Fundamentally and mechanically, evolve was and still is a solid game, few games have replicated that feeling of intensity during pvp, from the desperate attempts to flee or dodge when either side is nearly dead, to that zealous overconfidence you can punish a death squad or t3 monster for having. No other game felt so impassioned when I played it, I actually felt like ther were true stakes in those even fights, hell, I was the #1 goliath for 2 seasons, (only died a single time for season 2) but ultimately, evolve had a critical flaw shared by its modern equivalent 4v1 game, Coms> killer/monster> solo que. 4v1 games are just ridiculously difficult to balance, because they have the single most difficult growing pains out of any genre. Evolve started out well rounded and balanced between both sides, but new players verses new players, the monster allways wins, because monsters strength is not limited to cooperation. New players voiced their concerns and complaints, and the devs made the right call, shifting the balance of power while the community was young to the hunters side, giving the game its golden year where matches were close and everyone had a good time. But as the game got older, it trained people into 2 mindsets, the hunters became casual, the role you could slip into for an easy game where limited effort met with great success, and monster mains (like myself) became absolute sweat lords, doggedly chasing wins by any means necessary. And the reason why was that power creep implanted in evolves early days, death squads realized they could beat any monster main with the more broken team compositions, and monster mains who were up against these players that made them feel helpless would take their frustration and sweat out on the casuals. Ultimately, newer players stopped playing, and in the face of the best hunters, the performance anxiety of most monster mains lead them to quit. Myself included. The sketchy monetization of evolve is usally where everyone points the finger of blame, but look at DBD, the modern evolve, the best perks in the game are locked behind paywalls, but no one complains, because the community has casual elements on both sides. Killers that play exceptionally well often feel bad and give hatch to the last man, while also being respected depending on their main and playstyle. And the challenge/progression system rewards you for stepping down from your main to be a baby killer again for a game or 2, limiting the impact of skilled killers on bad survivors. Notice how the more competitive DBD got the worse it was? I think shaking up the meta was a good call, and I look forward to dbd's future, even if it's currently a little off-kilter.
@papasmurf94282 жыл бұрын
amazing rant love the read but tbf in DBD you’re actually not locked behind a pay wall there’s is this thing called the shrine of secrets which essentially lets choose from 4 every week of out of 2 each S/K so it is slow process by well getting the meta perks when they do show, but essentially you’re just buying the killer really
@SkelXton2 жыл бұрын
Pretty accurate. There is a little game called Video Horror Society that just came out, but it might suffer the same fate. Still, It's worth checking out (F2P). Still hopeful for a competitive 4v1 though, they are really fun.
@Nbergeron512 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t have explained and summarized it better. Well said
@Spacidius2 жыл бұрын
DBD?
@lost_leone79182 жыл бұрын
@@Spacidius Dead by daylight
@Clouds-pb7vs2 жыл бұрын
I miss this game alot i played for a year straight, the fights i got into while it was still doing good were crazy, when you have actual people as hunters it made this game sooo much fun
@wafflesinsanity2 жыл бұрын
I am so happy the servers are back online
@4ktwist9792 жыл бұрын
@@wafflesinsanity they're not lol what???
@wafflesinsanity2 жыл бұрын
@@4ktwist979 they are? On pc at least. If you already own the game, down download and play. Ranked servers are offline
@wafflesinsanity2 жыл бұрын
@Fukonami its stage 2, was playing yesterday
@robertstutesman77642 жыл бұрын
I couldn't play monster that well at all but I was a Lazarus for days.
@siegebreaker41202 жыл бұрын
I love how meteor Goliath is basically just a Goliath covered in gasoline that was thrown from atmosphere at a random construction site
@SinOfDeletion2 жыл бұрын
I don't know anything about this game but I love watching the different monster evolve, it's so cool 😁
@huskytales98392 жыл бұрын
I wish this game had stuck around; I always enjoyed watching and playing. Thanks for uploading this.
@surperdurper2 жыл бұрын
It still exists..
@dilanobockstaele52832 жыл бұрын
@@surperdurper yeah but u cant play it if u dont own it ...
