Titanfall's Great – But It's Not The Next-Gen Game-Changer Everybody Thinks It Is | Stuff

Stuff "It was enormous fun. In fact, I can think of ten things right now it was better than: sitting on a larger than average pine cone without any trousers on, eating a raw hammer, doing some proper work... I won’t go on. But when I put the controller down I was left feeling that it wasn’t quite the FPS awakening the hype had led me to expect."

[MorePowerOfGreen]

I knew who submitted this article before I even clicked on it LOL

[Bolts-N-Rays1109]

You should have seen the previous article Maria submitted. Total flamebait that has now been removed.

Now back on topic, I haven't played TF, but it looks like a must have game, if you're a fan of FPS's. I've never looked at TF as a "game-changer," but as a game that looks incredibly fun that I could spends hours upon hours playing. It looks like a game that will replace COD, for me. Will it be the "COD killer?" No. Not if it's exclusive to Xbox/PC. It just looks sooooooo much fun. I'm going to play the heck out of that Last Titan Standing gamemode if I get access to the beta.

[thekhurg]

Fanboys should cry more about news submissions.

[Bolts-N-Rays1109]

@thekhurg

You didn't just call me a fanboy... It's well known that Maria will sumbit any article that takes a shot in any way at MS.

[VENOMACR1227]

Not everyone is going to love the game. I have no clue who this person is that submitted it. The game won't be for everyone, some will feel let down, some hated it from the beginning because its a MS product, and some will love it and think it's amazing. I'm buying it day 1, I hope it's awesome, but it won't be everyone's cup of tea. As long as those that don't like it make a legit argument, I'm OK with that, just like this article. It's when people go "titanfail sucks and is a cod clone" nothing screams fanboy/troll and makes you look stupid.

[quaneylfc]

posted by a sony fanboy?

[DeathOfTheFanBoy]

The biggest!

Submitted by MariaHelFutura

[ThanatosDMC]

I miss him on the comment section...

[Volkama]

It says the game is "great". As negative feedback goes that's gotta be considered mild.

I like great games!

[Edsword]

The article is saying its a great game, but not a game changer. This is what a lot of articles are saying. Yes there are articles that are using MS PR words like game changer and beyond expectations, but really? I don't believe the hype about this game, nor about Infamous SS, nor about The Order 1886. This hype is all the same stuff when the X360 and PS3 were new. Every new game is going to be a game changer. The reality is this game looks and plays a heck of a lot like COD. Except, there are less human AIs and more bots. Yes you can run on walls, double jump, and use mechs, but those things are only going to keep this game fun for a little while. Besides even that stuff is not totally new, in Halo you jump a lot farther because of the low gravity environment and you had plenty of vehicles about to do combat. Yes its a new package, new story, and probably its going to be a blast, but game changer has always been just a bunch of PR BS.

I'll likely pick this game up for my PC, even though it is slightly less powerful than XB1. I am not buying a $500 system to play the game on just because its being pushed as an XB1 game. I honestly think that MS bought the rights to this game because they feared it would sell more PS4s than XB1s if they allowed it to move forward on PS4. Don't be fooled by the hype MS is putting out there. The game could have run on PS4, and likely would have been 1080p. MS buying a victory here is not something to be proud of.

[Gazondaily]

"This is what a lot of articles are saying"

Show me. Apart from NowGamer and this one, show me all these articles.

[Ashby_JC]

Show me one advert that says game changer??

[DanielGearSolid]

Its too late

[Sovereign59]

I don't hype games up beyond thinking "this looks like fun, I look forward to playing it." Titanfall looks fun, and I look forward ti playing it.

When you build a game up in your head long before it's even released, anticipating it to "change" things, to be the best, most revolutionary game of the decade, you're simply setting yourself up for disappointment down the road.

The game looks fun, and to achieve "being fun" it doesn't need to be a game changer, a record breaker, etc.

[darx]

This

[lonewolfjedi]

Absolutely! This is what some people can't understand.

