Evolve Review | IGN

Vince Ingenito: Where a lot of high-concept games start with big promises and end in scaled back disappointment, Evolve achieves exactly what it set out to do. Through an array of intelligent design choices, developer Turtle Rock Studios has created a smart, asymmetric, multiplayer monster-hunting game that plays unlike anything else. It’s tactically deep, bursting with character, and once you get past its mildly obtrusive progression system, it offers a level of nuance rarely found in multiplayer shooters.

[-Foxtrot]

9? Really.

I've seen many good games getting shitty scores on IGN but ones which look average and have basic content where everything else is DLC get really high scores.

Really it flabbergasts me

[DarkOcelet]

A 9 for this disgusting POS. I am telling you either those journalists are getting paid or just love taking it up their @sses.

They didnt even mention neither the dlc or microtransactions? Seriously WTF!

[-Foxtrot]

It's basically "DLC: The Video Game"

I know the developer came out and said "The game has enough content on it's own, we started making the DLC after the game went gold"....but lets be honest every bloody developer who gets caught out says that.

How can you do a review and not mention that.

A reviewer will mention the slightest things for some games yet if you take this with DLC or Assassins Creed Unity with how broken it was hardly no one says a word

[DarkOcelet]

@Foxtrot

Which seriously pisses me off my friend. People are paying 60$ for a full game. Now they are selling half the game as overpriced dlc.

They want to make dlc, it should be free. Many people have complained of this game being so light on content yet they go and make dlc and microtranstaction that should have been in the game for 180$. This is outrageous. Gamers should take a stance and say no to those greedy POS companies out there.

[Forn]

It truly is sickening. I haven't wanted a game to flop so badly in recent memory as I do Evolve. Gamers should never support it.

[HammadTheBeast]

They literally even said in an interview "We are making this game modulated so its easy to add dlc".

When a company literally shows you content they could've made for free or unlockable, and says *** you, this is DLC DAY ONE, YOU KNOW THEY DONT GIVE A SINGLE ****.

[Army_of_Darkness]

Let's all look for the evolve ads on the ign's website everyone! Gotta catch'em all! Greedymon!

[BattleAxe]

This isn't much different than journalists saying that Advanced Warfare is a fresh new beginning for the Call of Duty series, when in reality, it's just more of the same. IGN have completely lost their objectivity.

[Ballsack]

Hope ign enjoy the goodie bags they obviously recieved

This shows you how corrupt these gaming sites are

Ign need to do a eurogamer ...lets see how many goodie bags they would recieve if they abolished scores...

Disgusting

[johndoe11211]

This is why gamergate is so bloody important. Gaming journalism has been shot to $h!t and we are paying for it, LITERALLY.

[ifistbrowni]

There is no way this game is a 9. It's a 7, 7.5 at best.

The game is interesting at first, but good luck finding a Hunt match today where the monster actually attacks at all stages (stage 1, 2 and 3). Every monster just runs until they get to stage 3 and then just wreck house.

You play 10-15 minute matches in Hunt for 1-2 minutes of fun. The rest is spent running around the map trying to trap the monster, but if they're anything but the Goliath they're hard as hell to get them trapped in the Arena.

The Goliath monster seems like the only monster than has some balance. The Wraith and Kraken are way too OP for the Hunt game mode. They travel at a wicked speed which makes it near impossible to close the distance and get them trapped.

When people ready up as Wraith or Kraken it's almost gotten to the point where I hit "take a break" and let my bot play until the monster gets to stage 3 and finally attacks.

In Hunt you could literally get a full team of friends and sit at spawn the whole time with no intentions to kill the monster and 85% of the players using monsters wont even bother attacking you unless they're stage 3.

10-15 minutes of running around a pretty empty map. 2 minutes of fun. That is the summary of nearly every Hunt game.

You'd have to pay me to get me to say this game is anything better than a 7.

[Pintheshadows]

^This is so accurate.

[MasterCornholio]

I guess they forgot to mention that this title is a buy to pay game.

;)

[Gazondaily]

I don't get why you lot continue to be surprised by this or the antics of other mainstream gaming sites.

You proclaim to be well aware of what they do but when they do it, you flail your arms about in disbelief.

Are you genuinely surprised by their scores? These are the same guys that routinely rate God awful COD titles highly and have some of the most inconsistent review scores.

[viperman240]

If this was a free to play game I wouldn't mind all the DLC (not like I Was going to buy this game anyway). But when your charging FULL price AND throwing in DLC/microtransaction than you bloody jumped the shark.

I have no idea why devs have been getting so greedy with DLC. But I digress.

Why is it that when a game has so much stuff locked behind paid content most reviewers gloss over it or don't mention it at all. This is also another reason why review scores need to go.

@johndoe11211
But we all know what GG is really about, its about harassing women out of the video game industry :^)

[Psychotica]

My game seems to play just fine without buying anything extra..

[freshslicepizza]

if we ignore the dlc money grab how is the game itself?

@ifistbrowni, these are the responses needed. i'm just wondering if this game much like most online games really depends on the people playing it. one could have a great experience playing the same game as someone else having a terrible experience and it's all because of who you play with.

but if the game doesn't have much depth then paying $60 is a hard pill to swallow even if we do ignore the ridiculous dlc pricing scheme.

[TheRedButterfly]

To play devil's advocate, Turtlerock has been very transparent about their DLC intentions. Did they ever discuss the extent of the DLC content that would be made available? (Much less at launch?) No, and the amount /is/ surprising... but the fact that Day-One DLC is an option shouldn't come as a surprise.