@daltonbarries35292 жыл бұрын
I wish this game did well, wouldve loved to see it grow
@genjatimelord2 жыл бұрын
You mean you would've loved to see it evolve hahaha
@krillgrimm2 жыл бұрын
I mean if it get enough mainstream then we would have a chance at getting it back and the people on discord did get them to put the servers back up
@reeceypufffs2 жыл бұрын
And see more monsters released
@isThreeman2 жыл бұрын
They killed it when a they added a hunter class ability to ping the monsters location. That completely killed stealth as an option even though so much of the game is built around the monster sneaking around. So the hunters just knew where the monster is, which is boring as fuck for the hunters and ruins any kind a tension of sneaking around for the monster. Sure some people liked that change but evident by the games death most didn't. They basically turned a monster hunting game into a monster chasing game. Which was just boring for the hunters and often annoying as fuck for the monster players who like the stealth mechanics before that particular update.
@davidstutz98932 жыл бұрын
Developers straight up lied and pissed off the community when it was coming out. This was legit being heraled as L4D3 which created massive buzz. Turned out that was a crock of shit so the fan base turned their backs and the game did horrible. Fun to play now for sure but I was furious like everyone else and this is how u screw over a developer that lied
@aeryonyx48092 жыл бұрын
What I'd give for this game to make a comback
@GS-dc9vo2 жыл бұрын
dude i dont even played it and im sad
@ignitegx61582 жыл бұрын
imagine playing evolve for the first time and this dude is the monster...
@thesmoothdoran2 жыл бұрын
I'll never understand why this game failed
@IronStaff72 жыл бұрын
Because either A. You track the monster down and kill it immediately or B. you spend another 20 min tracking them for them to turn and wipe you. Its like a multiplayer walking simulator and if you lose you walked all that way to literally get stomped. Its not fun.
@jrgamer12432 жыл бұрын
@@IronStaff7 lame excuse. You can literally trap the monster if ur good enough. I think it failed bc it just wasn't casual enough and so. If this was a free game then it would of been more popular
@marzialalfonzocanada8882 жыл бұрын
same reason why back4blood is doing bad I guess both were very aggressive on the microtransaction that it ruined the unique fun experience of the game
@majestic82742 жыл бұрын
@@jrgamer1243 not an excuse. The game is very linear in terms of what you can do
@Thep1842 жыл бұрын
@@jrgamer1243 it was free to play in the second part of its life, making the devs gift all skins and monsters instantly to players who bought the game. I originally bought it, and it just is annoying that the game cant even be downloaded anymore, since the devs were so eager to delete it from existence. The game would still have players if they at least kelt it downloadable with player to player connection
@Thep1842 жыл бұрын
What annoyed me the absolute most is that the devs just deleted the game everywhere. You cant download it, no way of getting to the game now. They literally destroyed it by doing so. It could have had a revival, a new life like BF4 that suddenly had a surge in players again and all. But no, the defs made it so no one that didn’t originally have it can play it… really sad and just stupid…
@Uro_Boros2 жыл бұрын
@@yosup7400 but only on pc right?
@Pat.theSen2 жыл бұрын
Turtle rock were The creators of the game but 2K bought the IP so now they own it and for some reason they let the game die. if turtle rock wanted too they could finish the game and add to it and well revive it but they can't because 2K owns it -it would be up to them for a revival of the game but I highly doubt it bro :(
@DivineShai2 жыл бұрын
@@Uro_Boros I own the game on Xbox I just checked it I still have access to it and I can still install it if I wanted to but if you don’t own it then you shit outta luck
@jcanexxdevelite34392 жыл бұрын
I still have the game in ps4
@Kodaiva2 жыл бұрын
The servers all went down and then their revival project failed and they had to take it down
@Tyler-rs3wy2 жыл бұрын
Randomly found these videos and they are really fun to watch but I have never played. That being said I have noticed something you do that gets you damaged quite a bit. When you are done with your damage phase and turn to leave you run in a straight line and usually in the air in the line of sight of the enemy. They shoot you the whole time you are running from them. I have watched you lose whole bars of health. I'd recommend working on staying low or using cover to block their line of sight when retreating.
