Bornstellar
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At most it would take 20 seconds to find another player.
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Titanfall multiplayer footage and overall impressions
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At most it would take 20 seconds to find another player.
AgentOtaku
Member
Ah I see... for me, I think I just played waaay too much TF1 and was still expecting just more of that, lol
Net_Wrecker
Member
I really like the slowly building music that pops up at points throughout the footage. Lends the gameplay a heightened sense of drama. Even the level up clip sounds very unique.
BigTnaples
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Whelp. No AI in multiplayer just killed my hype.
Looks like Titanfall 1 won't be obsolete as I was hoping.
Looks like Titanfall 1 won't be obsolete as I was hoping.
Bornstellar
Member
At what point does Respawn reevaluate what they've done to Titans by removing a rechargeable shield? 1 v 2's were totally feasible before, but now? Fat chance.
SmartWaffles
Member
Sadly old IW was never the kind of listening to community feedback, hope they prove me wrong this time.
Why is this a plus? I'll never understand what people had against the bots, they made the battles seem much larger in scale rather than just having stretches of empty space and helped make Titanfall unique. I just hope the standard hardpoint and attrition modes are in with the bots included.
SmartWaffles
Member
It is Respawn's internal codename for Titanfall 1, aka Respawn 1.
So they confirmed no bots in many modes, no Titan shields, movement system is now "easier", other changes I don't really like.
I will try it but I still have a bad feeling about it. I really hope they didn't make it too easy just to appeal to a bigger audience. They should've remastered the first one with more maps, a good graphic and an offline campaign and it would've been fine.
I will try it but I still have a bad feeling about it. I really hope they didn't make it too easy just to appeal to a bigger audience. They should've remastered the first one with more maps, a good graphic and an offline campaign and it would've been fine.
ManUnkindH
Member
Will this have the classic attrition mode from the first game? Also, do we know if it will feature bots?
Ohh I see, thanks.
I agree.. not a fan of a lot of the changes. I still trust Respawn to do right by it but the changes definitely rub me the wrong way on paper.
Spacecowboy77
Member
Super disappointed
First no PC beta, now it sounds like they went back on many of the features that were special in the first game. This seems like they just want another dumbed down COD clone
First no PC beta, now it sounds like they went back on many of the features that were special in the first game. This seems like they just want another dumbed down COD clone
The Freeman
Member
I was hyped for this (love TF1 - one of my favourite games of recent times) but the more I see of this the more I'm disappointed.
Removal of grunts makes the game feel a lot more empty, whilst the removal of titan shields makes the turnover of Titans a lot more frequent - I liked the relationship you had with your titan in the first game and that you could go an entire game with the same titan. No way you can accomplish that this time round
Also, I know it's a small thing, but changing to 3rd person when entering a titan really takes you out of the moment. I loved having a titan grab me and throw me into the cockpit in the first game, but seeing myself enter in 3rd person just feels... wrong.
Hopefully I'm worrying over nothing
Removal of grunts makes the game feel a lot more empty, whilst the removal of titan shields makes the turnover of Titans a lot more frequent - I liked the relationship you had with your titan in the first game and that you could go an entire game with the same titan. No way you can accomplish that this time round
Also, I know it's a small thing, but changing to 3rd person when entering a titan really takes you out of the moment. I loved having a titan grab me and throw me into the cockpit in the first game, but seeing myself enter in 3rd person just feels... wrong.
Hopefully I'm worrying over nothing
They are ALL hardcore PC gamers playing a shooter on PS4
So they will obviously be pretty bad
Watch any of their Overwatch or BF4 gameplay and they are all beasts
Aztechnology
Member
Wait so they removed AI grunts/robo boys outside of a single game mode? Well looks like I'll be playing that mode then. It's a great alternative method to getting points for your team. I know it was fun for friends who aren't as strong of players.
Also slower titans is a nono.
Also slower titans is a nono.
