Evolve
I apologize in advance for the lengthy spiel but it looks like it could have potential.
Evolve is a recently announced multiplayer focused Sci-Fi game by Turtle Rock, the people who brought you Left 4 Dead.
Matches consist of five players max, four play as human hunters while the fifth plays as a constantly evolving monster. The hunters play in first person while the monster plays in third person. Though the game is obviously built for multiplayer they have stated in interview videos that you can play the game alone as either the hunter or the monster, while the other empty slots are filled in with AI. A nice feature if you fear people interrupting your "fun".
There are four classes, assault, trapper, support, and medic. According to previews the classes aren't limited to a single character. For example, if you pick assault you can then pick from a set of unique characters that fall under that class. Though they'll share some weapons exclusive to that class each character within will have skills/equipment loadouts that differentiates them from one another. In terms of female characters the only one that has been revealed so far is Val, the medic. All of the characters in each class haven't been revealed yet but, with a bit of luck, it sounds like every class could have a female counterpart. Which means you could potentially play matches with an all female team of hunters.
As the title suggests, the monster is a constantly evolving creature that the human characters are hunting/being hunted by. The monster player starts off relatively unimposing but they can devour the local wildlife to move their creature's evolution along. As the creature evolves it gains new skills and changes form. As of this post they have only shown one monster, the Goliath. The Goliath is described as being able to throw rocks, breath fire, leap great distances, and bull charge. From what I've been hearing there are going to be different playable monsters in the game, each with a variety of abilities. Some relying on stealth, others relying on brute strength like the Goliath. I'm hoping that they have finishers they can use on the hunters, or possibly devour them for the purpose of evolution. A line in a Gameinformer article sparked my interest
"Players can get a better look at the Goliath’s mouth if they’re unfortunate enough to get incapacitated around the beast and it decides that hunter is on the menu". Here's hoping it's not just flavor text.
The maps the matches take place in will also have their own hazards, usually in the form of the local wildlife. One preview that stuck out to me described the carnivorous plants, which will apparently try to devour any hunters that get too close. If caught by a plant the other hunters will need to help them out, which begs the question. What happens if they don't?
The game is planned for release sometime in Autumn of this year for Xbox One, PS4, and the PC.
You can find more info about it here and in the coming weeks:
Evolve - Game Informer February 2014