@-grizzly-78622 жыл бұрын
love this game is back been haveing a hell of a time last few days playing
@noirloo31592 жыл бұрын
Evolve was a game i wanted to get when i got my first pc. I got the PC part but it's a shame ill never be able to play this game. I'm glad i can watch recent content of it thogh
@optidalfprime39042 жыл бұрын
I mean, you can play the game just fine. You just need to buy a key elsewhere
@noirloo31592 жыл бұрын
@@optidalfprime3904 how much tho 7w7
@peterfarell76962 жыл бұрын
@@noirloo3159 Seems to be around 45 usd
@starslayer182 жыл бұрын
I miss this game so much. I would play it if not for the fact my disc is gone and I can’t get it anymore. I would buy this again just so I could play with others. This was a gem of a game
@sirtoruk2 жыл бұрын
you can buy a key on amazon
@williamrubinol37602 жыл бұрын
The game is really cool, but the issue is that it's best when watched by great monster players and hunter teams. When playing it as a solo I struggled with everything: Monster, Assault, Medic, Trapper, etc. Would love to see more Evolve games though, the monsters are epic.
@jacobstaton992 жыл бұрын
Like most games. Without friends and communication the game is tediously monotonous
@eugenebotsman2 жыл бұрын
I really liked the long mode for this game when it came out. If it gotten more love it could've been a gem.
@isThreeman2 жыл бұрын
I miss the monster actually trying to be sneaking and using stealth. They fucked that over by giving one of the hunter classes basically the ability to ping the monster. Stopped playing after that since it was no longer a monster hunting game and more of a monster chasing game. just fucked the balance and it didn't feel right.
@eugenebotsman2 жыл бұрын
@@isThreeman The sad part about it is, I think that the problems you presented could've been addressed through map design. It's way to focused on just fighting, the whole fun was dropping in and having to actually "hunt". People that say "it was just running in circles, it's no fun" seem to forget that this issue can be resolved through map tweaks and having test servers, plus running in a circle is a damn Olympic sport.
@Kill-Switch0002 жыл бұрын
Lmao I been enjoying these videos man. This game is very satisfying to watch overtime.
@anjairis2 жыл бұрын
Good lordi the CD rotation on that thing is delicious and such a quick beastie. Just round and round it goes :D
@lilla73862 жыл бұрын
i remember playing this game daily right after school
@danagray97092 жыл бұрын
The player "Alex" did really well from what I could see. He managed to distract you a few times, allowing downed teammates to be revived and other players to do what they could against you. It's always interesting to see the teams or players that you can tell are really good but just weren't good enough this time.
@carloshansen11832 жыл бұрын
Yes bro look at the views, bring back evolve!!
@lordscrubugus98977 ай бұрын
Thumbnail Goliath looks like he is here to kill chaos
@rossmacomish7 ай бұрын
I was rooting for Pot Vendor...
@AurelionSols2 жыл бұрын
I miss this game :C
@SchilliRC2 жыл бұрын
Some Ppl write like if this game isn’t existing anymore. So I have news for you, the game is live again with peer to peer server. You can play it online if you have it already on steam
@johnnytest35067 ай бұрын
If this game was free like Fortnite truly believe it would still be relevant with new seasons and monsters/hunters 👏🏾
@mattor3002 жыл бұрын
Wait a sec you can play normall matches now?! Count me in
@Fordrake212 жыл бұрын
man i miss this game, it had so much potential .... think i'll reinstall just to play it for fun
@dolium-dwarf34172 жыл бұрын
I've never caught it during its primetime, where does one buy it?
@ВладимирЕремин-и5х2 жыл бұрын
I,m glad i still didn't remove evolve from my stream library. Now i hopefully can play. Again...
@llatlasll30502 жыл бұрын
I miss this game SOO much
@unseen94042 жыл бұрын
Sad, it was a pretty fun game. Though yes, a game like this is extremely difficult to balance. I once got matched up against a monster that was like on a 150 win streak. That really says things about the game's balance. I still wish the devs wouldn't have just deleted the game and tried to rework it somehow instead.
