The latest update of Evolve brings the first “real” coop map – and it’s pretty spooky.
The Queen of Gorgons Lays Her Eggs
Since Evolve transitioned to a Free2Play model and is now called “Evolve: Stage 2”, the developers are doing everything to keep the game alive. For August, they announced the “Month of Shear Madness”. Every week a new update was scheduled, expanding the game with new characters, maps, and game modes. The latest addition is the update “The Deepest Dark”, a purely coop experience that players can only overcome as a group against the AI. The gameplay takes place on a heavily modified version of the “Wraith Trap” map: The environment is significantly darker (as it is night) and the path through the map has become more linear.
The whole spectacle is accompanied by a little story: Shear is infested with monsters, most hunters and inhabitants of the planet have long fallen. The world is littered with the eggs of the Gorgon Queen, just waiting for her brood to hatch and subsequently devour the entire universe. The last hunters are trying to prevent the apocalypse and destroy the queen.
Apart from the new map, there are also some changes to the game’s balance. For instance, the Kraken can no longer fly as high on some maps as it could before. This should make it “easier” for hunters to fight Krakens from a distance.
Otherwise, it is now a little bit more difficult for hunters to keep the monster from feeding at long distance, as weapons now deal less damage at very long range.
The update is already live and can be played directly – at least on the PC version of the game. A complete list of all changes can be found in our patch notes.
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