How Evolve Devolved

[@coldestwinter3451]

Hate it as you may, evolve stage 3 is more likely than titanfall 3 :]

[@provaricus627]

I wouldn’t be against that

[@welxor1685]

How can I so much agree and disagree in a same comment... @o@ Stop bamboozling me brain!

[@theonlyMoancore]

How so?

[@Artorias93]

Shit idc I'd take either

[@Godzilla_ultima_real]

NUUUUUUAAAAAARRRR

[@nananamamana3591]

Evolve is the perfect example of modern abandonware. A fully functional bit of entertainment software that neither company who made it is supporting in any capacity anymore. Yet, if you were to say, make a distribute copies of the game, you'd be labeled a criminal, despite the fact every company involved with the project has actively expressed their disinterest in making money off the sale of this product in any form... _Yar har fiddle de de_

[@elishafollet5347]

There should be a law were the moment a game film book or any other form of media/hardware becomes abandoned it enters the public domain emedietly, no and ifs or buts about it

[@shadowmeister5432]

​@@elishafollet5347Yea that would be the dream. Emulators keeping all those Sony games alive as they are no longer distributed.

[@VetriVade]

Turtle rock had no intention to cease development. They unveiled a year long road map and then a few days later 2k lawyers showed up at the studio and legally forced tr to cease development Tr was originally making evolve under another publisher, said publisher went under, 2k out bid tr for the rights to their own game

[@specimenlarry6068]

“Never try to force your game into a E-sport” Thank you, someone finally said it. PREACH!

[@DragonGunzDorian]

I remember seeing evolve on youtube as a young teen. It was the coolest thing back then. I absolutely adored the concept. Never got to play myself. Never even knew gorgon existed, or stage 2 for that matter. Its such a shame DBD of all games thrives when something this cool faded into obscurity and died.

[@TheeOK1]

Same, used to watch so many yt vids on it

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

I think you can still technically play it. Just don't expect to play multiplayer. I haven't tried in a while cause mine is super laggy. (Bad computer.)

[@welxor1685]

Evolve is the game that made me into game design, The further you understand it's core mechanics & pitch The more you understand the untapped potential of that kind of game

[@jmgonzales7701]

what kind of potential

[@welxor1685]

@@jmgonzales7701 One of unseen and uncommon mechanics. Compared to other asymmetric games where, for exemple dead by daylight, the monster & players have kits of skills that will not (for most of the characters) alter the way of the hunt However in evolve the hunter are given extremly specialize skills and so does the monster, the monster chosen literraly shifting the nature of how the hunt will operate. To summarize, differents hunt of hero of DbD will look and feel similar where diferrent hunts in evolve, won't

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

@@welxor1685 eh, its problem was that every match felt exactly same.

[@DrgnSisTrio]

@@SwordWieldingDuck It might have helped to have more dynamic map elements with terrain shifting around to force players to break loops. DbD has a soft system of loop breaking with the window blockers but I really feel that Evolve could have gone further with literal giant mechanical walls changing the map around. Having a bigger map and better tracking mechanics would help too, to make it less an action game and more survival horror.

[@MasterFustache]

"Mother, I want to be game design when I grow up."

[@arsontheaverage8821]

The main thing that sucks is that even at stage 3 of evolution, it is extremely difficult for monsters to win cause some hunters can just not be grabbed.

[@quintonbrady3238]

This games story hurts my soul to several degrees. I was in the top 3 Goliath players back when it came out, and every day after class I would poor my soul into it. To see something I loved so much melt due to corporate greed and shit management kills me inside

[@lahdude2428]

💔💔 another heartbreaking comment from someone who shares the same pain. I’d do anything to play a full match again. Such ashame this game went to waste. At the very least they could at least Still kept It playable in some form, but yet they were to busy worrying about the dollar sign

[@babbaderbozz]

You can play it again

[@Forbiddensirenz]

I was top 5 wraith back in the day. And same. Would bum rush home after school and just play play play. I loved Evolve and for the time I had it, it was such a big part of my life. It’s videos like this and thinking back to good memories that really makes me miss those days. Simple times, mild useless “fame” knowing I was a beast at the game. I’d bounce between the tropical and prime skin once I had gotten it. Loved being flash despite technically being a stealth monster haha.

[@quintonbrady3238]

@@Forbiddensirenz same dog. I used to play with GhostRobo! I miss those simple times.

