Neuromancer
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Do any of the reviews mention the quality of the bots when playing offline?
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Evolve Review Thread
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Revolutionary
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"On their own"
He liked Evacuation mode (which blends all modes together) more than playing rounds individually. But Evacuation is like an hour commitment.
brandonh83
Banned
If it turns out good I wish well for the developers and sales, but that beta made it pretty clear that it is not for me and the DLC structure is still ridiculous. That being said I like seeing decent games be rewarded, I just hope that it's not met with the same issues that have been plaguing these sorts of things of late.
reptilescorpio
Member
Most talk of the bots are highly positive towards the AI.
El-Pistolero
Member
I am not one to blindly trust reviews, but taken at face value, 7s and 8s are usually attributed to good-very good games...
Neuromancer
Member
Excellent!
XxRampage07xX
Member
Those review scores are very decent. Although it is not my favorite genre, I will try it some day 
Watch Dogs got loads of 8's and it was trash.
So did Unity, and it was buggy mess.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Looks like it's going to be between a 7.5 and 8 for the overall score. Destiny-esque territory for marketing to overall score ratio.
Hip Hop
Member
-MD-
Member
Was a price mistake a few months ago.
sono
Member
Devilgunman
Member
If it's between 7-8 then it's a skip for me. Too many great games are coming out.
OccamsLightsaber
Regularly boosts GAF member count to cry about 'right wing gaf' - Voter #3923781
Does it have split screen. If it doesn't I can't take any of these reviews seriously in their praise of the co-op mechanics.
Conkerkid11
Member
Wait...
It doesn't have mod support?
I didn't even once consider that a possibility.
What.
It doesn't have mod support?
I didn't even once consider that a possibility.
What.
GHG
Gold Member
This is all it comes down to really.
I have a hard time believing most games are worth $60.
Rez Raider
Member
Wow, kinda of surprised tbh, haven't played the beta but I do have a copy coming, can't wait now!
1st Course
Member
They should consider making it F2P. $60 is too high of an entry barrier for an unproven MP only new IP.
tearsintherain
Member
I wish they wouldn't do reviews of multiplayer games until launch day, we've been burned too many times this past 12 months on devs that were completely unprepared for realistic MP.
Evolve will probably be better I admit given they had 2 or 3 big public betas.
I also only briefly skimmed the reviews since this isn't my kind of game and I played the beta for a few hours, but I assume there is no offline single player campaign?
Evolve will probably be better I admit given they had 2 or 3 big public betas.
I also only briefly skimmed the reviews since this isn't my kind of game and I played the beta for a few hours, but I assume there is no offline single player campaign?
Deaf Spacker
Memb
I'm struggling to accept that scoring a 7 or an 8 means it's average game and that people are skipping it just because of that.
Conkerkid11
Member
I only participated in one, but matchmaking was completely broken.
Was it fixed eventually?
Also of note on that list, The Crew as best racing game.
Bloodworth
Member
I still can't wrap my head around that one. Nothing new of note at the show and many of the flaws quite evident in that and previous builds.
Destiny didn't do too badly.
Snapshot King
Member
I can't speak for others, but considering the absolute rip-off that is everything about the games DLC, I sure as hell don't view a limited multiplayer game worth 60, especially since I'd have to pay over 100 to get everything that should come in the game in the first place.
If it were getting universal 9s and 10s and lavish praise across the board, I'd re-examine it, but 7s and 8s? Please.
Same for me, couldn't enter a single game when I already had a friend in my party. Sites really shouldn't be handing out these scores until release when the servers can actually be tested.
dark_inferno
Member
So Gameplay repeats itself, clunky gameplay, boring modes.
Years ago a game with these problems would have gotten something around 5-6 points. Now its a 7-8.
Years ago a game with these problems would have gotten something around 5-6 points. Now its a 7-8.
Definitely. I'm just saying that it's what I expected.
I really wasn't interested in buying the game either way due to me not enjoying the beta that much.
Corronchilejano
Member
Sounds like a $10-$15 game with a lot of grinding.
Trigonometrize.
Member
7s and 8s, sounds like a AAA review thread.
Yeah this. And add the horribel DLC plans.
Im just getting flashbacks from Destiny that shipped with too little content.
dark_inferno
Member
They wont tell anybody about the horrible DLC plans because Reviewers arent affected (They probably get free Season Passes and shit).
Yeah, it's obviously all a conspiracy. Heaven forbid this broken mess of a game might actually be any good and deserve the half decent scores it's receiving.
Conkerkid11
Member
People aren't calling these scores bad, they're calling the reasons for these scores bad.
The game has seemed rather flawed based on beta gameplay, and now the reviews of the final version are showing that nothing's really been changed.
The game isn't worth full retail price because it's repetitive, and likely to have broken matchmaking at launch just like the beta. It also doesn't have mod support, and because of that the only flow of new content will be through the hands of the developers for an additional fee, further splitting the community.
Versus say... Left 4 Dead, which has both free DLC and mod support.
I'm also pretty sure Evolve doesn't have a server browser.
Who said anything about a conspiracy? The game is an online-only experience being reviewed before launch. Of course these scores aren't going to be accurate. And that's fine for us to criticize, because many of us have basically played the full game through the beta.
Pretty much what I've heard from anybody who played the beta so far.
Dying Light got crushed with 6s and it's one of the best games I've played in the last 12 months.
Conkerkid11
Member
Oh my god, the last time I'd seen the Metacritic page for it, it was sitting well above an 80.
What the hell.
If Evolve ends up with a higher score, I'm going to disappointed, because Dying Light does Evolve better than Evolve does Evolve. And that's just a minor part of the full game.
Ugghhh... I really can't imagine keeping a full party for an hour every match. How does the game handle the monster leaving the match?
I think I recall AI taking over if a player leaves.
Love Deterrence
Member
The game seems like it'd be a lot of fun with friends. I managed to enjoy Evolve when playing solo during the closed beta. Will pre-order tomorrow for the bonus goodies.
Brad Shormaker's comment on review scores sounds right once again. "The game boots up and doesn't wreck the console? 7/10".
this game does not, will not, and will never splinter the community
ever
They have made that part clear every time the topic comes up. All maps and modes they make will be free. You can play against additional hunters/monsters without having them yourself, and can even take over and play them if you're playing with a friend or a bot in the match is a dlc character.
As for the rest, that's mostly why it's hard to review a multiplayer game. What is repetition in a multiplayer environment? It's hard to gauge that on a critical level as that's something that you either feel is okay or is not okay. If you do it based off content, that's also vauge and can go multiple ways. Is 10 maps too little? Is 15 okay? Is 20 good? What's the line? Why is there a line?
I played over 30 hours of the beta and don't think the game is repetitive at all. The bigger issue with a game like this is inherent balance, and if something is so powerful you see no variety in the community. And that's something that seeps deep within the design of any multiplayer competitive game, be it a fighter, a shooter, or even a card game.
samurai1226
Member
I hope a lot of people dont forget the bad dlc policy of Evolve and not buy it. Too bad the reviews dont mention that...
DL is 73 on PS4, 74 on XBone, 78 on PC. It got some high-profile 6s, from Escapist and EGM, and GameTrailers (68) for the PS4 version.
I hope a lot of people forget about the wrong facts that were spread by partially the publisher and the press and buy this awesome game and a better apporoach on paid dlc than other shooter giants *looks at bf, titanfall and cod*