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ARK: Survival Evolved can drop to 14 fps on Xbox One

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ARK: Survival Evolved is the current darling of great, big, expansive open world survival games – and for good reason; it lets you ride frikkin’ dinosaurs. It’s even available, in its Early Access form, on the Xbox One – where, much to everyone’s surprise, it now gets more daily players than on PC.

“In under a week ARK was downloaded over 1,000,000 times and Survivors had lasted a combined 200,000 real-life days against the dinosaurs and perils of the island, including other players!” Wildcard’s Jesse Rapczak said last year. “There’s no question that survival games have taken the PC world by storm lately, and as the only true large-scale multiplayer survival game available on console, perhaps it comes as no surprise that ARK’s daily Xbox One player count is already bigger than on PC.”

The game is pretty resource intensive on Pc, so how does it actually fare on the Xbox One? According to Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry, not all that well.

In a new frame rate test, the chaps at Eurogamer put the Xbox One version to the test, and found that the game barely manages to hit its intended target of 30fps. In some instances – particularly where there’s a large quantity of foliage on screen- the frame rate can drop to 14 frames per second, which not only introduces stuttering and tearing, but sends input lag through the window. According to the report, the resolution is below 720p too.

It is, however, worth mentioning that the game is still in early access preview, and that it’ll likely be subject to a wealth of optimisation once it draws nearer to release. On top of that, the game is still a fun thing to play, as evidenced by the sheer quantity of people doing their best to survive he wilderness.

I’ve tried my hand at ARK, and I’m just rubbish – spending hour upon hour punching trees in my underwear.

Last Updated: January 19, 2016

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  1. Ottokie

    January 19, 2016 at 09:36

    I was wondering about this when this game went live on Xbone, even on medium settings my 980 ti was feeling the pressure. This game is very fun to play but optimized like our government.

    Reply

    • Captain JJ 'saurus

      January 19, 2016 at 09:37

      Yea man. I was also wondering. ARK is so badly optimised. But it’s awesome, unlike our government.

      Reply

  2. Pieter Kruger

    January 19, 2016 at 09:37

    Yeah, it’s rubbish on pc too but will hopefully get optimized before launch! Still, must say I’m not experiencing close to that low FPS and this is hands down one of the best games I’VE EVER PLAYED!!

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 19, 2016 at 09:39

      That’s because most games runs at 14fps on XBOX 😛

      Reply

      • Captain JJ 'saurus

        January 19, 2016 at 09:39

        XD

        Reply

      • Pieter Kruger

        January 19, 2016 at 09:52

        ROFL! True that, but at least I get to play it right now! But seriously, the game is very CPU intensive.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          January 19, 2016 at 09:54

          I can imagine, it’s still in development apparently O_o Will check it out one day.

          Reply

    • Captain JJ 'saurus

      January 19, 2016 at 09:39

      Yea, it’s pretty awesome.
      It’s also FULL of d-bags online, but still fun none the less.

      Reply

  3. Hammersteyn

    January 19, 2016 at 09:38

    Header win! Competitions closed for this week, I’d cast my vote now if possible XD

    Reply

  4. Ottokie

    January 19, 2016 at 09:39

    One thing I take my hat off to the developers of ARK is just how much time they spend on updating. Every week you get around 600 mb updates.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 19, 2016 at 09:40

      O_o other might say the game is broken if it requires updates that large

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        January 19, 2016 at 09:40

        Could have been Day Z xD

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          January 19, 2016 at 09:40

          rofl

          Reply

        • Kromas untamed

          January 19, 2016 at 09:58

          DayZ is building an engine from scratch. Ark uses an established engine.

          That being said you may want to keep your eyes on DayZ next month.

          Reply

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:01

            Nah, zombies are the one thing I hate in games, it’s like facebook, over hyped and over rated 😛

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:02

            Zombies have been seriously overused the past few years.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 10:03

            And it’s not yet time for Nazis so it’s back to Dinosaurs

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:04

            Dinosaurs >>>>>>> > Zombies

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:05

            No.
            I disagree.
            Dinosaurs >>>>>> Everything else.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 10:06

            Zombie Nazi Dinosaurs?

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:06

            Gonna need a few plastic bags

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:08

            This is exactly why Kung Fury is so awesome XD

          • DragonSpirit009

            January 19, 2016 at 10:10

            Isn’t there a movie with a Nazi riding a dinosaur?

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 10:12

          • DragonSpirit009

            January 19, 2016 at 10:16

            Not the one I was thinking of but its sure entertaining XD

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:18

            Your poor wife!

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:21

            She knew what she was marrying into! 😀

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:22

            So if she dresses up as a diplodocus it pleases lil’ JJ?