Diablohead
Member
Seems like they went with the approach of adding everything they could without thinking much about what made titanfall 1 unique, no AI soldiers and dumbing down mech combat makes this a pass for me.
I also have no trust in the pc version being active after launch.
I also have no trust in the pc version being active after launch.
As someone who wasnt able to play the first game but watched plenty of the alpha/beta footage - TF2 from what Ive seen feels like COD aping TF.
Not sure the grapple does anything fundamental to improve the game and some of the other changes just dont seem that thought out (easier wall running, third person cutscenes, reduction of AI, unique titans etc)
Id love to hear what its running on and how well it runs as that was a major issue with the first
ps3ud0 8)
Not sure the grapple does anything fundamental to improve the game and some of the other changes just dont seem that thought out (easier wall running, third person cutscenes, reduction of AI, unique titans etc)
Id love to hear what its running on and how well it runs as that was a major issue with the first
ps3ud0 8)
SmartWaffles
Member
Overall what I don't like:
Limited Titan options, basically there will be only six Titan weapons at launch and we don't know whether there will be boosts applying to them;
Speaking of boosts, aren't they single use killstreaks? Don't like that idea at all.
Dumbed down Titan combat, shields need to return, thrusters need to return, I can live with the new rodeo system though.
Removal of minions in some core modes apparently, they are by definition one of the aspects that made Titanfall unique and should stay as a core part of the game. No they are not "BOTS", they are AI minions and are part of the map flow of the original Titanfall. A Titanfall without them is like Dota 2 without the minions because they literally serve the same purpose.
Limited Titan options, basically there will be only six Titan weapons at launch and we don't know whether there will be boosts applying to them;
Speaking of boosts, aren't they single use killstreaks? Don't like that idea at all.
Dumbed down Titan combat, shields need to return, thrusters need to return, I can live with the new rodeo system though.
Removal of minions in some core modes apparently, they are by definition one of the aspects that made Titanfall unique and should stay as a core part of the game. No they are not "BOTS", they are AI minions and are part of the map flow of the original Titanfall. A Titanfall without them is like Dota 2 without the minions because they literally serve the same purpose.
Diablohead
Member
This is correct and it's a shame that enough people out there didn't see it like that, complained and now they are removed from most game modes.
The AI were there for small pools of points and to help your titanfall cooldown, they also helped make the battles feel like a war and if you watched them do their thing, they moved like a regular army marine and did some cool stuff, they would even attempt to hack consoles while their mates cover them.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
After watching more gameplay, sometimes it looks like CoD instead of titanfall.
Also don't know how I feel about the classes this time around both for pilots and Titans.
Also, I hope they bring back attrition.
Also don't know how I feel about the classes this time around both for pilots and Titans.
Also, I hope they bring back attrition.
GlamFM
Banned
Nah, plays like Titanfall.
SmartWaffles
Member
Also I hope Frontier Defense returns with more variation. Considering Bounty Hunt literally uses the wave based mechanic of Frontier Defense I'm optimistic.
Plus something I don't think they get enough credit for, they helped discourage people from camping.
I doubt there is much to worry about about the dumbing down parts of TF2. If making movement easier, there will always be a subset of elite players that can take that and do amazing things with it, still putting themselves into a higher skill tier then the normals 
Slower titans, if balanced properly with health/armor, could bring to more chess match like confrontations. From watching the video, I don't have much else to comment on.
The GUI is colorful, I think there is a tad too much going on there with how many icons are flashing at any given time. Especially when you kill someone. That giant circle icon that comes out of where you killed the opponent is sort of too much. I can almost see why they have it, so you know 100% that that enemy is indeed dead, because at times, small text that could pop out could be lost in the anarchy onscreen. This is a dead give away that you won the day.
Really looking forward to this game regardless. I Gen'ed 10 like an absolute drone/addict. I'm pretty confident in what Respawn are planning for us here.
Slower titans, if balanced properly with health/armor, could bring to more chess match like confrontations. From watching the video, I don't have much else to comment on.
