Ark Park
SCORE: 60
My excitement level topped out when I heard Family Friendly Gaming
had been given a reviewable copy of Ark Park on the Playstaiton 4 VR.
Who doesn't dream about walking around with dinosaurs in VR? It was like
a Jurassic Park video game that was not lame. At least that was my hope.
Ark Park is a 5.4 gig download and I can not find a physical copy of
this game in America. Japan gets one. We Americans are not good enough
to get a physical copy version of Ark Park.
The controls in Ark Park are atrocious. Every single person who played
Ark Park here at Family Friendly Gaming had problems with the controls.
Ark Park lets us use two Motion controllers, or the PS4 controller.
Neither control scheme is intuitive. Once I figured out how to move
around I could actually get on the train. It was cool seeing those
dinosaurs come up out of the water on the train ride.
I got stuck in more places in Ark Park. The lack of direction makes this
a confusing game. Plus I had trouble being blocked from so many places
in Ark Park. Somehow I found my way out of the visitors center. Then I
could watch dinosaurs. I could also scan them so I had their DNA. Later
you can make your own dinosaurs and even go on a short ride with them.
Ark Park also contains shooting levels where we try to take down the
dinosaurs in the park. I got sick playing Ark Park. The issues families
can have with Ark Park is blood, violence, enticement to lust, religious
teachings of evolution, and more. Ark Park frustrated me more than
anything else. I hated having to look at the ground and flick a joystick
to move there. The other choice was to press the middle button on the
Motion Controller.
I had such high hopes for Ark Park. The park looks big, but feels small
when you realize how small each area is. I also noticed parts of Ark
Park looked blurry. At least to me anyways. I do not know why I get my
hopes up for any VR game anymore. The overwhelming super majority of
them have been bad experiences. Ark Park fits right on in to the current
PS4 VR library.
- Teen Gamer
UPDATE {11/21/2018}: Improvements have been made to this game. It plays better and there is less motion sickness issues. Ark Park feels more epic and is easier to play. There is now a physical copy version of this game available.
Graphics: 55%
Sounds: 65%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Playstation 4 VR
Publisher: Snail Games
Developer: Studio Wildcard
Rating: 'T' - THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY
{Blood, Violence}
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