I'm not interested in the game - I made that decision after the Big Alpha - but the dev. team /was/ pretty clear about their intentions... Just sayin'. :/

[Sevir]

I really don't know how this game scored so high... But then again, they've been in love with this game since its first hands on.

[Vaneriuz]

@ifistbrowni

According to you yeah. It's a 9 in my book.

Also, the reason you're running around looking for the monster is because your group isn't good enough at tracking (perhaps combined with a skilled monster player). When people start getting better at hunting it'll even out. I've had plenty of matches where we've caught the monster before stage 3, and even beaten stage 3 monsters several times.

I've also met some damn skilled players as monster, where I've really felt hunted..

Shoddy DLC decisions aside, the core game has alot of content and alot of unlockable stuff.

I know I'll get negged to hell for this. But I really like the game. I do however NOT like microtransactions etc. But I don't feel forced to buy anything in this game, at all.

The game truly is unique though.. And that counts for alot these days.

Love it :-)

[DragonKnight]

IGN gives these high scores to maintain their ability to negotiate for exclusive first review rights with any publisher they want. Doesn't matter how bad the game is, IGN wants to be the first to review it and they'll pucker up to publisher behind any day of the week to do it. And you'd better damn well believe they will fiercely go after anyone who tries to post a review of the game before they do.

To give you an example, I don't know how many of you have heard of EpicNameBro on Youtube, but he's a Souls series fan and the main bulk of his channel's stuff is all Souls related. Well back when he was working on the guide for Dark Souls 2 he had the privilege of seeing the game before normal gamers or even most reviewers could see it, or at least in more finished aspects. He made a video talking about how he was working on the guide and the most he could say was that the game looked "good."

IGN flagged his video and he had to take it down. Why? Because they had negotiated first review rights with Namco Bandai and they considered him saying the game looked "good" to be a review of the game.

I hope I'm not the only one thinking "are you f***ing serious?"

IGN is one of the worst examples of publisher paid "journalism" and bought reviews, probably THE worst.

[jcnba28]

IGN did an "IGN First" on them a few months ago so it was probably in that their deal that they had to give the game a decent score for the early access content for IGN's website.

[solid_snake3656]

@DarkOcelet And this is why I'm afraid of a digital only future. With physical games, if you end up making a bad purchase you can end up selling it, and get some money back. With a digital only future you'll have only one place to buy games, and the developers will control the price point. We'll end seeing more content being left out and sold as dlc.

[Eonjay]

Nevermind...

[GarrusVakarian]

Guys, it's IGN. Anyone who is basing their decision on whether or not to buy a game from what IGN says is doing it completely wrong. They hand out 9's like they're nothing. They're a prime example of when a review/gaming news site cares more about gaming politics and maintaining positive relationships with devs and publishers, and less about fair, unbiased, reviews.

From the streams I've watched, this game looks like a six, at the most.

[strauser360]

They really just dont care about the 'integrity' of journalism anymore. its better to just look up gameplay videos and judge for yourself, i stopped reading big game site reviews a while and a half ago.

[gangsta_red]

Sooooo...has anyone played it for themselves to actually see if the game deserves a 9?

Because all I see are people crapping on the game for what they believe it will play like or how it appears to be light on content.

But I am not reading if anyone has actually played the game.

[ifistbrowni]

@gangsta_red, yes I have played it. I wouldn't just make my post up.

http://psnprofiles.com/omar...

[C-H-E-F]

I watched a friend stream it, the game only has 2 game modes and is soooo boring. I was like soooooo they have animals/creatures in the little jungle but they don't attack you just walk around except when you go near the water then some gator thing pops out... then you have that monster (the other player) it was soooooooo boring same stuff over and over and over no variation... like I said before only 2 game modes... this game is clearly overrated. I bet not see anything less than a 10 for The Order on 2/20 smh

[Kane22]

oh god, im expecting all kinds of bullshit nitpicking when the order reviews come out next week.

[JimmyDM90]

I predict a 7 point something from IGN for The Order and watch them bust The Order's balls in terms of story and voice acting while they praise Evolve for its handful of varied lines and AMAZING characters.

Ugh.

[Gazondaily]

Aaaand we're back onto The Order somehow...

[kstap33]

You are setting yourself up for disappointment if you expect any game to get a 10.

[remixx116]

Lol ign must be getting a fat cut of that dlc money.....

[Kingdomcome247]

You can't spell ignoramus without IGN... to think that they trashed Alien:Isolation for difficulty and being too lengthy. I think IGN has an aversion to true value. Oh well. I knew after the Beta that this wasn't a game that I'd spend $60 on. #Devolve

[thehitman1398]

Well said. After I played the alpha n beta (just to see if anything changed) and felt like this was a game that should be for last gen. It does not at all justify the cost and tack on the whole dlc thing. Lol this game was sooooo pushed by the media but the sales figure will prove that gamers do not buy into that crap anymore.

[ajax17]

With all the DLC backlash this score just screams payoff from the publisher.

[Rachel_Alucard]

This game was set to fail before it even got announced. Announcing pre-order bonuses before even a single screenshot or official announcement was even made was just the tip of the iceberg.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

No IGN your not encouraging me to go out and get a Microtransaction game.

Its a fun game no doubt but a 9" for the type of game and model it encourages?

Not even close.

[Bathyj]

That was the word that popped in my head the moment I saw the score. REALLY?

