If you aren't already familiar, Ark: Survival Evolved is a survival-crafting game that came out during the seemingly never-ending wave of early access survival-crafting games in the mid-2010s. It's one of the only ones besides Rust and The Forest to ever make it out of early access. RELATED: 15 Games For Fans Of ARK: Survival Evolved Ark: Survival Evolved traumatized me in ways I'll likely never recover from, but I wouldn't trade the time I spent with it for anything in the world. I've experienced the purest forms of joy, terror, pride, and loss while playing this stupid dinosaur game. I've had the highest highs and the lowest lows I've ever had playing Ark. The reason is simple, Ark: Survival Evolved is terrible at being a video game, but when it comes to being a life simulator, it's incredible.
Yet, somehow, we've all sunk hundreds, if not thousands of hours into this 'bad' game. Ask anyone who plays it and they'll tell you the same thing: the game is a buggy mess, the developers are evil, and no one should ever play it.
