Fun, if overly frantic, Evolve is a genuinely unique online offering. Its intriguing ideas don't always pay off, and content-wise the game is a little bare bones, but hey, monsters!

Sturdy shooting and enjoyable 'platforming; Coordinating with pals can be a hoot; Daisy the adorable dino dog AI tracker

Action can be frustratingly chaotic; All 16 maps are bland; indistinct bowls; Really; really needs to be played with a mic

When I first looked at Evolve I was very interested in the concept. I mean come on, who doesn't want to be a monster that chases hunters. When you watch the trailer you automatically want to buy the game and start wasting your life playing it. After the trailer the game takes a nose dive.

Evolve is a multiplayer shooter that blends cooperative and competitive multiplayer experiences as a team of four hunters face off against a single, player-controlled monster.

Evolve is a game FPS fans should play and is such a different experience and one that is welcome in the gaming community.

This is a shooter with ambition, designed with skill and craft, and rich with tactical possibility. If it had the punch and physical feedback of some of its less-intelligent genre mates, Evolve could have been a classic.

When Evolve was announced I was probably the most sceptical gamer out there. I wasn't negative, just unsure about the appeal of an online, predominantly multiplayer game where you will have 4 guys teaming up on 1 guy.

Great Concept l Battles are awesome l Class differences done excellently l Amazing fun l Superb environments

Buggy l Slow grind to level up l Limited modes l Limited maps and monsters l Wraith overpowered l Single Player is crap

There's definitely fun to be had when playing Evolve, but I question some of the design decisions. Because it's a game that relies so heavily on other players, each experience will be unique despite often repeating the same modes and locales.

Evolve is an ambitious concept that flies in the face of what conventional wisdom says about competitive balance. The easiest road to theoretical fairness is to flatten obvious biasing factors like numbers of participants, age, and type of equipment.

I bought this game when it was first released. It was great for the first few months but then the community died. Fatal error for a multiplayer only game to have small pool of players. If you don't believe me check Steam's player stats. Currently averaging about 500 players.

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