Titanfall’s Gameplay Will Make You Forget About Its Resolution and Player Count

Joel Taveras of DualShockers writes,"As exciting as it was counting down until the launch of the next gen consoles, it was also at times equally unpleasant. For me, much of the negativity stemmed from everyone’s focus on the lack of visual parity between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Some of it was funny, especially early on with all the ridiculous GIFs hitting forums like NeoGAF. But when you peeled away that layer of the conversation, what you were left was merely a handful of titles with slightly sharper visuals on one platform over the other; a bucross-generational leftovers from PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."

[Hatsune-Miku]

Titan falls gameplay, resolution and player count has already made me forget about the decision of getting the game

[Abash]

My problem is the lack of single player or something like online co-op where you mow down A.I.

I have never really been hooked on competitive mulyiplayer and since that is all the game has it's making me very reluctant to get it for my Xbox One

[NewMonday]

Titanfall gameplay we see is all flash with no substance, some are easily impressed by it, I can see little kids playing it and feeling empowered due to casual game design but other see thru the shallow surface, end of the day TitanFall is not for everyone.

[theWB27]

@NewMonday

All i gotta say is keep fighting that good fight. What is casual game design? Has there ever been a game that has been for "everyone?"

Is that a valid argument...it's not for everyone? End of the day...everything has its detractors.

[sinjonezp]

My issue with multiplayer only games is hackers, cheaters, lag, people dropping servers(host). I have a nephew who goes 60 -15 on cod ghost cuz he hacked support an can use it no matter so his killstreak doesnt.end.and get choppers, etc. Things like that deter me from online only. With this game, the support of bots(a.i. is still bots) ia still questionable because from the video, they are almost free kills. Regardless if they give lesser points, human players can spam that unless they tweak it. I want this game and i hope they fine tune it where these types of issues are minimalized. Still, other modes like co op, etc should be welcomed, especially at a premium price tag.

[jgrigs09]

@Newmonday you are obviously anti. Titanfall for some odd reason since you've never played it before. I haven't seen a single negative review about it. Most if not all are adults I've been playing it since the alpha released and everyone. Is enjoying it the people who've talked sound like adults. So you just have some sort of grudge against it. I guess because it's not on the PS4. You
Can't have an opinion without playing it

[hellzsupernova]

Game looks fun, which is the main thing. It will review well. May play it on pc one day.

[ZodTheRipper]

This will be the next Gears of War for Xbox. I planned on getting this on PC but the player count and all those bots prevent me from doing it. I'll get it if the usual "I'm bored, what game could I get?"-moment comes up someday.

[Patrick_pk44]

My exact issues is that the gameplay, hud, guns, and sounds remind me of COD. I understand that some people are from the past Call of Duty games, however i thought they would branch off. It seems that the game is toned downed to a casual audience to take the COD audience. Sadly it will become COD.

[UltimateMaster]

So, we're supposed to forget the lack of graphics, the lack of player count, the lack of single player and since this is an EA game, tons of forced micro-transactions.

[UltimateMaster]

This game is far better:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Better graphics, game play and story.. oh wait! there's no story in Titanfall.

It's X and it's exclusive to the Wii U.

[Kleptic]

No doubt the alpha footage i've seen so far completely confirmed what i was worried about personally...

people farming kills off AI 'grunts' and winning rounds...people getting killed by the same AI...etc...

Watched a full unedited match, which lasted about 7 minutes...and yeah it was 'intense' and 'dynamic', just like the devs said...but after i started reading the names in the middle of the screen...i realized that 90% of what was going on was something AI controlled...90% of the things moving around were not actual human enemies, or team mates...it was just bots...and watching said bots stroll out in the street and get stomped by a mech (when clearly that wasn't the right approach to defeating it)...and my interest quickly began to slip...

couple that with the fact that EA is publishing the game...and my 'no future games from EA' policy has been quite easy so far...