I havent really been following it, not my sort of game obviously, but I feel this is gonna bomb. People seem pissed, and I cant blame them.

[UltraNova]

I'm curious as to what will pop in your head when you see the sale figures for this "game" ranking in the millions...and then there's DLC sales...

There are a lot of gullible people out there.

Then maybe your head will literally pop when you see IGN's review score on The Order after picking it apart for anything they can find...

[MyDietEqualsGames]

Haha. A damned 9 for a skeleton bones of a game. IGN. Ive been on your site since 2003, and now look at you, from cool to fool over a decade.

I think the red flag here is not mentioning the dlc at freaking all! As some people have pointed out. IGN stealth shilling? Stay tuned.

[Scottyxboxoneandps4]

@ Foxtrot
Yep 9 really. Fantastic game!!!

[magiciandude]

Looks like more journalists are giving this game a high score. Perhaps Turtle Rock is using the proceedings from their DLC/microtransactions to pay for high scoring reviews.

[XanderZane]

Seems the journalist have been paid. If you check Metacritics you'll see several top journalist sites like IGN, Game Informer and Gamespot giving the game great reviews. Now look at the User Scores for this game (4.8 & 4.3 for PC version). Obviously gamers aren't happy with the amount of content in the game and the overprice DLC. They would have been better off just including all the DLC into the $60 game and then adding an add on expansion 3-4 months later for $14.99. Add more monsters, hunters, locations and options like catching the monsters alive and maybe a 2 player co-op mode.

[PhucSeeker]

Not really, user can post anything they want, they don't need to own the game or play through it, they just post whatever they want.

[GordonKnight]

You won't see this happen on the Wii U.

@Foxtrot

What makes you more mad the Gamepad or 3rd party companies doing stuff like this?

[Blaze929]

lol this game is no 9. Straight up malarkey going on here

[Visiblemarc]

Part of the problem with a game like this, is reviewers play it in a bubble, with time pressure.

Play a game like this for a few weeks and enjoy it (I personally hated the alpha) and you might say "Wow, that's an 8 or 9!"

Yet...a lot of the value of a game like this comes from longevity. If people get bored of this by the time a month or two passes, then what good is IGN's 9 to a potential new buyer?

On the flipside, single player oriented experiences seem to suffer the opposite problem. Reviewers say "little replay value, 7/10."

Yet it makes no sense. If you pay $60 for a linear game now, or in 3 months, you get your money's worth assuming you like linear games.

However, if you buy a multiplayer game for $60 and no one is playing it anymore (or have moved on to expensive DLC) can you say you got a good value?..or even what you paid for?

[kstap33]

Similar to titanfall, I'm sure the price will steadily drop over a few months so more and more new people pick it up, keeping the population at an acceptable level months after release.

[Gamer1982]

IGN have been paid for reviews for a long time and lost there integrity why do you think most of there big name staff have left recently?? They have had enough of not actually letting there thoughts heard and say what they want and they have said so since they left which translates to IGN makes the reviews not the reviewers. The reviews bought and paid for simple as that. Just like nearly every COD review.

[thehitman1398]

Just down right disgusting, first with the game and second with these so-called "journalist"

[d4v0333]

hahaha it is funny nowadays journalists give shitty scores to good games and good scores to shitty games

[vallencer]

Because of all the hate for the dlc this game is getting I'm gonna buy it. It's all costumes!! Jesus christ oh and some monsters and a few hunters. ALL maps will be free which is the important part and if you don't buy any of the monsters or hunters you can still play with people who did. Sounds like a good dlc model to me. The amount of hate this game is getting will make the joy of buying it even better :).

[N4g_null]

Im curious... I stayed away from this for a reason. I've played hunt games like this since the mods in quake. They only ever rock if you have a crew for good vs bad.

The question is where was the out cry before release? If you didn't think it was good enough for a 9 why not tell some one early. Devs really need more feed back also. Hey but wait they sneakED this in there! REALLY?

I believe Evolve was one of the 3rd parties every one was screaming about? Now it is a DLC mess. How long are you guys willing to put up with this? It's like they think you are all big box phone gamers that love to buy things in game.

You guys pretty much ignore good games it would seem. Some real bad games got crazy sales the last couple of years.

You may complain about the review but watch the sales of this game. Maybe people want a dlc microtransaction arena hunting game.

[skratchy]

It reminds me of a reoccurring minigame from Mario Party, except they are somehow tricking bros into spending $60+ on it.

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

I get reviews are opinions, but there's a point where you gotta look at things objectively, but I guess that's hard to do though when 2K Games drop a cheque through your door huh?

[Bennibop]

I have bought evolve on ps4 and absolutely hate it And not because of the dlc as it does not stop you playing the game or lock you out of any aspect plus all new maps will be free. My issue is with the fact it just does not work on consoles, nobody using mics and loads of lone wolves going off on their own make 90% of games unwinnable it's just not fun. Will be trading for dying light or the order next week.

[Makroyale]

Game is so fun. Biggest complaint, graphics could be better..

DLC doesn't bother me... I'm mean jesus, people are bitching about skins!

If you want to play the new characters when they get released, purchase the season pass.

But to be clear here... There's nothing besides the core game you can buy now besides the skins, so if you think you're going to be missing out on day 1/2/3 (today), then a lot of these bitching people have fooled you.

[SonyPS360]

It's almost as if you've played the game yourselves.