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:27

            She needs to dress up as a Baryonyx or a Spino, then it works wonders ;P

          • DragonSpirit009

            January 19, 2016 at 10:06

            And somewhere along the way aliens will make an appearance again as well

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:06

            XCOM 2 is coming. 😛

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:05

            It’s been too long since they’ve had dinos. Between ARK and The Isle I’m having such a blast now. 😀

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:03

            Yup, to the point where I don’t take a company seriously anymore if they use the zombie cliche.

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:17

            Well, the infested are kinda zombies, but the ones in the Orokin towers are actually zombies

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:19

            No, they are corrupted xD as for infested…ummm they are ummm… fungus.. yea fungus !

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:22

            LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

            But zombies ARE corrupted humans?

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:24

            No, I refuse to believe it. They have amnesia and just want to give us a hug from being alone in the void for all this time, we just shoot anything that comes to close. Give them a chance 😛

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:26

            I need to farm some Argon Crystals from the zombies tonight, need to build the Chroma Systems

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:29

            Take a T1 or T2 capture, catch the target and just stay and slay everything in site until one drops 😛

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:30

            I’ll take that zombie-slayer gun you gave me!

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:31

            Did you mod it with elemental mods and a potato?

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:40

            I think I’m on forma #3 now, damage is in-saaaaaaane

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:43

            I think mine is also just 3 forma, the damage scaling is huge on that gun compared to the Boltor and Soma

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:56

            Indeed. I use that gun and my Rhino P when I need to hit the high levels.

            Might even attempt a sortie!

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:01

            Sortie 1 and 2 are fine, the you get Sortie 3 Def, thay are a living hell. Everything one shots, you need to have a perfect team with 2 defenders and 2 multipliers.

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:02

            At least I know 2 guys that are high level

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:02

            So do I xD

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:07

            Wait….you referring to me?

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:11

            At MR 12 you are not a scrub anymore 😛 next time look at the damage done, its usually around 50/50

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:12

            Oh yeah, and the kills split are going both ways now.

            So, that being established. Are we hitting a sortie tonight?

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:13

            Sure, if I don’t get forced into a game of Rust that is xD

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:18

            JOU FLIPPEN ROESKOP!

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:20

            Hoopelik stop dit soon 😛

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:31

            Jy moet ‘n staalborsel vat en die roes af borsel

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:38

            Have you done the second dream quest yet?

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:46

            I don’t think so

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:47

            No

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:51

            Do it, sooooooooon

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 12:29

            Yeah I’ve been reading about the quests now, going to hit them tonight, all those outstanding

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 11:02

            Rhino stomp all day long

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 11:07

            xD

          • Kromas untamed

            January 19, 2016 at 10:05

            I like DayZ because it has better realism with or without the Zeds. That being said the new car system is horrible. I now know more about the difference between glow plugs and spark plugs than I ever wanted to know. 😛

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:07

            I have Rust, but haven’t tried it yet.
            I’d stick to a PvE server though. People are harsh in that game.

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:10

            Rust really does have some of the biggest low lives I have ever seen. The game is sort of fun but would probably be lots of fun for PVP loving gamers. I rather stick to PVE

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:11

            I’ve heard of guys being caught, caged and then kept alive for days. That doesn’t bother me as much as guys with rifles killing you while you are still in your underpants with NO loot for them. THat’s just being an ass.

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:13

            Reign of Kings was the worst in getting captured, you have to kill yourself with a rock…if you remembered to put them up your ass O.o

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:13

            WHAT!?
            Haha. That’s crazy!

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:15

            RoK is like Game of Thrones the game

          • Kromas untamed

            January 19, 2016 at 10:11

            Rust gets old fast with PVE. It is was redesigned to be a pure PVP survival game a few years back. That and random permanent race/gender/penis size.

            Actually it is a horrible game that “borrowed” way too many things from other games and is only known because of the controversy surrounding it.

            At least it runs at 60fps.

            And the building system is nice.

          • The Grand Admiral Chief Prime

            January 19, 2016 at 10:16

            HAHAHAHA

      • Captain JJ 'saurus

        January 19, 2016 at 09:40

        Those others then don’t know what Early Access means.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          January 19, 2016 at 09:41

          It’s still in Early Access? Then why would you pay to play it???

