MultiplayerĪrk 2 is fully multiplayer, and that’s about all we know so far. How it will work this time around, we don’t know, but we’re excited to find out. There was no way Ark 2 would ditch that aspect, and it looks like they’re doubling down on the ability to tame and ride on these prehistoric monsters. Not only will this help with the new combat, but also the new methods of traversal.Īrk 2 will feature plenty of RPG elements, mainly in the form of leveling up and working through a skill tree with different abilities, parks, and buffs.Ī new enemy faction in the game will be called the Atarai, who will attack any player from on foot but can also mount their own dinosaurs as well, making them potentially very deadly.įinally, the big one: dinosaurs. To go along with this, in a big change, Ark 2 will now be a third-person or first-person game. The combat is said to be more Souls-like, in which locking on, dodging, combos, poise, and special moves are all included. As in any shared-world survival game, you can team up with, or fight against, other human players along with the AI enemies. We haven’t seen any yet, but the first hosted all manner of sci-fi guns next to your primitive spears and axes. The first also had tribe mechanics, and some very interesting ways characters could interact with each other.Ĭombat, again drawing from the first game, may or may not have as much futuristic weaponry. Either alone or with friends, we anticipate a game where you start off with nothing but can work your way up to near-invincible levels. We expect it to remain focused on survival and crafting, with tons of recipes, things to discover, upgrade, build, and all that fun stuff. GameplayĮverything shown of Ark 2 has been cinematic, but as a sequel, a lot should carry over from the first game. Ark 2 will be placed after the final expansion to the first game from 2021, though there was never a huge emphasis placed on story in the first place. According to the lore from the first game, Santiago is a clone of the player character from that game. The big shot of the trailer is Santiago and Meek riding on the back of a massive dinosaur that has been decked out with a saddle and armor.ĭespite the major focus in the trailers so far being on Diesel’s Santiago character, Ark 2 will still primarily be a sandbox game just like the first. Their life on this new planet, which was populated by animals sent there from Earth, is a constant struggle for survival. The opening monologue from Meeka, the girl from the first trailer and daughter of Diesel’s Santiago, explains that there was a war in the past that led to the state of the world being a mashup of prehistoric animals and futuristic technologies. This much shorter trailer finally gives a little context to the story and world of Ark 2. Santiago turns off the device, and they leave the cave and stand on a massive vista of impossible landmasses and dinosaurs.Īcting almost like a re-reveal of sorts, the next Ark 2 trailer didn’t drop until the June 2022 Microsoft and Bethesda Showcase. A screen scans Vin, identifying him as Santiago Da Costa, along with a bunch of details about him, including that his Engram Imprinting is incomplete and he’s restricted from cloning access. Here, we see that everyone has a glowing stone embedded in their forearms that is reacting to some sci-fi technology. There’s a lot of fighting, running, and epic music until Vin, the girl, and a woman escape into a cave. Vin faces off against the leader of this group in a drawn-out battle that ends up getting cut short when a T-Rex breaks through the trees and eats the beast-man.Īs it attacks Vin’s tribe, someone sacrifices themselves to save the girl. They rejoin their small tribe wandering through the jungles but are stalked by cloaked beast-men. She watches it scurry along a branch as none other than caveman Vin Diesel comes up from behind and tells her they need to leave. The trailer opens on a girl observing a strange creature camouflaged as a flower. The announcement trailer for Ark 2 made its debut on the Game Awards stage in December 2020 with a flashy, and lengthy, video.
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