ARK: Survival Evolved is a punishing survival game known for its difficulty and its dinosaurs. Players have to keep themselves fed and healthy in a wild biome filled with both herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs until they can build up a defensible base and start taming the local wildlife to help them conquer the wilderness. The game has been quite popular, and developer Studio Wildcard has begun production on a sequel and even released a trailer for ARK 2.
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Unlike ARK, Grand Emprise doesn’t seem to focus exclusively on prehistoric survival and dinosaurs. The game description mentions dinosaurs, as well as castles and the industrial revolution, so it apparently will span a wide range of human history, and allow players to enjoy a variety of experiences within the survival game. The description also notes that there is crafting and base building, so it seems any ARK fans that try the game will be able to enjoy similar gameplay. It’s safe to assume, however, that ARK: Survival Evolved has more dinosaurs than Grand Emprise will. As of now, there is no release date announced for Grand Emprise.
Grand Emprise definitely looks like it has potential, and is being built by a small indie developer who has apparently invested a lot of their time and personal funds into making the game. The scope of the game is quite ambitious, and even if it doesn’t manage to measure up to ARK’s level of base building, there’s a good chance that players who enjoy ARK will have some fun with Grand Emprise as well.
The Steam page for Grand Emprise does look a bit incomplete at the moment, with some features containing question marks as placeholders. With no hard release date announced yet, however, there is plenty of time for the developer to get things more filled out and give players more information. ARK players are no strangers to game delays though, since there have been several instances of updates or game release delays, including when the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition Switch version was delayed. Overall, Grand Emprise definitely seems like a game to keep an eye on.
Grand Emprise is in development
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Source: Steam
