I think requiring a subscription to play the game at all means that maybe it shouldn't be.
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No Split Screen in Titanfall
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I think requiring a subscription to play the game at all means that maybe it shouldn't be.
fuzzyreactor
Banned
because what if you want to play it in 10 years and there is no longer anyone to play with?
everything you buy should always maintain its functionality. That's why I never buy food.
Yeah, it sucks how few games have split-screen nowadays; despite HDTVs being the greatest thing to happen to split-screen since game systems were able to display two different view points in 3D.
I'll be there with a pre-order, although I'm sure you'll be able to get the PC version for $45 from GMG.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
I seem to remember Wii U catching a lot of grief because local vs/coop was left out of Splinter Cell Blacklist when it was released (not by you guys necessarily, obviously) but now it's niche thing? This surprises me.
When they were released on consoles. Console versions of UT and Q3A supported split screen. 4-player on the Dreamcast and PS2, I believe.
There are 3 maps that have been revealed. I would hope the game would ship with closer to something like 12-15.
Call of Duty 4 launched with 16 MP maps and a full SP campaign. Titanfall has MUCH larger maps than CoD4 did, but with the efforts not being spent on a SP campaign, I expect a high number of larger maps.
Let me turn the question around. Where would you draw the line at then in terms of when it shouldn't be a full priced release? Right now I feel that the game is looking pretty bare bones. Online only, multiplayer only, 6vs6 only, a small handful of classes/mechs, one player per console only, etc. It could be they release with like 50 maps, a dozen new and innovative styles of play and just as many new titans. But let's assume they just release with 15 maps and your generic pvp modes - capture the flag, death match varieties, point defense, kill the man who's it, and maybe some sort of extinction sort mode. Obviously you'll have your Halo style ranked matchmaking. What would need to be removed before it was, in your opinion, justifiable to suggest that it should not be a full priced title?
Clarkus Darkus
Member
The same reason ESO shouldn't be full priced, When you cant access that purchase without the internet( TF)/monthly sub( ESO) then it doesn't send a good precedent about the industry let alone the fact id be pissed off knowing I cant play something I bought!
BruiserBear
Banned
Just someone trolling the game.
I'm a quality over quantity guy, so if they can deliver all those maps and modes at the absolute maximum polish that they can achieve, I think the game is worth full price.
I've spent $60 on SP only games that I beat in 10 hours and never touched again, but didn't complain. If I can spend $60 on Titanfall and get an extremely fun and polished game, that I could play for possibly over 100 hours, then I think that's absolutely worth $60, too.
Feature bloat hurts games, in my opinion, not enhances them. I have to trust that Respawn knows what's best for their game and they will deliver. Their pedigree at least deserves that respect.
My boyfriend and I.
Same. I am pretty fussy when it comes to games because I would rather spend the money and get into a game where I can put 100's of hours in, instead of some SP focused game with a few hours worth in it.
In the end, Respawn have to make sure that happens and they can do that with solid gameplay and only a handful of maps. Sure it would be nice to have 20 or 30 maps and we might get that, but at least 12 or so is a great start.
Sure I'd absolutely I agree with you in premise. I'd much rather have a highly refined game focusing on what it's good at than one that just tries to be the jack of all. On the other hand I think it's reasonable to suggest that Titanfall is missing some of it's goodies in large part due to time constraints. The game just had a low-res alpha-test with reportedly poor AI and occasionally inconsistent framerate... 2 months before it's supposed to be on store shelves. I guess we could hope that was just a really old build or something. Although again I think that's being somewhat unreasonably optimistic. EA is anything but naive. They knew that their NDA wouldn't stop photo/video/impressions of being spread far and wide. To go ahead with a relatively public test of the game, in spite of that, using an old build just seems quite unlikely.
Bedameister
Member
We don't know the number of maps don't we? Man this is insane, they should give out those infos.
And they didn't announce a season pass. They would definetly have done that if that game wasn't a new IP. But I'm sure there is one coming. I'm very curious how this game will perfom. If EA fucks this one up as well then it doesn't look good for them.
