Recent reviews by Tobin Wallace

Bought this game to play with friends as well as be culturally insensitive. So far, a man named "Chips" was the last survivor of our team in firefight and was capturing a point. What one man started as whispering chips into the microphone grew to another chips whisperer. 2 turned to 4. 4 turned to a team. One team to the other when chips failed us. For the next 5 minutes, chips was all that was uttered by either team. I can easily say that I have also heard the phrase, "ALLU AKBAR" more in a single lobby than i have in my entire life. Not to mention other favorites such as, "ALLU SNACKBAR", or "VICTORY SCREECH! LELELELELELELELELELELELELELELELE"

I also got the workshop mods to play Corey in the house when I won and tuk tuk tuk when I lost. As well as the one to play tuk tuk when on a point. Something about india based love songs really jives with the arab isis feeling of being on point A.

I had seen that this game had been released on steam. Never had I heard about an Elite game. So, I read a few reviews and they promised depth within this game that you yourself need to find. I took the risk and bought this game.

The first 10 or so hours I spent doing low risk carrier missions. I made a fair amount of money and travelled 10 different systems or so. I wanted to leave though. This was amazing! I was like a trader in star wars moving cargo between solar systems! If i dove a little into bounty hunting and stealing cargo floating in space and selling it on the black market. However, there was more that I wanted, and I still strive for this. I want my name permanantely on a planet. NO. A SOLAR SYSTEM. I want every planet to have my name on it.

I dreamt big. The nearest nebula. Or just one to see how far moving along the galaxy really is. I chose the pipe nebula. Using the money I had made from my first 10-12 hours, I bought a new ship, a few minor upgrades, and set off. I traveled ~500 light years to reach this nebula, and my name was not on a planet/solar system yet. One of the best parts about this begining journey to the pipe nebula, was only 20 light years out from finally reaching the nebula, I noticed its not just the same skybox placed for every single solar system. I could see the pipe nebula getting larger with every jump I made towards it. It was real. It was there.

I discovered this no more than 20 minutes ago. And armed with this new knowledge, I jumped into the galaxy map and looked at countless other nebulae. What one do I want to see!? Where do I want to go!? So, thinking this, I decided I will return back the 500 or so light years I travelled to the center of the milky way, back into the established space (Space stations and such), and go the exact opposite way and move towards the pilleads cluster, and from then on, move towards the horse head nebula. However, im conflicted to wheather or not I would prefer to move into the elephant's trunk nebula.

I have the entire Galaxy to explore, and endless stars to jump though. Just the fact that I can go to the center of the milky way is astonishing. The fact that I can move to the opposite end of it, just as awesome. I spent 8 or so hours moving 500 light years, and i look forward to many more with the hope that I will get my name on a planet. For now, im going to be a tourist. Then an explorer. If I get bored, a miner, trader, bounty hunter, renegade. Dont worry, I will send post cards.

After playing 12 hours of Evolve, i feel as if i know the areas where the game needs to get its work done. Overall, i highly enjoyed the game, or the alpha of the game. Even when i was losing i was having fun. Its the thrill of the hunt that i really enjoy and just how everyone does their job differently.

As hunters, chasing the monster is an extreme joy. The core of the hunters. However, no matter how fun it is to chase the monster, when you approach or actually fight the monster it is equally enjoyable. Depoying one of the most clutch arenas where a lvl 3 monster is going for the power relay, but you get the boundarys just so he cant get to it. Calling down a bombardment on an evolving monster, tranqulizing the monster to slow and give vision, harpooning the monster and following it's tracks, and shocking it with a tesla cannon are all extremely fun. Its one of the most accomplished feelings i have had in a game in a long time. As well as sneaking under a ridge while the hunters look off in the distance, only to go in the wrong way and i run where they just came from is awesome.

Some of the problems i had with the Alpha is just a few tweaks. Obviously the addition of new maps, monsters, and players are coming, but the state of the current monster and hunter balance is off. Goliath and Kraken are two completely different level scalings. A goliath can hold back a hunter team at level 1. Take them out at level 2 a fair amount easier. And once he reaches level 3 its his game. Most of the time. With Kraken, a good or moderate player with him can destroy a team right out of the gate. Level 1 with armor it is not hard for Kraken to take the enemy team. His abilitys do too much damage for the cc they also provide. Once he hits level 2 or 3, there is no way the hunters can take him down, unless the Kraken isnt as proficiant as all that i have seen. Not to mention that a monster can get to the second evolution within 2 or 3 minutes. This is fine. Levels the field. But if he isnt found within the next 4 or 5 maybe even 6 minutes, he hits level 3 with no competition. Even the best team i had couldnt take a level 3 Goliath down, but we came close. Its just how quick a monster can get from level 2 - 3 is a real bother. This generally ends up with the monster hitting 3 and just winning the game from there. Generally in the alpha, it will be the monster's win. This is sad to say unless you have a smart and aggresive trapper.

I highly enjoy this game. Albeit the few complaints i have of Kraken being stupid strong as of writing this, and how quick a monster can evolve to just win the game once they hit level 3 (Krakens case 2 - 3), and the length of time it takes to get in a match (Its long, but not unbearable). The amount of fun i had playing the alpha for 12 hours, it may just warrant its $60 price tag. $60 is a lot though, simply because $10 of 60 in a console's case goes towards packaging. This is PC, im not getting a box for this. I hope that is isnt going to flop and be our next TitanFall.

P.S. If you read all of this, thank you for the time. I know i could have organized this better, but meh.