Titanfall (Xbox One, PC, 360)
 

So hype for this fucking game. Jesus.

I was mocking Call of Duty for still using the same engine on next gen, then this leaked before E3 and it came out that it was using the Half-Life 2 Source engine so I was thinking, what in the fuck? But it turns out that Infinity Ward had wizards working there and they got moved onto Respawn as well, because it looks fucking gorgeous.

I forgot that the current Call of Duty engine was a heavily modified Quake 3 engine fiddled about with by the same guys. Putting CoD Ghosts footage and this side-by-side makes me think that Activision really shouldn't have fucked these guys around.

That Source engine is fucking brilliant, did you not see what the Black Mesa guys did with it?

Vision beats paint-by-numbers 100% of the time. Respawn is making a point, IW is meeting fiscal quotas. The difference is clear.

Holy God

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Yeah, this is the killer app for me.

oh man I was skeptical, thinking CoD with mechs and the like, but this looks incredible

Hmmm, I may need an Xbox One... Sure it's on PC. But I can't couch play with that...

That ending got real tense real fast

What? Just use a controller if you want to couch play.

Just so we're clear, this is a timed exclusive. PS4 will get some love after a while.

I have my PC in a study room at a desk :-\, not the most comfortable...
I use a controller for some PC games, but it doesn't feel the same as having a nice console setup and being able to play local multiplayer...

Pretty sure they said that they haven't ruled out Titanfall for PS4 and would like to cater to all gamers.

Did you read what I said?

Aha, read it wrong...

You can definitely see the influence of CoD in there, but obviously the jet packs, wall running and mechs change the whole dynamic.

Titanfall's like CoD if CoD was cool like Titanfall is.

Respawn Entertainment states the game will not have micro-transactions but are currently considering DLC packs to be possible.

Also stated there is no cross-platform play for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/game...-platform-play

Release date was announced to be on March 11, 2014 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.

Collector's edition was also announced and costs around $250.
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/...8-tfce_web.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ti...-11/1100-4769/

As cool as that statue is, they best include DLC in that edition for any gamer to really consider it.

Woooooooo

Who's getting this on what then? PC PC PC

360 at launch, Xbox One eventually.

PC of course, I am just getting all my parts together for a ridiculous build now.

This has been confirmed a full exclusive for MS and not a timed one. Respawn didn't even know about it apparently.

http://i.imgur.com/IJkje0R.png


Sure MS marketing loves the fact he used a sad face on it.


http://abload.de/img/tfxk6dwr.jpg


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That's certainly a card in X1's hat. Too bad for PS4 owners.

Multiplayer caps at 6v6, to allow each player to have Titans and have AI bots running around.

Forgot to post this.

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I was hanging out with this girl that writes reviews for video games this weekend and she's had some hands on time with the game. Not surprisingly she says it's fucking amazing.

Wii want to plaaaaaaay.

Some Alpha footage that managed to stay up.

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There's a few clips out and about, I think Respawn generally doesn't care - the footage is badass. Will so be in on that beta.

I just reserved it for Xbone. Can't wait!

Why did you choose reserving it on Xbone over PS4?

...tell me thats a joke Miotch.

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Would be silly to reserve it on a system I don't have, you silly goose.

And as for why I chose Xbone over PS4....the controller. Xbox's controllers are more comfortable to me for FPS, which is what I mostly play. May seem like a stupid reason, but it's true.

Would also be silly to reserve it on a system it isnt coming out for.

Go ahead and Preorder Smash Bros for the Xbone while you're at it.

It was literally dripping with sarcasm.

If anyone wants in on the Beta, keep refreshing Vince Zampella's twitter account. He announced that the website will be up today 6pm PST with the url being posted sometime before then

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Tonight at 6pm PST there will be a website to sign up for <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23titanfall&amp;src=hash">#titanfall</a> beta access. The website will be announced shortly before 6.</p>&mdash; Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) <a href="https://twitter.com/VinceZampella/statuses/433369336334393344">February 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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There is a fuck ton of media out officially today. I will post some tomorrow, and try to get the best stuff.

This game is boss.

My homie just hooked it up with a Beta code. Downloading now...this...may get in the way of homework.

Oh fuck, have fun.

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I will tell you one thing right off the bat...they need to nerf the smart pistol badly. Its an auto lock instant kill no matter where your gun is aiming. Fine against bots, but the lock on needs to be harder against human players.

Don't you need to lock on three times against humans?

Here's a GB Quick Look of some footage:

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They'll be doing a live stream also in about 3 hours

You do, but its still a very fast lock on, and even if youre moving to break the lock, it sticks well.

I should clarify that it locks on three times on its own...its not like: lock on, wait, lock on. all three points lock on at almost the same time. Almost all my deaths have come from that pistol.

Im lovin' it

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Stream is live for those of you interested and are not doing anything

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

TitanFall beta opens to all Xbox One users without a code today/tonight/whatever. I haven't even thought to look, as I just spotted the announcement on Twitter.

Update: Still says unavailable.

