Well, I think the best answer is
all of them. Who wouldn’t want to play as the assault class and shoot a
million-and-a-half holes in the big, bad monster? At the same time, why do that when you could
be the medic and singlehandedly be the team’s go-to guy? That’s a huge aspect
of Evolve that I love, though - the diversity. Not only are there four
different classes to fight for your play time, there are three unique
characters per class! Each of these characters have their own personality,
voice and storyline, giving players a chance to bond with their favorite hunter
and become even more entranced with the gameplay. So, although all of these
options look more than appealing, there are a few that have gotten me pretty
pumped to snag a copy of “Evolve.”
Personally,
when I start to get interested in a game, I get most worked up over the
characters I’ll be spending my time with. My selection tends to vary from game
to game, but a safe bet for me is usually the standard hero-esque character.
What can I say? I’m a sucker for a good hero or heroine. However, Evolve isn’t
really the type of game where there is a standout good guy. Everybody exudes
this sort of bounty hunter, gun-for-hire feeling. This isn’t a bad thing by any
means. It just made me seek out a character for a reason other than wanting to
save the world or having a really sweet looking sword. Obviously, my next
choice would be someone that has a really sweet looking space dog. Sweet
looking swords and pet space hounds are pretty equivalent in my book, by the
way. The hunter I speak of is the mysterious trapper, Maggie.
Okay,
to be honest, I don’t know much about her besides the fact that her name is
Maggie, she uses a machine pistol and she likes to trap monsters, but did I
mention she has a space hound!? Regardless of this lack of knowledge, I believe
my fondness isn’t without merit. Maggie’s pet Trapjaw[insert “it’s a trap” joke
here],Daisy, acts similarly to a hunting dog and sniffs out the monster’s
location. This allows the party to follow a fleeting monster and waste less
time searching for a hiding foe. Plus, it’s just a cute, but deadly interstellar
puppy. There’s not much to dislike. Being a trapper, Maggie also has access to
the mobile arena, which contains the monster in a circular force field. This
appeals to me because the thought of having to chase the monster for a large
portion of a match sounds extremely annoying. Nobody wants that.
Maggie
takes her hindering abilities a step further with her “Moby Dick” style weapon,
the harpoon. Not only does the harpoon deal damage, but it’s main purpose is to
bring the monster’s movement to a halt - another ability that will make the
other hunter’s jobs much easier and effective. Last, but not least, Daisy can
revive downed hunters. So, not only does this creature keep the team close to
the monster, it also makes sure they stay alive? I was totally on board as soon
as I found that out. No questions asked. Shut up and take my money… I’M BUYING
ME A SPACE DOGGY! The only downside to Maggie and her four-legged friend is the
inevitable depression I will spiral toward after Daisy gets brutally devoured
by the monster for the first time. I have to hold back a few tears just
thinking about it.
A close
second to Maggie is the lovable, yellow robot, Bucket. He’s a support class
hunter and specializes in surveillance and laser-guided missiles. Bucket also
uses flying sentry guns, which, to me, means he has robot buddies who can help
him out of tight situations, or at least that’s the way I’m choosing to look at
it. So, let’s see here… cool robot nickname… check. Missile launcher with
flying robot pals… check. The only confirmed playable robot so far… check.
Well, that settles that. If he’s in anywhere near the same league as fellow
robots R2-D2, Wall-E, Johnny 5 or Mega Man, I’ll be spending hours tearing up
those monsters with this mechanical mofo.
Turtle
Rock Studios made a great decision by creating multiple hunters for each class,
and I, for one, was pleasantly surprised by the E3 2014 reveal. It got me
excited for the game’s release and impatient for the reveal of the last 4
hunters in Evolve. My only request for the title is downloadable character
costumes. I’ll be crossing my fingers for an alternate C-3PO skin for Bucket!
Take care, guys. :]3
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