@samuelgoncalves7662 жыл бұрын
This is the difference in the A.I and humans The humans track and attack way faster( if I am not mistaken Professional Outcast You said in a video with comentary that if were a real mach the hunters would find and shoot you durant evolution you are not wrong Also compare this mach with other A.I maches MG(Meteor Goliath barely losses heath)
@lNeml2 жыл бұрын
It's a better experience when playing against real people. Over the years I've sorta memorized bot pathing so I'm always a few steps ahead of the bots. It doesn't always work VS other brains though which is what keeps things interesting.
@yeet31812 жыл бұрын
i preordered this game the first time i saw it i really hoped it would grow and be played for years to come, i remember years after the servers went down and developers left the game i still would download and try to play it, i hope someway somehow evolve comes back around it had a lot of potential, maybe it was just ahead of its time.. :(
@PandemoniumPirateRadio2 жыл бұрын
I never got to try this game. But I feel like it would have been better with more modes. If there was a way to play a campaign with the hunters, and with the titans as well that would have been amazing. I'm not sure the game mode the game featured was really the best mode to get the most out of the characters and abilities. Visually and gameplay wise it looks amazing, but the game mode seems kind of dull to me. It's way too niche and specific. And clearly would get too reptitive with too little RNG elements to really shake it up for each match. The F2P game Spacelords at one point had a great functioning antagonist mode that was 1v4. But that game fell apart and was butchered by the devs. But if Evolve had a similar campaign structure with missions that would have increased the allure of this game so much more 😮
@zimboth2 жыл бұрын
There actually was more game modes for a brief time (one where the monster focused on hatching eggs and one where the monster pushed into a base to destroy it) and it let you que up into a best of 5 where each round would be a different mode but it got cut so they could focus on balancing one mode
@AlphaCollectorCZ2 жыл бұрын
Never played this game but watched the whole video, you pwned them nice I guess lol. It was great
@truqzztv38482 жыл бұрын
Man, u literally just gave me hope its back up XD
@Rogue_Five2 жыл бұрын
3:00 Мооощь, годзила на минемалках
@Wulfen1097 ай бұрын
i miss this game
@YayaBeanz2 жыл бұрын
Now it needs to come back to Store
@Augoeides322 жыл бұрын
I've seen it still in my Steam, but I thought this was discontinued years ago?
@chromaticblue39762 жыл бұрын
2K made it so you can play peer to peer now. Got tired of people asking I guess.
@cookiesnation53212 жыл бұрын
Did they ever get the servers back up or is it all still one player vs bots?
@SpyroTheReptar2 жыл бұрын
where are you playing this still i miss this game
@breakmutiny57332 жыл бұрын
Forgot this game existed
@LengMello2 жыл бұрын
I love this game
@Test-dr2dw2 жыл бұрын
I really wanted to get into this competitively. Unfortunately it probably won't happen. I loved it from the beta to it being deleted by the devs.
@ericbetterman92202 жыл бұрын
How do you make an asymmetrical game competitive?
@mgkpraesi2 жыл бұрын
This Game is still alive? Didnt expect that.
@milesbush95892 жыл бұрын
It just got its peer 2 peer matchmaking reenabled after 4 years so it was dead for a minute. It had around a thousand players earlier this week though which is insane
@codeyv202 жыл бұрын
i miss this game, i was a rank 10 wraith main with a 128 w/l ratio with one loss, by far one of my more favorite games for the time it was thriving
@julienyray24702 жыл бұрын
The rock throw and slam combo would destroy hunter health so easily. Greatest game ever. People that didn’t like the gameplay probably just weren’t good tbg
@rogelioacosta58232 жыл бұрын
4:32 sounds like the ha goteem dude
@FloTingStiCkonWatEr2 жыл бұрын
Still love this game, please come back or at least let the community host the servers
@JumpscareRodent2 жыл бұрын
Ahh Evolve. The game that should have been.
@patrickqmo2 жыл бұрын
damn i miss this game! 🥰
@SamYung02 жыл бұрын
WHOAH! ARE PLAYERS BACK!?
