This time last year, Evolve was so far off my radar. Sure I’d heard about the asymmetric multiplayer game, but it just didn’t seem worthwhile to me. Then I got to play it, and I was instantly hooked. I played it more at E3 and Gamescom, and I’ve decided that it will be my go-to multiplayer game when it launches. And now there’s yet another character on offer.
William Cabot is the latest support character to be revealed for Evolve, and we get some story/lore out of it, too.
“YEAH, WE’RE ALL SHIT-HOT HUNTERS, SO WHAT? CABOT’S THE ONE GONNA GET US OUT OF HERE ALIVE.” -ABE
Only one man could lead the desperate attempt to rescue he last of the remaining colonists from Shear: William Cabot. Long retired from planet taming, Cabot agreed to help and, with his robot partner Bucket, assembled the greatest team of Hunters in history.
Here are Cabot’s four abilities:
- The Damage Amplifier – Cabot’s signature weapon locks on to its target, weakening its armor and its hide. All damage done to his target is doubled.
- Radioactive Dust Tagging – On his command, his ship—the Laurie-Anne—drops an air burst of radioactive dust, highlighting every living thing in a 60-meter radius for twenty seconds. If the monster is in the dust’s area, not only is it unlikely to escape, it’s unlikely to live
- The Rail Cannon – All support hunters have powerful weapons, Cabot’s is the only one that can shoot through solid rock. If he can see its outline, he can kill it. With clear line of sight, the Rail Cannon’s rounds can keep going. If line of sight is blocked, by trees, or buildings, or rock, or anything, the cannon’s projectile bursts into a cone 40 meters long. Anything in that cone takes half damage from the Rail Cannon
- Cloaking – Of course this support has some stealth cloaking, too, making him able to run into dangerous areas and hide the medic when necessary.
And here is a video to show off what he can do. There’s even some dramatic gameplay shoutcasting.
Is Evolve one of the games that you’ll be picking up next year February? I have loved my time with it, but of course I’ve played under perfect conditions – with no lag (LAN setup), a team of game journalists or excited community and everyone using top end headsets. Without that level of communication, the game just can’t be as good. I vote we all play together so that we have the best chance of having awesome games. Lazygamer Evolves!
Last Updated: November 14, 2014
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:07
I think Evolve looks fantastic and regardless of the fact that it’s not something I’m particularly interested in, I could consider playing with you Lagz peeps. The game certainly does look cool.
Admiral Chief Wang
November 14, 2014 at 09:26
I seriously think that with friends this game will be magnificent!
I had quite the fun time as the monster too though!
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:28
You’re still talking about the game in that last sentence, right? ;P
Hammersteyn
November 14, 2014 at 09:19
Geez dat railgun O_o
Admiral Chief Wang
November 14, 2014 at 09:26
Indeed, I’m glad it makes a return!
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:21
All I am seeing on the internet is lots and lots of Ubisoft HATE. I have not heard a peep about the new Dragon Age game.
I take it that is a good sign. As much as I love to hate EA and their Bioware slaves, it seems the game delivered on their promises.
Is it that good? are people so busy enjoying it to the point that not a single pitch fork has been brought out?
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:25
I’ve also noticed that the DA has been quite smooth. Good for the Dragon Age franchise, I say.
On the Ubisoft hate…I’m riding that train too. They just need to realise who they’re selling to. Gamers are informed about the things they buy and the entire industry. It’s not like other industries where you can screw over your customers and they’ll just keep coming back.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:30
I see its 1080p on the PS4 🙂
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:31
I’m not even a DA fan, (the last one I really enjoyed was the first) but Inquisition has really been hitting all the right buttons.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:33
Cool, I hear it has Intelligent writing. This game might earn a spot next to The Witcher 3.
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:34
Story is a huge part of a fantasy game for me. So that’s good to hear.
I just prefer the single person control over the party control in fantasy games, especially open world games. Just feels a bit more epic (if that makes sense).
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 14, 2014 at 09:38
#foreverSP?
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:39
Only until they put co-op in. Then I get to desert people. 😉
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 14, 2014 at 09:39
I prefer calling that “scouting ahead”.
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:40
LOL
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:38
Me to. But the game sprouted from the PC ( all those F1 keys 🙁 ) and the top down strat multitasking was made a little more streamlined thanks to the console ports. I just let the party run around naked on auto casting while I swing in with a Bastard Sword.
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:39
Haha. Sounds like a party.
Hammersteyn
November 14, 2014 at 09:31
Consensus is that DA:I is awesome thus far, plus the microtransactions are restricted to the multiplayer part of the game which is a good move from EA.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:34
So no locked chests that require an iPhone APP to open. Thank fcuk.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 14, 2014 at 09:45
DA:I is making my EA ban difficult. Ubi are making it easy to switch to them, but I don’t want to be fickle.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:47
I am just surprised that not a single negative thing has been said about the game yet. Not even on N4G.
