A PlayStation Fanboy's First 10 Hours With Titanfall

As a proud PlayStation fanatic, I was reluctant to even buy an Xbox One, let alone play Titanfall. I'm glad I matured and made my choice to buy both consoles. Here are my thoughts on Titanfall on Xbox One

[tazmeah]

Funny, funny man. Is it just me or did your Titanfall level go up by 5? You must be playing that game right now!!!

[Sayai jin]

Good. Enjoy your consoles and the games!

[TheFallenAngel]

As the gamer that I am, I told my brother to bring his xbone to the house to play the game. The game is good but it's not the second coming or the next big thing. The game is a solid 8.

[Irishguy95]

"It’s hard for me to admit this, but I feel rather foolish for denouncing the Xbox brand all these years."

Lucky you finally realized it. I was once that way too, when I was a kid. It took all but 2 minutes of thinking about to realize how stupid I was being, limiting myself from what was obviously a great brand. Good games are good games. Xbox has good games. It's really as simple as that. I'll be straightforward, nothing annoys me more than fanboys. They represent the close minded group of humanity. The idiots who drag down the rest of the race. Close mindedness has and always will be a bad trait of people. You can take any example of it at any point or any topic(Games, politics, religion etc) and just realize the stupidity of it. Although, maybe that makes me closed minded for disliking closed minded people :P

As for the Xbox, it was literally, "Why dont' I want an Xbox, there are good games on it?" Then I realized I did want one and there was some stupid part of me called 'fanboy' that's been dismissed from me ever since that. I try and play every genre and as much games as I can on as much systems as I can. If you can afford one console( a commodity) you can eventually afford a second.

I mean, it's totally fie to see more value for yourself in one console, but to deny the other as something 'bad' because it's in some way worse(and better in some ways) is just plain old closed mindedness. I didn't think the X1 was going to have many exclusives this time around, that was just wrong. MS didn't say anything about them and now they have a large amount on the way...

Anyhow, off to Dark Souls 2

[GortJester]

Well said sir! That is the meaning of a true gamer, enjoy the games regardless of system.

[DeadRabbits]

"Good games are good games"

Very True!!!! Although dodgy blood sucking companies are still dodgy blood sucking companies!

[Gazondaily]

And exaggerations are exaggerations!

[Hicken]

And that's why I don't want an Xbox.

It can have all the games I could want on it, but if it's made by a company I can't stand, why the hell would I give them my money for it?

Folks don't seem to understand that. They call people fanboys because they're not just gonna give their money to whoever, just for the product. ESPECIALLY when it comes to something as optional as gaming, I let my wallet do as much talking as possible. Just a damn shame that most people can't be bothered to think beyond "It has what I want right now."

[darthv72]

@hicken, your reasons are your reasons and no one can take that away from you.

At the very least we can respect each other despite differing opinions. No need to belittle anyone who chooses to play something different. After all, their reasons are their reasons as well.

No harm, no foul.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

Self Control, is crucial. Whether it be in the Ninja Arts, or Boycotting an Evil Empire.,, It's all the same.

(I Like to focus on the fact that they MoneyHatted, this game, In a back room Deal with EA)

{Dedi' Servers could have been done by Sony/EA- so don't even go there. xoner's}

[MysticStrummer]

Most companies are dodgy and blood sucking to some extent, and all of us probably buy products from one or more of them without thinking too much about it, but many consumers have at least one company or organization that they hesitate to give money to for one reason or another.

Those negative feelings could be because of bad experiences with their products, business practices a consumer doesn't like, finding out that the company in question gives money to or otherwise endorses political ideas and/or parties that the consumer finds repellent, or any other personal reason you can probably think of.

I've always said there were XB games I'd love to play and that I have nothing against the XB platform itself, but MS is one of those companies for me and like darth said, my reasons are mine. MS is such a pervasive company that it's hard to completely avoid giving them money from time to time, but I avoid it as much as possible.