[Muzikguy]

IGN sucks. If it weren't for them having all their video walkthroughs I'd never go there. I agree Foxtrot. I thought Alien Isolation was possibly the best game last year. What was their review of that?! And Evolve gets a 9. Yeah, there's no agenda being pushed there

@Dark
Yes. That kind of review method needs to end now. People should be informed about everything to do with the game in a review. Selectively hiding things should be red flags for everyone! I hope this game falls flat on it's face. The DLC is a joke! IGN is a joke!

[Relientk77]

That's higher than I thought they were gonna give it

thought it would get around a 8

[Abash]

IGN could have given it a 10 and it still wouldn't convince me to get it. Sorry, but I need a decent single player mode and a lot more content than Evolve gives for my $60

[Pintheshadows]

The bots aren't very good either. I want to like it more than I do but it is so dull and uneventful for long periods of time.

The Honest Trailer for it is very accurate.

[WellyUK]

Yet you will buy a Linear single player only game that lasts 5 hours long? People on this site lol... This game is good without the dlc so wtf is with all the crying... Deal with it. Yes the DLC is BS but by god moaning about dlc in todays age is laughably moronic as your fighting a losing battle.

[Muzikguy]

@Welly
Go buy the game and have fun playing it. You can't sit there and tell everyone to deal with it and stop complaining about the DLC. It's people like you that allow these things to continue. We don't have to deal with anything we don't agree with! Just because one company says it's good for us doesn't make it so

[ginsunuva]

That can't be right; 8 means good.

[True_Samurai]

Meh, I liked the game but it's full of microtransactions. If I buy the season pass I shouldn't have to pay $130 of dlc just for skins

[Fireseed]

Wait, they force you upon popping the game in to buy 130$ of DLC before you're allowed to play the game?!? O_O

[Bathyj]

No they just flaunt in your face how much work they did on this game, that doesnt come with the game.

Making games is just like any other job, be it cooking pizzas, mowing lawns or building a brick wall. Its a product of labour, time, and resources.

If you spend all your time digging in the sand pit, you just cant put as many bricks in that wall in the same amount of time allocated and it wont be as high.

I'd love to see devs concentrating on the game at hand, the product theyre releasing and promoting at retail, and then and ONLY then, making extra content to get a bit of extra scratch.

[Fireseed]

@Bathy

And just like those jobs extra costs more. Want pepperoni on that pizza? .50$. Want Dri-Wall over that brick? That'll be extra.

Like numerous devs have said and even from my limited experience a game goes gold usually 2 months before the game ships... so then you still have all that time to do what? You still have artists revved up about design these things so just let them go to town on designing new skins and crap.

[Bathyj]

A game does not go gold 2 months before release. It used to be 2 weeks but lately its been a bit longer but generally a couple weeks to a month.

Regardless of the actual figure, its not important, I would have thought they would start working on their Day 1 patches in that time, since every game has them now.

And I really dont think they are waiting till the game goes Gold and then starting DLC. Thats my point. They are working on it side by side, and then just cherry picking what goes on the disc and what doesnt.

Im not against DLC as a concept. Like I said, Id love them to make more content and extend a games lifecycle after it release. But this showing you the carrot and then hiding it for later is getting ridiculous. A certain amount is excepted in the initial price. What if your pizza turned up with no cheese?

Games used to have unlockables that you could actually work to get but playing the game. Remember completing Tekken with every character just to see their cinematic? Now you just buy them on the store.

Thats just an example, but like I said, its a slippery slope, and every year we accept a little bit more, a little bit more until we just take anything they dish out and say thank you sir, may I have another.

Whats is gonna actually take before we say screw that, enough's enough? probably another games crash like the 80's.

[Kryptix]

@Fireseed

Evolve went gold on January 8 so the 2 months of much free time to create so many pieces of DLC is invalid. I highly doubt a total of 44 pieces of DLC worth $130/€114 were quickly made in just one month.

If you rebuttal what I said and say that the designs were already ready before it went gold then what you're saying is that the game was never finished and people are buying an incomplete game right now.

Then there's the other thing where one can say content was actually cut from the game if the "DLC" was cut to be sold separately as packs.

And when you said that extras cost more, you don't even remember when those "extras" were actually pieces of the whole package and were unlockables in-game. Instead now, extras are now separated into DLC for you to buy day one to try and milk your wallet.

There's more arguments to be made with this game, for example... A monster that is priced at 15 bucks. 15. You can buy a game at that price and one fact is that this piece was announced a long time ago, basically, you're going to be paying $75 for the full game if you didn't preorder.

Too many malpractices with DLC; preorder DLC, day one DLC, overpriced DLC... So my question is, why are you defending them? Are you trying to justify your purchase or are you really that guillable that you can't see that they're following every wrong that surfaced from the past generation...

[Punch-o]

On gaming websites evolve is doing good review wise. But customer reviews are pretty bad......

[YodaCracker]

That seems to happen with a lot of big games. Sometimes it's considered "cool" to hate on popular games. User reviews are never to be trusted because a large portion of them are from angry people who never played the game.

[Forn]

Wrong. Paid off "professionals" are not to be trusted. Gamers need to make their own decisions. Watch a Twitch stream or something and go off that if the game seems worth the price to you, although imo Evolve is one that everyone should stay far away from to teach the publisher a lesson about trying to screw us over.

[HammadTheBeast]

But come on, IGN didn't mention the microtransactions or DLC a SINGLE TIME in that article.

[Pintheshadows]

No surprise there Hammad. They would likely lose revenue if they did that. And that is why I choose to ignore all of these sites now. They are PR firms in disguise.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Believe me nobody thinks this game was even cool to begin with. The game is not actually that popular and it may seem that way from the amount of marketing courtesy of 2K. It's actually considered "cool" to praise the game at this point, at least you'll get that troll status just like on the other end of the spectrum.