[ginsunuva]

Except for Naughty Dog games. You can hype those up to infinity without consequence.

[hellzsupernova]

Too many games have disappointed to get hyped up on them anymore. And I will never get hyped about a online only shooter. Especially after sim city, diablo 3 and battlefield 4, the last one I waited and never bought cause of the issues.

These days I'm more into single player good stories.

If titanfall does turn out to be as good as everybody is hyping it up to be then great news another great game for everybody, but if not it's another blow to ae they better have tested those servers

[Edsword]

Your right, all these online FPS, even though different bells and whistles, are really all about the same thing. The biggest difference comes down to how many times does your match crash, how fast do you pick up matches. And can you actually stay alive against 11 year olds who have nothing better to do. I play these when there are no new good SP games out.

[Orange Juice]

I couldn't get anybody to answer this straight a few days ago but I really want to know- does titanfall feature the same snap aiming gameplay present in cod?

[Fishy Fingers]

Not sure what you mean exactly. But it's a twitch shooter like COD. Hence the high frame rate. The usual "weighted" gameplay in FPS is often a cover for 30fps as much as it is a design choice.

Speaking to friends in the Alpha, whether you like or dislike CODs gameplay, your likely to have a similar reaction towards Titanfalls. It's the same dev team at the end of the day.

[Orange Juice]

You know how in cod when you hit l1 to aim your crosshairs literally snap to the nearest person on screen? I was wondering if they took that out or lightened it up a bit like bf or kz. Thanks for replying though!

[Ju]

This is called "aim assist" which CoD has the most of all shooters. No matter if 60fps or not.

[Fishy Fingers]

Orange.

Yeah like COD, L trigger to aim, R trigger to fire.

Ju, that's irrelevant, we're not talking about aim assist. I thought he meant the snappy, twitch movements.

[Orange Juice]

I was talking about aim assist, not asking if its a twitch shooter or whatever you thought I said. I want to know if this game has the same snap aim assist as cod has or if they lightened it up like in kz. Sorry for confusing you.

[Fishy Fingers]

Oh haha. Harder than it needed to be. Yeah it has aim assist. Which game it's similar to I don't know. Haven't played it yet.

Apologises Ju.

[Orange Juice]

I have a terrible habit of making things more difficult than they need be, especially so early in the morning :p

[Jdoki]

I believe I saw an article on N4G where the dev stated that the sniper rifle would definitely not feature 'snap aiming'.

I think CoD pushed aim-assist a bit too far, but I have no idea how TitanFall may compare.

I prefer a more relaxed aim assist compared to 'auto targetting' which CoD sometimes felt like.

[DarkLord1003]

Shouldn't this article have the oppinion tag?

[LordMaim]

Aren't all reviews opinions?

[DarkLord1003]

Than what's the point of it....

[skydragoonity]

The problem with this game is that it was hyped so much but now we can all see its just another fps

[chrissx]

How is a generic FPS a next gen game changer? Lol we've seen ALOT of that last gen

[xDHAV0K24x]

Generic? Hmmm...

[iceman1346]

the game looks fun but there is no way in HELL is even close to call next gen...

[Fishy Fingers]

No single game or franchise can change the fate of a generation. But it's easy the biggest new IP at the moment.

[Ju]

It is "made" the biggest new IP by MS marketing... at the end of the day it's MS's version of Warhawk.

[Insomnia_84]

STARWAHK!

Some say seeing a Titan drop is one of the coolest things they've seen in a video game. I say, seeing and listening a Starhawk transform into a mech and viceversa is the coolest, most satisfying thing I've seen in a video...

http://www.abload.de/img/o0...

http://i246.photobucket.com...

And it's 16vs16 with RTS elements and vehicles too!

Hell! STARHAWK is bigger than and feels more next-gen than Titanfall and it's a last gen PS3 exclusive!

[OhHiMark]

Finally, someone else who played Starhawk! I try not to mention it when people bring up Titanfall, but it's hard not to. I'm excited for Titanfall, but I wouldn't say it does anything new.