BRocknRolla
Member
Yeah. This does not rate as news to me. Having split screen would have been the surprise.
I do, but then again I'm still a console peasant.
bequietdrive
Member
Local multiplayer all the way, I never understand people that seem to mock or look down on it. That's part of the reason I love my Wii U so much, its actually made the effort to resurrect local multiplayer
My little brother & I
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Deleted member 59090
Unconfirmed Member
Why did anyone expect it to have splitscreen?
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Because it's from the dudes that created CoD, and CoD includes split screen.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
12-15 maps seems like a reasonable request.
Me.
petethepanda
Member
Considering Respawn's pedigree the lack of splitscreen is a letdown, but still, not terribly surprising in 2014.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I didn't know they made a game called Titanfall back in 1998. Wow.
He, would be really funny if people would get upset today if a game doesn't feature splitscreen. Hehe
He, would be really funny if people would get upset today if a game doesn't feature splitscreen. Hehe
Why would having a splitscreen, a multiplayer feature, be out of place in a multiplayer game?
People who have friends that occasionally come over for a couple of beers and a couple of deathmatches.
Yeah, I know, weird.
fabricated backlash
Member
Splitscreen means less people being online all the time, means less exposure to possible monetization, thus not worth the time to implement.
A shame really but then again Titanfall hasn't gripped me at all, despite seemingly everyone else being hyped like crazy for it... eh, guess it's just not for me.
A shame really but then again Titanfall hasn't gripped me at all, despite seemingly everyone else being hyped like crazy for it... eh, guess it's just not for me.
Why would it ever die? People like playing games with other people; and its baffling that priority is given to people who live miles and countries away instead of those who live in your own home.
We shouldn't each have to each have our own game system and our own copy of the game to play with someone next to you.
they sent out a 25% off preorders already, yeah
Cizeta-Moroder
Banned
I don't know I just assumed game makers generally want to make their games as good as possible.
I'm going off what we have been shown and I explicitly said so right in my original post. There will definitely be more maps but considering two months from launch we only know 3 of them, I am a bit worried that the overall number will be small.
So anyone who is disappointed or feels lukewarm about Titanfall is now automatically a troll? If you have a source for the amount of maps in the game then please share with me because right now the game has only 3 confirmed maps and it isn't trolling in any sense of the word to be stating this as fact when only Fracture, Lagoon, and Angel City have been revealed so far. Obviously the game won't ship with only 3 maps, but if there were 10+ of them (not DLC) then I think it would be reasonable to expect having known more about them by now.
There are a lot of criteria on which I decide whether to buy a game or not. It's not black and white. I won't criticize a game because it lacks something as irrelevant as a tacked-on singleplayer, or because the player count is "too low".
These things do not even come to mind. It's as if someone would say that Metro: Last Light was overpriced, because it didn't have a multiplayer mode, a coop mode, or because it was missing rpg elements. They aren't necessarily missing or omitted features. That's just what the game is.
If you think Titanfall is "missing" crucial features, or if you think a "low" player count is something even remotely negative, maybe it's just not a game for you.
Look, I fully agree. I have a baby which I one day hope will share my love for games. That doesn't change the fact that this non splitscreen trend has been going on for years and no one should be surprised at this point. It's all about the bottom line for these companies, and the bottom line is... buy 2 copies bitches.
Bedameister
Member
What bothers me is that as far as I can remember, all of those 3 maps look the same.
Me and my 2-3 friends at each Sunday nights.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
People are more pissed off than surprised.
ScreenSplitter
Member
My username should give you an idea of my general stance on this. People still have younger brothers, people still have Uni housemates. It's silly to discount that crowd entirely just because it's smaller than the mass of anonymity that might as well be a bot to me online.
I tried pre-ordering from GMG yesterday with their 25% off code, but it wouldn't accept it. I'm assuming it's one of the "Excluded titles" and that there will be a specific Titanfall coupon closer to release.
badcrumble
Member
My guess is that if they supported it on the Xbox One they'd have to support it on the 360 and the 360 doesn't have the power.
