Evolve can be a whole lot of fun under ideal circumstances. Of course, none of us play games in an ideal world and Evolve is much like an orgy – rapidly less fun with strangers who don’t do what you like. As a result, Evolve has been struggling to maintain its player base, something that I think could have been averted with a different pricing model. Now Turtle Rock is giving the game away for free, but only to certain gamers and only for this weekend.
The asymmetrical multiplayer experience is getting a free weekend for everyone who isn’t playing on PS4:
Players will have access to four monsters, five modes, eighteen hunters, and nineteen maps across the weekend, while the DLC will be available on alternating days – Saturday for Season 1, Sunday for Season 2. Players who go on to buy Evolve after the event will be able to continue on with any progress they made during the weekend.
Sounds like a pretty cool deal for the weekend, especially if progress is maintained – that was one of my biggest gripes with the game at launch. The progression system felt unfair and uneven, actually encouraging players to play against their role in order to finish leveling certain weapons or abilities.
I’m glad to hear that Evolve is going free for the weekend, but I think it could benefit more from changing its pricing model in general. Turtle Rock and 2K should have learned from the MOBA landscape instead, making certain hunters or monsters free to play from one week to the next, with others only available for a nominal fee. I know I would have dished out cash to play as the Wraith from the get go instead of being forced to level up my Goliath and Kraken just to unlock her. It would have helped increase the player base if the game were free, and plenty of other games have already taught us that people will pay for access to different characters or even aesthetic upgrades.
Wouldn’t you give Evolve a whirl if it were free?
Last Updated: September 1, 2015
Guild
September 1, 2015 at 12:40
Played Evolve. Was fun and did enjoy it but community died too quickly and the constant DLC releases of better monsters and hunters make it really crap. So sold the game and moved on.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 12:44
“Wouldn’t you give Evolve a whirl if it were free?” No. 😛
Because after this weekend what changes? Nothing.
RinceThis
September 1, 2015 at 13:29
You’re nothing!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:32
“I am Rince’s soul.”
RinceThis
September 1, 2015 at 13:33
I would say I expect more from you, but that would be a lie!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:46
I’d expect nothing else from you. 😉
RinceThis
September 1, 2015 at 13:47
Well you’ll get something else! My disdain!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:51
Tastes like chicken!
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2015 at 09:24
lol
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 12:52
So, when can you start the download? Like on Steam, free for weekend, but takes till Sunday afternoon to download.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 1, 2015 at 12:54
I hate that.
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 12:56
well, you are supposed to. Dutch made a comment about Satan on another thread, wondering why he did not use other methods to torture humanity.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 1, 2015 at 12:53
I wonder when TESO is going to do this.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 12:55
I thought that already went F2P?
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 12:58
Nah, you must buy the game at like R699 or something. And they have many different editions, each with more in game stuff, each costing more.
Screw Em. I really, really want to play it. But I am not and will not. One price for the product and I would be ok, but different editions, each more in game currency? They can get stuffed
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:01
Oh right, they dropped the subscription.
I like my game purchases to be simple too – everything in one. One of the benefits of waiting a year to buy them.
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 13:02
yeah, but even then I wonder. Like Star Wars on-line thingy. Keep pushing crap at me I do not want, intrusive. Neverwinter, on Xbox One, was very unobtrusive with their stuff. If you went to certain places, they were pushy. But play game out in the field and it was fun, no buying stuff.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:11
It works nicely for me because I generally prefer SP & couldn’t be bothered with most of the online games. Only thing I play regularly that’s online is Warframe, which is F2P & doesn’t force you to spend real money.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 1, 2015 at 13:23
They just went…not to play
Admiral Chief Returns
September 1, 2015 at 13:00
In keeping with earlier comments today, THIS CAN GET INTO THE SEA AS WELL!
Hammersteyn
September 1, 2015 at 13:06
I wonder how many people would have asked for Steam refunds? Then again, the game takes 30 minutes to load and you have two hours to ask for a refund
Hammersteyn
September 1, 2015 at 13:00
So did they notice people calling for this to be F2P. I doubt it. Because then it would have been free for a week.
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 13:01
you played it before. Would you play it gain this weekend, see if the community is up for it? (assuming, of course, that you did not play it on your PS4, which is not part of this offer? – or is cross platform?)
Hammersteyn
September 1, 2015 at 13:04
Did not play it because I saw all the DLC coming a mile away
Brady miaau
September 1, 2015 at 13:07
Ah, ok. Somehow, I thought you got it. Sorry
Hammersteyn
September 1, 2015 at 13:09
Lol no worries
Hammersteyn
September 1, 2015 at 13:05
hur dur dur our game is good what’s wrong with season passes and DLC
http://downloads.2kgames.com/evolvev3/images/articles/evolve_e3_2014_ss_01.jpg
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:07
Never forget!
Admiral Chief Returns
September 1, 2015 at 13:13
How to look like a poephol?
HvR
September 1, 2015 at 15:32
and an ugly hairy one at that
Leyba
September 1, 2015 at 23:14
What an idiot! “Look mom! See, I AM SPECIAL! You see all of my pretty ribbons?” ENOUGH WITH THE F**KING BEARDS ALL READY!!! The Mountain Man look is now the new …. Gay. read the memo LGBT-XYZ sent you
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2015 at 09:22
XD
RinceThis
September 1, 2015 at 13:31
I kindda feel sorry for the devs. The game is fun and solid, but they way they marketed it is just wrong…
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 1, 2015 at 13:42
I don’t. This is the game they made – it only plays well in certain circumstances & became a poster child for DLC milking, which didn’t accidentally trip & fall into the game. And it turned out a high profile motherflopper. Marketing is the only reason it sold well in the first place – it’s what got them all those awards they bragged about before release.
RinceThis
September 1, 2015 at 13:49
Thing is it is a good concept and would have worked a few years ago in the LAN era, but yeah. The DLC and shit can take a long walk of a short Pieter, I mean, pier 0_O
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2015 at 09:23
$2.00 for a blue skin for your gun. You bet they did.
Leyba
September 1, 2015 at 23:18
“Nothing pisses me off more than useless DLC sh*t.” Phil Robb, Co-Founder of TRS