@KelticDevil As long as Kimiya is involved it should be good. His track record is always grade A stuff. Anything else Platinum does is not that great, barring Vanquish.
@MegaKillScreen Good to know.. it's tempting to double dip on this actually. I'd be interested in playing it on my Xbox, I'm really waiting for Below though. We need news on that game.
It's funny that you mention you never completed the dungeon.. It's pretty hard. I think I might have done it once on Too Easy. The trick is the play a bunch of times with the sole purpose of unlocking better heroes. Save as much resources as you can for heroes and once you buy them, they're unlocked for good. I think I beat Too Easy pretty easily once I had a good team. Normal is a different story.. it's not even fair, lol.
I played this on the PC for a while and loved it. Kind of hard to imagine playing it with a controller, but I'm sure it's fine once you get used to it. I recommend this game if you're even remotely interested.
@KelticDevil God, I can't wait for Below. I'm really bummed it didn't release last year like they said, but oh well. Hopefully we get it soon, it'd be nice if they'd give us some kind of time window or even a new trailer. SOMETHING! For some reason I'm looking more forward to that than anything else right now.
If I had to choose one of the games on the list that I'm most excited for though, it's gotta be Sea of Thieves.
Dying Light came out a year before Fallout 4 and the graphics are a heck of a lot better with the map being about the same size. It makes me appreciate this game a lot more than I had before, which I liked it a lot to begin with. I'm not a graphics over gameplay kind of person, but when it really takes you out of the experience, which for Fallout 4, it does at times. Why am I saying this? I don't know. I just feel like this game doesn't get the respect it deserves when there are other very similar games that are pretty much the same thing that get way too much praise in comparison. I might have to buy this DLC and reload this game into my Xbox, this sounds promising.
Both of them have been on my to-play list, but just never wanted to cough up the cash for them so this is great. I hear they're both great games so I'm pretty happy about this. (The X1 titles that is, don't have a 360).
I'll probably be playing Viva Pinata.. don't judge me. For some reason out of all the games in the Rare Replay bundle, this is what has been getting my attention. I don't know what it is about these games, but they just hook me. They're actually kind of challenging too..
@Tasuki I want Bioware to make a new Jade Empire more than anything.. that would be so awesome. It's a great game and I can just imagine how beautiful it would be with graphics we have now.
@JaxonH I honestly wouldn't care if I had a better connection, but come on. You buy physical for a reason, so you can avoid the large downloads.. It's frustrating. ESO had a 20gb patch day of launch and I bought physical, imagine my disappointment. My thought with this game, maybe I'll take it over to a friends house and we can play some of the games already installed while it downloads there. Still a major inconvenience when the games should IMO be on the disc. Oh well..
Grr.. this is annoying. Just put it on two discs if you can't put it on one. People with bad connections don't want to have to download 40GB's worth of data That will take me days. -_-
I really wanted to try The Escapists but I've been waiting for it to go on sale.. maybe I'll just buy this when it comes out instead. Can't decide, I think I like the idea of the prison setting more to be honest, although this is a cool idea and I bet it will be good regardless.
Well, I just impulse bought State of Decay: Year One edition for Xbox One. I heard good things and it seems like an interesting concept for a game, don't care much for the zombie genre as a whole, but I love the idea of keeping a group of people safe and the crafting system seems pretty neat. Hope the game is good. I almost bought it at the store yesterday at full price.. had no idea this sale was going on. Glad I waited.
I'm pretty excited to see Scalebound and some more Quantum Break. I'm not expecting any other new game announcements, but who knows. Microsoft could earn a lot of sway if they showed a sweet looking new exclusive. Especially with no Sony there.
@KelticDevil Sadly this game is much better than Elderscrolls Online, but with that being said, I have a hard time playing it anymore. The customer care is pretty bad, as in, one of the most robotic experiences I've ever dealt with as far as answers go. They aren't very helpful at all. I quit because of this, but it is a good game nonetheless, at least I got about a month and a half of enjoyment out of it til they soured it for me.
