Original games should be cherished, whether they're a complete success or not. Evolve doesn't get everything right, but it is certainly unique, and there won't be another game like it for a long time.
Turtle Rock Studios built their reputation on Left 4 Dead, the chaotic co-op zombie shooter that was a huge success back in 2008.
Evolve takes the basic principle of that series (four-player first person shooter co-op) but turns gameplay into a hunt, rather than a sprint for survival.
What they're hunting is a player-controlled monster, and to kill it they need to work together. Each Hunter class is integral to achieving the goal, and each one's abilities are tightly focused to encourage team-play between strangers online.
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.
Today Turtle Rock Studios reveals the launch trailer for the first DLC of their co-op zombie shooter, Back 4 Blood.
Or you could just buy Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, just saying!