I have no issue with the visuals...It currently looks like a 360 game, but i'm sure they'll get that fixed up nicely before release...its just turning out to not be what i was hoping for...to each their own, though...

[SITH]

LMAO hypocrites, there are a ton of games that have NO single player and are very successful. But as soon as the xbox one has a game without single player, everyone looses there minds!

[malokevi]

Lol, well, that was easy. As if you ever intended to get it to begin with.

[TheGreatAndPowerful]

The gameplay is so boring though and I'm not even trolling...the gunplay is exactly like COD. It also reminds me a lot of Crysis 3.

http://www.dailymotion.com/...

[kiz2694]

Completely agree! It looks very similar to COD which I have lost much interest in over the past 2 years. Il be honest I was tempted to get an Xbox One for only this game, but glad I didn't purchase one earlier, cos these most recent videos are really showing its COD heritage. And the added AI bots really make the kill feel cheap and less meaningful which lets face it, your kill count should be something precious and rewarding.

[mr233]

If you have to point out that you're not trolling...You are probably trolling.

[Bennibop]

Even the menus look the same as cod

[brich233]

Well then I guess you shouldnt play it. Meanwhile, everyone else will!!.... Sucka!

[brich233]

Well then I guess you shouldnt play it. Meanwhile, everyone else will!!.... Sucka! lol

[DigitalRaptor]

The game basically is CoD.

Same menu interface, same graphics, same level design (accounting for verticality), close to the same gameplay.

It's a futuristic CoD with vertical manoeuvring. Vertical movement in FPS games have existed for years, and people are acting like it's a breath of fresh air and a game-changer..... Why are people getting so excited for this game and its many qualms, that gameplay alone cannot bounce back from?

AI is meant to account for its low player count, but the AI is nothing special, and neither are the remainder of the components. Are people even considering, this is controlled by EA, the same company that made an exclusive deal for this game because of their approval of Microsoft's DRM focus?

[TheGreatAndPowerful]

Double post...sucka! Even though I have a really good gaming PC I have no desire of buying this game now or when it hits the bargain racks.

I'll be too busy playing PlanetSide 2, War Thunder, Destiny beta, Watch Dogs, Drive Club, Infamous Second Son, MGSV. And when Playstation Now comes out I'll hopefully be playing GTAV, LoU, UC2 and the rest of the greats. So you can keep your pitiful COD w/Mechs shite!

[NewSunday]

I dare u to find 1 media outlet that describes this game in a negative light overall or a person who has actually played it and not just someone who has see videos or screen shots. I have literally not found one person who has played it not enjoy it. Dont knock it till u try it.

[OpieWinston]

Everyone on N4G knows you're extremely against Competitive games so you were never going to get it in the first place.

[KimoNoir]

Learning about the low resolution repelled me. Ill stick to my ps4 and get it on my gaming pc.

[MysticStrummer]

Don't care about resolution so much, though it is odd for a "next gen" title. I'm turned off by the CoD-like gameplay and the bots. I also prefer games with big maps and large player count. Believe it or not, I don't care, but I wouldn't be interested in this game no matter what system it was on. Being on three systems does hurt it's potential as a system seller though.

[Letthewookiewin]

I've watched a bunch of the Alpha vids and the AI looks really bad. A dude ran in a room that had about 7 AI's and they all paused for 5-10seconds before shooting at him. No thanks I've got plenty of single player games that do that crap I don't need it in my MP.

[snake_eater]

but I won't forget the cancer that is EA.

[pompombrum]

EA are just publishing and as far as I'm aware, have absolutely no control over the game.

[snake_eater]

Doesn't matter, they will still make money

EA is the cancer of this industry

[hellzsupernova]

Nope ea makes the calls they are publisher they are funding this game. It's up to them and their fantastic (sarcasm) origin servers.

