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Turtle Rock Studios explains Evolve DLC strategy

Evolve developer Turtle Rock Studios has taken to the forums in an attempt to explain the Evolve’s DLC strategy a little more, after recent fan outrage.

RedCloud884062d ago

Anyone else think a dlc pack with four soldiers and godzilla would be cool?

Abash4062d ago

Won't be getting Evolve. If a developer wants me to buy their game, they need to have a decent single player and not try to squeeze me dry with DLC to get a good experience

iNFAMOUZ14062d ago (Edited 4062d ago )

no one cares
their even including a free copy of l4d now, they know the game will flop harder than all the fish in the atlantic

ill get it after a price reduction and a bunch of patches, the game didnt run well in alpha, well not steady at least

Karnalsyn4062d ago

"the game didn't run well in alpha"

You know what alpha means right? Virtually no game runs as expected in alpha.

ThatOneRiggaNob4062d ago

I understand why people are mad about this but at the same time I don't mind it. All future modes and maps free and if I want the new monsters then it's my choice to buy them? I think that's pretty cool.

guyman4062d ago

The developer can defend and spin it anyway he wants, but he's not fooling me. Making us Pay full price initially for an unfinished game, then having to pay for extra content, "DLC", immediately afterwards to get the entire experience is real scummy and a practice that is plaguing this industry more and more.

This game was one i was sort of contemplating buying. Now just because of this, i'm not even considering it.

SaveFerris4062d ago

What I don't understand is why didn't the developers finish the full game and then release it? Or would this game suffer with no post release content?

JoeMcCallister4062d ago

They've got to have some plan for DLC otherwise people play and forget about the game, which honestly scares me to say still might happen with this game, but the lead dude @ Turtle Rock said it about monsters and hunters,

"they cost a lot of money and time to make. We’re hoping that once people see how much new hunters and monsters bring to the game that they’ll feel like they got their money’s worth.”

I don't agree with the valuation of $15 for a damn character though, even if it's a monster that might change the game a bit. $15 to me is a few monsters, hunters, maps, weapons, a more complete package.

SaveFerris4062d ago

Good point. With more games incorporating multiplayer I guess the developers need to continue to keep gamers interested until the sequel or the servers are shut off.

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Report: Evolve 2 Was Once in Development, Concept Art Reveals Scrapped Sequel

It has been recently revealed by an artist that a sequel to the 2015 title Evolve was in the works. However, this project wouldn't last long.

jznrpg222d ago

Didn’t bother with the first one.

TheColbertinator222d ago

All I wanted was Left 4 Dead 3 instead

Abnor_Mal222d ago

Was this game ahead of its time? A few years later games like Dead By Daylight, Friday the 13th and other asymmetrical games exploded onto the scene.

MeteorPanda222d ago

if lm not mistaken it started the asymmetrical pvp matches. Evolves logo was a nod to their concept.

The_Blue222d ago

They should have because I played the first one when it was already dead

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Evolve or Die: The final days of the follow-up to Left 4 Dead

Back in 2016, Turtle Rock announced that support for its 4v1 monster-hunting shooter Evolve would end but fans wouldn't let it die.

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‘Evolve: Stage 2’ is back from the dead as peer-to-peer servers come back online

From NME: "Evolve: Stage 2 had its multiplayer servers shut down back in 2018, but today players are once again able to matchmake and join peer-to-peer multiplayer games.

Several months ago, peer-to-peer functionality was lost for Evolve Legacy, which was the only way fans of the series could play with friends. Upon a multitude of players reaching out to publisher 2K, the issue was eventually fixed earlier in July. It seems 2K have gone a step further now, and reinstated peer-to-peer and matchmaking functionality for Evolve: Stage 2 after four years."

MIDGETonSTILTS171311d ago

^^this, I have so many awesome skins on Xbox that I’d rather not lose

Germaximus1311d ago

Yes so far because it's just the servers alone coming on and the console version never had the free-to-play update.

I imagine if they find people playing the PC version and enough players are enjoying it then they'd probably reconsider opening console as well but I wouldn't count on it.

The game was epic as a monster. Hunters were really boring to play as to me.

LordoftheCritics1311d ago

I used to play this a bit.

Was kinda fun.