Turok
Imagine having Turok’s complete arsenal at your fingertips. Excited yet?
With the amazing success of ARK: Survival Evolved comes the addition of some custom mod tools for the growing community to get creative with. That means you can expect to see some seriously inventive mods coming to the game in the very near future. While everyone is deciding what they want to bring to this expansive, dinosaur infested world, there are a few additions that just need to see the light of day as soon as possible.
One such modification that will certainly help Ark: Survival Evolved would be a Turok: Dinosaur Hunter mod. For those of you who may not know, Turok was an absolute badass that brought first-person dinosaur slaying to the Nintendo 64. The most important, and necessary, part of this mod would be Turok’s arsenal. Just sit back for a second and imagine wreaking havoc within ARK using the Tek Bow or the Chronoscepter. Blasting through enemy defenses with fusion energy, as you use explosive arrows from your high-tech bow to shoot down airborne adversaries.
ARK: Survival Evolved already has the setting locked down, provide some of Turok’s toys and you have a whole new experience on your hands.
Vehicles
Riding dinosaurs is pretty awesome, but it’s time for mods to take it up a notch.
ARK: Survival Evolved pleased a lot of gamers with the fact that you could tame and ride all of the beasts available in the game. There’s just something about riding on the back of a Pteranodon as you swoop over your unsuspecting enemies’ heads. But it would be nice to have a bit more protection, or even some added artillery to your preferred mode of transportation. That’s where vehicle mods come in.
Cars, tanks, jeeps, trucks, speedboats, jets, helicopters, you name it, and it can all be made available through the magic of mods. The modding community could get really creative, too, by developing vehicles that fit the current world in look and functionality, or they can pull some favorites from other popular video games. No one would object to riding around in one of Halo‘s Warthogs while filling rampaging beasts full of lead.
Vehicles would really help transform the way the game is played in a meaningful way, since they could potentially add a whole new threat and, by extension, level of strategy to the experience. I’m sure there are already a few modders out there with a few high-powered, slick vehicle ideas ready for some dino action.
New Areas/Structures
You can already see and build some incredible things in ARK: Survival Evolved. But, let’s see what modders can inject into the world.
If you take a look at games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you will see that some of the best mods have to deal with people creating new additions to the world. Castles, caves, islands, and more lend themselves to the overall beauty of the world and even add a bit of lore from time to time. ARK allows players to build their own structures, but who says modders can’t add things to the world for players to explore?
Huge futuristic structures, prehistoric dens, underground labyrinths, and more could be added. The more creative members of the modding community could even find ways to inject some lore. Of course, everything doesn’t have to be permanent. Modders can create new tools and blueprints for players to build their very own structures. No matter how you look at it, these types of mods will be must-haves.
New Beasts
Some new beasts will certainly liven up the gameplay.
Dinosaurs are certainly awesome, there is no denying that. There are plenty of ARK: Survival Evolved players out there right now completely content with what is already on offer. Mammoths, raptors, and even dodo birds are certainly fun to look at and hunt as you fight for survival in this brutal world. But, after a while, you’ll want something new, something a bit more… dangerous.
Huge monsters, mutated dinosaurs, super-human soldiers, wild cats, and more could enter the world through the modding community. With a bit of hard work, they could even work like the current beasts do. Just picture taming a a mutated, fire breathing dinosaur the size of a building and then ordering it to do your bidding. The monsters don’t necessarily have to fit the world, either. That’s the beauty of mods. If Skyrim was able to have terrifying My Little Pony dragons, imagine the nightmares that could be brought to the already brutal ARK.
Survival will become a whole lot more challenging once you get some new predators on the scene. Speaking of predators, why not throw the Predator in there for some added fun (and increased difficulty).
Difficulty Adjusting World Modifications
Mods could help make the world more accessible, or much more dangerous.
When you enter a survival game, chances are you’ll fall into one of two camps. Either you’ll think the game is too easy as you dominate the myriad beasts and obstacles laid out before you, or you’ll curse every second spent in the game world as you hopelessly watch your avatar starve or, if lucky, be eaten before it even gets that far. The dynamics of these survival games are usually set in stone, and for good reason, too. The developers want players to try and exist in their world, the way they intended. But mods are a good way to adjust that so everyone can have the best possible experience, exactly as they want it.
ARK: Survival Evolved has many natural threats to be on the lookout for, especially weather. Since you need to worry about things like hunger and dehydration, keeping your character relatively comfortable is of the utmost importance. Sometimes that can prove to be difficult, especially for players new to the genre who came for the dinosaurs. Mods to turn some of these requirements off, as well as the ability to adjust the degree of effect they have on players would certainly be appreciated.
On the other side of that coin would be turning the dial on everything up to 11. Add a second sun for greater heat, introduce an ice age to make finding fire a top priority. Cause droughts to make players think twice about their water usage. There are many ways that the world itself can be used to up the challenge without the introduction of new creatures. There is no doubt that the community will think up interesting ways to implement more varied systems into ARK: Survival Evolved.
Are there any mods that you feel absolutely need to be made for Ark: Survival Evolved? Anything specific, or do you have general wishes? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