[Ra3030]

See,,,,now this guy gets it. And by this guy I mean DeadRabbits. Sure the Xbox brand has good games in fact they have great games. But there's one fact you can't make go away with those great games and that's for each and everyone of them come attached with it the evil that no matter what you do you can't wash it out, you can't wish it out, you just can't get the Microsoft out of it. I don't have the issues that the author of the article has as I was a Xbot for many years. And have found Microsoft and the evil that they do goes on and on.

[christocolus]

Smh...

[Gozer]

@DeadRabbits,Hicken,Mysticstru mmer,sAVAge_bEaST, and Ra3030

MS isn't any more evil than sony. Do you remember the rootkit virus that infected any sony music users computer? What about how sony wanted people to work 2 jobs to buy a ps3? What about how sony called americans cheap? What about how they bold faced lied about the Killzone cgi, calling it gameplay? What company put a $600 price on their console, even though the Cell and Blu-ray were in house products?

Im not trying to be hard on sony, Im just pointing out that MS isn't any more evil than sony. So you guys really cant hate MS without looking like hypocrites.

[nosferatuzodd]

lol its funny how you never see any Xbox fan boy go out there way to say oh ps game is great or buy a ps system to play games but all the time you see some so called play station fan boy saying how much he put his ps down to play some Xbox game, something just doesn't smell right..

They know if they say im a an Xbox fanboy buy an Xbox to play titan fall no one would listen so now they pretend to be a playstation fan lol i can easily play the game on pc doesn't see why i should buy this game burning money on a Xbox1 doesn't make any sense

[H0RSE]

"{Dedi' Servers could have been done by Sony/EA- so don't even go there. xoner's} "

- Yeah, and we all know how well that works out...Battlefield....Sim City....

[n4rc]

Sad you have 17 disagrees.. Must have hit a nerve Lol

Well said

[hankmoody]

Denying yourself the enjoyment, not to mention the sheer convenience you get from owning multiple consoles is something that doesn't make any sense to me. The PS3 for example was a console that didn't necessarily appeal to me but after I purchased it, I realized how much less stressful it was to have my bases covered by not having to miss out on anything I really wanted to play. As much as I love my Xbox 360, missing out on games like Shadow of the Colossus HD and The Last of Us is something I thankfully didn't have to do.

[Ricegum]

Irishguy

A great post +1

It's nice to see there's some real gamers around still who appreciate every kind of game regardless of platform.

[christocolus]

@irishguy

Well said Sir..very well said.

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

Irish's holier then thou preachy rant is just a little to much...I have my reason's for not supporting MS...And they are valid reasons(to me)...I know longer just blindly believe everything MS promises...Maybe I will change my mind in 4 or 5 years time when I see a track record of MS actually supporting the Xbone with all the exclusives they are promising...And not just abandoning the Xbone to 3rd party games....And this is just one reason I have to abandon the Xbox brand...MS took my hard earned $$$ and has let me down...And did not deliver what I expected while Sony did...So I will continue to talk up one and talk down the other...

[BEZZ]

Cool game!)))

[Kingoftherodeo]

great game but i wouldn't call being on rooftops camping. being on the ground gets you killed rooftops is where all the fighting takes place for pilots.

[raWfodog]

Unless you're 'camping' on the rooftops...

[Gr1mmyshadows]

There isnt much camping going on in this game. If you're still for more than a few moments then you're gonna die

[raWfodog]

@ TRD4L1fe

I haven't played the game so I don't know the specifics but can you only use the cloak while you're moving? I'm surprised people aren't camping while cloaked.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

@raWfodog The cloak only lasts a few seconds before it recharges, and you can see a slight ripple in the air where a cloaked player is. Its not overpowered, and most the time camping in one spot equals death

[raWfodog]

@ clown

Ahh, I see. Thanks for illuminating me :)

[Rocky5]

@raWfodog @Clown_Syndr0me you get burn cards that give you infinite cloak. But they only last 1 life & like TRD4L1fe said, you will end up dead after a few kills, since you can see where they killed you through the kill cam :-)

& you know what, its nice to come to a thread where people are not attacking each other, or constantly putting systems down.

