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Evolve Review - Polygon

Evolve occasionally brushes against a real breakthrough for Turtle Rock, with its distinctive take on a different kind of multiplayer shooter.

equal_youth4041d ago

I am still fighting with myself over buying it or just let it be.

Stapleface4041d ago

Do you not have a way to rent games? IDK what I would do without Gamefly. Every gamer should have access to a service like that.

Bansai4041d ago

don't buy this DLC fest

ABizzel14041d ago

My advice rent it, or buy it later.

We can't let developers and publishers keep pushing the boundaries on how they can nickel and dime more money out of gamers each year. On top of that their prior games (L4D) always dropped down to $40 literally a couple weeks after launch.

higgins784041d ago

Not me. In a gen crowded with multi-player shooters, this doesn't (by most accounts) sounds nearly brilliant or different enough to warrant much attention. Solid, slight variation, but so are SO many others in a crowded fps market.

antz11044041d ago

Wow, they really didn't make the gameplay seem appealing, yet they scored it an 8? How does that add up?

HammadTheBeast4041d ago (Edited 4041d ago )

Just wait until their BS $60 day one DLC goes down to some complete edition in a few months.

All I'm saying to potential buyers is, you'd better save up now because, as the DEVS THEMSELVES have said, this game is DLC city. They decribed it as "modular" so that they could potentially have DLC for new monsters, classes, maps, etc, and going by current pricing, damn this is gonna hurt the wallet.

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WizzroSupreme4041d ago

Looks fantastic to me. Might want to rent this asap.

daBUSHwhaka4041d ago

Loving it.Missed the BETA so was a little bit sceptical but i really am having fun with it.

Ricegum4041d ago

Polygon review scores are trash.

higgins784041d ago

This is another reason Eurogamer have done what is right...do away with 'scores' completely and avoid unnecessary trolling.

HammadTheBeast4041d ago

They have a history of being criticized on N4G because of some click-bait-worthy reviews, and questionable origins (got started by a $300 000 paycheck from MS).

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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.

jznrpg227d ago

Didn’t bother with the first one.

TheColbertinator226d ago

All I wanted was Left 4 Dead 3 instead

Abnor_Mal226d 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.

MeteorPanda226d ago

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

The_Blue226d 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."

MIDGETonSTILTS171316d ago

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

Germaximus1316d 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.

LordoftheCritics1316d ago

I used to play this a bit.

Was kinda fun.