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.
Back in 2016, Turtle Rock announced that support for its 4v1 monster-hunting shooter Evolve would end but fans wouldn't let it die.
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."
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.
Evolve is an asymmetrical multiplayer experience born at the tail-end of the wrong era, in the multiplayer world.
Great idea but poorly executed and destined to fail from the begging. Only thing I’m grateful towards this game is that it’s the one that convinced me to never buy a game blind again.
Shadowrun for the Xbox 360/PC would of been a better example of a great online game that launched At the wrong time.
Anyone else think a dlc pack with four soldiers and godzilla would be cool?
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
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.
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.
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?