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Evolve review | EGM

EGM:
Silly though it may be to parade around pre-release awards as some kind of indicative acclaim, all those laurel wreaths on the back of Evolve‘s box and in its trailers are there for a reason. Rather than upholding the multiplayer status quo, Turtle Rock Studios’ first big game in nearly seven years sought to bring a fresh perspective to shooters, with an asymmetrical showdown between four hunters and a lone monster on a remote and dangerous sci-fi world. The concept was immediately appealing—that’s where those awards come in—but the main concern was whether or not Evolve could deliver a complete and engaging game around it.

In an effort to give all five reviewers a chance to fully discuss their opinions, we’ve put together a special Review Crew podcast that touches on every aspect of Evolve at length. Beneath that, you’ll find each editor’s detailed conclusions on their own class and how the experience impacted their opinion of the game as a whole.

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Elit3Nick4070d ago

Why do you guys cherry picks only the low scoring reviews for Evolve, there was already a handful of them but the only ones that surfaced on here are the ones below 7/10

Jdoki4070d ago

Except for the 9/10 IGN review I was reading on N4G about 2 minutes ago...

Elit3Nick4069d ago

How about you look at when this was posted...

mastershredder4070d ago

A monstrous hype machine. It was a "me too!" title at E3 and it still is. Evolve my butt.

Scottyxboxoneandps44070d ago

@mastershredder
Don't talk out of your arse!!!
Have u even played the game?
And if u have how long did u give it?
The truth yeah?

UltraNova4069d ago

The real question here is how much will you pay extra before you decide to give up on this game?

OT

They gave it a 6.5 without mentioning the dreadful DLC plan for this game? Ok what can I say...

mastershredder4065d ago

At E3...As a game/app developer/designer, I did not need that long to figure it out for myself. My take is not your take perhaps, but this thing was rubbish, so was Drive club,(MS style 'fix it later mentality). Shining turds before they are worth anything is BS...and not kewl. Get it straight at the introduction.

magiciandude4070d ago

I would give this a 4.0 tops based on the microtransactions alone. How much longer will game journalists accept this? Oh right, they already have been giving cheap corporate greed the free pass for 7+ whopping years.

starchild4070d ago

It wouldn't make sense to review games that way.

Review the game for what it is. Let each individual decide whether the asking price is worth it or not.

Der_Kommandant4070d ago

This game with medieval setting and dragons instead of monsters.

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Psychotica4070d ago

That would be cool. You would probably need more than a handle of guys with swords though..

OC_MurphysLaw4070d ago

Pretty sure that idea is pretty much Fable Legends.

TheFanboySlayer4069d ago

lmfaoooo!!! true but fable you arent a dragon I believe! I don't know why I laughed so hard at your comment

OC_MurphysLaw4069d ago

True... I suppose not a direct 1:1 as the villain isn't a dragon but it struck me as close enough. Always happy to help someone laugh btw. :-) cheers

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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.

jznrpg257d ago

Didn’t bother with the first one.

TheColbertinator257d ago

All I wanted was Left 4 Dead 3 instead

Abnor_Mal257d 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.

MeteorPanda257d ago

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

The_Blue257d 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."

MIDGETonSTILTS171346d ago

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

Germaximus1346d 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.

LordoftheCritics1346d ago

I used to play this a bit.

Was kinda fun.