Wish this happens more often.

[rashada07]

Really enjoying my PS4/Xbone combo- picked one up the other day for titanfall and went ahead an snagged PVZ garden warfare. Not regretting my purchase at all!

[martinezjesus1993]

Same here man!! I was considering rreturing the xbox one my whole drive home when i bought it on tuesday, but ever since i played titanfall i am happy i didnt!! I am loving my ps4/xbone combo! Comming from someone who has been PlayStation exclusively for years now

[rashada07]

Gotta say I am enjoying the interface the system the more I use it and the voice control is really cool.

My gamer tag is rashad2007 if you want to play a few matches! also PSN is rashada07 (where I play COD and will be where I play Destiny)

[martinezjesus1993]

I personaly love the ps4 ui better but the xbox's isnt far behind. The voice control is making me lazy and ive berely had it for like 3 days haha xD the only problem is when I try turning it on, it never turns on. I will add you as soon as I can, I'm playing Titanfall all day when im not at work or school. XD
Psn: jm_1993
Live: DrakeNathanPS4

[Clown_Syndr0me]

I love both consoles but for me this game is top. Simply because I haven't enjoyed an online FPS in a while. CoD got stale years ago, I like BF4 but the long matches get tiresome after a while. Titanfall is great to mix it up!

[Darth Gamer]

Totally agree, I also own both consoles but this game to me is just a blast to play. I finally have the feeling I had when COD 4 came out. I don't want to stop playing. Just one more match, Just one more match I hear myself saying quite alot. :)

[Slevon]

Maybe people should just like the games they like and not worry about the ones they dont. Or at least not be completely opposed to the fact some people like things you dont. People in this day and age seem to prosecute people worse for their game or console of choice more so then their sexual orientation.

[PSnation4]

got the xbox one titanfall bundle on 11th.. definitely worth it.. titanfall is pretty fun..ryse,dr3,and plants vs zombies next for me

[Ravenor]

Really went into this article expecting something bad, but I'm really glad to see that for a lot of people who enjoy these kinds of shooters Titanfall satiates an itch that a lot of other shooters haven't recently.

Also a nice little exerpt from the article:

To all the PlayStation fanboys out there:

Please don’t be foolish and judge a game based on watching videos of it on Twitch. You and I both know it’s not the same as actually playing the game and experiencing it for yourself. If you don’t like first-person shooters, that’s one thing, but to blast a game because it only runs at 792p just makes you look foolish and jealous. You can attack the system for not being able to handle 1080p, but not the game itself. The resolution has absolutely nothing to do with how fun a game plays. Just pray that any sequels are multi-platform!

To all the Xbox fanboys out there:

You have every right to be a proud Titanfall owner, regardless of what others (especially those that haven’t played the game) say about it. There’s no denying that this game is fun, frantic, and just what the genre (and lets be honest, the Xbox One) needed. Just like you guys and gals are bummed about missing out on Uncharted (don’t lie, you know you are!), PlayStation fans are bummed they are missing out on the action-packed Titanfall! Pray Microsoft continues shelling out money for this franchise to remain on PC and Xbox only!

To those of you that bought both consoles and gamers who just enjoy gaming in general:

You’re doing it right! You don’t waste your time with silly twitter trash talk and Resolution Gate! You’re above the nonsense and enjoy gaming more than anything else. Enjoy all the games, on all the systems, with all your friends. You can just sit back and watch the others tear each other apart!

You see the category at the bottom? It's a wonderful world down here, we play great games regardless of platforms. Some of you should try it.

[styferion]

I agree, except the bit where he said "Pray Microsoft continues shelling out money for this franchise to remain on PC and Xbox only!"

It's better to let it go multiplatform, that way EA happy they got more money, PS happy they got money too, PS owner happy they can play the great game, MS can use the money they use to pay EA to invest in another game, in turn Xbox owner happy they get another game from that money, everybody happy!!

