You have the crafting and the building and the farming like you do in ARK, But you jhave the comunity, the adnvanced melee fighting style controls and a vast world to explorer and claim for yourself (If you can holdthe fort so to say)
Even though it is a Alpha test state at the moment, it still shows a lot of promise, and the other Game ARK re3ally cam through.
I do reccomend this if you like pirates and if you liked ARK but are looking for something new.