What The Hell Happened To EVOLVE?

[@SinfulGFX]

I personally was never good enough in my mind to ever consider playing Evolve but I loved watching people play it. It was very entertaining to me.

[@UniZi]

Humble people will go far. Try to sharpen your gaming skill by playing Left 4 Dead 2, when you get good at it you can almost play any type of shooter games at ease. Check out a footage on how my team does it kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmOki5SboMqFqqs

[@pursxxxmasmurf5751]

couple left being sold on amazon, with a small discord server still functioning

[@lucaspoole8866]

Was and is actually quite fun haha

[@porkfriedluke]

I ended up joining an ESl team for it a few months after it’s launch as a support Main/backup monster player. I’m pretty sure our team was called meat grinders. I don’t really remember because is was so long ago. Then the game ended up completely dying after about 10 months

[@shadw4701]

Evolve needs a sequel with extra content and little to no microtransactions

[@dawnofthedave5072]

and a different studio who is not greed mongrels lol

[@thenaberius6081]

The graphics at the time looked amazing and played well, god i wish they would resurrect this game, i played until the day it died.

[@noir2091]

stage 2 servers are back since yesterday!

[@fusion5853]

It needs to be Given To DIGITAL EXTREMES

[@KryGaming2k]

@@thenaberius6081 they did

[@nodidog]

I loved evolve, spent a lot of hours playing it. It was a great concept that was mismanaged into an early grave.

[@kakolicht]

To every game on the series "What happened" the answer is basically the same: corporative greed.

[@christiamcruz7454]

Yeah, and that pretty much summarize on EVOLVE's case.

[@levelup3426]

2K ruined Evolve by scamming how the DLC was put out

[@Rosa_Neco]

Corporate greed that is now Normal in this day and age, 2k wanted to sell a skin for 2.50$ and Riot sells there skins for 30$+ Yeah sure. Corporate greed ok.

[@Rosa_Neco]

@@Lolamy and i preordered and had a lot of fun :) Just saying You do pay real money for League characters lmfao..

[@obsidianfrost9514]

The devs for evolve pushed microtransactions like it was necessary yes it was cheap but the way it was handled was horrid. That isn't even the main issue. The servers and balancing was horrid and can be linked back to greed since they were to cheap to expand when they should of and then the dlc debacle which is debated at times if it was ok or fucked. Ultimately mismanagment but greed could be a way to since some of the mismanagment was due to them not wanting to spend money

[@lNeml]

I'm still playing Evolve to this day. The game itself is really fun, it was just murdered by a shit publisher.

[@stacysnchz79]

Me too

[@jdpatch_5154]

How bout now? The game is alive again

[@lNeml]

@@jdpatch_5154 Indeed it is! I'm one of the (smaller) Evolve content creators now lol

[@andrew-gg8ub]

@@lNeml can u still play offline ?

[@lNeml]

@@andrew-gg8ub yeah you can play with bots

[@Bkwrds1]

I was talking about this game the other day. If a "season" based monster system was a thing back then this game would still be king 👑

[@troy2149]

And new weapons

[@declan7551]

New weapons are irrelevant.

[@snake30vods25]

this is still my favorite game, i loved this game so much, i will pay turtlerock so much money just to bring it back without the microtransactions

[@bbyjesus14]

I remember being really hyped for this game then being so disappointed at alllll the extra money I had to pay to play the rest of the game

[@lordofwar9638]

Pay to play the rest of the game? I remember you paid for skins, but that was about it.

[@bbyjesus14]

@@lordofwar9638 all the other characters that were locked out of the game that were available day 1

[@lordofwar9638]

@@bbyjesus14 You didn’t need to buy them to play the game tho 🤷‍♂️

[@DishonoredSkull]

The unthinkable had happened, Stage 2 is getting peer to peer servers. The legacy ones were down for a month and we asked for them to be fixed, didn't expect to see stage 2 back also.

[@mayuwu4408]

wait WHAT

[@TrueXiarno]

WHERE?!?!

[@misszillla4201]

I'm honestly still upset this game fell through... I wanted this game to take off so badly. I love it

[@aoxkonvict612]

Man we should all spam turtle rock to release a evolve 2 man

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Turtle rock has abandoned games before. I do not think they care.

[@DishonoredSkull]

The game is having major issues with peer to peer connection, everyone on all platforms can't connect to play multiplayer, we are in mass worry for the games survival. Please voice this if anyone can, many of us still love and care for this game. This has been happening all week.