Gonna play this in a sec,

I emailed EA asking for a PC beta code, then they gave me access within 15 minutes! Just had a game, it's pretty awesome stopping the enemy team from escaping after beating them.

This game is balls out action, a lot of fun, and just plain badass. It may be trying to do too many things at once, and Respawn should let go of their older conventions to make this more elegant.

Infantry:

- The Smart Pistol isn't OP at all, Carbine smashes it head to head. It's insta-kill when you get the drop on somebody, but that's every weapon in every FPS ever. The lock-on time balances it out, imo.

- The SMG on the other hand, is fucking strong. Once I got that and went into my FPS groove people were dropping like flies.

- The anti-Titan weapons are pretty good. Once I get even better at traversing the map for some frosted flanks, it may get to a point where I rather go infantry against a Titan.

Titans:

- Two dashes at the ready is way too good, should be one dash. I used the dashes to pretty much remove the melee knock-back for three hit combos. And when you know your surroundings you can become a fucking ninja with the thing. I can't imagine how crazy the light Titan type will be with two dashes.

- Putting your Titan in Follow Mode is better than you think. Great for weeding out players too eager for Titan hunting. Toggling feels strange, though. I'd like to just hold down on the dpad and have a radial come up so I can choose Follow faster.

- Riding on a partner's Titan is fun until the fucker shows no interest in heading to the Conquest point. Ugh.

General:

- I play FPS games with very low sensitivity, and Titanfall's "Low" setting is still way to loose for me. They need to an added "Even Lower" setting or something. Feels too twitchy.

- No splitscreen guest play? No splitscreen anything?!

- The bots are cute but... I'd like some added function to them rather than 'newb food'. I would love to be able to have them follow me. They do get the drop on you if you're not careful, though. They could still stand to be a tad more aggressive.

- The post-match epilogue is very cool.

According to some file digging done by PC beta users, the game is currently rumored to be launching with 14 multiplayer maps and splitscreen for local multiplayer.

Also the modes for multiplayer were also leaked with some speculation what certain modes might be.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...pawns-first-ip
http://www.destructoid.com/titanfall...d-270709.phtml

Beg to differ. Almost everyone Ive talked to in lobbies agree's that the Smart Pistol is OP. I have been killed numerous times with NOBODY getting the drop on me and in head to head gun battles. The issue is that so long as you are in that 'target area', it doesnt matter how much strafing or jumping I do OR the dude with the gun does, its still gonna lock.

And speaking of the carbine, they sure could use some recoil on that thing. I know this game is too fast paced to snipe, but losing out in a long ranged battle from three roof tops away to a carbine with zero recoil at that distance is ridiculous.

I can't remember the last time, if ever, that I had this much fun playing CoD. This game is amazing!

I thought the smart pistol was OP until I started using the shotgun. It put me in a totally different mode tactically, and I realized that all weapons encourage a totally different style and are all good in their own ways. Haven't looked back since. Smart pistol requires you to have the PATIENCE to wait out the lock, in a head to head battle. It will always out-kill minions no problem, so it certainly has advantages in certain game types. But, I'd say 3 out of 4 times, the smart pistol will lose in a head to head battle where both players become aware of each other at roughly the same time. Usually, I notice people 'jump the gun' and pull the trigger too quickly and start going into straight-up fire mode. Smart pistol will lose in head to head unless you fire it manually, or unless you've already got the jump on someone and been targeting them before they know you're there. And in those cases, the other weapons COULD HAVE killed them already in the time it took to lock the 3 required shots. That's even WITH the targeting attachment unlocked. It's a great gun, but it promotes a certain playstyle that is easily countered.

Main thing to note is that I don't get killed by the smart pistol any more than other weapons.

This game is sick. I am getting pretty good, and some of the insane carnage I can chain together is incredible.

Sniping is definitely underpowered though, I will admit that. I see snipers rarely, but I can't recall ever actually getting killed by a sniper rifle. At all, since I started playing. I tried it once, didn't like it. The current maps aren't built for sniping.

Although, I have seen videos of someone using the sniper with a holo sight, and it was a totally different gun pretty much. Actually had viability.

Yeah because the maps heavily feature interiors to make infantry gameplay viable (and the exteriors are essentially meta-maps for Titans), I'd think the typical sniper stuff would be hard to do, unless there's some maps we haven't seen yet that make them good choices for loadouts.

Realized my comp can run the beta today, so I tried it. Day one purchase. Wow this is fun.

Respawn Entertainment hinting at both a Season Pass and a possible "no mechs" mode being possible for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/titanfall...s-271456.phtml

A no mechs mode would almost certainly be CoD with double jumps and wall running, though that doesn't sound completely terrible. Still, I would ask anybody who wants this why they'd bother being interested in the game at all. Options are always good so whatever.

Its a good change of pace, but I'd rather have a no minion mode. Straight 6 v 6 pilots.