I'd wager that if you like MMO's, you'll like this game. I WILL SAY THOUGH... once you've reached max level, it REALLY wants you to spend cash to advance, you absolutely don't have too, but if you want to make it much much quicker you will. Don't let this deter you though.. just try the game and see how you feel about it yourself. I mean, it's free, worth at least trying.
At the right price I'd be kind of tempted to buy and play this again. I have a feeling they'll be adding stuff to it though. I feel like I remember reading that they were making a sequel for the Wii U and scrapped it. For all we know, this could have been added to this game.
@SuperKMx Is that a fact? That's awesome if it's true.. I was convinced I'd buy it when I thought it would be typical retail price for new games. This is much, much better.
@Gamer83 @KelticDevil You know, I expected Mediocrity before I owned a Wii U. Everything about the game screamed just that. Then I bought it for $15 and it was one of the best survival horrors I had played in a while. It has some genuinely creepy moments which is hard for me to find in a game anymore. It is also pretty challenging, partly due to the controls, but that really isn't a bad thing. Finding supplies and ammunition is scarce and you savor every bit you find only using it when it's 100% vital to do so. It's a good game if you're a fan of older survival horrors, even if it's first-person.
I was loving this game for a good month and a half and then had a terrible experience with customer service. Haven't played since, they definitely don't value paying customers so just a heads up to anyone considering paying. Let's face it though, if you truely want to better your character in the end-game, you won't have a choice.
So glad ESO is coming out Tuesday, Neverwinter rekindled my MMO love just to let me down, hopefully ESO has bettered itself from it's shaky PC stage..
@Gamer83 Yeah, all the remasters is pretty pathetic tbh. Cash grab to the max, poor PS4 owners are so starved for games they'll eat it up.
...That being said, I'm considering getting GoW remaster based on the fact that it will have multiplayer which I don't see why it wouldn't. GoW online was one of the best times I ever had when I had my Xbox 360.
I've been wanting to play this game since it's release on PC, just haven't yet. I'll probably end up getting it for Xbox One whenever I'm out of other things to play, pretty caught up in Neverwinter right now. I know this sounds cheap, but I'll probably wait for this to go on sale or better yet, free with gold. I've waited this long anyway.
My god I want this.. I had a huge bean bag as a kid, loved it.. they've had 20 years to perfect it, I can only imagine how comfortable they must be now.
@DRL I'm a little more than half-way through the campaign and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would, honestly. So that's nice.
I love the multiplayer though whether I have friends to play with or not. It actually reminds me a lot of Counter-Strike, especially doing Rescue or Crosshair. It's fun. I never really played the Battlefield series at all until this point. I played a tiny bit of Bad Company and Battlefield 2 I think. That's it.. so even as someone who isn't a fan of the series, I think someone new to it can enjoy it. Especially if you're a fan of Counter-Strike.
@DRL Told you I'd let you know what I think of Single Player, so here's my check in. I played 2 chapters and then got hooked on the multiplayer, sorry man, lol. If it helps, I enjoyed what I played of Single Player, the story seemed fine and it had some character development going. I'm not one to care too much about story, so maybe I'm not the guy to ask anyway. The gameplay and stealth was fun and I will return to it eventually, I just really like Hotwire.
@DRL Yeah, honestly I had no interest in this game until a few days ago when a friend of mine mentioned he was getting it. I watched a few videos, only multiplayer stuff, and it pretty much had me sold. It reminded me of Counter-Strike a bit with the whole cops and robbers scheme. I didn't even know about the whole stealthy/badge mechanic until earlier today when I watched that review impression video. That definitely feels like a cool concept and from what I hear, it pays off because you get better experience that way. I haven't had a chance to play yet but I'm going to settle down with it here in a few minutes.
@DRL I got the game and will keep you updated. From what I heard, it's actually not that bad storywise. The Review Impressions from IGN the guy reviewing it said that the writing is actually pretty decent and keeps you interested. Check that video out if you'd like, the guys a decent reviewer.
Cool. Another free MOBA coming to the X1, can't wait to try it out. Hopefully they have a beta sign up soon, I'd definitely jump on that. Doesn't look as good as Smite, but I'll give it a shot.
