Titanfall’s 6v6 Player Count is Really a Non-Issue

Zoran Cunningham writes: "When Respawn Entertainment revealed their upcoming title Titanfall would have a limited player count of 6v6, an unfortunately large number of misguided gamers took to forums and message boards to express their distaste and disappointment. Some went so far as to boycott the game or cancel pre-orders. It’s one of the most presumptuous and uninformed overreactions in recent memory."

[kiz2694]

Might may be, for you.

[DeathOfTheFanBoy]

ITS A MASSIVE ISSUE IF YOU ARE A MASSIVE TROLL/PS4 FANBOY THAT IS HELLBENT ON PICKING ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THEIR OWN SYSTEM.

Sorry for shouty shout.

kiz2694

[kiz2694]

no need to shout.

[TKCMuzzer]

Er no, some gamers are generally surprised at the low player count.
I'm more bothered by the AI to be honest, sort of defeats the object of multiplayer, as in multi players, we shall see though.
On another note, are the environments destructible? I hope so, because it makes sense with mechs to cause havoc.

[ambientFLIER]

TKC -

No. Destructible environments would not work well, as the Titans would level the maps within minutes and the pilots would have nowhere to hide to try and take them down.

[Neonridr]

I will have to try the game out for myself to answer that question honestly.

While the count seems low, maybe that number of people will be perfectly suited for the size of the maps.

[VENOMACR1227]

It's simple...the maps are small. When you have small maps, you cant have a large amount of players, especially Titans. They are giant robots, it would be chaotic with 20+ titans walking around. 12 titans is plenty. The AI bots need to be a bit smarter/tougher, but besides that the game is going to be awesome.

[ambientFLIER]

My impression is that the maps are midsize overall. Certainly not COD small.

[MasterCornholio]

As long as the games good who cares?

P.S I'm not a fan of COD but I know there's a ton of people who enjoy these types of games.

[bjmartynhak]

For the gameplays I've seen, indeed, it not an issue.

This video with a sniper is particularly good
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[InTheLab]

Not saying that video was bad but come on dude. Most of his kills were from bots so basically you can cap points or milk bots and get rewarded with a Titan.

If 6v6 isn't an issue, why add bots?

[k3rn3ll]

The reason is because devs wanted to have individuals on the map that didn't have the ability to call in titans like the human controlled characters. If they had made the grunts actual players, nobody would want to play as them cuz they wont be abke to get the titans. Ask urself if u would want to play as a character against others who are capable of being hugely over powering to u. Simple as that. For some reason people keep overlooking this.

[famoussasjohn]

I guess most of us will find out in the beta how it is. I heard great things in the alpha, wouldn't expect things to negatively effect the game and be any different in the beta.

[christocolus]

I see no problem with having 6 vs 6 and the response from all those who have actually played it has been very positive. Those still complaining only need to try out for themselves to see why the game is getting very good previews. Looking forward to the beta.

[Regis]

Yeah since my mom bought me an X1 to stop my compare and contrasting systems of PS4 and X1, I will try the beta and then if I like will get the game. But haven't really played a game like this so I don't know what to expect.

[hiptanaka]

It's an issue for me. And I dont remember anyone hiring these people to speak on behalf of all gamers.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

No one hired you to speak on behalf of all gamers either.

[hiptanaka]

That's why I said "it's an issue for ME". Note the "me" part.

[Gamer666]

Its only an issue if they sell less than 12 copies of the game!

[MrCrimson]

I think having one game mode with more than 6 v 6 wouldn't be crazy. If the levels are so large they require bots to keep you in the action it shouldn't be crazy to have a mode with 8 v 8 or 9 v 9. Remove the titans for that specific game mode if you must, the game doesn't need to be developed in a box.

That being said, it's your game, i haven't played it yet; but I like games with more players because gamers have been atleast in my experience members of communities and those communities tend to be larger than 6.

[mediate-this]

Its called titan fall, not human fall. Why judge a game that you have not played, when u decide to play it on your computer( i guess right?) you will see if 6v6 is a good choice or not.

I personally will be playing the beta and will pass judgement then.

[MrCrimson]

I game on both PC and X1. I'll be getting it for X1.

[mrpsychoticstalker]

Finally some sense. Im happy with 6 vs 6.titanfall can you release already!?

[Gunstar75]

I'll reserve judgement until I'm playing this game...

And I'm looking forward to playing it !

[04soldier]

Online only. .low player count, npcs vs online players and no single player.. this game reminds of that terrible game called Brink