A shock trailer for Ark: Survival Advanced teased its new water-based growth Aquatica this week and followers are furious. That’s as a result of the video seems to make beneficiant use of AI-generated footage to point out a bland and incoherent mashup of underwater scenes that don’t have anything to do with the sport.
“Uncharted waters await in Ark: Aquatica!” wrote Snail Video games USA within the trailer’s description on YouTube. “Premiering at GDC, this newest growth takes survival to the deep blue with new creatures, mechanics, and risks lurking beneath.” The 70-second-long video begins with temporary use of precise Ark gameplay earlier than switching to smoothed-over and cheap-looking CGI footage stitching collectively random context-less scenes together with an octopus springing from the water with solely six arms.
The video has over 7,000 dislikes and greater than 1,800 feedback. “That is disgusting and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves,” reads essentially the most upvoted response, from Ark content material creator Syntac. “What even is the purpose of an AI trailer????” reads one other. “You’re exhibiting NOTHING. That is worse than having PowerPoint presentation concerning the DLC.”
The backlash was so swift and destructive that the makers of the unique sport, Studio Wildcard, went on social media to distance themselves from the debacle. “Ark: Aquatica is being developed by @SnailGamesUSA Colorado, please observe them for extra updates,” the group wrote on X yesterday. “Studio Wildcard stays fully devoted to the manufacturing of Ark: Survival Ascended & Ark 2, and we’re excited to deliver Ark: Misplaced Colony to you later this yr!”
For anybody who’s been out of Ark’s survival crafting, dino-hunting orbit for a number of years now, the sequel was revealed again on the 2020 Recreation Awards with a have a look at Vin Diesel and has barely been heard from since. Ark: Survival Ascended, in the meantime, is a current-gen remake of the unique sport in Unreal Engine 5. It’s nonetheless in Early Entry on PC and continues to be affected by complaints about bugs and optimization points.
This all leaves the collection as a complete in a really awkward spot in the mean time, and followers proceed in charge the involvement of Chinese language mum or dad firm Snail Video games for each new rake the franchise steps on. “How can each resolution y’all make be so horrible…” wrote Ark YouTuber Crowmeda. “So many wonderful artists and devs work on this IP to make the sport look nice, and y’all disregard each certainly one of them.”
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