@DabaTheDoom The game has great replayability. That's what it's built on, just like League of Legends. Yeah, it only has 12 characters at the moment, but you level them up. You have to play certain characters to unlock others so you don't even get them all to start. Same goes for the monsters. There was no planned day one DLC other than skins. If you play League of Legends this shouldn't really bother you. They have future plans to release 1 new monster (Behemoth, there are already videos of him) and 4 Hunters, one for each class. I'm sure if everything goes well they will keep on releasing content. The Hunters will be $7.49 a piece. The monster was free if you preordered, but $15 otherwise. Not sure if the monster is included in the DLC, but the 4 new hunters will be. The replayability in this game may be a little different than that of LoL, because in this you're just leveling up the characters (IE +2% Damage in one of their weapons after rank 1) and your own profile unlocking badges and stuff, nothing too special. You'll unlock a skin if you fully level a character. That's not easy though and will take some time. In LoL you'll level up your profile along with getting IP points? I believe? Some kind of points to purchase characters. That's like the main difference. It's not as amazing playing with strangers that don't talk, but when you find a decent group of guys to play with, it's awesome. I've taken down some stage 3 monsters controlled by good players and it just feels so great. Nothing beats taking down a Stage 3 Wraith after taking a beating from them throughout the game..
@EternalDragonX I'm a year younger than you. I don't have this issue because I know these games take millions of dollars to produce, it's quality stuff too compared to a lot of recent AAA releases, especially the servers. They're not overcharging because 1 monster alone takes upwards of $300,000+ to produce. They're not going to give these things out for free when they release them. They ARE giving out free maps when they release. Seeing as this is an online game they have to release new content over time to keep people interested and they're not just going to give this stuff away. League of Legends doesn't do it, other MOBA's don't do it, no companies give away anything. You have to look at this game for what it is and not what it isn't. It's not a single player adventure game where you play to unlock stuff. It's an online arena based PVP game.
I'm not trying to convince you to play it, I'm just telling you why they're doing what they're doing. They have to make money in order for this game to succeed in the long run. Skins are their for people to buy if they really like the game and want to support them by altering their favorite characters a bit.
@TylerTreese Probably not because Street Fighter is pretty popular. Certain game franchises are somewhat impervious to criticism. Look at Hyrule Warriors for example. They charge for skins and Nintendo gets praised for doing DLC "right", I'm not saying they don't, they're pretty generous but come on, look at the Amiibos, they're basically DLC in the form of a hard to find collectible. There's no other way of getting the DLC off of them either. No one ever cries about MOBA's getting skins or characters, people praise it. People just don't understand what kind of game Evolve was supposed to be I suppose..
@EternalDragonX Except it is going to be tolerated and companies will keep doing it whether you like it or not. Just because they put some purely cosmetic skins into a game for a price, you're not going to buy it. I somehow doubt you would have anyway. If you were actually interested in the first place, something so menial wouldn't bother you. It's not crucial to the game.
The only thing that's sad about this whole DLC fiasco with Evolve is that people are just regurgitating the same crap, whining about DLC and they don't even know what it consists of. This might lead to someone whose actually interested in the game to think there is actually some kind of decent content they could be missing out on in this DLC thus making them leery of buying the game. It's skins people. SKINS ON A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER (3rd if you're a monster, but really who cares about skin color)... If this stops you from buying a game YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.. then it's your problem, the only reason it would be the publishers problem is if people are actually detered from buying it because of the vocal minority. Good thing Evolve is at the #2 spot in sales, hard to beat Majora's Mask.
@TylerTreese Exactly. I haven't come across many people that are completely clueless. Maybe a few trappers who don't throw out a trap now and then or people that don't use the tranq gun/tracking guns like they should. I just remind them and usually from that point on they're fine. Lately I've been playing trapper, simply because I can't stand it when I'm on the tail of a monster and I can't trap him on other characters, which often seems to be the case.
Best PVP experience I've had since League of Legends in it's early years.. before the wave of trolls. Reminds me of the fun I had with Counter Strike when that came out, but just a heck of a lot more team oriented.