[@alexandredesouza3692]

The lore was so fucking good! I wish they made a comic about the backstories on other planets. Like the Fall of Factor, the Mutagen Wars, Bounty Hunters, The Sky Cities of Venus, Soviet Mars, Paradise on Earth and Hunting on the Moons of Jupiter.

[@shadowstorm252]

I loved the concept of this game but it just didnt hold up

[@Nykandros]

Yup, the novelty wears off fast

[@NoMoreCrumbs]

It was truly incredible how quickly evolve became irrelevant. I had a friend get it day 1 and within a week he had lost interest in playing. Another L chalked for Turtlerock

[@sneakybeaky9613]

Same here, I have never played a more pay two win game

[@kyleg599]

Same! Game was only fun for a week then quickly forgotten !

[@Beepers559]

What stings me more is that, iirc, there was originally going to be a worm-like monster called the velvet worm that never got added, and it stings me that it was never implemented

[@Bill2bearockstar]

Velvet worme are as cool as they are unknown to the general public

[@yamnbam4346]

I remember playing evolve with my old buddies. We don’t speak anymore, but things were so much simpler back then.

[@azogtheuglee4889]

I loved this game man. Shame it got stiffed the way it was. I hear Turtlerock weren't even allowed to Hotfix it because the publishers thought Hotfixes made them look bad for some reason.

[@Noobinati]

Yeah I wouldn't blame Turtle rock too much on the Evolve messup, most of the faults can be squarely pinned on 2k.

[@lunarshadow5584]

@@Noobinati It's always the publishers calling the shots in a field they have no experience in. So many times, had they just shut up and let the Devs work, the money would've come in on its own. But no, they always go the "its my money and I need it NOW!" route.

[@stevenuniverse842]

I’d love for this to make a comeback….plz

[@dinodude6992]

I used to play this game as a kid, even got it for the xbox on my birthday when it first came out. Didn't get much chance with the multi-player, when Xbox gold became the thing that restricted multi-player functions behind a paywall. My biggest gripes with the game that really annoyed me were the monetization (locking monsters and hunters behind paywalls, but I could care less for the hunters) and a lack of a story mode (like, I want to learn more about the monsters and their origins, I need Lore if you want to keep me playing) And as a kid, I always pretended that one game mode that puts in hazards into the environment after one side or the other won the previous game and it's preferred game mode was the story mode. Also, throughout my entire time playing the game as a kid, I always pretended (or head canon, i suppose) that the monsters were an entire species of environmental activists, who wanted the humies and their polluting ways off the planet... they just didn't know that there could've been a peaceful solution, so chose violence instead. Never had the chance to play the stage 2 game cause it was on the PC and there wasn't much advertising for it, so I remained unaware of it before it was too late. Wish someone bought the IP and gave life to it.

[@lahdude2428]

I share ur pain bro. Played and adored it as a kid. Lost my disc for the longest not realizing the game was literally taken down. Now all I have is memories and trophies on my psn account 😢. Btw I believe the mode u were talking about is called evacuation if I can remember correctly. You can choose out of whatever randomly available game modes example (hunt or rescue) and if monster wins hunters get disadvantage or hazard (aggressive wildlife as an example for losing in the aviator I believe) while if hunters win vise versa (good example is the turrets placed around the map, unfortunately I forgot what map had to be beat by the hunters in order for this to happen) 😢

[@vitorvena]

Evolve is a game i always wanted to have played... its unfortunate that it all went down.

[@MaddTommy123]

Brilliant editing my friend! 👏🏻 Had me rolling the whole time please make more! Cheers! 🍻

[@Noobinati]

Got it chief!🫡

[@AParticularlyPointySoldier]

What this guy said. I’ll have to send this to my brother since he loved this game before it died.

[@noteau]

"They turned the spy into a monster", dude he is already french (I'm french too, please don't backstab me)

[@chazymondo7766]

I honestly miss this game, I thought it was really fun

[@TheMultiversalDip]

Evolve was like a flower, it had yet to bloom.. it had yet to evolve into its full potential.

[@bananaborn4785]

man i remember the hype, i was sold the moment i seen cool monstir vs dudes and pre ordered that shit

[@joaquimbonazza6686]

i hope evolve actually works one day

[@HammboneBob]

Wait till he hears about AVP 2010 and the discord servers keeping it alive. What a game.

[@ferro9926]

Titanfall 2 and Evolve: both games i arrived in time to learn to love the pvp of and then watch them die

[@RockstarMythbusters]

God I miss Evolve so much. It was the first game I pre-ordered the super special edition of it.

