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Titanfall Runs on an Original Modded Source Engine, Not Source 2.0

Kenneth Shepard writes: "In a Twitter exchange Respawn Community Manager, Abbie Heppe confirmed that Titanfall will run on a modified version of the original Source Engine, and not the recently revealed Source 2.0."

Hatsune-Miku3732d ago

It shows in how the game looks

SuperLupe3732d ago

Looks decent graphically, not mindblowing. Just good enough to not be dissapointing.

georgeenoob3732d ago

Exactly. And multiplayer games are all about gameplay, which Titanfall excels at.

adventureghost1243732d ago

@georgee
You should really stop talking on this website. Everyone knows who you are, and your not fooling anyone but yourself. I can practically guarantee you have never played it before and you are just saying that it automatically excels in it.

Farmassy3732d ago

@adventureghost

You are probably right. He probably hasn't played the game... but maybe he is basing his opinion off of ALL of the positive impressions that have been coming in about the game.

It isn't always necessary to try something to know it will be great. I have never given birth before but I am pretty sure it shows some benefit

Gazondaily3732d ago

Pretty impressive considering how old the tech is.

I like how Respawn approached Titanfall. Less focus on visuals for the sake of it and more emphasis on gameplay.

They clearly sat down and thought about how to develop the competitive fps genre further, not slap a generic game with fancy visuals. Substance over style.

hellzsupernova3732d ago

I have always been in the gameplay over graphics side. As long as it doesn't look terrible I'm fine with that. Granted better graphics is a bonus, and helps with the emersion

JokesOnYou3732d ago (Edited 3732d ago )

I'm a graphics lover but it's always been a distant secondary appeal for me. Never underestimate the importance of graphics they can add alot to the believability/overall immersion. That said gameplay is paramount.

Sure the best case scenario would be Titanfall with Ryse quality graphics and down the road plenty of games may achieve both on both platforms but the bottom line is in March 2014 I'd rather play Titanfall that has been praised for gameplay with good graphics vs KZ SF/Ryse that has great/superb graphics but the general consensus is that the gameplay is NOT the highlight/best part of the game.

btw I haven't played KZ SF and Ryse imo was a good game.

erathaol3732d ago

Does this rule out Source Engine Modders having an easy time?

:|

truefan13732d ago

I agree I just want to have fun, can't wait for the beta.

Gamer19823731d ago

Explains why they have had limitations though. As great as the source 1.0 engine is it is a very old engine. They obviously used it as its a free engine and this being there first game couldn't afford something like unreal engine for there game. Plus source engine was made for PC architecture something the new 2 consoles are built on.. Makes me think the 360 versions gonna be terrible though.. It will port nicely to the One though just a shame they are not using the Source 2 engine which has more features and stuff not even heavy modding can accomplish..

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UnHoly_One3732d ago

lol, right.

You are just seeing what you want to see.

Irishguy953732d ago (Edited 3732d ago )

At least they have the balls to admit they are using an old engine while heavily modified, Bethesda said they were using a new engine for Skyrim. Turned out that no...they were still using that piece of ****. I'm surprised how good Titanfall looks considering it's on source.

Also jonboi...Respawn don't belong to EA. Source engine is proven and reliable. Respawn can use what engine they want to use.

Gamer19823731d ago

Indeed and look at Skyrim and mods for examples of how modding anything bogs down resources. Using an up to date engine means less resources. Modding an engine means more resources required. It's why I feel they ended up limiting the game in the end. But being there first game they had to go with an engine that was free in source and also was easy to port to Xbox One from day of starting as it is now basically PC architecture.

Austacker3732d ago

@adventureghost124

Well I HAVE played the game already mate and can tell you from first hand experience this FPS will blow the doors off anything on the market today.

This game is a system seller and no, I'm not a EA or MS shill. I mostly play Battlefield today, but once Titanfall arrives, I'm porting across.

There's nothing like it out there now and it plays *incredible*

This game will sell like hotcakes. I'm already pre-ordered & pre-paid, on a simple 30 gameplay experience I've already had.

Prepare for greatness - in Titanfall!!!

Mikeyy3732d ago

Instead of writing all that fluff why don't you tell us WHY its "revolutionary"? Site specific examples if you can please. You all keep saying its amazing yet all the leaked footage just shows us a cod clone??

Austacker3732d ago

@Mikeyy

The dynamics of the gaming environment, the balance between the Titans and the Pilots, the AI inclusion on the battlefield, the Pilot mobility.

It's honestly fairly difficult to put into words an experience like this one, but it's a classic light bulb moment once you try it.

There's a public beta in a couple weeks. A lot of answers for those who haven't had hands on yet will be offered then.

But trust me when I say when you play this, you'll have a very hard time going back to your current crop of FPS options out there today.

jgrigs093732d ago

@Mikeyy how is it a COD clone? Does that mean all FPS are clones?

Gamer19823731d ago

If its that good then PC has the winner not Xbox One as PC is the place to play titanfall. I can build a PC for less than an Xbox one that will run it at 1080p.

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jonboi243732d ago

I wonder why they used the Source engine instead the Frostbite 3 engine, it's pretty much being used for all of EA non-sport games. Its definitely a more powerful engine.

