Evolve Developers have hit the games forums in an attempt to calm down fans outraged by recently announced DLC
One of the co-founders of Turtle Rock studios Phill Robb has taken to Evolves community forums in an attempt to calm down fans about their recently announced DLC plans. The recently announced DLC will include new hunters and monsters, and if players pay up front they’ll get earlier access to some of it.
Even if you don’t want to buy the DLC, the new maps will at least be free.
In a rather lengthy explanation Phill Robb explained that the planned DLC offerings are in line with the industry and that “A lot of folks seem to be under the impression that we’ve got all this content done and we shave off a hunk to sell separately. That just isn’t the case. When Evolve hits the shelves, none of the DLC will be done. Behemoth won’t be done. None of the planned DLC hunters or monsters will be done. The only exception to this might be some skins that were working on now while we wait for all the final stages of packaging, manufacturing etc. to finish.
“If we thought we could have finished all those monsters and hunters for ship we would have put them in the box. (Keep in mind, we pretty much have to have the game done about 2-3 months before it’s available to you guys…we can keep fixing bugs and such, but content is locked.) The bundles that include 4th and 5th monsters, hunters, etc., just mean that when they are done and we put ’em out, you get ’em.”
Phill Robb then went onto talking about why the future maps will be free and about DLC in general.
“As we got closer to finishing Evolve we ended up with designs for a bunch of monster and hunters that we just didn’t have the time and money to make. Instead of throw them all out, why not put together a budget to make them as DLC? Means more content for the people who love the game and want more. It also means all those ideas get to see the light of day. Oh yeah, and it means more work for TRS and we can keep paying our bills and making cool stuff!”
“That’s all well and good…but our number one rule for DLC is never split the community. Never.
So we worked it out so that any DLC maps are free, any new game modes are free. Then, recognizing that not everyone wants to buy DLC, we made sure that even if you didn’t purchase any of the paid content, you could still play with people who did! So if I buy a new monster or hunter, and you don’t, we can still play together. You may not want to buy it, but your original purchase of the game will be enhanced by it anyway because you can still get into games with people who wanted to buy them. Hell, you can even set the DLC characters and monsters up as opponents in solo games.”
“Boom! Your game experience is enhanced, no purchase necessary. Obviously, we hope you like the DLC enough to buy it, but no hard feelings if not. We’re still happy that you bought Evolve!”
“And NO, we won’t be purposely making DLC hunters and monster overpowered to make people feel like they HAVE to buy them to stay competitive. We plan to keep things as balanced as possible for as long as people are playing the game.”
Today Turtle Rock studios co-founder Phill Robb took to Evolves community forums to calm down fans over their recent announcement of DLC.
Original Source: Gamespot