          Reply

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 09:45

            Because we support indie devs. Because we care about the gaming industry and because it’s still 1,000 times more complete and stable than those “AAA” Assassin’s Creed games, and not to mention Batman AK.
            And because we’re pc gamers and we need ALL the games 😀

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 09:45

            ^this

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 09:50

            1,000 times more complete and stable? Except for the 600mb updates? I thought buying a game on release is supporting the devs and industry. What stops them from keeping the game in EA… sorry Early Access perpetually like DayZ? Are steam refunds even applicable to games in Early Access? If not I’d just keep my game in that state and release it in whatever state it is when I’ve made my money

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 09:57

            Steam refunds are yes. As long as you haven’t played the game for too many hours (because then you’ve obviously already gotten your money’s worth).
            But I’ve bought many early access games with only one that went belly up, yet I still spent over 40 hours on it regardless, so for R200 it was quite the bargain either way.
            I know it’s a risky thing, but that’s the buyer’s choice after all.
            I like supporting ea devs as long as they’re active and doing their jobs, they’ve far more creative and original than any of the “AAA” companies.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 09:59

            Never new buying games was a risk, like investments… this concept is foreign and unappealing to me.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:01

            I just like to support guys who are still bringing creative new ideas to the industry. They’re a rare breed these days, so I’d like to keep them in the industry. Everyone has to start somewhere and currently I’d rely on the devs of ARK before I’d rely on another WB pc game.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 10:02

            WB can GITS with PC ports. Even MK X was a mess

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:03

            Jis man. It’s going to be a while before I buy one of their games again.

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 09:59

            Yea buying EA is a bit of a risk, but I now have over 100 hours clocked into the game and had an absolute blast from the get go. So for $26, I would say it’s pretty worth it.

          • Hammersteyn

            January 19, 2016 at 10:01

            Well yeah, $26, that was before the Rand got beaten like a T-Rex at Pick-up-Sticks

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:02

            Was R199 on sale

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:01

            I clocked over 20 hours in my first weekend 😀

          • Kromas untamed

            January 19, 2016 at 10:01

            DayZ is a special case as they are building the engine from scratch. However Beta is drawing near with the engine basically done by June/July.

    • Captain JJ 'saurus

      January 19, 2016 at 09:40

      Yea man. I agree.
      The Isle and ARK are the only two games I have that updates nearly every second day.
      But ARK can definitely start thinking about optimising a bit instead of just constantly adding more content.

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      • Ottokie

        January 19, 2016 at 09:41

        True, the official release date is coming up in June.

        Reply

  5. Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)

    January 19, 2016 at 09:52

    Surely the heading should be “Poorly optimised ARK: Survival Evolved can drop to 14 fps on Xbox One”?

    Reply

  6. Kromas untamed

    January 19, 2016 at 09:57

    “much to everyone’s surprise” …. except every single PC gamer as we have had our fun and would like to rather wait for the DX 12 implementation/beta release because it runs poorly.

    Reply

  7. DragonSpirit009

    January 19, 2016 at 10:00

    I want to play this game so badly… But once again I lack all the equipment

    Reply

    • Captain JJ 'saurus

      January 19, 2016 at 10:04

      That’s pretty much how it feels when you start playing ARK.
      No equipment..punch a tree for wood…die from cold…respawn…die by T-Rex…respawn…die from hunger.

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        January 19, 2016 at 10:05

        Sometimes that game can kick you in the groin when you need to start fresh xD

        Reply

        • Captain JJ 'saurus

          January 19, 2016 at 10:06

          I’ve only started fresh once. But I did spend about three hours taming a Carbonemys only to have it killed 5 minutes later by a Trike that somehow felt offended by it.. THAT was a kick in the groin.

          Reply

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:08

            My first albino T rex, I killed with an arrow… one arrow to many

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:09

            Ah man.
            Yea, we built our first base. Had a Trike, Carbo and Para. Came back two days later. GONE.
            I hate those damn PvP servers sometimes, but the guy who plays with me insists on it

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:11

            Same problem I have with my group of friends, thay are all pvp and I am pve xD

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:13

            The ARK is dangerous enough as it is and I don’t see the point of wasting so much time just because your base got destroyed because you have to go to work and can’t be there 24/7.

          • Ottokie

            January 19, 2016 at 10:14

            In ARK you always get raided offline, in Rust you get raided while still in your home begging for mercy only to get your head blown off from 1 meter away with a pump action shotgun.

          • Captain JJ 'saurus

            January 19, 2016 at 10:18

            My first time playing ARK I got shot by a guy with some gun.
            I didn’t even have as much as a rock on me. What an ass.
            I see though that some tribes take it upon themselves to clear those guys out when they make trouble. I like that.

      • DragonSpirit009

        January 19, 2016 at 10:09

        I don’t mind that kind of game play… at least you can respawn then. In the real world…. not so much

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        • Captain JJ 'saurus

          January 19, 2016 at 10:10

          Haha. Yea. A bit less convenient for sure.

          Reply

  8. chimera_85

    January 20, 2016 at 08:28

    Under 720? Hahahahahahahahaha early access or not hahaha

    Reply

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