Evolve's Big Alpha on PC Is Yours if You Own XCOM: Enemy Unknown

no sli support, terrible performance @1440p with 2 gtx 760s at medium settings with no AA

As this alpha got SP or just MP crap

Got x-com free when i pre ordered bioshock infinite :D

I scrolled down quite a bit to find people discussing the game and not how visually attractive Mary in the video is. First of all, I'm proud of you commenters for staying on-topic. Your opinions differ (and seem to be handled..maturely..for the most part), but at least you didn't give in to that classic and annoying urge.

Therefore it is up to me.
She's hot as hell! Wow.
Credit where credit is due.

Evolve also looks pretty good and could very well be very entertaining.

Well, I'm not hearing good things about this game at the moment.

My initial thoughts were that it looked kinda cool but it looks like once you get into it, it's kinda dull.

What is going on with game development these days? - It seems to be taking a massive step backwards this generation. All the big game releases this gen have not won hearts and minds. It all looks like too much hype and not enough game.

Evolve, like so many other hotly anticipated games recently, just fall flat on release and you're always left feeling that you've only got half a game. The DLC thing has really got out of hand these days to the point where I think it's all back-firing now. All the big games are just throwing DLC at you from day 1 onwards. It's gotta stop.

I really miss the old days of games development with games like Unreal Tournament, where you got a boat load of FREE content and that usually meant you supported the developer through all of their games. Brand loyalty rewarded and a massive, thriving community behind it. I don't see any of that these days.

Oh yeah, Evolve - looks kinda boring.

Cool, i own that game even *downloads*

Complete garbage, not worth your time.

I found the game really satisfying (as someone who has mostly played the monster). I would completely understand why the game might turn some people off though. It is not an FPS that requires twitch movements or precise aiming to be good at, and it certainly isn't a run and gun game that defines Halo, CoD, Battlefield, etc etc etc (your average FPS style game). It is a hide and seek, cat and mouse style game. I couldn't tell if I was supposed to be more afraid as the humans or as the monster, and if there was action every second of the match, the monster would lose every time. The excitement comes from learning to run and sneak around until you are strong enough to survive the onslaught of 4 other players at once. Upgrading feels good and the atmosphere feels nice. My only gripes would be that the game is not optimized well for the PC (yet... even at lowest settings on a decent computer, I ran into lagging/freezing when the action heated up) and the maps feel a tad bit small and confined. It is pretty easy for the humans to chase you down if you stay in one spot for more than 10 seconds, and if you look at the map replay at the end of a match, you can see that the humans are pretty much right behind you every step of the way, even when you are being careful and sneaky. Maps can start to feel really small and you end up doing the same loop about 6 times before the round ends.

Just by reading the comments below it seems that this is going to be another extremely hyped up game that doesn't live up to expectations. It is the alpha so there is definitely room for improvements to be made though.

I feel like this is going to go the way of Titanfall.

A somewhat unique/revitalized concept that ends up being a repetitive gimmick. As danny said below me, I'm worried that's the whole game. That same gimmick, over and over. Fun the first five times and that's it.

Just like Titanfall. Awesome idea. Great execution. Over and over and over and over. Not necessarily a good thing.

i just played this on pc and its hands down the most boring game i've ever played..

What would constitute a single battle of one small enemy in any other game.. IS THIS ENTIRE GAME.

Played this on X1 and the original alpha on PC. They're calling it an "alpha" but it seems more like a beta to me as there is way too much there and in place to qualify it as an alpha.

To be honest, it seems very underwhelming. Playing as the monster feels no different than playing as a human which means there is no weight to your movement, but there is to your attacks, so it feels very awkward to control.

Unless you get a crew of 4 hunters who know what they are doing the monster will tear you to shreds if he/she is at all experienced as the monster.

On the other hand, if all 4 hunters are skilled then you stand no chance as the monster.

Needless to say they have a ton of balancing to do and matchmaking will make or break the game. Based on previous experiences with matchmaking I'm leaning more toward breaking at this point.

WOW!!!!

over hyped, under developed garbage.

this is just a shell of a game. good concept, but there isnt enough there to keep anyone interested for more than a few matches.

Medics using Sniper Rifles? Hide-and-seek with Godzilla? What'll they think of next?

They are practically begging me to join the Alpha, iv had about 10 alpha codes emailed to me today. Im not even interested in this game and never signed up for the Alpha so I have no idea why I am being sent them.

It's fun. The concept is cool and the classes I've played are fun. The problem is, imo at least, it took less than 3 matches before I started seeing the typical "go kill yourself noob" fights going on between pugs I've come to expect from Dota2/CoD. Add in that the lifeblood of this game will probably be the casuals who won't be forming pre-mades, and you've got a recipe for disaster. My last match we lost to the alien simply because my team was spread out all over the place (follow daisy!) so the monster could pick us off 1 by 1. There needs to be a way to help promote coordination and teamwork instead of the current FFA system. I feel like, as a pug, I need a lot more info conveyed to me than what is given.

That and the $50 for a competitive MP game that will thrive or fail on the population is a high price. Space Marine is a good game, the MP was fun, but it's dead now, I don't see why Evolve would be different...at least with Space Marine I had a SP game though.

i was already given a bunch of codes for it even though i own xcoms

This game blows... the concept sounds ok but did anyone involved in the development of this game actually try to play it? You walk around aimlessly for 4-5 minutes and then you shoot dozens of clips into a bullet sponge. There is literally ONLY 1 thing to shoot at throughout most games as the 200% jump and jetpack means that you can easily ignore every other creature on the map. The outlook for this generation of consoles is VERY bleak if this was the most "innovative" game to come out next year.

I've played a few matches as trapper. Maybe I wasn't reading the screen, but I'd like some confirmation on when I have the Monster trapped.

Once I had it trapped, but lifted the trap because I couldn't tell if I had it. It was on the other side of spire and I couldn't see it.

Yes, something in addition to just chasing the monster would be nice. It seems more like a game mode than the main game objective.

Good! to think I got Xcom with Bioshock infinite pre-order.

Tried to sign up anyway XD

I just tried this and the thing that strikes me about it is it is really boring. Like most of the matches I've tried end up with your team wandering around aimlessly for about 10 minutes while the monster levels up so you can all converge on the final location to defend. In which case why not just send us there in the first place and save us wasting our time walking around bored?

It also takes too long to get into games. Feels like you are waiting or wandering around more than you actually fight.

The learning curve is really quite high as well. Because you don't choose which class you are going to be each match it will take a long time of messing around with each play style before you feel comfortable falling into any match with any class. Not sure I care enough to want to overcome that particular mountain.