Don't care about the DLC. It's all skins anyway, at least the current stuff you can buy. The character DLC is probably going to be the first DLC I ever buy, unless I lose interest in this game which I somehow doubt. I'm considering buying the season pass tomorrow. All the characters manage to be equally as fun to play, barring one or two. Not a big fan of Maggie.
I've only met with players online seeing as none of my friends have the game. I've made a few friends that way though, trying to friend people who use their mics and have at least an inkling of how to use their characters. It's nice that this game had a pretty smooth launch as far as servers go. I was so scared when I brought it home that I wasn't going to be able to play online because of the problems these other companies have had with their MP servers over the last few months.
I'm glad you made the MOBA comparison to this game, because that's what it feels like to me as well. I think if more people viewed this game as a MOBA, then people might not be complaining as much as DLC. Complaining about this games DLC is like complaining about a MOBAs DLC. You can call it that I suppose, but I have NEVER heard somehow call a new character or skin in League of Legends or DOTA, DLC. You can say, well those games are free, yeah maybe, but they are also a hell of a lot cheaper to make and they have like 3 maps each. League had 2 maps for around 3 years. Evolve is obviously a high cost game and there's no way they could take a risk of giving it away for free.
Anyways.. I hope that this game becomes real popular. I think it has a lot of potential and I want to see new characters/monsters/maps released somewhat regularly. I also want to see the bugs ironed out, though it's a great game I'll admit it does have a few flaws. Nothing game breaking, but when you can see the shadows of other mountains through mountains, it's kind of annoying. Good thing it rarely happen.
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Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan (Xbox One)
@KelticDevil As long as Kimiya is involved it should be good. His track record is always grade A stuff. Anything else Platinum does is not that great, barring Vanquish.
Re: Review: Dungeon of the Endless (Xbox One)
@MegaKillScreen Good to know.. it's tempting to double dip on this actually. I'd be interested in playing it on my Xbox, I'm really waiting for Below though. We need news on that game.
It's funny that you mention you never completed the dungeon.. It's pretty hard. I think I might have done it once on Too Easy. The trick is the play a bunch of times with the sole purpose of unlocking better heroes. Save as much resources as you can for heroes and once you buy them, they're unlocked for good. I think I beat Too Easy pretty easily once I had a good team. Normal is a different story.. it's not even fair, lol.
Also, this game is fun with friends.
Re: Review: Dungeon of the Endless (Xbox One)
I played this on the PC for a while and loved it. Kind of hard to imagine playing it with a controller, but I'm sure it's fine once you get used to it. I recommend this game if you're even remotely interested.
Re: Happy New Year: Here's The List of Xbox One and Windows 10 Exclusives Due in 2016
@KelticDevil God, I can't wait for Below. I'm really bummed it didn't release last year like they said, but oh well. Hopefully we get it soon, it'd be nice if they'd give us some kind of time window or even a new trailer. SOMETHING! For some reason I'm looking more forward to that than anything else right now.
If I had to choose one of the games on the list that I'm most excited for though, it's gotta be Sea of Thieves.
Re: Microsoft: Xbox 2016 Line-Up "Big, If Not Bigger" Than 2015
God, I can't wait to see more of Sea of Thieves. I love a good MMO (if that's indeed what it is) and I love Rare.. this could be something special.
Re: Dying Light: The Following DLC Is So Big, It'll Cost You Extra
Dying Light came out a year before Fallout 4 and the graphics are a heck of a lot better with the map being about the same size. It makes me appreciate this game a lot more than I had before, which I liked it a lot to begin with. I'm not a graphics over gameplay kind of person, but when it really takes you out of the experience, which for Fallout 4, it does at times. Why am I saying this? I don't know. I just feel like this game doesn't get the respect it deserves when there are other very similar games that are pretty much the same thing that get way too much praise in comparison. I might have to buy this DLC and reload this game into my Xbox, this sounds promising.
Re: December's Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games With Gold Offers Up Five Titles
@Utena-mobile I really wish they'd just allow us to delete achievements. It's pretty damn annoying that you can't.
Re: Here Are Your Xbox One and Xbox 360 Digital Black Friday Deals
Wish more indie games were on sale honestly. I want Rogue Legacy, but I don't want to pay full price.. so.. the wait goes on.