[@mrsasquatch4828]

Evolve stage 2 killed it because it was streamlined so much and made trappers as a class useless

[@SolarBrain4128]

I actually liked the different game modes. Some of them felt like it gave me more to do and, in some cases, a distraction for the hunter/monster so I could sneak around better. Once they took those out, everything felt more repetitive, and I felt like I wasn't getting my money's worth.

[@agendergorgon1005]

Thanks for the vid! Gotta love the community still mucking about after all this time, Evolve players kept me going through the pandemic :33

[@prototypelq8574]

I miss Evolve(

[@thereisnowayyoucanremember7947]

1:40 bro wanted 500

[@taurvanath]

For those of you who dont know you can still play Evolve on PC through a downloaded line of code. Still have a thriving community. Safe hunting.

[@dylanmoriarty6532]

The helmet and cig edit made me laugh so hard. Gj man

[@YourMajestyCaleb]

I always loved evolve

[@TheJysN]

Such a shame. I loved this game, but the bullshit DLC in a game that wanted to be an e-sport title and the terrible balancing just killed it. And yes as you mentioned still there is a big interested In this game. I sometimes just boot up the game and play an offline match against bots (in the legacy version). I feel like If someone just picked up the game repolish the original version and remove the bullshit, this game would basically be good to go.

[@positiveoutlook9137]

This game had so much potential 😭

[@goblin4358]

It lived, it died, it resurrected and it died again

[@ah-64apache92]

God video , nice editing and humor keep it up my man

[@HammboneBob]

Bearded dragons mentioned, day made. Furthermore, PAGONA VITTECEPS ARIIIIIIISE, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!

[@fareez8248]

Man i miss this game, I still have it in my steam library to this day and one play it again

[@somerandomjackal8135]

I loved the game back in the day, if it get a sequel, I think it could work. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

[@khananiel-joshuashimunov4561]

Remember how you could preorder skins before the game was announced?

[@Seoul_Soldier]

The funny thing is, the greed that killed Evolve is common now. Guess it just came out too early.

[@mrsauceman6825]

I remember playing the beta and the game pretty much till it shut down, it’s a good game imo and it’s a real shame it died the way it did

[@C2a3u7a9]

Man, no joke, that intro mixing various Sci-fi midia is fucking awesome

[@lshackelford4175]

Real ones remember ghostrobo

[@shreksnow1918]

It’s such a shame this game died. It was so cool. I’m sure if done right they’d be able to revive it.

[@XmortoxX1990]

I had a lot of fun during the Stage 2 era. My favotire hunters to play were Jack, Lennox, E.M.E.T and Kala. My favorite monsters were both variants of Kraken, preferring Elder Kraken overall. It's so sad to see this game to end how it did, but at least it was fun while it lasted.

[@TITANia69420]

I remember watching Skilled Apple play this game. I remember him describing the Wraith as the Pubstomper

[@Ahmadabdal_]

Damn this makes me want to play evolve too but the original one. I actually would like the hunt to feel like a hunt instead of a brawl

[@lahdude2428]

As an og player i totally agree. The hunting aspect was the whole point.

[@kingsuperbobboy]

Evolve was such fun to watch disappointed that we never got to see velvet wormy

[@steezynova6256]

Ngl the commentary on the Gorgon made me subscribe.

[@stormerjc9493]

Evolve is one of my all time favourite games ever, it felt like a video game specifically made for me with all the things I like, including getting to play as a giant alien monster in a way that no other game matches and it breaks my heart to see what happened to it, it got shafted so fucking hard by 2k stupidity/greed but also hypocritical gamers who looked at dlc, had a bitch fit and then proceeded to be completely OK with it on other games cuz blue is OK as long as its in call of duty right?

[@wcmattman7571]

Honestly, this game even in its current state on CONSOLE is better than any other 1vX on the market right now and I will fold people on this hill

[@cherudon5310]

I played this game from day one to the last. Rip.

[@jackling3138]

I remember being excited for Evolve when I was younger. Shame it didn't turn out well. I also think I may have got them to change their catchphrase of "humans of all ages and monsters of all stages" after disclosing I was under 18 to someone at the company. Lol.