[Patrick_pk44]

You have no idea how much power a publisher has over the developers. Let's take DICE for example, Battlefield 4 was not near completion, however EA pushed the release near Call of Duties, why do you think the game is broken?

[Fireseed]

@aliBreeze

Completely agree, after the BS that Jason and Vince went though with Activision I cannot see them possibly entering another contractual agreement with a publisher that doesn't allow them TOTAL freedom. Let's face it, Jason West and Vince Zampella are now the Matt Stone and Trey Parker of the gaming industry.

[Axios2]

Well said

Good to hear it meeting it's high expectations.

[lifeisgamesok]

I must say Titanfall already makes some other 1st person shooters out there seem very bland

Killing 5 people then jumping into a titan, grab someone out of theirs so your team can take it over or decide to have the titan follow you providing cover fire, scale buildings and jump through windows killing pilots in corridors, eject out of an exploding titan only to get killed before you land on a rooftop

[Ninferno]

Itll be the best thing to play on xbox one for a while. I certainly look forward to doing all of this and then some.

[5eriously]

""Itll be the best thing to play on xbox one for a while.""

Maybe you are right, therefore my consideration against buying an Xbone!

[malokevi]

When you eject and have your Titan set to go nuclear... unreal.

[christocolus]

My pals and i are so pumped up for this game

[Tctczach]

It's amazing. I love it. Allegedly.

[MasterCornholio]

They confirmed resolution already?

[DoubleM70]

Man this generation of gamers are some Bitches. I remember playing PACMan on a Black and White Television screen. The game looks fantastic don't hate appreciate. Oh by the way all games are upscaled to 1080P on XB1.

[Plasticgearsolid]

lies

[ambientFLIER]

All except the native 1080P games, yeah...

[Axios2]

ROFL

Look at Maria trying to cover the truth, so sad

[N8]

Gonna get dr3 and titanfall with my x1. Enjoying my ps4 until then

[iceman1346]

i have to admit the gameplay looks pretty sweet..but i need to try it before i buy it to my pc ,please Respawn do an open beta

[Donjune]

Children children, play the effen game before you talk negatively or positively first! Sorry it's an Xbox exclusive and PS4 owners such as myself have to play it on pc or 360. So much anger over video games! We have Infamous, MLB, and Drive Club coming around the same time as Titan Fall.. So stop being EFFEN CRYBABIES AND FANGIRLS, it's very CHILD LIKE!

[AceBlazer13]

I saw what i needed to see of this game already. At first i thought i wasn't seeing what people were praising it for, then i realised my opinion of it was spot on. It's yet another fps out there trying to out CoD CoD by taking it a step further and throwing in amateur bots for everyone to feel good.

Now I can call out the hypocrites that call out CoD yet praise this.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

It's making my boycott of EA products, a lot easier.

El'Pres's rant,, is pretty funny.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[DigitalRaptor]

Ha! Does Microsoft still pay this guy?

I wouldn't expect so, after that.

[jgrigs09]

I love how people on n4g using videos as their "valid" argument. When they haven't played it. The whole it's good for "kids" is ridiculous. Already judging the game by videos tisk tisk tisk. People are ignorant on here

[russo121]

Sorry sir, you're so intelligent but you missed your address. Your destination is http://www.microsoft.com/xb... - good voyage!

[SITH]

Exactly, this is not a xbox friendly zone. THIS IS BRAZIL... I mean N4G.COM!

[lonewolfjedi]

One of my problems with this game is that the a.i. Don't even put up a challenge they are just there so you can get your Titan faster. Also I'm seeing a lot of recycled animations and assets from the cod franchise like when the guy reloads his primary weapon on titanfall it's the same reloading animation of the honey badger on cod ghosts.

[mhunterjr]

I really doubt they are recycling assets, the game is run on a completely different engine, and the Respawn guys likely had to leave everything they had at activision.

A far as the ai are concerned, some folks were afraid they'd be an attempt to replace humans and be too powerful. Others were afraid they would be too weak, and players would focus on farming them.