Re: Contest: Exclusive Neverwinter: Strongholds Resources Pack Giveaway!
Won this earlier today, thanks guys.
Re: Valiant Hearts and The Walking Dead Go Free in October with Games With Gold
Finally a month with some decent free games.
Both of them have been on my to-play list, but just never wanted to cough up the cash for them so this is great. I hear they're both great games so I'm pretty happy about this. (The X1 titles that is, don't have a 360).
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Sixty Nine
I'll probably be playing Viva Pinata.. don't judge me. For some reason out of all the games in the Rare Replay bundle, this is what has been getting my attention. I don't know what it is about these games, but they just hook me. They're actually kind of challenging too..
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Sixty Seven
@Tasuki I want Bioware to make a new Jade Empire more than anything.. that would be so awesome. It's a great game and I can just imagine how beautiful it would be with graphics we have now.
Re: Rare Replay Installation is One of the Largest On Xbox One
@JaxonH I honestly wouldn't care if I had a better connection, but come on. You buy physical for a reason, so you can avoid the large downloads.. It's frustrating. ESO had a 20gb patch day of launch and I bought physical, imagine my disappointment. My thought with this game, maybe I'll take it over to a friends house and we can play some of the games already installed while it downloads there. Still a major inconvenience when the games should IMO be on the disc. Oh well..
Re: Rare Replay Installation is One of the Largest On Xbox One
Grr.. this is annoying. Just put it on two discs if you can't put it on one. People with bad connections don't want to have to download 40GB's worth of data That will take me days. -_-
Re: The Escapists The Walking Dead Crossover Announced for Xbox One
I really wanted to try The Escapists but I've been waiting for it to go on sale.. maybe I'll just buy this when it comes out instead. Can't decide, I think I like the idea of the prison setting more to be honest, although this is a cool idea and I bet it will be good regardless.
Re: Updated: Xbox Ultimate Game Sale Starts Early
Well, I just impulse bought State of Decay: Year One edition for Xbox One. I heard good things and it seems like an interesting concept for a game, don't care much for the zombie genre as a whole, but I love the idea of keeping a group of people safe and the crafting system seems pretty neat. Hope the game is good. I almost bought it at the store yesterday at full price.. had no idea this sale was going on. Glad I waited.
Re: Microsoft Confirms Gamescom 2015 Conference for August 4th
I'm pretty excited to see Scalebound and some more Quantum Break. I'm not expecting any other new game announcements, but who knows. Microsoft could earn a lot of sway if they showed a sweet looking new exclusive. Especially with no Sony there.
Re: Interview: We Talk About the Rise of Tiamat Expansion With Neverwinter Developer Cryptic Studios
@KelticDevil Sadly this game is much better than Elderscrolls Online, but with that being said, I have a hard time playing it anymore. The customer care is pretty bad, as in, one of the most robotic experiences I've ever dealt with as far as answers go. They aren't very helpful at all. I quit because of this, but it is a good game nonetheless, at least I got about a month and a half of enjoyment out of it til they soured it for me.
I'd wager that if you like MMO's, you'll like this game. I WILL SAY THOUGH... once you've reached max level, it REALLY wants you to spend cash to advance, you absolutely don't have too, but if you want to make it much much quicker you will. Don't let this deter you though.. just try the game and see how you feel about it yourself. I mean, it's free, worth at least trying.
Re: Looks Like That ZombiU Xbox One Port Rumour Was True...
At the right price I'd be kind of tempted to buy and play this again. I have a feeling they'll be adding stuff to it though. I feel like I remember reading that they were making a sequel for the Wii U and scrapped it. For all we know, this could have been added to this game.
Re: E3 2015: Rare Replay Will Bring 30 Classic Rare Games to Xbox One This August
@SuperKMx Is that a fact? That's awesome if it's true.. I was convinced I'd buy it when I thought it would be typical retail price for new games. This is much, much better.