SuperLupe3732d ago

I dont know, maybe time ? I guess Frostbite would have had them launching the game 6 months later who knows.

theWB273732d ago

Manpower and time. Source is alot more familiar, quicker to develop for and Respawn isn't a big team. Simple as that.

OC_MurphysLaw3732d ago

Frostbite is an EA developer engine for internal studios. Respawn is not an EA internal studio, they merely made an agreement with EA to publish their game as part of the EA Partners program.

andrewsqual3732d ago (Edited 3732d ago )

It was something to do with it being good for PS3 earlier in development. Also Valve proved it was an incredible engine for use with PS3 because you can play with PC players in Co-Op on Portal 2. Holy crap, better pay to keep this game off Playstation platforms forever Microsoft, or it will look bad if the PS3 version has more features than the Xbone while outputting at the EXACT same resolution.

GUTZnPAPERCUTZ3732d ago

What a Fanboyish comment lol, OMG Source was built on OpenGL so it's will preforms better on PS3 than X1... Yeah... sure it would XD

Lilrizky3732d ago

They possibly wanted different tech to have a different overall look, feel and style to the Battlefield series. If you look at Medal of Honor, it has a similar visual style and feel to BF even though it is nowhere near as good as it.

GUTZnPAPERCUTZ3732d ago

it was in development before FB3 was EA's flagship engine.

Anonagrog3731d ago

Frostbite can't be licensed by external developers - it's for EA internal studios only.

Hellsvacancy3731d ago

MS wanted it to be made quickly and as cheap as possible

N2NOther3731d ago

Because Respawn isn't owned by EA, and they are simply publishing. Using Frostbite means they would have to license it. Sure, the licensed Source, but it probably made more long-term financial sense for the upstart.

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SilentSolid3732d ago

Good engine. But a bit outdated.

Hicken3732d ago

A bit? Isn't Source older than the 360?

SilentSolid3732d ago

It's old ye. But source engine is great for competitive shooters. So I don't blame them for using it.

RevXM3732d ago

Still not as old as that COD quake engine tho.

Anonagrog3731d ago

Not if you have access to the code, though, and modify it how you choose fit.

Duke193732d ago

Surprised its able to look as good as it does, knowing that its based off the good yet very dated Source Engine.

Wizard_King3732d ago

The Source engine is modular in design and is in a state now that is nearly completely different to the Source engine that was around when TF2 or Portal arrived and that was very different to the Source engine that HL2 was launched on.

Source engine 2.0 will just be the same modular engine with better aspects added into it.

Valve has been very smart with the Source engine allowing it to improve and evolve over time, something other developers are just now figuring out how to do *cough* DICE, Frosbite 3 *cough*.

The Source Engine has a very long and bright future ahead of it.

thezeldadoth3732d ago

portal 2 still looks amazing and much more pleasing to the eyes than most games

Anonagrog3731d ago (Edited 3731d ago )

I don't know why you'd be surprised when they have complete access to the code-base to change whatever parts they have to.

lonewolfjedi3732d ago

Can't wait to find out the PC minimum specs for this game and the resolution on xbox one.

kiz26943732d ago

Me to but I thought it was confirmed to be 720p unscaled to 1080p on X1. If the game is running on source does that mean the PC requirements might be quite low, for such a optimized and don't mean in a bad way old engine.

Wizard_King3732d ago

maxed on an 8800GTX with 512mb of GDDR3 of RAM from all the way back in 2006...

MRMagoo1233732d ago

pretty much any newish laptop will be able to play it, and i am pretty sure it will run fine on any desktop pc with dedicated graphics card.

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15 Underrated FPS Games You May Want to Try

Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.

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Jiub587d ago

Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.

MadLad587d ago

Lol

All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.

Venoxn4g587d ago (Edited 587d ago )

XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games

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An ode to Titanfall: The last twitch shooter I'll probably ever enjoy

Windows Central: "Titanfall 1 is being sunset, taken off storefronts by EA. While the servers remain live for now, one has to wonder just how much time it has left. I look back and pay tribute to the last "twitch"-styled shooter I ever truly loved."

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Respawn Entertainment is Discontinuing Sales of Original Titanfall

Sales for the original Titanfall are being discontinued.
It will be pulled from subscription services on March 1, 2022.

Ethereal868d ago

Physical media. Unfortunately the way games are going these days game servers will eventually be shut down and you can stare at the menu and wish you could play the game again.

littletad867d ago

This is why reading is so important. Nothing to do with digital or physical media. The game, which is online only, is being delisted because of DDOS and other hacker attacks. The case got so bad that only six players in the world log on. For PC. Rather than fix it, they continued to sell the game, broken as it is, and only now just decided to call it quits. But please, go on thinking what you will.

Ethereal866d ago

I'm aware of the DDOS attacks and that this case is not typical. This game would eventually have it's servers shutdown regardless of the current situation so that is a moot point. My comment was in a general sense and that there are instances in which games can be preserved physically when official support ends.

Let's recap your first sentence. I said, "the way GAMES are going these days" indicating a broader stroke than just this game. I agree, reading IS important. I was simply stating the obvious downsides of the digital marketplaces and online only trends in games these days. I could even make the argument that the online only offering which has allowed hacker manipulation has impacted the preservation of this great game. My comment is valid in the general sense and thank you for your permission to continue to think what I will.