Titanfall Ripped Off Idea From Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare

We got a chance to view Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer reveal trailer a few hours ago and though a lot of gamers have reacted negatively to the uncanny resemblance between the trailer and Xbox One's exclusive Titanfall, what you may not know is that Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare was actually in development two years before Titanfall.

[alvinmiller92]

YES! Been telling my friend that it was Titanfall that ripped off COD and not the other way round.

[dafegamer]

lol wut? You should provide some facts bro

[ABizzel1]

Pure Speculation; however, it makes sense as to why they wanted to get the game out before Call of Duty, and why they chose to go with Source Engine (something rather simple for many veteran and rookie devs) instead of something like Frostbite Engine or even Unreal Engine.

But still pure speculation, but juicy gaming gossip.

[dafegamer]

@battleaxe if you want to be taken seriously, you should come with something better than "cool story bro"

[Double Toasted]

People still want to linger in this paradox. Believe me...egg or chicken?

[donthate]

So nobody else can come up with the same idea?

I don't think "ripping off" is the correct term to use either way of who took the inspiration from who.

What I do know, is that Respawn was the guys that made CoD what it is today and that the other versions of CoD did not measure up, and the recent releases has been really stale that I swore off buying CoD. I am interrested in CoD:AW though.

However, part of what makes Titanfall awesome isn't just double jumping, but also the parkour, the titans, AI and the world.

Lots of those elements aren't in Advance Warfare and thus would make the game dynamic quite different. I am looking forward to the next CoD!

[bouzebbal]

people arguing about bang bang games releasing every year is funny.
you guys complain about the controls if they are different, it's the same people who push developers to never renew their ideas.
you aren't happy for this one wait a year another sequel is coming out or start playing something else.

[donthate]

Alright, since people disagree with me, more than they agree at time of this writing.

"CoD:Advanced Warefare ripped off Super Mario Bros!"

Proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Tru_Blu]

Abizzle Dice can't even get frostbite to work and they made it.

[ShinMaster]

Nothing in Titanfall is an original idea.

Except for brain-dead AI bots.

[FanboyKilla]

lol why wait for negative press? why not say it when you first saw titan fall. lol hilarious. first come first served. you late. this story wont change how people feel about your game. just makes you look sour. you had plenty of time to be unique. you chose to do the same thing. who fault is that? all you did to the game was add jump boost and sliding to cod. sorry activision, gamers aren't blind. maybe next year.

what is it they took from you? did you actually think everyone was gone jump back on the train? you didnt have a problem before today. smh this is the game industry. and you guys here aren't helping. cod just through in the towel for me.

[Cuzzo63]

Sooooo. Wats gonna stop it from selling millions? NOTHING...

[Magicite]

By the time COD will come out, NOBODY gonna care about Titanfail..

[beerzombie]

full lobby's and still very fun

[dazzaboi]

Has anybody cared about that since 1st week i know i wasted my money on it

[Jonny5isalive]

It would seem that ps fans want to believe that. Titanfall has probably been in development since they left Activision, were talking 2010 here buddy. If you honestly think this COD game has been in development that long besides maybe working on their new modified quake 3 engine, then you will believe anything.

either way, it doesnt matter because titanfall came out way before this game and adding that jumping into cod after they saw titanfall seems like a more likely and easy thing to do. Seems like the people who made titanfall knew it would have high double jumping and wall running long before it was in development. I wouldnt be surprised if they proposed this idea before being fired too, they were trying to make something that wasnt MW, maybe COD with robots. Either way, im guessing respawn knew their game would have robots and double jumping when this game was not even a thought.

[ShinMaster]

Nothing in Titanfall is an original idea. It sure feels kinda like COD while on foot. The mech thing has been done several times before. There are games whre you can jump in and out of mechs as well, such as Starhawk on the PS3.

The only original idea I can think of is the brain-dead AI bots.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

@Shin

Starhawk had mechas but it looked and felt way different than what TitanFall does. You wanna see where TitanFall got its ideas, look no further than Battlefield 2142. On a normal match you would only have a few mechas for each team, but there were custom/mod servers with plenty too, as well as some mecha only servers... And this was being done in 2006, 64 players (no bot shenanigans) none the less. Even the name, "Titan Fall", may sound very familiar to 2142 players (Titan mode)...

[Funantic1]

Titanfall ripped off Advanced Warfare but manage to come out 9 months before the new COD will? Hilarious. Plus we all saw trailers of Titanfall way earlier in 1013 when the game was almost done since it was "so overhyped".

[GarrusVakarian]

1013 was a great year.

[DeadlyOreo]

Ah the year of 1013. Back in the good gaming days.

[poor_cus_of_games]

I remember 1013 like it was only yesterday. Good times.

[Pain70]

I was hoping 1013 was the year for Duke Nukem. It wasnt. Still waiting for a great return. But I did get to see Sweyn Forkbeard of Norway proclaimed King of all England in London. That guy could throw a party!

