ARK 2 is the upcoming sequel to Studio Wildcard's acclaimed Survival Sandbox game, ARK: Survival Evolved. Originally announced for 2022, it is currently slated for late 2024.
At the end of ARK: Survival Evolved, the Genesis-Ship shot off into space, looking for new worlds to colonize. Now, on one of these worlds, the story of ARK continues.
Previews: Announcement Trailer
, 2022 Trailer.
Tropes:
- Ascended Extra: In the previous game, the Brachiosaurus was simply an alternative skin for the Brontosaurus in the ARKaeology event. Here, it's officially one of the game's creatures.
- Dark Is Evil: The humanoids that attack Santiago's tribe in the announcement trailer have coal-black skin, along with Red Eyes.
- Disturbed Doves: The trailer shows a few Archaeopteryx flying away from the arrival of the Tyrannosaurus.
- Feathered Fiend:
- The Tyrannosaurus in the announcement trailer has a few patches of hair-like feathers. Notably, the feathers limited on the parts of the body that we don't have absolute confirmation to be covered in scales.
- The raptors in the second trailer are depicted as feathered, much more so than in the original game.
- Shown Their Work:
- The Tyrannosaurus in the announcement trailer is portrayed as being very slightly feathered. While there is still an ongoing debate over whether Tyrannosaurus had feathers, the spots where it has feathers don't conflict with any skin impressions recorded in the fossil record.
- The Pteranodon in the announcement trailer are shown taking off by vaulting with their wings, although the previous game got this right. Unlike in the previous game, however, its wing structure is accurate, with the membrane supported by only one long finger and the tips being rounded.
- The raptors in the second trailer are shown with a body coat of feathers, rather than being predominantly scaly as in the original game. They also have their second and third fingers fused, something media often forgets.
- Both the Tyrannosaurus and raptors have non-pronated hands.
- Unlike in the last game, Smilodon will be correctly depicted with a short tail, a stocky body, and a more machairodont-like skull according to the concept art.
- The concept art of Carnotaurus shows it with its osteoderms distributed throughout its body, as per recent scientific discoveries, rather than being limited to its back.
- While the concept art of Ankylosaurus still shows it with spikes protruding from its body and tail club as in the last game, its armor is correctly portrayed as a really tough hide embedded with bony osteoderms rather than a Studded Shell.
- Brachiosaurus is correctly shown with spines along its back and the underside of its neck, and its nostrils located on its snout instead of the top of its head.