[allastocata]

So much hate for cosmetic skin dlc. Its not like any game changing content is behind a paywall. If charging for cosmetic skins for a game is enough to boycott a game over, you missed the boat a long long time ago. The game is fun, which is why its reviewing well. The gameplay is very polarizing, and if you don't like competitive games, or don't have a group of friends to play with, this game isn't for you. But why should publishers be punished because they want to cater to one audience... Fighting games don't get this kind of flak. Single player games rarely get hated on by the community, but destiny, titanfall, and evolve get article after article written by angry gamers stating that the end of gaming is nigh.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Oh it's fun with friends for about 2 hours. Then it just shoots down in interest almost immediately. Also the fun with friends phrase is cheap because everything is fun with friends no matter how terrible it is. Why do you think people get drunk with friends or party with friends?

[XabiDaChosenOne]

This is why reviews from "professional sites" are BS.

[dreamed]

I wonder why??,review sites are not to be taken seriously imo,they all basicaly take bribes,ign being the worst.

[WellyUK]

Bunch of babies crying about dlc that's why. Get over it... Buy it don't buy it who actually gives a shit? Games still fine without the dlc.

[AKissFromDaddy]

Scored well. ^_^

[JMaine518]

Wow. I didn't expect this but I also haven't played the final game. The beta was very fun playing with friends.

[JMaine518]

News flash. It's only an opinion. It will be ok guys.

[Gore-Content]

It's ign. Waddaya expect?

[ironfist92]

More Doritos and Mountain Dew

[MasterCornholio]

Dorito pope to the rescue!!!!!

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photo...

[magiciandude]

9 is the new 6.

[Muzikguy]

Unless they actually score you a 6. Then it's probably 9 or 10.

@rashada
Obviously if people keep doing it nothing will change :/

[Der_Kommandant]

Like i said before if only this game were in a medieval setting with dragons instead of monsters i'll totally buy it.

[Speak_da_Truth]

LOL Believe the hype right IGN?? No thanks I'll pass.

[snookiegamer]

The most "Honest" Evolve review I've seen is on YouTube/Videogamer.com ...those guys are super funny too!

I do watch IGN, but do I take the Review scores seriously? Hell NO! ...guess this pretty much confirms a 'The Order 1886' 6.5 IGN score ;/

Edit

I pre-ordered 6 months back so I'm Day1 also ..I was just demonstrating IGN review inconsistency using the next AAA game they're likely to review ...that's all. My bad ;/

[Speak_da_Truth]

"The Order 1886' 6.5 IGN score" Which wouldn't matter to me got the game pre ordered and getting it day 1

[StormLegend]

And this is why I don't trust reviews!! This POS is an 6 or 7 but nooo.. IGN gives it a 9

Twitch/Youtube is how I judge a game. or the best of them all..... is playing a demo.

[magiciandude]

Eh, I think that 9 in IGN's score is actually an upside down 6. Looks like it to me.

[skyrim]

Lol might be the dumbest comment i've ever seen. You judge an entire game based on a twitch or youtube video that gives you as a gamer none of the experience. Or a 10-15 minute vertical slice of a game and you expect it to tell you everything you need to know about said product? God gamers these days are hilarious!

[Eidolon]

I rented this(Gamefly, still not here), so is it the whole DLC thing that makes this game suck... or is it really that bad of a game? I couldn't care less about skins if I'm renting.

[HammadTheBeast]

The premise is cool, but it gets dull after a bit of the same old stuff. Of course, more content would be great, but having it behind a paywall is what really kills the mood of the game. Just knowing that it could've been a decent game if they weren't greedy is the worst part.

[Eidolon]

So the DLC adds content that makes the game funner? It's not just skins and other cosmetic stuff which doesn't add fun(for me anyway)?

[rashada07]

It's a good game but people are upset about DLC- though the DLC does not impact gameplay at all it's just skins like you can buy on Call of Duty to make your weapons look cool or your monster have a different color scheme.. definitely not as big a deal as people are making it out to be.

[HammadTheBeast]

There's a whole extra monster for $15 and new characters.

[rashada07]

@Hammand

That DLC isn't even available at this point so at the moment there are no extra monsters or hunters it's just skins.

Just about every developer who releases a game supports it post launch; so what if they release more monsters and hunters 1,2, or 6 months from now. Is this really a surprise? I have to pay for Zombie mode in COD when that releases (PS4, PC) even though the game patched and it's there now I just have to buy an "unlock." This doesn't upset me I have a choice to buy- and I probably will since it keeps me from trading it in.

[Silly gameAr]

No 10 IGN? You slipping.

[Eonjay]

Guys, the game is just Bad. It's boring, repetitive and there is nothing there worth $60
Even outside of the DLC crap, it's just a bad game.

[Eidolon]

Damn. Well shit, COD is pretty repetitive and you still see millions of fans buying that every year.

Does this game feel unfinished?

[Pintheshadows]

But CoD gets away with it because love or hate it, it can be exciting and dare I say fun.

Evolve is 85% wandering about, 15% action. It is pretty dull. I wouldn't say it feels unfinished, it just feels lacking in other areas. The game just isn't very engaging. I never thought I would say this but in this case, I would rather play CoD.

[Eidolon]

Well, I'm not looking for a massively competitive game.. I enjoy teamwork and suspense, and running around is part of it(hiding on the monsters part too).