Really, from looking at the videos they exist to keep the action going. They are a grunt that helps remove the issue of spawn kills and quick kills you see in games like COD, and remove the dull moments you see after spawning in games like BF.

As far as getting a Titan faster... The better option is to kill other players and titans. Someone who only kills grunts won't be getting their Titan as quickly as those who seek out other players.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Damm right it will its awesome!!

[Kingoftherodeo]

If this was multiplat game doubt fanboys would hate on it

[Gabenbrah]

Looks amazing, the usual downplaying Sony fanboys don't like it, what a surprise.

[SpideySpeakz]

Yes, everyone is a Sony fanboy if they don't like the game - Boner Logic

[joebeta]

I don't understand that logic, either. Both sides of the console race are guilty of doing it. I own both consoles, and may, or may have not played the alpha. But I will say, the amount of hype surrounding this game is almost unfair, because TF may never live up to it.

But, thats just my opinion.

[corvusmd]

This game looks to be the best game on the horizon for Next Gen, so even if it ships with 720p native resolution (upscaled to 1080p) all that's making me do is forget about giving ANY credibility to the "native 1080p" cry-fest. This game shows that, that argument has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with game quality. This game looks amazing, and plays amazing....PERIOD...in fact even at 720p it looks better than several 1080p games. How come no one ever stops to think about how, just because a game is in native 1080p doesn't mean it will look good. Other factors like textures, and particle affects, and smooth framerate are just as important. If I take a 1080p picture of a newspaper, it will just look like a glossy newspaper...but if I take a 720p digital picture of a natural landscape...the second picture will look better.

[MysticStrummer]

"even at 720p it looks better than several 1080p games"

No. Visually it looks worse than several launch titles.

[Oh_Yeah]

Actually, if it's 720p @60 fps with nice artwork/textures there's no reason it can't look better and play better than a game that's 1080p 30fps. Resolution isn't everything. These console companies should be focussing on hitting 60fps over that native 1080p to be honest. The games will always look better @60fps because it retains more detail while in motion. Them being games and all you arnt going to be looking at a still image most of the time.

[joebeta]

Hey, I'm not here to bash TF, but can you explain what makes it "the best game on the horizon"? I personally don't see it, but that doesn't mean I didn't like the alpha.

[Welcome2Die]

Why is it that all these games coming out for the Xbone exclusively have some sort of resolution issue?

[MyNameIsNotRick]

Let me save the trolls some time:
PS fanatics fall into one or more of the following categories. From now on just leave a letter/letters corresponding to your troll comment of choice/choices:
A. Don't like shooters.
B. Don't like EA.
C. Will get it on my pc which is waaay better than xbox.
E. 6v6 is bad.
F. I can tell by the videos that the game is bad.
G. The game is for noobs, not hardcore gamers like me.
H. The game looks bad.
I. Killzone is way better
I. I am a sad individual and have nothing else to do but troll games that I don't want to play only because they are not on my console of choice.

I'm sure there are many more, but I think these are the main ones. Just trying to streamline the trolling. No thanks necessary. Ok mods...do your dirty work. Heaven forbid somebody calls out the bs on this site.

[quenomamen]

Xbots will spout one of the following reasons why Titanfall will be the second coming of jesus.

1. 720p is good enough for me
2. 6 v 6 is good enough for me
3. Without Teh Cloud this game would not be possible
4. Even though the the Devs making it have a long history of constantly pumping out the same game year after this time it will be different even though Titanfall is using the same ol modified Quake engine as COD.
5. Hell else are we suppose to play Killer Instinct ?

[MyNameIsNotRick]

Did you read my comment? You could have just typed "J". I'm trying to help make your trolling experience more efficient. If there are trolls over in the PS4 game threads you could simply provide a similar service for them.

Note: the 2nd "I" should be "J"...Sorry for the confusion.