[@blazevoptixzz9748]

Ironically you could say that "Evolve didn't evolve" by putting out new content and keeping everything feeling fresh with new maps, modes etc

[@haydenkiller]

Stage 2 was good, and the servers are back

[@r.k845]

they did do that, the problem was the fact that creating new monsters cost a literal fortune.

[@bozo3964]

Dude I used to play this. I had a hell of a time, it was a lot of fun. There was a lot of shit that made it unique and fun to play but it's honestly really sad that it died out

[@caballarius503]

This game was one of the best but the studio missed so much, we could have insane e-sport, streaming etc. This game can have a futur, i need a reboot. I imagine a huuuuge world, maybe open in which you can hunt, create bases from loot etc, a bit like hunt showdown but bigger with more content. I also would like to see the original gameplay back.

[@Foxy-sx2sg]

I can see that honestly they should try something it would be a really big success even if it didn't get traction right away it would definitely grow bigger within a few months they failed once I'm pretty sure they wouldn't screw it up a second hopefully.

[@leveldadup893]

love that idea. A bigger world, building bases, Monsters should have occasional hoards to assist them like Left 4 dead, etc.

[@mabussubam512]

Create a base and loot? Sound utter garbage to me.

[@joemisek]

I enjoyed playing it the first several months it was out. I pretty much said No thanks when it came to the microtransactions except for maybe one medic, and it didn't bother me choosing from the base characters. It was just that the the community was absolutely dead very quickly.

[@johnlewis7715]

Being the monster was extremely fun. I did want to see more game modes, maps etc. logged in one day and it was extremely difficult to even find one match! RIP Evolve

[@ghoustyboi6124]

Sadly I started playing this game when it died but I really do hope they make a sequel to it. It has so much potential

[@DishonoredSkull]

There is still a small community of us on all platforms, mainly xbox and PC. I play on xbox and there is a club of 10k members and even groups chats that get games going almost every day. We welcome any new players and I even personally help new players by teaching the game as there is a fair bit to learn and consider.

[@noir2091]

stage 2 servers are back!!

[@DishonoredSkull]

@@noir2091 Yup, someone in my chat notified me, fantastic news

[@someguy3595]

How’s evolve on PlayStation? Was looking to see what would be worth the purchase: base version or the “ultimate edition”. I don’t believe all the extra content to be on disc, I think it comes with a code.

[@DishonoredSkull]

@@someguy3595 Dead, both legacy and stage 2 servers were removed a year after resurgence. Only way to play online is on PC using a ricefix

[@ericjames4034]

Still love this game. Bought all the dlc shit. This was just ahead of whenever games ask you to buy a 15$ season pass every 6 months

[@G1Arcee]

Actually you can still play Evolve and many people still do. It just isn’t getting new content currently is all. Hope it gets picked back up with a less greedy model. I feel it will considering how much they invested into it.

[@lixhi_8634]

Could you please tell me where or how i can play it? I cant find it

[@bipolardjinnjer5331]

I’d sell my soul for this game to come back. All time favorite game for me

[@chol2977]

Never got the chance to play this game due to device limitations but I watched many videos and it looked great

[@Classy_NPC]

Same

[@alexgaming9101]

I played it, it was actually really fun despite not having friends who played it.

[@zionbryant90]

Same

[@haydenkiller]

Stage 2 servers are back

[@EFontanezX20]

I miss this game

[@legologo08]

Evolve is such a good game I enjoyed it thoughly playing it as a child.

[@KSI_Revelations]

I think the players also had a hand in killing evolved. As high skill monster players devolved a Stage 2 rush strategy in the game which was pretty hard to overcome, it took a lot of the fun out of the game for me, no more hunting or tracking the monster, cause he will come and kill almost you before you even had a chance to track him at all. That's what took the fun out of Evolved for me

[@mabussubam512]

Understandable skill issue. You could always swap the role and play only monster. I played both and the problem was not only the skill issue but the matchmaking so I ended up using exploits to annoy the monster player as a hunter because one guy can't carry the game for hunters if the monster player has an IQ above 80 the very least and knows what to do on each situation.

[@MissNulle2000]

There are so many variables in a single game of evolved when you look at it without all the dlc walls. Each monster/map can change the hunt drastically, then you consider the selection of hunters and all the skill levels involved.. how well the players each cooperate and know their class. And how that all applies to the given mode, map and monster And all of that is lost to so much bullshit. Such a tragedy. So much hard work must have gone into what the game has.