DAMMIT I was hoping this would turn out like 2 🙁 Now my rubber elbow might be getting bent…
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 14, 2014 at 09:47
Maybe we’ll be lucky & they’re holding back all the crappy news for after release haha
Captain JJ the valiant
November 14, 2014 at 09:48
Don’t jinx it.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 09:48
Hurry up and bend it, come over with beer, and play the fucking game!
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 09:46
I’ve only heard fucking amazing things so far on twitter. Are you getting it?
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 09:50
Requirement 1 = It runs at 1080p
Requirement 2 = The single player is an entity on its own
Requirement 3 = No bugs that pull the player out of the emmersion
Requirement 4 = No day 1 patches, That includes The Witcher 3
Requir……..
Shit, I think it failed on requirement 4… Oh well, a pity.
I only have half a year left of gaming the way things are going.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:00
LULZ. I have this thing called the INTERNETZ you can take some 😛
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:01
I will not turn to the dark side. I will never depend on the MATRIX for my out time.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/11/7192149/dragon-age-inquisition-playstation-4-ps4-crashes
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:04
Then no Witcher III for you! 😛
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:08
As for that shitty PlayStation Network 2.0 firmware update that needs 7 patches to patch the update of the last patch.
I will make you a deal right now in public.
If The Witcher 3 goes gold with game breaking bugs, and as a result requires a day 1 patch. I will sell you my PS4 for R3000 and you get 3 free games.
DEAL?
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:09
Deal! And yeah, Sandy was saying that he can’t save his upgraded Keep because of the DA bugs.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:11
Cool, this old school traditional gamer is OUT after The Witcher 3 DAY 1 patch.
Now I need to find CD Projekt Reds e-mail address.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:12
HAHA! Time to dust off the PS2 😛
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:13
Dont count your pokemon just yet. This is CD Projekt Red we are talking about.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:16
You’re a cube, only a 2D version 😛
Admiral Chief Wang
November 14, 2014 at 10:24
*bookmarks comment*
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:24
The ball is now in Polands court.
Admiral Chief Wang
November 14, 2014 at 10:59
I’ll give you R3100
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 11:15
Sorry bro. A deals a deal, I keep my word unlike this gaming Industry. A car salesmen has more credit than these publishers.
OVG
November 14, 2014 at 10:00
So the people who do not want internet at home… 5 of us I think get a shitty buggy mess.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/11/7192149/dragon-age-inquisition-playstation-4-ps4-crashes
Admiral Chief Wang
November 14, 2014 at 09:25
This sounds like my type of character. I had the most fun with the support
Hammersteyn
November 14, 2014 at 09:30
This game looks more and more fun every video I see.
HairyEwok
November 14, 2014 at 09:32
I played the Alpha and oh boy was it fun, average match time is about 5-20 mins depending on how pro/noob the monster is. Character level up on weapons and abilities are there and best of all is its playable on international servers without too much problems.
Hammersteyn
November 14, 2014 at 09:40
Destinys beta also ran without a hitch but then the game launched, so I guess we will wait and see.
Guild
November 14, 2014 at 09:33
I’m looking forward to this. I just hope the matchmaking and servers hold up at launch. I’ll give it a week to see how it goes before I buy it
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 09:53
You going to play as one of the 4 people or the monster? Need to play it with you man 🙂
Guild
November 14, 2014 at 09:58
Both. Should be enough people to put together a 4 man team and I also like the idea of taking on mates as the monster. OVG needs to hurry up and connect to the internet now so we can all play.
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 09:53
More I hear about this the more I want to play it. Was sad I couldn’t get my hands on it at rAGE this year, one day!
HairyEwok
November 14, 2014 at 09:56
If i knew you wanted to play this I could have given you a Big Alpha pass. Had 2 extra’s in my pocket just going to waste 😛
RinceThis
November 14, 2014 at 10:00
DAMN! Could have given one to @disqus_VB0THghkAC:disqus as well!
Guild
November 14, 2014 at 10:48
Would have been awesome but if I remember correctly it was my wifes bday weekend and when I spoke to Gavin he said it was near impossible to get a game. It was very much an alpha
Sageville
November 14, 2014 at 10:36
oohhh, looks sexah!
b1nd3r
November 14, 2014 at 10:44
Pre-ordered!!!
Kensei Seraph Never Forget Ouk
November 14, 2014 at 10:59
Sounds like a fun character.
RustedFaith
November 14, 2014 at 11:05
Great game I was playing the beta recently and its good. The gunplay is solid they jsut need to do some balancing. It’s great fun gameplay and solid mechanics.
L337J1MB0B
November 14, 2014 at 11:19
There’s only so many times that you can run around chasing after a monster before that shit gets tired. This is the next game in a long list of over hyped mediocrity.