I admit, I boarded the hype train for Evolve when it released all those weeks ago. It looked like it would be the modern day Left 4 Dead for my group of friends, promising hours upon hours of hunter/monster co-op goodness. It did certainly keep us entertained for a while, but we moved on – something many other people seem to have done too because the overall player base is now tiny. I’m sure it’s not quite what Turtle Rock envisioned, which is why they are looking to pull players back in with rewards via community challenges.
The latest sounds simple enough – play as the goliath and throw rocks. LOTS of them:
This weekend between 12:01 AM ET on Friday, April 10 and 12:01 AM ET on Monday, April 13, we need to land 1,000,000 successful rock throws on Hunters with Goliath. If we pull this off as a community, everyone who plays between those days and times, snags the Goliath Voodoo skin, absolutely free.
Get into Evolve this weekend as Goliath. Toss rocks at those pesky Hunters. Reach the goal, and we all score the skin. Simple as that. Last time we hunted together, now it’s time to kill alone.
If the goal is reached, the Goliath Voodoo skin will be rewarded by Thursday April 16.
The hundred people who still play only have to land about 10 000 rock throws apiece. Alright, that’s a huge exaggeration. However, the real numbers aren’t really that much better.
At time of writing, there are currently 1313 players on Steam. That calculates to around 761 successful rock throws per person if the goal is to be reached. This of course is just PC. I assume they will be tallying the number of rock throws across the consoles too. I don’t think those numbers are much higher though.
Personally, the possibility of a new skin doesn’t interest me in the slightest. What about you? Have you been playing Evolve religiously? Did you buy any of the new hunters?
Last Updated: April 10, 2015
40 Insane Frogs
April 10, 2015 at 09:31
Evolve became a victim to the powerful natural forces of natural selection in video games – Call it Video Game Darwinism if you will. It just wasn’t fit enough to survive.
Greylingad
April 10, 2015 at 09:37
*Devolve
RinceThis
April 10, 2015 at 10:07
lol
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:38
No need to stone people for skins. Just use a knife.
40 Insane Frogs
April 10, 2015 at 09:40
Who needs to skin people when you can cover your body with that wonderful and versatile man-made product…. polyester?
Mark Treloar
April 10, 2015 at 12:22
Vinyl?
Lord Chaos
April 10, 2015 at 10:02
That takes time, a nice big rock could flatten them nice and good.
Hmm… now I want pancakes.
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 10:31
Bacon pancakes!
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:41
New comers be like
http://media.giphy.com/media/4Hg2w1a59vT0I/giphy.gif
40 Insane Frogs
April 10, 2015 at 09:42
Hahahaha! That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. That man needs to be our President!
RinceThis
April 10, 2015 at 10:08
He is 0_O
40 Insane Frogs
April 10, 2015 at 10:27
Hahahaha!
Ranting Raptor
April 10, 2015 at 09:50
loooooooooool
Ranting Raptor
April 10, 2015 at 09:55
Please tell me that’s his stomach tucked in to his pants…..
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:55
hahaha must be
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 09:56
Part of his stomach…
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:44
One simply cant throw rocks at Batman!
https://youtu.be/qatmJtIJAPw?t=52s
Splooshypooh
April 10, 2015 at 10:33
*Says youtube is blocked* – *Posts youtube link*
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 10:37
All part of the trolling process…
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 10:41
It was, but not anymore? Or server admin is such a kidder
Splooshypooh
April 10, 2015 at 10:49
I hate those… Make him PAY!
https://youtu.be/iDbyYGrswtg
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:47
At least they’re trying something to get more people back to playing. Maybe if they had weekly and daily events like Destiny players would feel more compelled to play. Problem is it’s not an MMO. There’s no new shiny guns to be earned only DLC skins. Something to keep in mind if there’s a sequel?
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 09:53
1313????
STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!!!
Ranting Raptor
April 10, 2015 at 09:55
lol
RinceThis
April 10, 2015 at 09:57
I wonder what it’s missing. Mass Effect 3’s MP was absolutely addictive. Can’t even begin to guess how many hours I spent in that.
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 09:57
Maybe if we could throw rocks instead of the monster?
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1158900/captain-kirk-throws-a-rock-o.gif
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 10:06
Maybe, if, you could, throw, rocks, at the, monster, it would, be epic
RinceThis
April 10, 2015 at 10:07
XD
Lord Chaos
April 10, 2015 at 10:08
Asthma acting up again?
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 10, 2015 at 10:31
Whooooosh, right over your head
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2015 at 10:14
maybe?
Ryanza
April 10, 2015 at 10:08
Has Evolve gotten that boring that people need to throw rocks. lol.
I told you this game was a waste of time. DRM is a waste of time. I mean online only games.
Don’t Support DRM. The Witcher 3 is coming. Geralt doesn’t throw rocks. He just use his sword to fuck you up.
Lord Chaos
April 10, 2015 at 10:09
All three of them
Lord Chaos
April 10, 2015 at 10:19
Community challenge – if they’re still playing this then they must be challenged…
WakaWaka
April 10, 2015 at 17:39
I’m glad to see this game fail. Any developer who charges $120 at launch for full content should be burned at the stake during E3 for all to see. That’s such a slap in the face to gamers it’s unreal.
Cabbit
April 11, 2015 at 10:32
There has been about 250,000 successful rock throws so far. The game is still good, the pricing could have been done better but I got my money’s worth. The negative publicity definitely hurt this game. Playing with bots in any multiplayer game gets old fast, but the game is really fun with a bunch of mates.