@McChickenIsNotReal2 жыл бұрын
Men, I missed evolve and staged 2. My golden boy kraken
@igris66722 жыл бұрын
It's kinda sad to think this game died at one point. How is the pouplations in this game as of now?
@PatrickRatman2 жыл бұрын
bout 700ish people
@lNeml2 жыл бұрын
Healthy. Put it this way, it takes 10 minutes of searching in DBD. Evolve is instantaneous.
@matthewdasilva90462 жыл бұрын
ill never understand why the devs shut this game completely down i loved it
@isThreeman2 жыл бұрын
They lost a ton of players when they gave the hunter OP tracking abilities and stealth was no longer an option for the monster. Went from a monster hunting game to a monster chasing game and a lot of people didn't like that. Clearly enough to put the game on the path to ruin.
@xong34062 жыл бұрын
magnificent
@АлександрШишков-ю9ы2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍
@wuud48422 жыл бұрын
I love this game... Cthulhu next?
@4story5922 жыл бұрын
шикарно
@addmoregek11212 жыл бұрын
is back online??? O.O
@yeeetskirt81992 жыл бұрын
Is there anyway to get this game now I used to play it and I’d love to get it back
@gustavocardosolima95012 жыл бұрын
God
@zackobrien19242 жыл бұрын
Man I'm surprised people play this still I've had it downloaded on my ps4 for ages and play against bots. I don't know anything of devs deleting it or whatever but I still play if
@danielshah16842 жыл бұрын
i thought they shutting down the game? i really miss playing this.
@MrZofer2 жыл бұрын
WHAT this game need its a hud fpr the monster of what role each hunter is becuase unless you know or memorize what each hunter can do is kinda of a hussle for the monster
@ChiiLoX2 жыл бұрын
Good times.
@justinherrmann54182 жыл бұрын
It Looks so cool how much does it cost and where to buy it?
@JangoFox118802 жыл бұрын
Sadly you can't buy it anymore...
@not_pugking2 жыл бұрын
Yes you can, you can buy it on any website that has available evolve stage 2 steam keys, since its unlisted on steam and you need a key. The game originally cost 60 dollars but maybe you can find a site that sells it for cheaper
@JangoFox118802 жыл бұрын
@@not_pugking Oh, I didn't know! Thanks for telling :)
@SirSeal2 жыл бұрын
Wait .. didnt the servers get shut down?!?!?!?!!
@hansklaus65562 жыл бұрын
i've never played it. it looks fantastic! where can i buy this???
@HK5000baggan2 жыл бұрын
its not active anymore, they shut down the servers some years ago :( it was glorious
@quirda772 жыл бұрын
Who's going to tell them..
@hansklaus65562 жыл бұрын
@@HK5000baggan so sad :(
@axelchannaux79012 жыл бұрын
that game is still alive while you can't buy it ? i would have loved to play it...
@Michael-ib6ky2 жыл бұрын
Evolve: Stage 3 when?
@mustafakeskin54292 жыл бұрын
Not bad
@xenosama36042 жыл бұрын
Still waiting on evolve 2
@robertstutesman77642 жыл бұрын
where is this man pulling these Evolve clips from. Did he have a secret stash, is this necro posts, private server? I LOVED this game I think it struggled with being way ahead of it's time.
@isThreeman2 жыл бұрын
I hate the balance of this game nowadays. It was much better when it first came out. They ruined the monsters ability to use stealth and turned it into a constant chase instead of hunters hunting a monster. I remember they added a hunter ability that basically pings the monsters location and that fucked everything up. You could no longer use stealth because the hunters literally knew where you were. Just ruined the game. Everything that exist to help the hunters track you became useless when they could just ping your location. The birds on the ground, the dog one of the classes can get, or the final fight over the power plant. Utterly pointless, might as well just throw the hunters and monster into a small arena and just duke it out. I remember getting cornered by the hunters and having to just hold still amongst some boulders. The hunters flew right over me thinking I was a rock. Ignoring their dog that was barking at me because they thought it was barking at the wildlife just past where I was. THAT was what I wanted and they had that but decided to "balance" the game ruining it by turning it into a constant chase instead of a proper hunt.