[@chrisieneef3848]

“ Before I watch “ I’m just say this , me and a few of my friends enjoyed the game concept, got a little stale quick but early on it was fun

[@mickeymouse7726]

I really liked the game honestly I had an idea for this type of game but set in the X-MEN franchise like you plays as mutants in the x-men lineup and you fight sentinels or other x-men villains like magneto, juggernaut and apocalypse among others

[@neon_light5608]

evolve 2 is something we all right about now. this game was fun, but it sucked to have the payed stuff locked behind bars. and ow came out around the same time in 2016 after it started to die. feels bad man.

[@ActionXander]

Got this game on launch and I was super addicted. It was such a blast to play and unfortunately, none of my friends ever bought it. Definitely feels that this game was ahead of its time and had they dialed back all the microtransactions as well as kept adding new maps it probably would've succeeded.

[@fastflack8194]

Servers are back on homie, go enjoy while you can

[@ActionXander]

@@fastflack8194 appreciate you looking out 🙏🏻

[@haloisruined3438]

This game was so fun, me and my friend played until we couldn’t find a match

[@haydenkiller]

Servers are back

[@haloisruined3438]

@@haydenkiller people are playing again?

[@haydenkiller]

@@haloisruined3438 yes and only way to buy the game rn is with steam codes

[@Rosa_Neco]

@@haloisruined3438 They brought back our boy T_T

[@grgamer8470]

The one thing i don't like gaming industry is the fact that there are too many ips like this one or anthem or what spacelords will be and nobody cares to acquire them and resurrect them. Every time a new game is out the publisher shows that "we care about players ' opinion" , players give tons of feedback. Publishers don't care. Player base starts to decrease dramatically and afterwards the publisher announces "the game didn't meat our expectations!".

[@eddygonzalez7174]

One of my favorite games. Played it with friends and it was a lot of fun and not to brag but I was a damn good Sunny and Caira.

[@haydenkiller]

Stage 2 servers are back. Hank main here :armflex:

[@eddygonzalez7174]

@@haydenkiller I know and I'm so excited

[@InternetUser9000]

The gameplay was so creative, sad to see it go.

[@mthmps]

I played this game when i was 10 - 11, im now 20 missing this game. Melancholy for sure.

[@basherblast]

I only remembered this game exists because dragon ball ball breakers is basically the same thing, just instead of monsters evolving and getting stronger, it's dragon ball villains going through there various forms

[@Freyafanboy90]

It will thrive in this climate. Mass online shooters like Overwatch and Fortnite are the norm now. In fact I might go back and play some of it. Haven't touched it for 9 years. Maybe I judged it too harshly and it needs a play.

[@isaacgorski6054]

Evolve suffered from two things. Bad, greedy corporate decisions and toxic players that couldn't work as a team

[@johnlewis7715]

It was a solid game!!! Ahead of it’s time. One of my favorites of all time. If you dove deep enough it was balanced by skill. Most people’s problems while playing the monster was that they just attacked way to early. Needed to at least get to stage 2 if not 3! It was a game of cat and mouse. A really extraordinary gem of a game. I was sad that it was so short lived

[@dead_Penguin254]

Guess im one of the rare people who actually enjoyed the game for what it was i was very disappointed at how much disliked the game was by the majority of people which totally killed any chance of a second one with improved gameplay mechanics and better balancing between hunters and monsters.

[@SageLakshmi]

I absolutely loved evolve. It was a console seller for me. I played the alpha and bought it on both ps4 and xbox one. I didnt get bored of the game and imo what killed it was very unstable servers. Even after launch, i remember having to look for groups for waaay too long, finally find said group, only for ppl to lose connection. It felt like it was like this all the time.

[@Femboy_Sammy]

i remember playing the game like crazy back then and having a ton of fun with all the characters and especially monsters i just wish this game was still able to be played

[@treason_0080]

This game was sick I hope they release evolve 2

[@GoldenRosesss]

I still have this game on my Xbox. 😊

[@Hello-sl1pz]

Does this game work?

[@dlbarnes]

The concept was good the execution was poorly done. I played it for a while, but the player base disappeared.

[@haydenkiller]

Stage 2 was better and the servers are actually back up

[@dlbarnes]

@@haydenkiller nice

[@TheLestart]

Evolve is a really good game with many potential and i think today it would be a good chance to go back in the ring with a reboot or remaster

[@TherealSoldier_boy]

Was such a cool game on games with gold. Shame it’s gone now

[@coreymckee4844]

Not gone. Physical media exists u know..🙄

[@rybo4544]

@GamingBolt somone at 2k turnd the servers back on and there is a petition to relaunch

[@erndogg3922]

I was thinking about this game the other day. I miss this game 🥺. I m going redownload it an play it on Series X.