Re: Rumour: Former Wii U Exclusive ZombiU Currently in Development for Xbox One
@Gamer83 @KelticDevil You know, I expected Mediocrity before I owned a Wii U. Everything about the game screamed just that. Then I bought it for $15 and it was one of the best survival horrors I had played in a while. It has some genuinely creepy moments which is hard for me to find in a game anymore. It is also pretty challenging, partly due to the controls, but that really isn't a bad thing. Finding supplies and ammunition is scarce and you savor every bit you find only using it when it's 100% vital to do so. It's a good game if you're a fan of older survival horrors, even if it's first-person.
Re: pX Asks: What's Your Favourite Open World of All Time, and Why?
Do MMO's count? If so I choose Dark Age of Camelot. If not I'll go with Oblivion.
Re: Neverwinter Expansion 'Rise of Tiamat' Arriving This Month
I was loving this game for a good month and a half and then had a terrible experience with customer service. Haven't played since, they definitely don't value paying customers so just a heads up to anyone considering paying. Let's face it though, if you truely want to better your character in the end-game, you won't have a choice.
So glad ESO is coming out Tuesday, Neverwinter rekindled my MMO love just to let me down, hopefully ESO has bettered itself from it's shaky PC stage..
Re: Microsoft's Black Tusk Studios Rebrands as The Coalition, Teases Gears Reveal
@Gamer83 Yeah, all the remasters is pretty pathetic tbh. Cash grab to the max, poor PS4 owners are so starved for games they'll eat it up.
...That being said, I'm considering getting GoW remaster based on the fact that it will have multiplayer which I don't see why it wouldn't. GoW online was one of the best times I ever had when I had my Xbox 360.
Re: Rogue Legacy Release Date for Xbox One Confirmed
I've been wanting to play this game since it's release on PC, just haven't yet. I'll probably end up getting it for Xbox One whenever I'm out of other things to play, pretty caught up in Neverwinter right now. I know this sounds cheap, but I'll probably wait for this to go on sale or better yet, free with gold. I've waited this long anyway.
Re: Accessory Review: Omni Plus Bean Bag by Sumo Lounge
My god I want this.. I had a huge bean bag as a kid, loved it.. they've had 20 years to perfect it, I can only imagine how comfortable they must be now.
Re: Gigantic Xbox One Beta Signups Open
Signed up, thanks for letting us know.
Re: Weirdness: Now Your Xbox Avatar Can Live on Your Wrist
I never even knew this existed.. now I kind of want one. I need a new watch anyway, gonna have to go check them out in person.
Re: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Confirmed for Xbox One
I loved and played the crap out of this game on my computer years ago.. I'll definitely consider picking this up on X1.
Re: Smite Alpha Extended to More Players, Stats Reveal Xbox Players Play Longer
@Diamond78 Nice, Grats man.
Re: Smite Alpha Extended to More Players, Stats Reveal Xbox Players Play Longer
@Diamond78 There's some for sale on eBay if you're that desperate.
Re: Rainbow Six Siege Brings in Experts from Around the World
Love the Rainbow Six series and this one could quite possibly be the best yet. Can't wait. Ubisoft, just make sure the servers actually work good.
Re: First SteamWorld Heist Gameplay Trailer Goes Live
Awesome. Glad this is coming to the Xbox One. Looks like I'll be picking it up day one.
Re: Smite Alpha Extended to More Players, Stats Reveal Xbox Players Play Longer
Signed up day one. Wish they'd send me a code. Oh well, having a pretty good time with Neverwinter in the meantime. ;(
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Fifty
Battlefield Hardline and possibly some Evolve.. we'll see. Can't wait til Neverwinter comes out.
Re: Review: Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One)
@DRL I'm a little more than half-way through the campaign and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would, honestly. So that's nice.
I love the multiplayer though whether I have friends to play with or not. It actually reminds me a lot of Counter-Strike, especially doing Rescue or Crosshair. It's fun. I never really played the Battlefield series at all until this point. I played a tiny bit of Bad Company and Battlefield 2 I think. That's it.. so even as someone who isn't a fan of the series, I think someone new to it can enjoy it. Especially if you're a fan of Counter-Strike.
