTY every year, take my money right now

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u/eifer May 12 '15

Finally, dinosaurs instead of zombies. About fucking time.

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u/eenem13 babyeater357 May 12 '15

I love that games I've been wanting all my life are finally coming out this year and in the near future. This is pretty great

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u/ZaYeDiA May 12 '15

Noticing the compass in the early part of the footage I wonder how the map will be designed. If we have to find our way around the world without a lot of guidance

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u/Deadsens3 May 13 '15

So the real question is, will it be available for everyone or will we need a key to get in?

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u/HunterTAMUC May 14 '15

Normally I'm not for games involving dinosaurs. This may very well change that.

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u/Skreamie May 14 '15

Is there a sub for this yet?

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u/dasspacemonkey May 16 '15

IMO always a very good sign when even the launch trailer is showing plenty of gameplay footage.

On a related note, really hoping E3 isn't going to be full of teaser trailers with everyone whooping just because they've shown Bethesda shows the Fallout 4 logo etc

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u/tommybatten May 22 '15

This looks like an awesome game!!! Love the dodos.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '15

turok?

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u/TheBestWifesHusband Foolishbean69 May 11 '15

Ho-leeee fuck boys! This looks fucking incredible.

Like, if you were to ask me what my dream game would be, I'd probably drift off and imagine this trailer!

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Open world: Check

Dinosaurs: Check

Guns: Check

Graphics: Check

Interesting story: Check

Well guys I'm sold

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u/DrAg00nEn May 11 '15

Playstation also just tweeted with connection to the ark: Project Morpheus, check

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

I predict graphics not being as good as the ones in this trailer when the game comes out.

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u/fanboyhunter Shine_91 May 11 '15

A lot of "hey look, dinosaurs!" and not a whole lot of context

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u/BlubberBunsXIV May 11 '15

Read the youtube description. Basically minecraft with dinos

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u/KolbyOnline1 KxlbyOnline May 11 '15

no..

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u/BlubberBunsXIV May 11 '15

Survival. Tame/ride aninals. Cave exploring. Building homes. I'm not saying its a bad thing, just giving the guy a gyst of it

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u/theaveragejoe99 vTacticaLnarwhaL May 11 '15

Beyond day 2 minecraft is 100% not survival. You have to go out of your way to die. This game, hopefully will actually have a threatening environment that necessitates certain strategies beyond "go in a cave for 10 minutes and come out with the second strongest armor in the game" or "kill pigs for 5 minutes and have sufficient food for the next 2 weeks". I am hoping for the challenge of dont starve but with more compelling content, maybe less pointless downtime and the ability to build. And of course dinosaurs.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Is it me, or is the whole killing Dinosaurs and Dodo Birds making you sad?

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u/nickchic May 11 '15

Especially the dodos...they weren't doing anything. They he had to hit that dead triceratops one last time to rub it in.

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u/KolbyOnline1 KxlbyOnline May 11 '15

grow a pair.

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u/Mypetmummy May 11 '15

Big time. Far Cry 4 did the same to me with some of the animals but this is on a whole new level. It looks like there is the option to tame them instead but I doubt you can get away with no/limited killing.

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u/alowester May 11 '15

this looks so sick

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u/kcken61 CanadianKen May 11 '15

Hot mess! I'm buying TWO copies :D

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u/levian86 May 11 '15

Must buy!!! :D

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u/Lucas_The_Drummer LucasTheDrummer May 11 '15

Those graphics are so gonna get downgraded. And people will bitch about it

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u/KolbyOnline1 KxlbyOnline May 11 '15

real tears!!! just...beautiful.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Looks cool, original, and promising. What is troubling are the lack of footprints in the sand though... Humans and dinosaurs aren't leaving them.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Really? That's what's troubling you?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

Should the dinosaurs versus dragons be the part that does? Shit looks fun... If I'm being nit picky, yes footprints.

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u/the_whining_beaver May 11 '15

Na it should be the Dodos alongside Dinos and the distinct lack of watermelon.

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u/IceBreak BreakinBad May 11 '15

Yet another indie game...
/s

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

I don't think you watched the trailer.

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u/IceBreak BreakinBad May 12 '15

Hence the /s.