Season Pass was confirmed to be happening although nothing is guaranteed for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/respawn-c...s-271497.phtml

Respawn Entertainment stated DLC is currently being planned for the game and will be based on fan feedback. They also revealed there is no on-disc DLC since they decided doing that wasn't worth the hassle and negative backlash from consumers.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ayer-feedback/

1st post-launch patch was recently released dealing with server issues and faster loads for private matches.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...launch-issues/

The game's resolution was also revealed to be getting upgraded in the future with Respawn looking at either 1080 or 900 resolution depending on which will provide better performance for the game.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...down-the-line/

People don't mind DLC that cost more, so I say tax those fuckers. They may never know why on-disk DLC was a good thing, but at least Respawn can get some extra funds out of it and profit for the future.

Won't have this til thursday. Even then, I'm getting the Titanfall bundle to save $60, so I'll have to wait for my third world country internet to download the game, which will take all day.

Fuckin' white people problems man.

I do find it odd that for a game based entirely on multiplayer, there aren't many game modes to choose from.

Can't imagine I'll ever touch the "everybody gets a titan" mode, as that seems like it would strip the novelty of it pretty quick.

Hope they have more modes in the DLC.

I take it more modes would come, but I do like the community converging in fewer modes first.

Just picked up my copy looking to get down tonight

Fuck you all.

Well I may not get it either Kalyx. Only place that sells games in town is walmart and they're sold out.

Chance that they sold some of the on shelf copies to people who preordered, and I can snag the actual preorder copy, but I might just have to settle for Killer Instinct tomorrow.

Why not get it digitally?

Played a tiny bit tonight. Pretty cool.

Thats what I ended up doing. Beats getting off my lazy ass to change the disc from Battlefield to Titanfall.

Only thing to keep in mind is that the One doesnt do downloads when the console is 'off' like the 360 could, so be sure to leave the console on overnight or whatever when you attempt to download it.

That's a strange tidbit.

Didn't know it was available digitally. Doesn't matter anyway as they still had a copy. Good thing too, because with the third world internet speed we have up here in the mountains, I wouldn't have been able to play it for a week.

Xbone is doing it's big update, and then I'll be on. Still gonna get that KI Ultra pack too.

Kalyx, when are you buying one of these? I need me some competent teamates for this and BF4.

Aw for fucks sake, 840+mb update? Seriously?

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck gonna have to wait another hour or so to play I guess.

More white people problems.

Picked up my Xbone Tuesday with this. Amazing. Love it so far. Had a friend over and we were just taking turns every round like a nintendo game. Up to level 32 or so playing with other friends online.

Had to download for like 6 hours launch day because so many people were downloading.

BF 4, Fifa and my 2nd controller should arrive today

Holy fuck balls this is fun.

Loving it so far.

Why dont they teach you to wall hang in the tutorial?

Double Jump + Wall Hang + 2nd Double jump = Parkour God

HARD CORE PARKOUR

Respawn states a crackdown on cheaters/hackers will occur soon for the PC version of the game. They are currently working on the list for the first wave of mass bannings.

http://www.destructoid.com/respawn-a...y-271868.phtml

Summer. I'll kick your ass in KI and work with ya in B4 and TF.

But stay sharp, I do pop up time to time.

Note: All X1 games release digital same day.

Want some paint for my Ogre. Color him green and call him Shrek. :p

Yes awesome game can't put the controller down

Went through the campaign with just the basic carbine set up. I was having fun, but I wasn't doing very well 2nd last every time.

Switched to smart pistol, with cloak, and I have been fucking beast moding Hardpoint ever since. Got 1st place on my team three games in a row.

And before anyone says it's cause I'm using the smart pistol, that gun is only good against the bots really. I mean it totally decimates them, but against pilots, not so good. Lock on takes forever.

But I think a lot of people are playing this like COD. Not many people are embracing the new movement options. I wall ran right over three pilots to get to point A. Didn't even see me.

Been racking up huge numbers in hardpoint just parkouring from capture point to capture point.

Key to this game, at least on the pilot side, is mastering the movement of each map, and careful utilization of the special abilities.

That's what I like to hear. Speaks my language. I jumped around a lot during the beta.

Favorite way to capture a point is to wall hang somewhere and cloak. Someone inevitably comes in, and I drop right behind them and break their neck.

Oh fuck you.

Only disappointment is the lack of talking in general there is basically zero communication between teams

I talk to my friends on my party. Otherwise I have no desire to ever talk to any randoms. Its not needed.

Same here. I usually have a core group of buddies we play with, and communication is great, but I feel like random aren't even worth the effort of plugging in my mic

Just ordered an Xbox One. Can't wait to get this game once it arrives.

I'm used to at least some chatter with randoms, but since I bought it not one person has said anything.

I'd almost think there was something wrong with open chat.

That's what I'm saying I mean I'm sure some people are partying up which is cool but I've also heard next to nothing from anyone.

either way I've already purchased season pass looking forward to some actual monsters walking around with titans

Probably gonna play Sunday night. May capture stuff for YouTube. BOLO.

Loving the maps, btw. Not a single one feels like a dud.

The only complaint I've heard is their not very distinct from each other but I like them they feel very halo like .the abundance of maps is nice though