I have played ark since day one, and been through every frustrating bug and delay and whatever kind of issue you can think of. With all of those negatives came more positive and awesome experiences than any other game I've ever played.
I've more than gotten my moneys worth, spent probably 100 dollars total for 5000 hours of entertainment? Can't beat that.
I think Atlas looks pretty cool, probably won't run perfectly, but still I plan to buy it and hopefully have the same amount of fun with that game as I have had playing ark.