I got to play an older build of Ark from 2015. Man, I forgot how amazing the game was already at that point, but the most striking thing about the game is how much effort it took to just tame a dodo. A parasaur is just not easily doable for the first in game week. This is why I fell in love with ark from day one, according to steam I got my copy on the 9th of June 2015. My hope for Ark 2 is that they bring back that level of work needed to get anything done.