The Full Story of ARK - Before You Play ASCENDED

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TBH, I never knew ARK actually had a story. This feels like something out of a cinematic universe. Thank you for taking the time to bring ARK into a new perspective for not just me, but for others who didn't know of this emotional and rich story.

Arks story is such an incredible story but its always been so hard to fully understand. You have created a literal 2 hour movie of arks story better explained than anyone else. Well done, this was amazing

As someone stats played this since beta with over 3,500 hours of play, I CANNOT IMAGINE the amount of work and time it took to set up these shots. Bravo to you and your team.

Man, this felt like a movie. I mean the cinematics, the entire story, the music, and the fact that it wasn’t just someone telling a story, but instead the most detailed and explained chain of events I have ever heard. This really helped me understand the lore of Ark Survival Evolved, because before I thought it was just a game with no meaning and the only objective was to beat the bosses and move on. I just want to give Ned and his team a huge appreciation as this video was most likely very difficult and very time consuming to make. But besides all of that, I guess I will see you all in Ark Survival Ascended.

The fact that there is actual subtitles instead of the auto generated ones says alot about how much effort went into this video, thank you so much man

This man is such a legend. Someone get him a grammy. This was so captivating to watch, from the scenes to the sections, to the non-boring voice, the excitement pulsing through the story, and many more elements. I was able to sit down and watch this throughout in one sitting. It made me feel like I was sitting in a sci-fi movie, rather than just watching the movie. It was so captivating as a whole. I have been playing ark for roughly 4 years now on and off, but I never really "understood" the game until now. Thanks so much, this will help tremendously from now on. New sub :)

This made me cry in the best way possible. Probably the greatest and best video game story ever written. And you told it masterfully. Thank you for this, genuinely

Glad to have had the pleasure to work on parts of this, always a pleasure to see others helping to spread and forward knowledge of ARK's Lore. Keep it up Ned.

We’ve all binged a TV series and have been left with that empty feeling inside. Somehow, this 2 hour YouTube video managed to leave me with the same feeling. Thank you for such a wonderful experience

This almost brought me to tears mate, as an og ark player, playing since launch, putting countless hours into this game, seeing this and all the cut szenes was just wonderful. A real pleasure to watch and a trip down memory lane. Keep up the Work and much love from Austria! ❤

Words cannot put into perspective of how much I appreciate this video. Years ago I had gotten Ark to give it a try, but dumped it almost as soon as I picked it up because of how confusing it was. For a good while after, I struggled every day to find some sort of guide or story that could help me understand at least a morsel of what Ark was about and what my objective was. From day 1 I was already really invested into the lore, as I heavily enjoy these kind of sci fi elements that Ark has so masterfully woven together. The only downfall to this majestic story though, is how the information is delivered and I believe that's where a lot of the new players end up dropping Ark at. Today I thought "Hey, why not give Ark lore another try, the wiki was too hard to read so maybe YouTube will finally have something after so long." and it did. Your video. I was reluctant at first, seeing how it was almost 2 hours long, but as soon as I started I realised that this was no tutorial, nor was it a guide, but it was a whole damn cinematic movie so expertly woven together by providing information and entertainment side by side, integrated seamlessly. I don't very rarely feel sad about coming to the end of YouTube videos, but I'm at the 1 hour 26 minutes mark and I can already feel myself dreading the end of this video, almost as if it were one of the best movies I have ever watched (Which by the way, it is.) Thankfully I do recall that you've made a cinematic movie series of this, so i can't wait to watch those as well. So thank you. Thank you for making this video. Thank for you putting in the countless hours of effort into making this absolute masterpiece. This is something more than just a guide, more than just a video, more than just a movie. Your art of narrating over the clips is truly something else, and I'd love for you to continue making these videos. It's turning out to be a wild journey for me, and I just can't wait to see what you have next in store.

Remember when we thought this was just a dinosaur sandbox game? Look how far we come.

I love how the power creep and increasing difficulty with each of the original DLCs is completely more accurate. You’d absolutely need harder and harsher challenges to become strong enough to take down the King Titan

I love that you told the story taking into account the temporal events. This is the first time I've seen it done this way. Great work!

Ark’s story is incredible and I hope the animated series covers more of it. Also it wasn’t just prehistoric animals brought back. Mythical creatures were brought to life as well- Dragons, Wyverns, Phoenix, Griffins, Manticore etc. Wish the in game lore explained about why they were brought in.

Having to piece the story together ourselves throughout the game has been one of my favorite ways to tell a story. And Neddy has brought it all to life through his videos and everyone's effort to do this. Thank you!

As someone who didn’t realize the deep story of ark I’m glad I was able to experience it in this way.

I'm just starting my Ark adventure. I had no idea about the lore or the task. I am so stoked to have seen this. Thank you so much!