EVOLVE
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Hey Friends! So I've been working for almost 2 and a half years on this project and we just announced it today through Game Informer. Pretty stoked and wanted to share 
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The game in a nutshell:
"The sci-fi multiplayer-focused shooter pits a four-player crew of alien hunters against a separate player-controlled monster that grows larger and more powerful over the course of matches"
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/01/07/february-2014-evolve-768796.aspx?utm_content=buffer04657&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
Most of the artist here at Turtle Rock Studios frequent Polycount, so thanks for the constant inspiration!
.The game in a nutshell:
"The sci-fi multiplayer-focused shooter pits a four-player crew of alien hunters against a separate player-controlled monster that grows larger and more powerful over the course of matches"
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/01/07/february-2014-evolve-768796.aspx?utm_content=buffer04657&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
Most of the artist here at Turtle Rock Studios frequent Polycount, so thanks for the constant inspiration!
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Seeing this 4v1 thing already has me a bit concerned, in that respect
That's what the "looking for friends" option on dating sites is for
The AI was ... ok in L4D, Adam, but the whole point of the experience was really to play with others. I'd rather play a really good PvP/coop type game than another diluted experience like a lot of the current coop games have become (with hacked together AI systems to cater to offline/singleplayer). Who knows though, maybe this type of game would do well with an AI driven character.
Looks awesome regardless.
I'm pretty happy that our game art can go toe to toe with concept art for a magazine cover
I remember playing L4D at my first Quakecon before Valve had their hands on it. You guys know your shit, and I can't wait.
it says 4 hunters vs 1 monster, if so 4 vs 1 seems unbalanced. are there 3 more supporting co-op roles for the monsters ?
4 co-op versus 1 person playing the boss in a boss fight. IN that respect it seems it will be balanced, all things considered.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/01/10/evolve-preview-meet-the-goliath.aspx?PostPageIndex=1
Doesn't work.
Success all around!
The pre-orders bonus's seem really crass though. I'm guessing its a suits/publisher decision to time in with the big press releases, but it's such a blatant money grab that it almost seems deceitful. So many titles have done this and then fallen flat now that it touches a bit of a nerve. Definitely put that on my "Trends to die in 2014" list.
I always recommend at least 5 layers of announcening for optimal marketing performance.
now this looks awesome!
Some hands on thoughts from RPS.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/11/evolve-preview/
I'm sure they'll be plenty of game modes to spice it up!
Lol... i actually just turned off the trailer after like 10 or 15 seconds in. Looked kinda generic, thats for sure. I was hoping for something more along the lines of Monster Hunter trailer type.
art still looks rad
Shooting at the same monster.. over and over again... i just don't know man. It doesn't feel like it'd give a whole lot of satisfaction or 'moving the game forward' playability.
First impressions can usually wrong tho, so I'll wait to play before being too critical.
The game this logo is for is multiplayer. It pits four players against one. The four are humans; the fifth is a giant monster. So they're evenly matched. This, everyone, is a brilliant logo.
taken from Gawker.
they mention somewhere that there will be monster variety.
i think it sounds very exciting.
I don't know if any of you played those old warcraft / starcraft deception custom mods where there is a group of people and there's one alien amongst a bunch of humans and usually some sort of 3rd party group as well to keep the spice up.. But that really explains my kind of liking for slower stealthy or deceptive 20-30 minute progressions. (And it's essentially the exact same monster concept of skill trees and specializations)