[@physical54321]

servers are off i think

[@christiamcruz7454]

@@physical54321 they shut em' down in 2018

[@haydenkiller]

Servers back atleast on pc

[@physical54321]

@@haydenkiller really im going to buy it if so.. I've moved to pc

[@christiamcruz7454]

@@haydenkiller how come?

[@pakahhh1552]

I still miss this game

[@lnx4845]

I need a billionaire that doesn't care about this game's profit to make this game a sequel cuz it really deserves it omg I feel like one of the things that could've saved this game would be new game modes, modded lobbies, more monsters, and less (or at least less expensive) microtransactions. Speaking of which, we're criticizing the microtransactions now in the age of battle passes and free-to-play models, but Evolve wasn't part of that time, so we should cut it some slack.

[@holybearjew9254]

My friends and I loved this game and still miss playing it

[@xhappymasksalesmenx4092]

It’s back

[@justinfortune3050]

Still love this game. Really wish the free to play version wasn’t shut down.

[@Jackfromshack]

Servers are back

[@TheTacRat]

Imagine an alternate timeline where THQ didn't go bankrupt. THQ didn't push the overly abundant paid dlc like 2k had.....imagine what we could have had

[@Swipa83]

I absolutely loved this game!!! I would play the single-player challenges and never got bored. I would love to see it make a come-back!

[@mikeduke57]

I didn't realize there were any single player options on this game! How much single player stuff is there? I might have to grab a copy and try it.

[@Swipa83]

​@@mikeduke57 It's just like playing the Multiplayer modes except you have computer-controlled teammates! I had a blast playing through each monster's scenarios.

[@noir2091]

stage 2 servers are back since july 21th!!!

[@MistarZtv]

i got this recommended today, turns out the game servers are back online. yay!

[@Vidious808]

Damn I loved that game. Got the Golden skins for like five characters.

[@haydenkiller]

Stage 2 servers are back

[@SuperRguy3000TLM]

Same

[@dyslexicaustralian6605]

Thx for this I occasionally get a fever dream flashback of 10 year old me seeing this in eb games

[@DishonoredSkull]

Now the servers for both Legacy and Stage 2 will shut down soon. Couldn't be more annoyed.

[@TheMotionHero]

This is one time where I’d agree with the Devs that said that the game was ahead of its time. Yeah, after bombs like Back 4 Blood not holding up what the Left 4 Dead valued most (the pick up and play value), I think an innovative co-op vs monster would’ve been incredible had it been released later. Especially with the graphics upgrades that are being sought now with 4K and such, I think that would’ve made the game a massive success

[@MARTINRIGGSS]

This game came bundled with my PS4. I figured I’d give it a shot since it was free. I couldn’t find a lobby. It wasn’t even that long after launch either.

[@ryanstewart9702]

I think they should remake it. Add more characters and monsters. I think it would thrive today.

[@magnusjohnson9552]

If this game could've fixed its match making and made the monster a little more attractive to play as it would have been amazing. I loved it

[@CodayaTheSlaya]

Still my all time favorite game always, despite the marketing problems

[@SuperRguy3000TLM]

It wouldve been so awesome if they made an actual campaign storymode

[@rxcanflow1021]

This game needs to make a comeback

[@LintyShinobi]

I remember being in the 4th grade do excited for this games release 😭

[@adriangonzales2666]

I loved this game. Still sad about it til this day. I was a blast.

[@84Justino]

I absolutly loved this game. I bought it when it came out. So I played eavily for at least 3 months. Totaly worth it. One of the fresher ideas i have ever crossed with. Unfortunatly it didn't last long. The amount of DLC content was indeed ridiculous.

[@criv2087]

Remember fellas, multiplayer is temporary but single player is eternal

[@haydenkiller]

Lol true. But the servers are back

[@darkwave957]

I was obsessed with this game. I was soooo obsessed I loved it. The only thing I hated was that I had to pay to play more monsters. It was stupid. I hope this makes a comeback or something.

[@haydenkiller]

Servers are back

[@SOT-BoatCook]

If a game like this released now on next gen it would be a hit

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Game needed a hefty single player story mode to anchor it, and all the multiplayer stuff it did have to keep it going.

[@Zyldrack]

i still remember that if you pre ordered evolve you got the behemoth monster for free, people who didnt pre order had to pay 20-25 euros for the monster

[@Gravekeeperx]

Yup I wanted this game when it came out, didn't have friends to play it with, saw that without buying dlc you were locked to like 1 or maybe 3 monsters with another 10 or so behind paywalls and didn't buy it because of the dlc problem.