The Titans dropping is already done in Starhawk...except there are many other things that drop, as well.

[silvacrest]

i thought pretty much the same thing after seeing titanfall

here's hoping sony release a warhawk for the PS4,

[TheFallenAngel]

I bet watch dogs would had buried it on just xbone alone. I say this, infamous second son will outsell titanfall.

[Father__Merrin]

.

[OhHiMark]

I see your point.

[Ra3030]

Wow.. Finally a review by someone that did not sign the " you can't say anything bad about the TitanFall game" agreement. Some truth! We'll be seeing much more of these kind of reviews over the next couple days. It's really to bad Respawn allowed Microsoft to run with their PR plan which anyone can see is to drive sells of the X1. I'm sure Titanfall well be a good game on the xbox 360 for $60 plus tax or I hope it will but never worth spending close to $600 to play on X1 if you don't already have a X1. This game can never live up to the hype that we have see from the people paid to hype it. Really it's a shooter and it looks a lot like another shooter we've seen many times and it has some sad, sad bots. Ouch! I may or may not get it for the 360 it just depends on how that version plays out. Sadly we've not seen nor heard a thing about the 360 version and we know that's Microsoft's way of saying upgrade. To bad for them many of us remember the way things went on the last console upgrade and the 360 version may be a POS because that's the way Microsoft rolls.

[Sitdown]

Haha.... so you don't want the game to be a system seller because of what again? Because you angry it has been hyped? Here is a thought... Maybe people just geniunly like the game.... And no agreement was necessary. Respawn didn't allow Microsoft to ruin with anything.... This is more EA and Microsoft... but I'm sure Respawn Hayes that their game is getting attention. :-/ just know they hate the accolades they have garnered on their own.

[ruefrak]

Why is it that when some article is critical of a game that's popular, someone always thinks that finally the truth is coming out? I remember reading comments for Polygon's less than stellar review for The Last of Us saying, "Finally nice to see some honesty about this game." So reviews are only honest when they're critical?

That said, I agree with you. I don't think this game is going to live up to the hype it has garnered and right now this game is being hyped for the same reason the Kardashians are famous. It's just what you're supposed to do.

[gamer7804]

Lol. The title disproves itself.

[rafaman]

STUFF.TV

LOL

[LightofDarkness]

I don't remember myself or many others proclaiming it as a game-changer, just a very good, fun game. Of course it's being hyped up for release, this is EA we're talking about and it's out next month. Just go into it knowing it's supposed to be a fun multiplayer shooter with some unique elements. Setting your expectations unreasonably high will always lead to disappointment. I've already played it, I know what I'm getting, and I'm very excited for it. End of story, as far as I'm concerned.

[Hicken]

Oh, you may not remember (conveniently, I think) but it was definitely said.

[DarkLord1003]

As a guy who is into story driven games I'm not really interested in Titanfall because it's a MP game BUT having said that... I think it looks like a lot of fun and I'm sure that people who are into that kind of game will enjoy it. It's the perfect game for CoD and Halo Bros and also for "hobby"gamers in general.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Gonna be really amazing putting together dem kill streaks triple kill , double kill etc etc. Then slowly you start to release how many them kill streaks don't count for crap cause all you been taking down is the AI bots.

I can't have that will bore me very fast. The fact there's bots there in the first place and they work with the maps space shows there was space for more players. All they had to do was put a limit on the Titans imo. Make a player work harder to get them.

But then the kiddy's would have cried i think its lazy from Respawn. I said this from the beginning.

[Bolts-N-Rays1109]

I always hated it in COD when I got the helicopter killstreak and I couldn't call it in because there was already one in the sky. Then, if multiple people have helicopters available to call in, those people will be pushing down on the dpad repeatedly. It's lame. I earned that helicopter, so let me call it in. With TF, that's not a problem. Do I wish it had more players? Yes. 8v8 would have been nice. Do I wish there weren't bots. No, I just wish they were more of challenge. Hopefully that gets updated before release.

