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I never got the anticipation for Evolve. It seemed like all of the excitement about it pre-release was generated purely by marketing and not at all by the game looking any good.
 
I never got the anticipation for Evolve. It seemed like all of the excitement about it pre-release was generated purely by marketing and not at all by the game looking any good.
I don't revel in the failure of things often but I wasn't bummed to see Evolve fall flat on its face. Everything surrounding it seemed completely artificial.
 

RiccochetJ

Gold Member
I never got the anticipation for Evolve. It seemed like all of the excitement about it pre-release was generated purely by marketing and not at all by the game looking any good.

It seemed like a really fun concept and Left 4 Dead was amazing. I can understand people being excited at the time.
 
It seemed like a really fun concept and Left 4 Dead was amazing. I can understand people being excited at the time.

You're right, it's very easy for me to act like I was some clairvoyant now after it's clear the game didn't live up to peoples' hopes. Left 4 Dead is awesome and remains awesome, but the moment those guys split from Valve I stopped caring about them.
 
SF Studio Stream. Games and Played by Who so far:

1) Super Mario Maker - Dan
2) Overwatch - Brad
3) Sword of Sodan - Jeff
4) Second Samurai - Jeff
5) First Samurai - Jeff
6) Muscle(US & JP ver.) - Jeff
7) Pro Wrestling - Jeff
8) Tag Team Wrestling - Jeff
9) WWF Wrestlemania: Bigger Better Badder - Jeff
10) Aladdin(Genesis & SNES)- Jeff
11) Blizzard stream and internet shenanigans - Crew
12) The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse - Jeff
13) Alisia Dragoon - Jeff
14) The Adventures of Captain Comic - Jeff
15) Specialty's(Food Ordering) - Crew
16) Dick Tracy(Genesis) - Jeff
17) Sandwiches arrived plus Ghostbusters on Genesis - Jeff
18) Chat questions while they eat
19) Time Clickers - Jeff
20) Dan testing out his level with the help of chat as well

  • Dan is still making the level in a separate quarantined room, he's sick as fuck.
  • Will Smith in the house
  • Will Smith left the house
  • Drew In the house
  • Patrick In the house
  • Patrick left the house
  • Jason's family in the house
  • Jason's family left the house but he's in the control room
  • They didn't get Jason a sandwich by mistake
  • Dan is out of the quarantine room briefly to test his level
 

FStop7

Banned
I never got the anticipation for Evolve. It seemed like all of the excitement about it pre-release was generated purely by marketing and not at all by the game looking any good.

That was one of those games where the pub bought practically every Twitch variety streamer to create some forced hype.
 
Evolve is a great game with top notch art and visuals that is extremely hard to play well, especially post launch when you're often many skill levels below the the people who have stuck around.

Not sure why people are so eager to harp on a multiplayer game that was actually ambitious and interesting but oh well.
 
Mario Maker is going on my top 10 even though I didn't play it. I don't give a dang, I've gotten more enjoyment from it than any other game this year.
We're in the exact same boat.
Evolve is a great game with top notch art and visuals that is extremely hard to play well, especially post launch when you're often many skill levels below the the people who have stuck around.

Not sure why people are so eager to harp on a multiplayer game that was actually ambitious and interesting but oh well.
Most of the commentary about Evolve has little to do with the game's content and almost everything to do with 2K's promotion, advertising and DLC.
 
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