[WellyUK]

I'm having a blast. No idea why everyone is crying. Video games are repetitive in general.It has plenty for people to enjoy, but playing with randoms is a nightmare so if you dont have friends to play with then don't buy a Co-op game in the first place.Everyone just appears to be jumping on the bandwagon for Evolve even though 90% of the people talking shit haven't even played the game or even intend to.

[nerdeu]

GTAV $40 - Open world, full of things to do, free multiplayer mode, free DLC, great story, unstandardized activities.

Evolve 60$ - One button game with no atmosphere, dull graphics and lack of story ... and they expect you to PAY for DLC.

Now that's the difference between a moneymachine á la EA/Ubisoft and a true to gamers-company Rockstar.

So please - don't get on with me with the: "Oh, but the developers have to get paid for their work."

If you really want people to like your game .... firstly: make a good game and secondly: don't rip off your costumers

[allastocata]

No wonder you don't like it.. You need to read the instructions. There are 8 buttons, and 2 thumbsticks. You really need to move and look around, just standing in one spot shooting without looking around would be pretty lame. Which button were you using?

[jmac53]

Gamefly bargain bin for me. It will be $20-$30 in a couple months.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Even now the marketing is setting in. Look to the left and right of your screen. You now see giant vertical banners advertising Evolve whereever you are on this site.

[YoungKingDoran]

This is bullshit... A 9? Just WTF is going on here...?

[LightDiego]

Gaming journalism, LMAO.

[Paytaa]

Yeah if IGN scores The Order or Bloodborne less than a 9 it's absolute BS. Evolve has a solid concept but the actual execution is straight up garbage. I don't think any gamer should promote this type of practice. Coming from the helm of L4D, I expected great things, not a $180 game with 2 modes.

[Slevon]

If they score 2 unreleased games lower even though one has received alot of scepticism it'll be bs? DLC aside the game has a great concept and good execution. If you dont like the core concept of 4 people hunting a monster then its not for you but they do pull it off really well. I do think the dlc is shady at best especially for simple colour swaps. If they released cools skins that they put some work into like the goliath wearing pj's or something(taking the moba route) then maybe its worth the money. They are reviewing the game on whats available not whats behind a paywall or dlc to come. its just a score and only 1 point over the metacritic average.

[George Sears]

Screw this game. With $130 worth of DLC announced already I'm not supporting greedy bastards regardless on how well it scores.

Don't tell me that because its a few skins I shouldn't complain. It wouldn't make a difference even if it was 10 additional hours of gameplay.

Announcing such DLC so soon from its release is ludicrous.

[BattleTorn]

I remember when we used to be able to customize ascetics in-game for free.

Can you imagine Call of Duty, Battlefield, Destiny - or, you name it - selling weapon, player, mount skins for $3-6?

BF had exclusive skins for pre-order, ect - but not ALL of them, the base game still had customization..

Could you imagine the next Gears of Wars charging for every weapon skin?

[aPerson]

So these clowns give an excellent game like Alien: Isolation a 5.9 and rubbish like this a 9?

[Benjammin25]

That's what I was going to say. And what's more hilarious, your comment is usually instantly removed if you criticise them on their site. Pathetic.

[TheLastColossus]

Not surprised, considering the scores they game for recent fps games.

[Elda]

I've been following this game because I thought it was interesting but the lack of monsters,the overpriced dlc & the hide & seek formula seems it may get very tedious,when this game is about 25 dollars I may pick it up otherwise for now I'll pass.

[waverebel417]

It cracks me up how 85% of you haven't played the game and are absolutely bashing the IGN score when in reality, the game is actually pretty damn fun and innovative.

[Ricegum]

It clearly isn't a 9 though, surely you can admit that. It has a severe lack of content and there are games far better with far lower scores from IGN.

[gamerfan0909]

The Order has no co-op and no multiplayer and I bet you slurp that game every chance you get. Lol no content.

[poseiden21]

I played the beta. It's a graphically enhanced version of Left 4 Dead that takes steps backwards.

There are only two characters with active tracking (Bucket and Maggie), so if the monster is half decent and your team lacks active tracking...the monster gets a big lead on the hide and seek portion. And then the hide and seek portion gets boring pretty fast.

It's kind of an average game IMO, marred by it's pricing method.

[Slevon]

One does not simply reason with n4g comment section. If its not a ps exclusive or the witcher you're talking to a very dense wall. Yes the dlc is shady as f, but they are reviewing the core game not behind a pay wall but apparently f them for liking it. The game has a great concept and they pull it off. Just enjoy what you wanna play man

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

A 9/10 for this? somebody must like that garbage game a lot. Does not look interesting or fun to play to me in my opinion.

[poseiden21]

it's an okay enough game...but not worth $60, let alone $100 for the "complete package".

Don't let the zealots of the game fool you. Yes, the new monsters and hunters do change the game in ways...but switching from the Goliath to Wraith is not "like a brand new game". It's like picking a new fighter in a fighting game, only you don't pay $15 for a new character in the fighting game...

if it were $20 for a season pass of 4 hunters and 1 monster...i'd say 'ok, fair enough'. But the pricing model here is bullshit, and I hope most gamers do not support this, especially on PC.

[dreamed]

More paid reviews from.....Ignorant Gaming News!