[Ravenor]

I also agree with you on that part, third party exclusivity is an exercise in futility and it's just robbing the developers and publishers of extra revenue. We'll see what the future brings, but unless Titanfall is some Halo level success I think MS will probably go your route.

It makes sense on paper, Titanfall 2 is still coming to the X1 and the money spent on marketing and exclusivity with Titanfall could easily go into something we want like Mech Assault or Crimson Skies....maybe Bloodwake. :p

[darthv72]

From the article:

"In closing, I have one last thing to say!

To all the PlayStation fanboys out there:

Please don’t be foolish and judge a game based on watching videos of it on Twitch. You and I both know it’s not the same as actually playing the game and experiencing it for yourself. If you don’t like first-person shooters, that’s one thing, but to blast a game because it only runs at 792p just makes you look foolish and jealous. You can attack the system for not being able to handle 1080p, but not the game itself. The resolution has absolutely nothing to do with how fun a game plays. Just pray that any sequels are multi-platform!

To all the Xbox fanboys out there:

You have every right to be a proud Titanfall owner, regardless of what others (especially those that haven’t played the game) say about it. There’s no denying that this game is fun, frantic, and just what the genre (and lets be honest, the Xbox One) needed. Just like you guys and gals are bummed about missing out on Uncharted (don’t lie, you know you are!), PlayStation fans are bummed they are missing out on the action-packed Titanfall! Pray Microsoft continues shelling out money for this franchise to remain on PC and Xbox only!

To those of you that bought both consoles and gamers who just enjoy gaming in general:

You’re doing it right! You don’t waste your time with silly twitter trash talk and Resolution Gate! You’re above the nonsense and enjoy gaming more than anything else. Enjoy all the games, on all the systems, with all your friends. You can just sit back and watch the others tear each other apart!"

My personal take...I just want all gamers to put aside their differences for a moment and realize we are all on the same side when it comes to playing games. We play because we like to be entertained. We like to escape the reality of the world around us even if its for a few hours at a time.

[tazmeah]

Judging by the number of "Disagrees" I don't think people want to get along. If you're Team PS, you hate XBOX and if you're Team XBOX, you hate PS. Some probably see this article as traitorous heresy.

[Naga]

That was a pretty solid article.

[berndogskate]

Looks like a good game for sure but im not willing to pay 400 pounds just to play it.

[headblackman]

but you're willing to pay it to play a playstation game even though the x1 has a killer lineup right behind titanfall (which is really a good game and worthy of the hype that it has been receiving). this only makes you look like a fanboy and not a gamer. i own the x1 and the order 1866 is a title that looks like it's gonna make me buy a ps4 and i already know that drakes uncharted will most def. make me buy a ps4. so my money goes where the games are, and it just so happens that the games are on both x1 and ps4. and if a few extra dollars is your problem, then you shouldn't buy any system. you should be more so worried about your priorities and take the money that you have for a ps4 or an x1 and pay your bills and stop worrying about video games. this is an expensive habit for those that can afford it.

[MysticStrummer]

If it's so hard for you to believe that someone else could prefer PS4's lineup over XB1's, then you are the fanboy and not a gamer. Looking at the two launch lineups, PS4's was slightly higher reviewed overall but the average score was about the same for both. Leaving reviews (opinions of others) out of it, a person's own opinion of the available games/services is what counts when it comes to spending their money.

A person could choose to buy one console and stick with it for several reasons besides being a fanboy. Personal feelings about the company, past experiences with a product, past experiences with an exclusive title/titles, buying the one their friends buy, preferring a particular controller… the list goes on.

You think Titanfall is really good and XB1 has a killer lineup behind it. That's great, but someone else can legitimately disagree with you without being a fanboy.

As I said in my above comment, I avoid giving money to MS as much as possible and it has nothing to do with the XB platform or it's games.

To each his own.

[Rocky5]

@MysticStrummer while I agree.

