ARK Park

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
46

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. IGN Spain
    Nov 6, 2018
    48
    A VR game that looks and plays almost like it was born during the PS2 era.
  2. PlayStation Country
    May 24, 2018
    30
    The great visuals and stunning assets of the Ark franchise are not enough to save ARK Park from mundanity. The game poorly imitates the core elements of Survival Evolved and results in an anaemic and frustrating experience that is further marred by technical challenges and boring content.
  3. Cubed3
    Apr 9, 2018
    30
    The prospect of ARK Park gave a chance for a VR experience that would show some stunning interactive experiences. It failed… and it fails in almost every area. It tries to adapt each key element of ARK: Survival Evolved and instead gives a horrible pale imitation of each, isolating each into a little slice, which doesn't live up to - or even represent - the original.
  5. Gameblog.fr
    Nov 22, 2018
    20
    ARK Park was meant to be a virtual dive in a dinosaur park, bad and dishonest, it looks more like carnosaur the video game.

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User Score
4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 14 out of 25
  1. kivenWu
    Mar 28, 2018
    9
    The visual is beautiful, and my son loves it! But I think the battle needs to consider whether it can be accepted by children.
  2. HansenTT
    Mar 28, 2018
    10
    To be honest, the game could use a bit more content and some polish, but overall the experience is great. I would for sure show this game toTo be honest, the game could use a bit more content and some polish, but overall the experience is great. I would for sure show this game to friends who come over to my house. It’s quite a nice showcase piece for someone who hasn’t tried VR before.… Full Review »
  3. Cjh5801
    Mar 27, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Once you get past the extremely disappointing realization that you’ve been conned by the official trailer for this game (not one second of footage from the trailer comes from the actual gameplay), there are a few enjoyable aspects of this game. But it could have been so much more.

    Movement via instant transportation detracts a bit from feeling immersed in the game, but I don’t find it all that awkward. More disappointing is the extremely limited area of exploration in the handful of individual locales on the “Exploration” maps, and the fact that the dinosaurs have only one scripted routine in each location and you can’t really interact with them (though some will respond to feeding or bouncing a rock off of them). For the most part, it’s like they’re animatronics in a Disney attraction.

    The battle maps are simply wave shooters, and are pretty easy after you’ve worked your way up to the heavier firepower. And don’t bother looking around on the maps for dinosaur eggs, you acquire them on occasion when you kill the boss in the battles.

    Bottom line, there are dinosaurs in this game, but they’re few and far between (except when you’re killing them), and you won’t have much opportunity to interact with them. The graphics are actually rather primitive, nowhere near as good as Skyrim VR, for example. Gameplay has some enjoyable aspects, but this is basically a $5.00 game in a $50.00 package.    … Full Review »
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