[Sketchy_Galore]

Something really is going on at IGN. Watch their Dying light review in progress videos. I think they wound up giving it a fairly decent score but if you watch the videos of the actual reviewer playing it he's AWFUL. Constantly intentionally jumping as high as he can from a high roof onto the ground below then complaining in a disinterested sounding voice that the controls are clunky or mashing the attack button long after his stamina runs out then moaning about how the combat sucks, all the while just sounding so much like he'd rather be somewhere else.

IGN has always had its problems but lately it really seems to be taken over by people who don't really play videogames or care about them at all. You can see the shift in caring from the old slickly produced point by point reviews to the increasing number of new rambling 'review commentary' videos. I suspect many of their top guys leaving may be a case of rats leaving a sinking ship.

[Kingscorpion1981]

Can't wait to see Angry Joe review lol

[PsylentKiller]

Me too. Cobra Commander is gonna be like Scrooge McDuck in his pool of gold coins.

This makes me think way back when Titanfall released. How people thought there wasn't enough content and that it's not worth the $60 price tag. Yet, the only dlc Titanfall had was the map packs. No micro transactions. Now, Live has already put Titanfall on sale for $12 with all dlc. I suspect Evolve is headed the same route only I expect it to get to the discount pages much sooner.

The game may be good, from the alpha and beta, I'd say it was worth $20. So, if it hits that price point I'll bite but not before then.

[Jdoki]

I have only watched people streaming this - but from what I've seen I cannot see how this game got a 9.

Something smells fishy here.

[hemmo1986]

While I like the idea of this game I've decided not to buy it. $100 for just a multiplayer game c'mon that's a bit ridiculous.

[JMyers]

Evolve the video ga.... Pay $61 to get the rest.

Doesn't stop 9s though. They can mark a game down for lack of multiplayer but not follow suit for lack of overall content and no single player?

Games are marked down for lack of innovation and offering nothing new... which I am sure they will claim as one of the minuses for The Order 1886. Yet COD and other shooters gets 9s for the same yearly release.

SMH

[sovkhan]

No way!!! this game in its current state, does not deserve a 9, if it reaches 6, i'll be quite generous, but then it's just me ^^

[lolosgolos]

Nice Job creating an excellent MP game

[alice2015]

no single player means dead game its ..... end of lol

[Psychotica]

Funny, single player used to mean offline multiplayer vs bots which is what it has..

[Wonderful101]

People give reviews way too much credit.

[SnakePlissken]

Now I know that ign is pulling some scandalous sh@t!!!

[bigodon]

hahahahaha omg! can't wait to see TO1886 review melting down our faces with glorious 7 or less
just another nail on this journalism cofin

[Rhythmattic]

This whole online only crap bores me...

Obviously, MP games overall give the player more hours gameplay... As for a SP campaign, most likely less...

However, realistically, more work hours hours are put into the production, direction, art, story ect of a SP game....

Maybe a SP isnt repayable for some... but the effort put in to a good length SP campaign eclipses the amount of effort put into a MP game..

I want both, with both being great, who would argue Its a bad thing? Are my expectations to high?

Point is, ill buy any good SP only game over a MP with little content.

Its my opinion, and ill stand by it..

So do Turtle Rock Studios feel that because of the endless MP hours, they justify the cost of a slim product? Are they the only ones ? No, of course not. This is a cancer in the industry.....

For example, well priced only online console games... MAG , Warhawk, close to half price to their SP&MP counterparts....
Fanboi opinions aside , were they any less competent than Evolve ?

Dont get me wrong, I aint played evolve, but for a full priced MP only game it seems we are getting less and less......

So to those that disagree, fair enough...

By buying this anorexic release , your supporting a bag of bones.

[NeoTribe]

I cant wait for angry joes review of this. Hes gonna tear it a new ass because of the dlc and pay to win tactics. Even the season pass doesnt grant you any of the 136 dollars worth of dlc.... utterly rediculous...

[DevilishSix]

Me to. I hope he dresses up in a monster costume on this one. His Rambo review is Epic.

[allastocata]

Its obvious most people on this topic are completely ignorant of the game they are bashing... Ffs... Pay to win? Its purely cosmetic dlc. At least angry Joe will play the game before bashing it, at least have the common decency to educate yourself before you look dumb posting incorrect info.

[Psychotica]

I must be the only one having fun with it. I am playing the solo mode vs bots where I am the monster. I keep getting killed, but I am having a good time with it. Probably not worth $60 though, more like $30

[alexg587]

Hopefully sony and msoft will do the right thing and make it free to play via ps+/gwg lol... because that's the only way I will play this

[SynestheticRoar]

Devolve is in no shape or form a 9. For half a game it's a 6 at best. Hope this fool got payed for giving it a 9.

[UnholyWolfbane]

Another terrible review from Ign? Shocking.They are awful reviewers.

[DevilishSix]

I call BS on that score.

[billw]

why do i read the comments? i hate the gaming community.

[kurruptor]

Funniest thing about all you guys having disbelief about the score, is probably that most of you never played it.

I haven't either and I'm not saying its a 6 or a 9. You guys are just ignorant though.

[Saksoy]

The score on IGN depends on the amount of advertising you take up with IGN. Its simple as that. A basic game like Evolve should not be getting over 7/10.

[FlyingFoxy]

I was put off of this game as soon as i found out they strayed from what made L4D2 so good.

[Yetter]

Its just one of those love it or hate it games. Personally I love it

[PhucSeeker]

The hate for the game is through the roof, huh. And it's seperated into 2 group:

1st group are the ones who like Single-player or just simply don't like the game. You guys don't like it, sure. That doesn't mean others don't like it. "They gave good review to the game i don't like, they're disgusting". Gaming journalism is not that great but the gamer ain't so good either.

