During a livestream, a streamer found a hidden button in the menu of the pirate MMO Atlas: It brings him back to another game by the developers, to ARK Survival Evolved. This adds fuel to the rumors. Atlas is said to be nothing but a “reskin”.
What happened? The new MMO Atlas launched on December 22nd in Early Access. Atlas is a pirate MMO developed by the creators of ARK.
Even in the first hours, players saw the similarities between ARK, the dino MMO, and Atlas. Some even referred to it as a “reskin.”
A streamer has now found a hidden button in the menu that is causing quite a stir.
Atlas menu takes players to ARK settings
A clip from the streamer mukkayo is going viral in the gaming community. In the video, the streamer demonstrates that the Atlas menu has a hidden button.
He navigates through the Atlas menu and arrives at the supposedly last option “Exit”. Then he says: “Now press the button down one more time, there’s a hidden button there.” Clicking it, you find yourself in an ARK menu.
What can be found in the menu? There are settings for dino damage and many other server settings that originate from ARK.
The comments on Reddit and YouTube show many angry players.
This is how players are reacting: User StrawS__ writes on Reddit: “The meme that Atlas is just a reskin of ARK is literally true. I mean, you could already see that from the graphics and gameplay. But now it’s just clear.”
The opinion that Atlas is “just a reskin of ARK” emerged shortly after the release on December 22nd. On Reddit, players explained that the similarities in visuals and gameplay are undeniable. They accuse the developers of simply copying a large part of ARK.
This discovery with the hidden menu is now causing many heated discussions around Atlas.
They simply stamped these contents with the Atlas label. This has caused frustration.
Is the video real? Players doubted that the video is real. However, other streamers and YouTubers also find the secret button and access the ARK menu.
Here’s what people are discussing now: Some players on social media are taking it more lightly and writing: Are you surprised? These are the same developers. Of course, they take finished work from old projects so they don’t have to start from scratch.
But some players view it differently.
User decaboniized writes on Reddit: “It shocks me that people say ‘It uses the same engine as ARK – Did you not expect that?’ No, I did not expect the developers to use the same interface, the same textures, and basically the same everything, and just overlay an Atlas skin.”
This is a mod for ARK that the developers charge $30 for.”
This discovery with the hidden menu is now causing many heated discussions around Atlas.
