Evolve. An honest post on why the game is great.

[Dar-Kastle]

Hello.

After seeing many negative discussions and posts about the game. I have decided to break down every single negative reason that people have been given online, and show instead that this is one of the best games out there.

So let's begin:

1. DLC is overpriced and you can't play without it.

A statement that is easy to make, yet wrong. The "standard" game comes with 12 Hunters (4 in each class) and 3 monsters. Each character/monster comes with unique abilities to make the game diverse. The additional DLC adds more Hunters and Monsters that are also very different from the others. Are they therefore needed to win the game? No not all. Are they needed to enjoy the game? Neither as well. Totally your choice. In fact the most played Monsters these days are still the standard Goliath and Kraken.

Something to add is that the developers frequently add DLC to the game, free of charge. So far they have added variations of existing characters with slightly different abilities (with a complete new look), completely free. Same for the new modes, the maps and not to mention the skins they hand out with the bi-weekly community challenges.

To give a concrete idea of exactly how much free content that has been handed out in the game, here is a summary: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/free-content-by-the-numbers/76163

2. The game is full of bugs, I had none but crashes, etc...

I'm sorry to hear that you experienced a bug or a crash. However, the developers do all they can to fix any of these issues. So far, a year after evolve has launched, at least 8 patches have comes out with hotfixes and temporary patches in between. These have included balance changes, bux fixes, and so on.

Should you still experience a bug, post it here! https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/c/report-bugs

In fact, the devs even answer them and want to help you get rid of any nasty bug you experience. For example: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/elder-kraken-chain-lightning-deal-no-damage/85198/7

The devs are even concerned if you still have crashing issues, currently working with the latest title update to make the game less taxing on lower spec systems. Please also check this guide on the TurtleRock Studios forums for a technical PC troubleshooting guide: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/pc-technical-issues-read-before-the-1x1-how-to-get-help/75172

3. The game and community is dead, why would I even bother? I hardly find any matches.

While indeed the amount of people playing is not what a standard triple A title should have, it is anything but "dead". Games can be found rather fast if the following is taken into account:

- Play Quickplay first, and befriend everyone you had a great time with! Reason for this is because matches will start after a small period of time with bots, even if you only have found only one other person. Soon you'll notice that other people will have joined you into your match and have replaced the bots, ready to go until you have played enough to your hearts content.
- Before trying Hunt 2.0 (ranked mode), consider what role you enjoy playing the most. Reason for this is because Monsters should find a team faster than if you are queuing as a Hunter because the game still needs to look for other members to form your team. As such, don't be afraid to ask people of they want to join you in and create a pre-made group to make matchmaking go much faster

Join our tight community at https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/ and become one of us! Need tips and tricks, we got you covered.

4. I don't like the game, it makes me run around for 15-20 minutes and I keep losing.

The 15-20 minutes run is actually quite a famous "reason" given by others, even AngryJoe (famous Youtuber) has said it. Truth is, if you and your team had to run for so long, you might have to reconsider your strategy.

When playing the game, you find the monster faster if you spread your team out a bit more. A good trapper also knows how to corner a monster and make sure that the dome captures the monster. Some characters can even help the trapper catch the monsters faster, such as a speed boost for the entire team or a jetpack boost that make your trapper fly far ahead to make sure the capture is succesfull.

As such, learning the mechanics of the game and getting better is no easy task. But it is definitely satisfying when you work hard, get better and at the end overthrow the competition.

Lots of people at our community would love to give you help, so don't be shy asking for it.


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This has been a very long post, so I apologize beforehand.
I hope that with the above , you have learned a bit more about the game and the people that love it still to this day. Whether this has persuaded you into trying it out or not, THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

Happy Hunting!

[powrgrid]

Can you please tell me about this problem, which I'm receiving: Connection to host has been lost. It happens from time to time!

[♂TheBlasterMaster™✞]

Stickey this!!

[Dar-Kastle]

This can happen quite frequently if you are playing as a Hunter and the Monster player (which is normally the host) lives to far away or has a bad connection. What game modes have you tried playing and what are the region settings of your Steam profile?