Re: Round Up: Battlefield Hardline Robs Great to Decent Scores From Critics
@DRL Told you I'd let you know what I think of Single Player, so here's my check in. I played 2 chapters and then got hooked on the multiplayer, sorry man, lol. If it helps, I enjoyed what I played of Single Player, the story seemed fine and it had some character development going. I'm not one to care too much about story, so maybe I'm not the guy to ask anyway. The gameplay and stealth was fun and I will return to it eventually, I just really like Hotwire.
Re: Round Up: Battlefield Hardline Robs Great to Decent Scores From Critics
@DRL Yeah, honestly I had no interest in this game until a few days ago when a friend of mine mentioned he was getting it. I watched a few videos, only multiplayer stuff, and it pretty much had me sold. It reminded me of Counter-Strike a bit with the whole cops and robbers scheme. I didn't even know about the whole stealthy/badge mechanic until earlier today when I watched that review impression video. That definitely feels like a cool concept and from what I hear, it pays off because you get better experience that way. I haven't had a chance to play yet but I'm going to settle down with it here in a few minutes.
Re: Round Up: Battlefield Hardline Robs Great to Decent Scores From Critics
@DRL I got the game and will keep you updated. From what I heard, it's actually not that bad storywise. The Review Impressions from IGN the guy reviewing it said that the writing is actually pretty decent and keeps you interested. Check that video out if you'd like, the guys a decent reviewer.
Re: Microsoft Confirms F2P Gigantic for Xbox One with PC Crossplay
Cool. Another free MOBA coming to the X1, can't wait to try it out. Hopefully they have a beta sign up soon, I'd definitely jump on that. Doesn't look as good as Smite, but I'll give it a shot.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Forty Seven
Evolve. I can't see myself playing anything else for a while.
Re: Quest of Dungeons Set to Get Roguelike on Xbox One
Love Roguelike games like this, if the price is right I'll check this one out.
Re: Evolve Community Event Will Award You With A Special Skin
This is awesome, can't wait to get them.
Re: Fable Legends Will Be Free to Play on Xbox One and Windows 10
@EternalDragonX This isn't an adventure game. It's a 4v1 PVP Arena fighting game similar to a MOBA.
I'm actually more excited for this game now.
Re: Ultimate Game Sale Goes Live: All The Deals Here
Lords of the Fallen for $9 is a pretty good deal if you're a fan of Dark Souls.
Re: Review: Evolve (Xbox One)
@DabaTheDoom The game has great replayability. That's what it's built on, just like League of Legends. Yeah, it only has 12 characters at the moment, but you level them up. You have to play certain characters to unlock others so you don't even get them all to start. Same goes for the monsters. There was no planned day one DLC other than skins. If you play League of Legends this shouldn't really bother you. They have future plans to release 1 new monster (Behemoth, there are already videos of him) and 4 Hunters, one for each class. I'm sure if everything goes well they will keep on releasing content. The Hunters will be $7.49 a piece. The monster was free if you preordered, but $15 otherwise. Not sure if the monster is included in the DLC, but the 4 new hunters will be. The replayability in this game may be a little different than that of LoL, because in this you're just leveling up the characters (IE +2% Damage in one of their weapons after rank 1) and your own profile unlocking badges and stuff, nothing too special. You'll unlock a skin if you fully level a character. That's not easy though and will take some time. In LoL you'll level up your profile along with getting IP points? I believe? Some kind of points to purchase characters. That's like the main difference. It's not as amazing playing with strangers that don't talk, but when you find a decent group of guys to play with, it's awesome. I've taken down some stage 3 monsters controlled by good players and it just feels so great. Nothing beats taking down a Stage 3 Wraith after taking a beating from them throughout the game..
Re: Review: Evolve (Xbox One)
@EternalDragonX I'm a year younger than you. I don't have this issue because I know these games take millions of dollars to produce, it's quality stuff too compared to a lot of recent AAA releases, especially the servers. They're not overcharging because 1 monster alone takes upwards of $300,000+ to produce. They're not going to give these things out for free when they release them. They ARE giving out free maps when they release. Seeing as this is an online game they have to release new content over time to keep people interested and they're not just going to give this stuff away. League of Legends doesn't do it, other MOBA's don't do it, no companies give away anything. You have to look at this game for what it is and not what it isn't. It's not a single player adventure game where you play to unlock stuff. It's an online arena based PVP game.
