The new Ark port for Nintendo Switch turns one of the worst conversions we've seen into one of of best open worlds on the machine. digitalfoundry reports:
It's one of the most infamous Digital Foundry stories of all-time. The original version of Ark: Survival Evolved arrived with a mixture of shock, horror, befuddlement and amusement owing to its incredibly bad visuals, ultra-low resolution, lack of detail, LOD popping issues, slow loading and the fact that often, textures did not seem to load at all.
Nothing of the original version has been brought over to this new edition. In fact, it's based on a relatively recent Xbox codebase running on Unreal Engine 4.26 - a more modern, mature version of the Epic technology. First impressions are very positive: the extremely low resolution of the original release gives way to a pleasing presentation.
Frame-rates are also improved but it's worth adding an asterisk to this. Ark: Survival Evolved has never been a particularly performant game on any platform. In terms of both CPU and GPU, it pushes host hardware to an often unreasonable degree. That being the case, expect fairly complex areas to hover in the 24-27fps area, with only less stressful environments hitting the game's 30fps cap.
So, if you're into Ark: Survival Evolved, the new Switch Ultimate Survivor Edition is well worth looking into. And if you own the game already, we'd also recommend giving it another chance - the improvements are legion, to the point where it's one of the better UE4 titles for Nintendo Switch, a system that isn't exactly best equipped to handle the kind of open world gameplay the experience is built around.
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