[@EthanChbeir]

i really wished i go the chance to play it, it looked so fun to play, maybe there could be a sequel made to fix the game's problems and maybe add a story mode for both sides.

[@Endelean]

TFW you get the 1k upvote, from 999

[@joshsearson4510]

Btw, servers are back up.i still play from time to time

[@joshsearson4510]

UPDATE: Servers are gone, fun whole it lasted

[@kuhakuhdisboard7471]

I think the gameplay was really good, with the many characters you can play the repetitiveness is not that close. I remember having a really good time when the game launched, I was a beast at playing the beasts, had many games but ended up ditching it for reasons mentionned in the video.

[@AllGamerOfficialChannel]

I own this game I thought it was ok. I love your channel keep up the good work 😎

[@SinfulGFX]

You should do one on Battleborn and Tabula Rasa.

[@chadisnotachad]

The title was a random thought I had a couple of days ago at work.

[@cmattss4]

Evolve was a great idea and I loved it for the first week or 2.

[@jan-louisnortje]

I’ve wanted to play the game for so long and now

[@physical54321]

really enjoyed that game

[@gizmothepiefaceman3062]

Evolve should’ve waited till Covid to release 😐

[@deceptive1217]

I loved this game.

[@flynn3958]

I actually really loved this game, I enjoyed being the trapper... didn't like the new monsters personally but still loved it regardless. I really want this game to come back but unfortunately I don't think it ever will 😞

[@antonyetta-]

If they try re-launch this game again today they may have a public since DbD , Friday 13 and The Evil Dead create a spot light for 4v1 games but of course they have a lot to things to fixed.

[@haydenkiller]

Servers back

[@JayRM714]

I remember being super hype for this game until everyone started crapping on it, so I passed and never got to play it. Its crazy to see how rad this game still looks all these years later. Truly ahead of its time but just poorly managed... What a waste...

[@Ratintheflat]

Elder Kraken....ohhh...i miss this game!

[@angelislas3173]

Tbh the monsters were op, if you were good enough you could take over the lobby

[@SidewaysGts]

"Tbh the monsters were op, if you were good enough you could take over the lobby" This was the amusing part about evolve- The perception of balance. For the overwhelming majority of evolves supported existence, nearly all the monsters were underpowered. During legacy evolve Kraken was pretty much the only competitively viable monster- but some changes he got in stage 2 knocked him down (and he become one of the weakest), and base goliath took his place. The game was *heavily* hunter favored by and large though, as long as the hunters knew what they were doing.

[@Slackerdude74]

This video reminds me of Ghostrobo a youtuber that used to play this game all the time, but he hasn’t posted any videos in awhile now. I miss that guy… oh well.

[@Terminator-Plays101]

I loved this game and I’m very sad to see it go

[@ravagerlizard9800]

I swear this game could have been so much better and had so much potential!!, there needs to be more mainline triple A games on current gen consoles where you play as beasts, dinosaurs/dragons, alien creatures etc. and being able to customize them and possibly make your own creatures. Basically like a much better ultimate version of spore and being able to fight against human controlled players and get stronger etc. I really hope this game is revived or better yet a sequel or another studio takes this IP and expands and do better with it.

[@devynnef]

As a former top competitive player - I appreciate this video a lot. One of the biggest issue was the learning curve. The top players were SO much better than the average player so it was hard to get new players in. Ranked play system helped some but then top players graded out (too few elite tier players to even find a a match). Ended up just being unbalanced skill wise as much as certain abilities/maps being OP. Just a hard challenge to balance everything but such a great game. Anyway, thanks for the video - heres one of my old clips for reference on the skill imbalance playing at Stage 1 while I was still climbing ranks in Silver Tier. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppezo6GwnaitfLM

[@leclown8851]

just say ur clip its insane, and i completly agree. I used to play evolve alot and the skill gap is immense. Bur i miss the game so much, we need a sequel or an other game with a mechanic that is similar. some game has been released with a ''monster'' mechanic but none look like evolve visual wise and gameplay wise.

[@FlyingShadow11]

played this game all day up til it was shut down. still sad. game is ahead of today's time.

[@haydenkiller]

Servers back

[@FlyingShadow11]

@@haydenkiller yup yup! I've been back on it 😄

[@-Hartmann-]

I tried playing the game again a few days ago. They shut down all servers, and somehow, my save with all elite monsters and hunters, including dlcs like Meteor Goliath and Elder Kraken, was gone. This can't be revived... sadly