ARK: Survival Evolved - XBOX One [Digital]

Name: ARK: Survival Evolved - XBOX One [Digital]
Brand: Studio Wildcard
SKU: 6220714
Price: 49.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (320 reviews)

ESRB Rating: T (Teen 13+)

SKU: 6220714

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Customers are saying

Customers love the engaging gameplay, immersive open world, and the fun of taming dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved. Many cite the game's ease of use and building options as positive aspects, while also noting the hours of entertainment it provides. However, some players have reported encountering glitches and server issues. Despite these drawbacks, the game's overall positive reception highlights its appeal to a wide range of players.

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Features

Tame, Train, Breed & Ride Dinosaurs, in a Living Ecosystem
Over 50 creatures can be tamed using a challenging subdue-&-protect process. Weaken a feral creature to knock it out, and then nursing it to health.
Pet Commands and Progression
Once tamed, you can issue commands to your pet, which it may follow depending on how well you’ve tamed and trained it. Pets continue to level up and consume food, and carry inventory and equipment.
Explore a Dynamic Ecosystem
Fly a Pteranodon over the mountains, race through the jungle with a pack of Raptors, or chase down prey on a T-Rex! Experience a dynamic ecosystem with its own predator & prey hierarchies.
Breed and Raise Dino Babies
Breed pets through successive generations to generate the best traits. Or put more simply, breed & raise dino babies!
Food, Water, Temperature and Weather
Eat and drink to survive, with different foods having different nutritional values (including human meat!). All actions drain food and water, and long-distance travel is draining.
Environmental Challenges
Inventory weight slows you down, and the day/night cycle and weather alter the environment. Craft clothing, build shelter, and use fire to protect yourself against damage & the elements.
Harvest, Craft, and Paint Items
Harvest trees, ore, and more to become a master crafter. Use your hands, a smithy, or a fabricator to craft increasingly complex and powerful gear.
Build and Customize Your Base
Build a massive base using modular pieces, ranging from thatch, to wood, stone and metal.
Express Your Style
Customize your base by painting it and placing signs that you can actually draw on. Weapons, clothing, & armor gear can also be painted to express your own visual style.
Summon the Ultimate Life Forms
Bring rare items to special summon locations to awaken the ARK’s mythical creatures, who arrive ready for battle.
End-Game Challenges
These monstrosities provide an end-game goal for the most experienced tribes and their pets, and yield valuable items if they are defeated.
RPG Statistics
Level up your survivor by gaining experience through in-game actions to learn new crafting engrams, or find higher level item blueprints in the most dangerous parts of the ARK.
Character Customization
Customize the look of your character with a complex character creation system.
Hardcore Mechanics
Items have durability and wear out with use if not repaired. When you leave the game, your character remains “sleeping” in the persistent world.
Persistent Inventory and Consequences
Your inventory also exists in the persistent world, vulnerable to theft. Death means permanent loss, and you can even enslave other players for your own purposes.
Large World Persistence
On the 70+ player servers, your character, everything you built, and your pets stay in-game even when you leave. Special themed events will occur in the world with corresponding limited-run items!

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Specifications

ESRB Rating
T (Teen 13+)
ESRB Descriptors
Blood, Crude humor, Use of alcohol, Violence
Compatible Platform(s)
XBOX One
Software Format
Digital

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Reviews

91% would recommend to a friend

Customers are sayingCustomers love the engaging gameplay, immersive open world, and the fun of taming dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved. Many cite the game's ease of use and building options as positive aspects, while also noting the hours of entertainment it provides. However, some players have reported encountering glitches and server issues. Despite these drawbacks, the game's overall positive reception highlights its appeal to a wide range of players.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Game Makes For Crowded Servers
ARK really advanced the survival video game genre. Stuff like being able to build and live on a raft fairly early on are one of the many fun features. However players have squatted all the starting areas on every server by claiming land by building pillars and literally walling off the rest of the virtual world from new players. It takes about 4-5 new charter creations on different servers to find a sever with a tiny slice of buildable land when just starting out. Lost is the feeling of waking up on a new world, more like waking up on the shores of an island overdeveloped by player condos. Conan Exiles, bugs and all, still retains that feel of being alone in the wild for the most part, by comparison to ARK.
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Posted 8 years ago by Lastwizard
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great game, but glitchy.
I like how in-depth this game gets. I saw it through Neebs Gaming and knew what I was going to be up against when I purchased it. However, for the Xbox one version it is extremely glitchy and some of the textures do not load. I still enjoy playing it, but there needs to be an update or patch that can fix glitches that happen.
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Posted 8 years ago by Lizzy
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Finally found on sale
I've been searching for this game at a sale price for a month. My son wants it for Christmas. No other store had it cheaper than Best Buy.
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Posted 8 years ago by johnandjen
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun to play, better on unofficial servers.
Games fun and addictive but on official servers it's much better. There are Alpha tribe servers that on weekends swapto pvp and destroy pve players work in a troll move so only play pve servers if you want to win. I host on my 2nd Xbox for friends and family. Game can go quickly once you get a decent server. Nothing like having Dino to make harvest easier. Always be on the lookout for inactive players to loot thier Base and claim their Dino. My kiddos love Dinosaurs as well and loves it.
Posted 7 years ago by MainelyTech
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Fun Dinosaur Survival Game
Fun game My kids love dinosaurs A little tedious to get started but the action really kicks in once you’ve learned the basics Great graphics and easy to get sucked in
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Posted 4 years ago by BestBuyer

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Pros for ARK: Survival Evolved - XBOX One [Digital]
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Cons for ARK: Survival Evolved - XBOX One [Digital]
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Questions & Answers

Does this game allow you to build a base?
Yes, you can build a massive base using modular pieces in this game.
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Does this game have hardcore mechanics?
Yes, this game has hardcore mechanics where items have durability and wear out with use if not repaired.
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Can you customize your character in this game?
Yes, you can customize the look of your character with a complex character creation system.
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Does this game have a digital format?
Yes, the software format for this game is digital.
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Are there environmental challenges in the game?
Yes, there are environmental challenges like inventory weight slowing you down.
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