[@fragzed7784]

Maybe our evolution were the friends we made along the way

[@legomikey]

What I hated was the one trapper that had the pet dog cause when you play as a monster, the dog just goes straight for you even if you leave as little tracks as possible. It was also a pain of having to attack and down the dog first cause of you don't it revives anyone you down

[@Seth-The-Dragon]

i miss playing Evolve loved playing as wraith

[@Rodan727]

Evolve needs to come back

[@Ahmadabdal_]

I remember when this was the “best game of the year”. It came out of absolutely nowhere. I also remember when titanfall 1 was crowned game of the year. The difference is that titanfall1 actually freaking slapped

[@Hx4_8587]

i remember playing evolve when i was like 7 or 8 and loved it, its sad it died. i forgot about it but every few years remember it, i recall watching videos about it in 2020 and missing it. i never knew about stage 2 as i didnt have a pc at that time, im gonna have to see if i can get a steam key for evolve seeing as there is a discord community that actively play. if anyone seeing this happens to have a key and would be kind enough to share, if i haven't already got one id very much appreciate it if one of you could slide me a key🙏id be willing to pay too if you arent willing to just give one away

[@meinschmerz6074]

evolve playing as a 7 year old. sure buddy

[@Hx4_8587]

@@meinschmerz6074 im 16 now, my parents have never cared about what games ive played. i was playing tlou at that age and other games i was quite young to be playing, i dont see how its unbelieveable that i was playing evolve at that age. people play COD and GTA around the same ages lmfao

[@lahdude2428]

@@Hx4_8587don’t mind him. I’m 17 and played evolve young as hell too. Sucks that we basically were kids never expecting our childhood game to be shut down in our teenage life.

[@chuckstaresatthings9605]

Commenting for the algorithm. Great Video

[@Noobinati]

Thanks mate! 👍

[@kompatybilijny9348]

Funny that you mention that, but I actually DO have Evolve Stage 2 on my Steam library...

[@nicobay4512]

That some good editing there , keep going man

[@kingjohn8980]

Still the best asymmetrical multiplayer game to date

[@bigboss9544]

I only got to play this game by the end of its life cycle when it turned to f2p, ngl would love to play it again. To me it was fun even if I was losing all the time haha.

[@elsgare8485]

5:00 Alright, hear me out.

[@FyruHawk]

I'd be cool if it went the titanfall route and made a sequel that was somehow an absolute banger. I didn't play this game much but I could tell it had great potential.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

The game industry has a long history of trying to replicate successful practices without understanding WHY those things worked in the first place. That's what happens when the majority of the executives making decisions don't play games.

[@Heheha329]

I loved evolve stage 2

[@FgyjtIngenieroEuropeo]

Bruh, i wanted to try out Evolve. It legit looked cool for me.

[@RockorSomething83]

I'll always recall my fondest memories of the summer of 2016, before I shipping out to become a Crayon Eater/Marine, was playing Evolve Stage 2 with my friends. All because one remembered hearing about it on TotalBiscuit's podcast. I personally sunk around 80 hours into the game for the month I was able to play it, before I had to leave. I never had the time to really play it afterwards, until early 2017 when I was stationed in Okinawa. However, connecting with my friends who lived on the East Coast of the U.S. from the previously mentioned country... Yeah, you can imagine how horrendous my ping was. Making it basically impossible to play.

[@MicahMcgee-yt8nc]

I don't know if I'm the only one but I actually got the game in 2024 for Xbox and still play it today. I really want to play with someone else other then bots though 😂

[@JDroneX]

My favorite part of Evolve is that it left us with the Wraith who continues to crop up in porn, once in a while.

[@ShiftyOrange1]

Another banger video!

[@joshuaritter7702]

I loved evolve

[@domonator5000]

Lowkey forgot this game existed

[@koreyardoin3695]

What I found funny was what happened after the community begged and cried for years to get the games servers back online for the free 2 play edition. Well, 2k did actually give the servers back for a short period of I think like a few months. But what did the community do? When the servers dropped it remained nearly dead because most of them were still playing on the completely separated original evolve that could only be accessed if you had bought the original game when it was out. I was hyped as shit to play it, and even dragged some friends along. What did I find? Literally nothing as there was no one to play with.

[@pvpmatsku6271]

Tyyppi tekee iha vitu hyviä videoita ite kaivannu just tällästä. Broidi ei voi pysäyttää suomalaista aksenttia🤣

[@Noobinati]

Rallienkut vahvoilla 😂💪

[@Tory-JJ]

When i hears about evolve servers working i started streaming it again. I was a goos goliath back in the day. My twitch got reported by salty players.