I'm the opposite from you, I try to not give Sony any money, due to past experience with my PS3 system & the infamous 4.46 update, the one that was meant to fix the previous semi bricking situation. Yeah if you never guessed it bricked my PS3 slim & Sony refused to fix it & wanted to charge me £110 :-/ for my console to get a refurb.

Also the PSN hack that happened, I was there for that too. Though 2 free games was nice of the, it don't excuse the breach & none encrypted servers/user data.

Though like headblackman said, I go where the games are & if LittleBigPlanet comes out on PS4 they will have £380 of my cash.

I recently bought PS Vita because you can't argue with £174 for the system & 10 games + 16GB card & LittleBigPlanet Ps Vita was included so that sealed the deal lol

(Im a sucker for LBP)

& yeas I own an Xbox One, mainly because of above & also because all my friends own one to, so you go where the games are & where your friends go.

Xbox GT: Connxtion
PSN: JCRocky5

[ger2396]

You don't have to, you can play it on 360 or pc.

[GraveLord]

Fun game, but not worth the $500 asking price.

It's just Call Of Duty with mechs and double jump. It's not revolutionary. I don't think Playstation-only gamers are missing out that much.

[SilentSolid]

A game doesn't have to be revolutionary to be good you know.

[LoveOfTheGame]

Point and case, TLOU.

[GraveLord]

Did I say that game isn't good? No.

Jeez. You don't praise Titanfall like the next coming of Jesus and you get tons of disagrees. Ridiculous.

@TRD4L1fe
Well it is COD with mechs. Even the running animations are identical. That's not a bad thing though. I LOVE COD. Don't be so sensitive.

@webeblazing
This has nothing to do with Playstation. What are you going on about? I never said any PS4 games are revolutionary either.

@Babyleg
Good for you.

[Gr1mmyshadows]

Its cod with mechs, its cod with mech, its cod with mech. You guys sound like a broken record. The game is extremely fun and yes you are missing out. Its not revolutionary but its very different from what bf and cod offer. And the titans are the coolest things to fight in

[Sweep14]

TF is not a bad game but it isn't more fun than COD or BF4

[webeblazing]

And what PS games is revolutionary? Is this the only and last exclusive? Go ahead answer that

[BABYLEG]

Was the ps3 worth 600$ to play ridge racer?

its never about one game. Its the games to come. Is titanfall the only game you'll ever play on x1.. be real

I know some people who bought a ps4 to play an unplayable BF4? Or are you not interested in all those unannounced games???

catch my drift?

if the price to enjoy your hobby matters to you.. Then your priorities are all kinds of wrong.

I produce music.. I dont complain about a 400 dollar program.

I game. Therefore I dont complain.. I only play what I like. I bout an x1 at launch and completely forgot that max was a launch window title. I freakin loved it.

I didn't complain that I bought a 500$ console to play max. Because now I'm about to play titanfall.

cant wait until E3

[headblackman]

ok. titanfall is 60 dollars. not 500 dollars. the x1 system cost 500 dollars. but since you wanna include the price of the console with the price of the game, tell me good sir? what came for the ps4 worth 400 dollars?

[D3ATH_DRIV3R_777]

XBOX 1 not my money, not for no one game. Sorry.

[Mikefizzled]

Props to the writer for being thoroughly open minded. Been playing it myself for a past 5 hours. So glad I got it.

[Animal Mutha 76]

I hope Maria has seen this and the comments.

True gamers play the games not the systems.

[liquidhalos]

Well said, +bubs

[Corpser]

Great game, so fast paced and chaotic and fresh. Don't knock it because you can't play it

[PhilJowns]

Good games are good games. When it comes down to it both systems have good exclusives. So as a gamer I'll end up with both anyway.

I've had every console since Sega Master System from every company. So I'm sure I'll end up with every one this generation as well. Better start saving! 😀

[URtheWalrus]

I wish there were more articles like this one.

[kewlkat007]

You have fanboy gamers and true gamers...