2nd group are the ones complain about Dlc. Aside from clothes and what not that won't affect the gameplay, 4 hunters are the only Dlcs worth-noting. Maps are free. That's pretty standard for AAA games these day i think. The only shitty thing is the 4th monster locked behind pre-order bar, that shit gotta go.

[MadLad]

I love how N4G feels it's the deciding factor of what other people should score their reviews.
And if it doesn't line up with what you think, you claim they are being paid off.

Priceless.

[xXDerickXx]

Honestly dlc maps and characters should be part of the dam game for every game. I don't mind paying for some cool skins they made or things like that but diminishing a game for those who can't afford it is Bullshit. It seems that game's have less unlockables too. Game's now have unlockables but to be able to get it you have to pay for it.

[filchron]

bursting with character? this game is as bland and generic looking as it gets, looks even more boring than L4D art wise. yeah they definitely got bribes to review this game.
-generic characters (cowboy guy, chick with sword, token only black guy (ah microsoft)
-generic monster design (has horns, has eyes, no other stand-out features)
-generic ass gameplay (havent even played it but come on, this is from the studio that thought that zombies can magnetize them selves to you as long as theyre slapping you.....wtf.)

[Svinya]

You haven't played it. Stop talking.

[Father__Merrin]

this game is quite skeletal, not worth the £45
I may have a go when it's £20

why no mention of the dlc plans? it's an online only game like the crew.

[BigShotSmoov007]

I agree with the review, I enjoy it a lot. Very deep and fun game, the DLC doesn't make or break the game at all since it's all cosmetic. You can buy all the DLC in the game and it doesn't mean anything or makes the game any different from the person who didn't buy any DLC. Controls are great, atmosphere of the game is tense and with the right people can't be a great team playing experience. I'm glad to support new IP's that try new things so I'm happy I spent the money to buy it although I won't be buying any of the DLC cause there's no need for you. Plus, we get all the maps for free along with the game modes so it's a good trade off, great game overall.

[skyrim]

It got a 9 because people are reviewing it on it's own merits. Do you know how hard it would be to make a 4v1 game balanced and fun? Everyone just wants to judge the game based on the dlc which is completely optional and not needed at all. Or the FACT that the game is repetitive which is again an opinion and not absolute just because some people fell that way. I for one bought the game at launch and think it is a blast, so far I'm 12 hours in and not bored yet. But then again I never play the game by myself, which might make the experience far less rewarding.

[RzaDaRazor]

IGN Evolve Review - 9/10 "IGN sucks!!! They're getting pad for these good reviews!!!?

IGN The Order:1886 Review - 9/10 "IGN are GREAT!!! Best review EVAR!!!!!! This review is spot on!!!!!"

seems legit

[dolfa]

lol... this game is like AVP without campaign, id buy it for 5-10 euro max

[generationjeu]

Greed is all I can think of when I see Evolve in the news. Charging for SKINS in a fully priced game is borderline criminal. I guess these developers forgot how great games were back then. It seems like cheat codes are from another century, not 10 years ago. What I mean is that a lot of older games have more content than recent titles which is a shame. There are some exceptions like Nintendo and Platinum but honestly the trend of sucking money away from fans for every single unlockable is pathetic.

Thankfully we have indie games otherwise the industry would be in very bad shape. These devs put to shame a lot of so-called AAA studios by releasing risky, fun and interesting games, not games that will be profitable as decided by money-hungry shareholders.

[TheTwelve]

First time I've seen people angry about a score being too high for a game across multiple consoles. O.O

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

MS could've paid for the reviews? I mean they did pay for the game to get TV ads like its a One exclusive after all... I wouldn't put it past them either considering they are in a game drought now & in console sales they are hurting also! MS has appeared so desperate and vulnerable this gen

[BigShotSmoov007]

So now MS is paying for games to get high scores that's not even exclusive to their console lol? Just stop while your behind dude, your logic makes no sense.

[Svinya]

Dude.. just stop existing.

[Nazareth]

I wonder if gamer's anger over the dlc issue is clouding their perception of the actual game itself. Hmmmm

[Funky Town_TX]

When games you like get low scores you guys complain. When games you don't like get high scores you complain. Buy what you like never mind the reviews.

[theFAYEsorceress]

i swear ign doesn't even gaf about videogames anymore lolz they just post controversial content to stay relevant now. they're not respected anymore so they use shock value to get hits. they're like the tmz or fox news of videogame journalism now.

[dafegamer]

this seems accurate afterall http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photo...

[Ryan741]

Wow that's a high score. I still feel the IGN review system needs an overhaul. I can't get my head around Ryan McCaffrey's 5.9 score of Alien Isolation, he and ultimately IGN really cost that game and its developers a lot of money.

[Tankbusta40]

Lol oh ign you've had no credibility for a while

[phntom]

I've bought the game and it is fun. I don't bother with the dlc stuff, because there are just skins and re-textures of weapons.

You guys should play it.

[xActionBasturdx]

I'll wait and see what gametrailers have to say...I stopped caring about ign reviews loooooong ago

[nerdeu]

Generic game. Just pushing one button. Seems like a clumsy game to me. Never understood the hype.

[Twinblade]

This score is the reason why Gamer Gate exists.

[the_mack_attack3]

The pricing of video games today is shocking. The reviews from certain video game media outlets are shocking. The fact that we're shocked is shocking. SHOCKING SHOCKING!