@bedawn39332 жыл бұрын
WAIT ITS BACK????
@lNeml2 жыл бұрын
More or less yeah!
@bedawn39332 жыл бұрын
@@lNeml the best news I've heard in the last 6 years right there
@뽀그쟉2 жыл бұрын
monster fly? jump?
@tyboone9692 жыл бұрын
i been tryna find this game everywehre since its dead does that mean i cant buy it doelol
@ChatterUniverse2 жыл бұрын
wait can you still play this game?!?!
@LightRaven962 жыл бұрын
So the servers are up again but only for PC sucks that I don't have one
@lNeml2 жыл бұрын
We're trying to get someone to notice so the servers wil go live properly. You can still find games on consoles from what I've heard
@robertoaltuve41452 жыл бұрын
@@lNeml Is fun?
@lNeml2 жыл бұрын
@@robertoaltuve4145 Very
@hdpass17512 жыл бұрын
This game is still suported xd
@imanocali24122 жыл бұрын
how can you play it servers still online ? please anyone explain
@larsdamen91152 жыл бұрын
How can you play it? Isn't it shut down completely?
@NWPlay2 жыл бұрын
i'm ty get this game but i can't found in ps4 and pc
@stephenwillis7442 жыл бұрын
Good hunters will always curb stomp the monster, the balance goes out the window.
@ulforcemegamon30942 жыл бұрын
Yeah , is hard to balance an 4vs1 , monsters needs some buffs
@stephenwillis7442 жыл бұрын
@@ulforcemegamon3094 indeed, b/c the way things currently stand monster players will be going extinct before long.
@nurariyon2 жыл бұрын
but they had not closed the game ?? can one play?
@kturn0112 жыл бұрын
Does this only work with "Evolve 1"? Multiplayer?
@unbeatablelucka42132 жыл бұрын
Yes peer to peer works with both games :)
@unbeatablelucka42132 жыл бұрын
You just need to change to evolve legeacy
@eliang27_official652 жыл бұрын
Como lo descargo en pc? PLIS quiero saber y en ps4?
@lolcekirgesi4442 жыл бұрын
where can i play this game
@lucasmangia77702 жыл бұрын
Monster wins gg
@stanky3002 жыл бұрын
this game is strong but like why didnt they made evolve 2
@jakkiegrobbelaar77212 жыл бұрын
this is evolve 2
@stanky3002 жыл бұрын
@@jakkiegrobbelaar7721 nope evolve 2 doesnt exist
@ilies49902 жыл бұрын
SERVERS ARE BACK GUYS
@rmsclickderecho40202 жыл бұрын
What? The servers are alive? How?
@caevenespaltero22592 жыл бұрын
man i wanted this game to succeed but its too linear that after a game of 5 you get board
@kiillu20082 жыл бұрын
Love this game sad thats dead......
@Aweomeseman2 жыл бұрын
You know, I've always thought Evolve was a cool game in theory. When it came out, I played it a lot...but I was never very good at it. Even so, it always felt like the odds were forever in favor of the hunters. Even my barely-above-casual ass could go into a match as a hunter, dick around for a bit, and we still kill the monster most matches. Then switch over to a Monster, feel and sound like a sentient disaster, then you find a group of hunters with more than a single brain cell and you're dead. 😓 Never really got over that since I really wanted to like being a monster but...oh well I guess. 🤷
@charlieflight61242 жыл бұрын
Did you try to learn all the monsters at once or were you focusing just one monster?
@Aweomeseman2 жыл бұрын
@@charlieflight6124 A couple - the Goliath and the Kraken (that Cthulhu with lighting one).
@charlieflight61242 жыл бұрын
@@Aweomeseman if I were you, I would've tried to focus getting to goliath stage 2 3 perk fire breath, and then focused either the medic or support. Because hunters always run away at the slightest provocation, you should only attack in enclosed areas or try to force them into one, especially when you get domed.
@Nieve0022 жыл бұрын
Wait how's this guy able to play it still I thought the community was gone since you literally cant get this game anymore anywhere?