[Gamer666]

As I've said all along, I get to experience all the best games because I have all three platforms. I haven't started my Titanfall yet, but that will happen this weekend.

And then when infamous Second Son comes out I will go there...

And Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze needs more of my time...

And Quantum Break...

And the Order 1886...

And so on, and so on...

[smashley]

How could you brent you are a traitor to the playstation nation!!!

[TheDude79]

*hangs head in shame* :-P jk

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

I'm gonna get me a Xbox One in May or June for Halo and Quantum Break. I can't wait. But I will always be PlayStation first and for most.

[Sweep14]

Halo 5 and QB are 2015 titles

[Nirvana31591]

You sound exactly like those Machinima people who were paid by Microsoft for positive reviews. First of all, there is no need to buy and Xbox One if you want to play Titanfall. Secondly, I played the game on PC and the game was fun but got boring really quick. I played for about 4 hours on launch and then never returned to it.

[TheDude79]

First off: This is not a review :) There are issues I have with the game that I will address in my review.

Secondly: I haven't been paid a dime. It's kind of funny where if someone say's something positive about anything, there's automatically some kind of pay-off involved.

I mention in the article that I still think Microsoft was pretty damn shady leading up to and including E3. However, I'm a gamer first, and if you fail to recognize that, thats on you my friend. In my OPINION, Titanfall is an extremely fun game. This article is not saying "Welp, I'm an Xbot now". I will always love what PlayStation has meant to me as a gamer. But I'm not going to be a blind sheep anymore, and blast a console and it games simply because of the suits behind it. I'm a fan of gaming, thats the bottom line. Thank you for commenting though, I respect every gamers opinion, regardless if I agree with them or not.

[microgenius]

why would a gamer hate a console?
buy whichever you want but at end of the day they are all our LOVELY GAMING DEVICES
i am a die hard Playstation fan but i do love Xbox and Nintendo

[Sweep14]

A gamer has every right to hate a console that was made by a company who tried to f..k us with their DRM policies and Entertainment bullshit. The X1 is not a gamer console period.

[Gozer]

MS fired the guy behind the DRM policy and completetly dropped their DRM policy. Sounds to me like MS got the message. Don't tell me you prefer sony who put a $600 price tag on the ps3, even though the Cell(which turned out to be a garbage processor) and Blu-ray were in house products.I could name off plenty of instances sony has looked like an ass. As time goes on and MS releases more games all will be forgiven, just like sony.

The X1 is MS answer to an all in one device to control your living room. That's what MS and sony are trying to control- the living room. MS offers a product that plays next-gen games, and serves as a hub for all your devices, including your tablet and cellphone. Long story short MS has the more appealing solution for anyones living room. The ps4 doesn't do much except play games.

[ATi_Elite]

With Firefall being so good, I haven't found a need to buy Titanfall PC yet.

Will play it.........eventually but seeing how it was meant to run on the xbox360 i'm not in a hurry.

hopefully Titanfall 2 is meant for a next gen ONLY

[WeAreLegion]

If you're staying away from buying a console because of some "console war", knock it off. A game is a game. The only reason I don't own an Xbox One is Microsoft. It has nothing to do with the games. I want to play Dead Rising 3 and eventually Quantum Break. I'm not giving Microsoft a freakin' dime though.

[ARESWARLORD]

I bought a xbox one for titan fall and the game is great. It gives me the same next gen feeling as when I first played Mario on NES Altered Beast on Genesis, Twisted Metal on PS one, GOW on PS2, Halo on Xbox. Call of Duty 2 on Xbox 360, GOW 3 on PS3, It is the first real game of this NEXT generation. I have Ghosts and Knact and Injustice and Killzone on my PS4 and god knows this game kills them. Titanfall deserves respect. Its fresh as the Dreamcast was.

[SuicideKing]

I love this game, anyone remotely interested in shooters should try this. I have it on Xbox one but if you only have Sony consoles and a decent pc get the pc version. Don't miss out because of silly fanboy stuff...