I'm not trying to convince you to play it, I'm just telling you why they're doing what they're doing. They have to make money in order for this game to succeed in the long run. Skins are their for people to buy if they really like the game and want to support them by altering their favorite characters a bit.
@TylerTreese Probably not because Street Fighter is pretty popular. Certain game franchises are somewhat impervious to criticism. Look at Hyrule Warriors for example. They charge for skins and Nintendo gets praised for doing DLC "right", I'm not saying they don't, they're pretty generous but come on, look at the Amiibos, they're basically DLC in the form of a hard to find collectible. There's no other way of getting the DLC off of them either. No one ever cries about MOBA's getting skins or characters, people praise it. People just don't understand what kind of game Evolve was supposed to be I suppose..
Re: Review: Evolve (Xbox One)
@EternalDragonX Except it is going to be tolerated and companies will keep doing it whether you like it or not. Just because they put some purely cosmetic skins into a game for a price, you're not going to buy it. I somehow doubt you would have anyway. If you were actually interested in the first place, something so menial wouldn't bother you. It's not crucial to the game.
The only thing that's sad about this whole DLC fiasco with Evolve is that people are just regurgitating the same crap, whining about DLC and they don't even know what it consists of. This might lead to someone whose actually interested in the game to think there is actually some kind of decent content they could be missing out on in this DLC thus making them leery of buying the game. It's skins people. SKINS ON A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER (3rd if you're a monster, but really who cares about skin color)... If this stops you from buying a game YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.. then it's your problem, the only reason it would be the publishers problem is if people are actually detered from buying it because of the vocal minority. Good thing Evolve is at the #2 spot in sales, hard to beat Majora's Mask.
Re: Review: Evolve (Xbox One)
@TylerTreese Exactly. I haven't come across many people that are completely clueless. Maybe a few trappers who don't throw out a trap now and then or people that don't use the tranq gun/tracking guns like they should. I just remind them and usually from that point on they're fine. Lately I've been playing trapper, simply because I can't stand it when I'm on the tail of a monster and I can't trap him on other characters, which often seems to be the case.
Re: Review: Evolve (Xbox One)
Best PVP experience I've had since League of Legends in it's early years.. before the wave of trolls. Reminds me of the fun I had with Counter Strike when that came out, but just a heck of a lot more team oriented.
Don't care about the DLC. It's all skins anyway, at least the current stuff you can buy. The character DLC is probably going to be the first DLC I ever buy, unless I lose interest in this game which I somehow doubt. I'm considering buying the season pass tomorrow. All the characters manage to be equally as fun to play, barring one or two. Not a big fan of Maggie.
I've only met with players online seeing as none of my friends have the game. I've made a few friends that way though, trying to friend people who use their mics and have at least an inkling of how to use their characters. It's nice that this game had a pretty smooth launch as far as servers go. I was so scared when I brought it home that I wasn't going to be able to play online because of the problems these other companies have had with their MP servers over the last few months.
I'm glad you made the MOBA comparison to this game, because that's what it feels like to me as well. I think if more people viewed this game as a MOBA, then people might not be complaining as much as DLC. Complaining about this games DLC is like complaining about a MOBAs DLC. You can call it that I suppose, but I have NEVER heard somehow call a new character or skin in League of Legends or DOTA, DLC. You can say, well those games are free, yeah maybe, but they are also a hell of a lot cheaper to make and they have like 3 maps each. League had 2 maps for around 3 years. Evolve is obviously a high cost game and there's no way they could take a risk of giving it away for free.
Anyways.. I hope that this game becomes real popular. I think it has a lot of potential and I want to see new characters/monsters/maps released somewhat regularly. I also want to see the bugs ironed out, though it's a great game I'll admit it does have a few flaws. Nothing game breaking, but when you can see the shadows of other mountains through mountains, it's kind of annoying. Good thing it rarely happen.
Thanks for the good review.