Evolve Gets a 3GB Day-one Patch To Improve Loading Times

Just one day left and we can play one of the most anticipated games to be released this year. Turtle Rock Studios anounced that players need to download a 3GB day-one patch first before they are able to play online

[Snookies12]

Wait, I'm confused... Is it a 30 GB or 3GB patch? The title and article itself say two different things. 30 would be ridiculous, lol...

[bouzebbal]

30GB for loading times?
i mean even 3KB is retarded. Day one patches are the worst thing ever. Just shows how done games are nowadays.

[SamPao]

it's an online only game, there will be tons of patches in the coming days/weeks/months.
this should be no surprise

[TheLastColossus]

Why 3KB is retarded?

[GarrusVakarian]

Day one patches are made during the time between a game going gold and the game launching. After a game goes gold, the devs can't work on it any more, so they make separate day one patches instead to launch alongside the main release.

Would you prefer the devs just sat on their hands during that time and didn't make improvements? Because that would be the alternative. Devs have time restraints set by publishers, there's only so much they can do before the deadline comes, so they use the "free" time between going gold and release to further develop the game.

Why exactly is that "the worst thing ever"?

[Saints94]

Ultr, It's not online only.
http://evolvegame.com/news/...

[gedden7]

@ultr Its not an online only game there single player.... But adzdiine is 10000% correct... The devs are so rushed these corps to get the game and not refined and mastered....

But gamers like you will buy without even thinking about it bc you don't know any better...

[VER1ON]

You are right, typo fixed and it's 3gb

[kratoz1209]

Yeah this is awesome I love downloading patches

[higgins78]

@Ultr
That it should come as "no surprise" makes it even worse. Its not a current gen thing. This just doesn't happen - certainly on this scale - with Nintendo/Wii U.

[SamPao]

"No surprise" because they want to improve the game. Especially since its an online game. What does it matter if its a day onw patch or a patch 2 weeks after.
Its not like the game wouldn't have worked (Unity) its just improvements. Can't see the problem especially since its an online only game.

[higgins78]

Improve in these terms means fix broken. Too many games are being released clearly unfinished, this being another example. Its another unfinished game due to be patched for months and months, hopefully by the end it will have some resemblance of finished. You're niave if you believe otherwise or buy the propaganda.

[Saints94]

http://evolvegame.com/news/...

Here you go.

[Nodoze]

3gb day one? Wow.

[BigShotSmoov007]

It's a 3gb update. I got the game on Saturday and it's great. Completely team game and very deep and strategic.

[boing1]

Well, there can't be any new changes after the game passess certification process, which usually is done a month before launch because of physical production. No wonder devs prefer to release day one patch instead of delaying the game.

[VER1ON]

One would think that players actually don't want to benefit from improvements, instead of downloading a patch. I do agree that a lot of games released lately seem to be 'unfinished' but luckily the developers (take Evolution Studios for example) are doing something about it. Suck it up guys and download that patch :)

[isa_scout]

I don't have a problem with day one patches in general, but the size of the patches are becoming bigger and bigger. My internet speed is less than 5mbps download, so a 1.75Gb patch takes me roughly an hour to download(Dying Light). This pretty much ensures that whenever I buy a game I am several hours from actually being able to play the game. Patches aren't bad, but I really wish they'd take into account that players actually want to play the game instead of looking at a download bar for the first 3 hours.A 3Gb patch sounds like a helluva lot more than just speeding up load times.

[rawrock]

Had a good time with the Evolve beta, look forward to tomorrow to start playing again...

[Gore-Content]

That's 3GB too much.

[Tsubasa-Oozora]

No way I'm going to download a 3GB "day-one" patch. Seriously, day one? Some countries pay their internet usage by bandwidth!!

3GB means that a bunch of the game is missing, it has nothing to do with "loading times"

[PainUzumaki]

Canceled preorder...putting the money towards Hardline