In last few years there have been many early acces survival games, some better ones and bad ones as well. This type of games started to wear out after a while for all of us gamers because they were almost the same. Do the same thing over and simple grind style was starting to get old.
Ark have complex touch that feel more natural and it definitely changed what I look forward to in survival games.
Simplified yet very customable crafting engine gives you power to craft armor, weapons, saddles and much more misc stuff that makes your survival expirience so much better.
Fact that there are 60+ dinosaurs you can tame and use to help you in different game obstacles is just briliant. Also graphics look wonderful for enthusiast grade gamers.
In summary, for an early acces game it is shocking how well developers put it together. 9/10