Dune Awakening or Ark Ascended?
I looked through both, and they both have something questionable/bad going on around them.
Dune - basically every DLC is underwhelming and for the latest one, the devs somewhat lied in what they promised vs what was delivered.
Ark - it's the same as Evolved just with some QoL and UE5 coat of paint (and equally bad optimization). Oh, and paid mods (according to steam reviews). + badly moderated official servers (but I don't care) +180Gb of storage space required
I'm playing solo only and want the game to last at least 50hrs, the more - the merrier. Which one would you recommend? How's Dune's variety in in-game activities? How's Ark's optimization so far after the initial release? Do both games support single player as in I don't need to be constantly online?
I like good worldbuilding and exploration, combat and rpg mechanics. Basebuilding - I don't care that much. As far as I can tell, both DA and ASA have what I like.