[powrgrid]

Originally posted by flamand_quebec13:

This can happen quite frequently if you are playing as a Hunter and the Monster player (which is normally the host) lives to far away or has a bad connection. What game modes have you tried playing and what are the region settings of your Steam profile?

Playing quick match! Region is Sweden!

[powrgrid]

Hmm,interesting! I just got dropped out of game randomly! No crash error..nothing! Anyone else has experienced something like that?

Dropped out of game - dropped from game straight to desktop, without any errors.

Found some useful information:
Source - https://steamcommunity.com/app/273350/discussions/0/606068060837128664/

So, as far as I've read, if you'll alt tab in any situtation in game, you can get randomly crashed to desktop. Also, some user has reported, that when he putted game as optimised on Geforce experience, everything also worked fine.

[Dar-Kastle]

That is an old post from last year and the game has received numerous update meanwhile. The thing is that the game is quite taxing on your RAM. Try lower your resolution, even if you know the game should run perfectly. I haven't had this issue since.

[Dar-Kastle]

If needed, don't hesitate to post about your problem on talk.turtlerockstudios.com so other members of the community and even the dev team can help you further.

[Metal me]

This game is my biggest deseption. I only play for hours and i got bored. I lost my money.

[Metal me]

you guys should give all dlc for free. it can decrease my desepsion a bit.

[Dar-Kastle]

Originally posted by HISOKKA:

you guys should give all dlc for free. it can decrease my desepsion a bit.

Care to elaborate hisokka "what" exactly got you bored and made you give up on the game so soon.

[Metal me]

REPETITIVE

[10shredder00]

This thread quite accurately provides information on the game in truth. Many of the misconceptions about the game are what caused it to be so hurt at the start.

Popular YouTubers like AngryJoe and others have bashed this game relentlessly for it's "Day 1 DLC" and "Running Simulator" when in reality these people spent very little time in the game, less than a week in fact, and therefore had no time to fully develop effective strategies or even give the game a fair chance. AngryJoe in particular was highly exaggerative over most if not all his bad points made towards the game.

Day 1 DLC was a joke, all of it was cosmetic and there was the promise of future content as with any game, hell even Fallout 4 is no exception to the rule, Fallout sold season passes well before anyone even knew what the heck they were getting to where they then increased the pricing of their own season pass! In Evolve you knew exactly what you'd be getting for your money (if you read what was included that is) and by keeping up with the Devs you had a rough estimate for when you'd be getting this content.

The playerbase is low unfortunately but if you run in Quick Play you'll have very little to no troubles with matchmaking or finding players. What we need most are players and the more we have the more content the Devs can continue to bring. They've brought two fantastic DLC packs along with now tons of free content. With this 75% reduction of pricing there is no better reason to buy the game for you and a couple friends and try it out.

The most important thing we need are players and the only way that can happen is people like you (the reader) to take a chance, trust the people who tell you it's a great game. The game is not easy and has a very steep learning curve but it is highly rewarding and great fun with friends. If there is any way you can purchase a few copies by all means do so. The more accurate reviews such as this are typically pushed down to the bottom and excused as "kissing ass" amongst other excuses while the horrendously misinformed reviews that bash the game are held with high praise.
Believe me when I say that this game is great, the Developers truly care about this game and the community is just as good. Give it a chance, for the low price of $9.99 I can guarantee you that you've spent exactly that if not more on more stupid things if not worse things. Where could you go wrong with $10? If you don't like it then hey, to each their own but you'd be doing yourself a great disservice by letting such a great deal pass you up on what is, in all my years of gaming, one of if not the best gaming experiences I've ever had.

[Metal me]

I DID NOT PAY $10 FOF THIS GAME. I GOT IT 10 MONTHS AGO.

[Metal me]

I WILL GIVE IT A NEW CHANCE

[Dar-Kastle]

Befriend those you meet in-game and you'll have a much better time :)