Evolve: How to Cower with Friends and Face Alien-People

Evolve: A First Look

I’m just about finished with Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta and I have to say all this revenge and revolution has me in the mood…For Aliens!

In one of my group ramblings I came upon a new game for all you gamers out there, save for weary catholic or two.  Evolve, an upcoming multiplayer shooter/monster simulator.  The title commands you to do exactly that: evolve or go extinct.  Evolving, thought, is not an easy thing.  You have to die a thousand times and adapt to harsh circumstances, which takes longer than any game can fit on a single disc.  However, the alien is saved from this rule by being able to evolve like a mutated Maguire.  But what’s the point of being a vicious fire-breathing alien monster?  As if being an alien wasn’t enough, there are pesky humans on the attack (or on the defense depending on your moral choosing as a potential misunderstood Godzilla).  I can tell you one thing: they don’t speak alien.  This is not to cloud your intentions as a human, because I doubt this is a picture of a bambii-esque character:

For Every Force, There is an Equal and Opposing Force

As if playing our alien Chupacabra wasn’t enough, we have our opposing enemies or heroes (depending on your racial status of human or alien).  Not to discriminate, but I think the alien is the enemy, considering the whole fire-breathing thing.  Maybe they’re just misunderstood, poor things. Anyway, we are introduced now to our quartet of heroes, all who complement each other’s hunting abilities.  These four definitely put any hunter to shame:

You can presumably think what these four are out to do……

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Now I know what you’re thinking, this is an easy fight.  4 v 1?  WRONG!  Sorry, I don’t mean to yell, but the strongest point I can argue is that the alien-monster-godzilla is a wrecking-ball of a character.  As the monster, you evolve as you gather your regular proteins: eggs, turkey, and dinosaurs.  One of those doesn’t fit.  Imagine yourself in the shoes of this terrifying monster.  You’re hungry, powerful, and you don’t like humans (or any other living thing for that matter).  As you drink your dinosaur-milk, you will slowly get stronger, bigger, and gain more abilities to fuel your hard shell of alien armor.  End-game, you will be just about the size of a skyscraper, so our heroes definitely have their work cut out for them.

So What Do You Think Shawn?  Please Tell Us...

I know you’re dying to know so I’ll tell you.  This game has a little bit of a Left for Dead feel (I’d hope so since it came from the same studio).  Basically, this operates similarly to Left for Dead, except the enemy isn’t zombies but one large monster.  However, like the zombie apocalypse, you will have to work together because you aren’t Michonne (Little gem for you Walking Dead Fans).  This game also puts any first person shooter to shame with its graphics.  The highly detailed nature is both flowing and effervescent, and the dinosaurs that populate the jungle are both scary and realistic.  Unlike our recent release, Titanfall, it’s not just Call of Duty with Robots: it’s Darwin’s theory of Evolution in the barrel of a gun.

So what do you think gamers?  You excited for this game yet?  If not, watch Prometheus to have your mind blown enough to make you want to kill aliens.

Rating (Pre-Release): 4.5/5

Pros:

Team-Based Gameplay/Lone-Wolf Alien – This will attract our tactical players as well as our button-smashing kids.  Though to play the alien, you will need skill

Classes! – I personally love when any game includes classes.  This makes the game more tailored to your liking so you can choose the type of hero you play.  I’ll play the cliché female sniper because the smaller hit-box of course….

It’s Not a Sequel – Do I have to say it?  After buying 10 Call of Duty games and spending my life savings on Sports games every year/three times a year….I’m glad this game plays a new story that can’t be copied

Co-Op – Hopefully this game will allow you to play at home so we can have more multiplayer games.  I have two controllers and I’ve used them only to cycle to the next controller when my battery runs out.

Cons:

Balancing ­– I can definitely see upcoming problems with balancing.  Because abilities, powers, guns, etc. can be abused to win games with an unfair advantage, I worry that there will have to be constant patch update as frequent as Minecraft.  This is only a small problem though; I’m more personally worried that multi-player online won’t be as fun as playing with your friends