Secondhand Opinion: Evolve

It costs over $200 to get all the downloadable content this game is offering. Seriously.

I did an article about Evolve's downloadable content scandal a little while back before the game came out, so now that the game is out we can truly see how much Evolve's obsession with DLC has harmed their reputation with gamers. While the PC version of Evolve currently sits 78 on Metacritic on the side of mainstream critics user reviews sit at a far less favorable 43. While Metacritc user reviews are often notorious for their extreme opinions it is honestly not hard to see why so many people would be angry at Evolve. The game costs sixty dollars at launch and has over a hundred dollars of downloadable content available on day one. The general consensus on the game seems to be that it has a strong foundation, but it simply can't hold up to the scrutiny that sixty dollar triple A games attract. Personally, I feel that the game would have been better suited for a free to play model similar to what Valve uses for their free to play games, but it was either too cowardly or too greedy to take that risk. It seems that Evolve is doomed to end up as the next Titanfall, a multiplayer focused game with a strong foundation, but no meat. I may pick up Evolve when the inevitable Game of The Year Edition rolls out, but given 2K Games's reputation with piling even more DLC on top of the Game of the Year Editions( I'm looking at you Borderlands 2) I will likely end up not picking it up regardless. So that's yet another next generation triple A game that fails to meet expectations and will likly be forgotten in a few months time. I'm just hoping to some divine power that Bloodborne doesn't meet the same fate.