[@ContractualStrategy]

Maybe if we petition DBD developer, Behaviour, then they can pick up Evolve and give it the DBD treatment. After all Behaviour has had some problems with new IP's, RIP 'Meet Your Maker' you were a good concept but not enough people liked a futuristic dungeon builder. Should have set the game in a fantasy setting, like the Dungeon Core books, having dragons and orcs sounds way better than human-biological construct 1 and 2.

[@PhilliesDude2k20]

Ngl i like this game

[@luciferiarose465]

I bought this game preorder for eighty dollars, had all the hunters and monsters. Then Evolve 2 stole all my content and shut down the store. So i lost the extra monsters and literally, physically, cant get them back. The disk makes me mad just to see.

[@Slick9600]

You know it's crazy how a product like this that required immense work to make just sits there abandoned. If they just took feedback, went free to play, and fixed the issues, they'd be making money easily. They could have their playerbase and their $500 skins. They'd rather make a completely new game than just fix this one. I couldn't imagine. Also I payed for this and can't play it now. I want a refund.

[@HopeCarol-i5v]

Hoeger Stravenue

[@alstoyle]

I fucking loved evolve. First game i got for the xbox one. Shame it fell off so hard, so fast, by no fault of its own

[@dedrogues]

ligma 7 the motherland

[@lunarshadow5584]

7:30 And that's where the bs lay because publishers in the gaming industry have no f*cking clue what sells so they continuously make wrong decisions that ruins the gameplay and world the developers were making in the name of greed. (even if the concept alone would sell millions) Just look at what Sony ATTEMPTED to do to Helldivers for the biggest recent example. But I loved playing Evolve. I miss getting to play as the big monster that runs at first before growing powerful enough to fight back. I miss my Overpowered playstyle with Wraith, turning her into an aggressive menace that could ribbon a tank in seconds if the healer wasn't good enough, even turning the game into a win while still UnEvolved Stage 1 if they weren't competent enough with their teamwork. I miss Juking the enemy when they were too focused on my tracks, missing that I crouched behind the wall that they would've been able to spot had they tried using the high ground. I miss playing the healer that's always targeted first by the monster, outrunning the monster when they tried to down me and healing any ally the monster tries to go for instead. I miss the Assault and getting to brutalize the monster's health down to nothing if they didn't accept my face tanking tactic. I miss the Support with the many gadgets that makes every game Unique. I miss the Tracker, running off to cut off the monster while my allies follow the tracks, cornering the monster before it gets the chance to reach stage 2. This game was fun as hell, but doomed to die because the two companies thought their fanbase was nothing more than livestock to be taken advantage of. Them being punished for that bs was welcome but not at the cost of one of the best PVP games I've had the pleasure to play no longer becoming available.

[@vlogsgamesandpranks9007]

Man i would do anything to play this game again, got a ps4 disc copy and it just doesn't work *sighs* welcome to the generation of never owning gamss and subscriptions

[@spikerthedragonbear]

There wasn't a game called gigantic where was like this combined with a hero shooter but more akin to Smite?

[@leandrogoethals6599]

i miss wraith

[@Pyromaniac77777]

Great vid, btw it's "comes crashing down" not "comes down crashing"

[@ibragimowbekhan0987]

Problems werent even in E-sports, that came close to game`s death, or so called greed, that began to surface only after the game began to decline in the player count, and it was clear it will not get them any money anymore. Actual problems were the bullshit that people were spouting about it`s monitezation system, like "I`m not gonna pay for a game and its dlc because i want a full game" public sayed, in which they are right, but they spent thousand dollars on WoW addons, so they sloudve fucking shut up, and all the harsh "critique" the game received was a complete bullshit on a level when people critisized 3rd Farcry`s protagonist for being bland (Which is a complete bullshit and clearly shows they didnt even pay attention to the story)

[@JimbobG.A.D]

GG

[@VskutkuTrigen]

game was actually awesome before it came out :DD its soo sad

[@rogofos]

I miss Depth - it definitely pulled off assymetric fps better

[@badwolf832fcz8]

Monster scream from the intro must be from Reaper (subnautica) am i right?

[@Noobinati]

You are correct! Not going to lie, it felt weird recording the effect from a soundfile without all of the usual water ambience.

[@justcallmejoe9270]

Nice

[@OrloxPhoenix]

Can't you force irnstal Evolve using Steam commands? Like you do with Spacewar, i mean.

[@slooping1515]

Skibidi toilet