The GUI is colorful, I think there is a tad too much going on there with how many icons are flashing at any given time. Especially when you kill someone. That giant circle icon that comes out of where you killed the opponent is sort of too much. I can almost see why they have it, so you know 100% that that enemy is indeed dead, because at times, small text that could pop out could be lost in the anarchy onscreen. This is a dead give away that you won the day.
Really looking forward to this game regardless. I Gen'ed 10 like an absolute drone/addict. I'm pretty confident in what Respawn are planning for us here.
Wait what? That's a huge deal breaker for me. Minions is what made Titanfall Titanfall other than the mechs and movement.
I'm not sure about this anymore.
SmartWaffles
Member
Out of the three modes announced, only Bounty Hunt has minions, and that's because it is a PvE/PvP hybrid mode ala Halo Reach's Versus Firefight. Pilot vs Pilot is obviouly without minions and the new Amped Hardpoint mode does not have them either.
I agree with you. I fail to see how removing some of the things that made TF unique and not just another COD is a good thing.
Not sure why people are saying they removed minions. Are you assuming this just based on the modes announced for the demo? Unless I am missing something I would expect that Attrition and some of the other modes will return in the full game with minions. Attrition was the most popular mode by far and the only one that is still well populated in TF1 on xbox one. I doubt they would take that game type away or change it drastically.
Can you tell us a bit more about what you loved about it? Particularly what it does better/worse than TF1. Many of us here would love to have our concerns laid to rest.
Because during launch it was such a new thing for most people that they didn't know what to do. they felt the maps were too big, bots were the only thing they could find to shoot at, etc. The people that stuck with the game know the bots are there for other purposes, and adds to the game, it doesn't take away.
this is stim dude. it's in titanfall, and it's in titanfall 2. nothing bad about it. it's the most used ability in the game.
you agreeing with it or not doesn't make a difference. the maps were big by scale but small considering how fast you can traverse the landscape. some maps were actually too small for 6v6. tournies and private matches in Titanfall are played 3v3 and 4v4. Never 6v6.
it's a positive for you? did you play 8v8 pilot skirmish in the original TItanfall? no one played it after the first week. it became a sniper camp fest. this isn't COD, this is Titanfall, and it's about being able to move around the map without sticking out too much.
Yes it did lol. i think they don't spin up enough servers, and they have to match people from all over the place to get a quality game going.
Anyways, i'm hoping the modes they're showing or pushign are just the ones to get people that aren't used to titanfall engaged in the game. Most modes should have the a.i in it. They better know what they're doing with this.
At the end of the day all that matters is CTF. It's where titanfall truly shines. On that note it's utterly sickening that they didn't include this playlist in the game knowing everyone that stuck with the game and are remotely decent play either CTF or LTS.
BleedOrange
Banned
Seriously. That's one of the things that makes fights so dynamic in Halo as well. Removing that seems like a real dumb move.
yet they brought it back and screwed with things that weren't broken like everything to do with titan combat lol.
saturday is either going to be a time everyone relaxes and says "ok Respawn knows what they're doing" or it's going to be an utter bloodbath.
Broadbandito
Member
Pretty much what bounty hunt is..
GlamFM
Banned
Still at GC. Will write something tomorrow.
FrenchFryFiend
Member
It may come off as elitism, but if you aren't wall running and bunny hopping it is a completely different game. It really opens up and becomes a much more fun game when you do those things consistently. You can still have plenty of map awareness while flying around.
FrenchFryFiend
Member
Definitely remains my number 1 concern.
That's the first time I have actually seen someone wall run on this game. What video did that come from.?
Tokubetsu
Member
Yeah not liking the sound and look of some of these changes, particularly Titan combat but I'll reserve full judgement until after the Tech test. I double dipped on TF1 (pc & x1) and did multiple regens on both systems. I'm disheartened they seem to want to decrease titan up time.
Tarnpanzer
Member
Attrition without minions would make no sense. You get half your points by just killing minions, and the other half by defeating players or titans.