[Statix]

"It’s the Xbox One’s first designed-for-next-gen shooter..."

This isn't really true. The game was originally conceived, designed, and developed as a PS3 and 360 game, several years ago. An Xbox One version began development later.

[Insomnia_84]

Like I said before, it's a port from the 360 version. People should start asking for 360 footage before they do a massive downgrade to it and make the XBone version look more "next-gen" to try to convince ppl to upgrade to XBone lol

[True_Samurai]

Even though I'm getting titanfall on day one can we talk about something else? I wanna know more about quantum break and dinner overdrive

[OhHiMark]

You hungry, man?

[True_Samurai]

T_T had to go to class today haven't ate yet

[aquaviva71]

I know this game is gonna be really really fun. I wish it was multi plat or if Microsoft took out the kinect sh1t and priced there console between $299.99 to $300.00 BC that's all its worth due to lack of powerful specs and again no crap kinect. This way I would buy an Xcrap and then buy this game.
BTW PlayStation forever.

[SoulSercher620]

I agree. There isn't anything really innovative about Titanfall. Mechs? Other shooters like Starhawk have done it already. All it is playing a FPS in a bigger body. Can a Titan transform? Didn't think so.

[Ashby_JC]

I stopped reading after the line...

"I had enormous fun....."

That was the first line. I feel people lose sight of what games are. Does the next huge hit game have to be a game changer???

Was the game advertised in that way???

The bottom line for me is that many..are having a blast with the hand...and I want in on that blast they are having!!!

[windblowsagain]

Insomnia_84

Starhawk transforming and flying is excellent, but i think they messed up the formula of warhawk.

Warhawk did not need adjusting.

I hope they make a warhawk for PS4.

As for titanfall, it looks decent in some area's, but it's not a game changer. MS needs to big it up though, so it's understandable.

[Orange Juice]

I agree with you, warhawk is not starhawk and vice ersa. I see starhawk as a completely different game for a slightly more casual gamer to get in to with its outer space and mechs where as warhawk is kind of hardcore with its deep, difficult gameplay and simple premise. If you want a warhawk 2 make sure you log into warhawk on feb 24th. Its some kind of warhawk fan day.

[pabadamus1]

The only problem with this game is the lack of a single player campaign. I am not the biggest proponent of competitive multiplayer in general.

[Elit3Nick]

Of course this is posted by Maria, the embodiment of everything wrong with N4G

[kewlkat007]

Titanfall's Great...

[OsirisBlack]

People are reading way to much into this article. They actually praised the game and took a shot at PS4 in the process and you all are saying they took a shot at XB1? How? "We prefer titan Fall over Shadow fall....." There you have it how is that sony bias? I have gone on record numerous times I will be buying this for my PC and having a blast... I do own an XB1 but think it looks much better on PC. Also it looks very fun but it does not look like a "Game Changer" games that are hyped up in this manner usually are not.

[DoctorXpro]

everybody? or MS

[assdan]

This is what I am thinking. A game doesn't have to be revolutionary to be good. I feelike many people are using the two words interchangeably.

[brianunfried]

The next big game for Dudebros.

[TristanPR77]

The thing here is that the xbox community has proclaimed this game as a supreme God that would save the xbone, a supreme master game beyond anything out there.

That is the problem because the game is nothing like that. Is good and fun but not game changer or revolutionary accomplishment as many wanted to believe.

There was a lot of pressure on this game because xbone fans though it was the one to magically change the xbone situation and put it in front of the PS4 and that will not happen.

[Grave]

I love how the game modes are deathmatch, team deathmatch, and domination. Soooo revolutionary! /s

[mopground]

titanfall is quite simply fun. what games were long ago and what they are supposed to be. it reminds me of the fun i had playing socom2. getting into a 1on1 duel being able to jump and parkour is really intense and what i think makes the game.

[NeoTribe]

Its just cod with mechs. Its not gonna take cod throne by any means. Ea screwed that possibility by making it exclusive to the lowest common denominator (xbox1).