[Immorals]

Ah yes, 1013,the good old days, before those pesky French invaded

[ThatOneGuyThere]

Yeah its amazing how fast Titan Fall put together that nice story-driven campaign mode with all of those expensive cutscenes and actors. That usually takes game studios years! You have to give Respawn credit for not just rushing out some hokey campaign mode thats basically the same as multiplayer with extra splash screens like a game from the 80s. Also, that super intelligent AI thats really a challenge for players. That would have taken any other studio a really long time.

[AndrewLB]

Considering the fact that titanfall has been out for almost 6 months and had been shown to the public a year ago... any logical person would come to the conclusion that this upcoming COD game clearly ripped off titanfall. not the other way around.

[JeffGUNZ]

Plus Titanfall was in development for about 4 years when the studio first formed after MW2 release, Sledgehammer wasn't even a part of the COD Team at that time haha. Where do people come up with this nonsense?

[hiredhelp]

Hmmm rip off from COD well firstly founded by the original devs not all granted but key devs that started from pc WW series to the epic COD4 . Yes they will implament features theyve been using for years but also NEW features ideas from other devs.
Lets see what made titanfall soo differnt well not too much but ive yet to see

TITANS yessss you know them Mechs looks at reveal multiplayer mmmm nope no titans
Cant see anyone hitching a ride on a mech eaither or high jacking or taking out a mech.

Wall running. Looks at Trailer.... Hmmm nope no wall running jet packs sure but no wall running from wall to wall or building to building.

[user5669510]

This is what I have been saying for the longest. They are the main people that created cod. They left because they got tired of Activision s##t. It like saying destiny is copying off halo when most of the devs that created halo are working on destiny. I guess we should say this about that no. 9 game and that it's a rip off of megaman

[IrishSt0ner]

Yea of course a game comes out 6 months before another game it copies, that makes complete sense. Titanfall uses 'double jump' much differently than COD (i.e. you can double jump an infinte amount of times due to free running).

I'll also point out Shadowrun, a game that came out 7 years ago used double jump, by authors logic then COD and Titanfall are ripping off Shadowruns idea. Still think it's a 'rip off'?

[hiredhelp]

AGREED

[GothamReturns]

No! by his logic this is the real COD! Titanfall is a ripoff of Advance Warfare! I think thats what he meant.......

[JeffGUNZ]

Titanfall has been in development within the first year after MW2 release. That was a long time ago. Titanfall had the jetpacks for a long time.

[MysticStrummer]

Neither one is very original, so who cares who ripped off who?

[Eejanaika]

who cares about cod anymore anyways.

[amyortega131]

Game of the year. Guess it would only be problem if you've already played Titanfall.

[EdnaJones97]

No way this is game of the year, not when Destiny is coming out soon and from the looks of it a million times better than this.

[IVanSpinal]

Destiny? lol

[AndrewLB]

Destiny may be eligible for game of the week. But that's about it.

[thezeldadoth]

no way is destiny gonna be GOTY, my favorite upcoming game is gonna be game of the year!

[MysticStrummer]

The sports team from my area is superior to the sports team from your area.

[patelsanjeed]

GOTY No freaking way. I would rather vote for Doki Doki Universe

[BiggerBoss]

Honestly, Call of Duty has about 0.000765% chance of being GOTY. Let's be realistic

[thezeldadoth]

maybe on IGN

[Ezz2013]

http://nicolasramospintado....

[danniellelewis]

The similarities to Titanfall was my obvious stickler from todays traile rand guess now i know why SMH.

[charliewong980]

Could Sledgehammer games make some sort of formal complaint or lawsuit for the Titanfall ripping off? I would be furious if I was a developer and saw Titanfall two years into working on my game.

[lisamorgan4]

Who would they complain too? My concern is how the investors must be feeling after seeing the level of dislike the game has gotten so far online for the striking similarities.

[ArronNelson]

This does look a lot better than Titanfall as far as graphics is concerned, have to wait to gameplay to decide the better of the two.

[Torgul]

Yeah, graphics looks better but not the gameplay, moving does not feel smooth IMO.
Will see, I hope I could give it a try.

[DeadlyOreo]

You're right. The gameplay looks extremely fluent and very fun, with a hell of a lot more customizing (weapons, abilities, perks) than Titanfall. Have a look on Youtube, there's a lot of gameplay videos on there.

[Godmars290]

Had no idea EA, COD or Respawn had exclusive rights to the concept of the double jump much less exo-suits...

[henrythomas284]

Don't think it is exclusive to any but surprised to hear Titanfall developers were working on COD. Kind of reminds me of the Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor rip off to Assassin's Creed.

[DOMination-]

Respawn are made up of ex-infinity ward staff and made Cod 1,2,4 and mw2 as wwll as the original MoH games for EA back in the day

[iceman06]

According to the internet, boost jumping, free-running, mechs, cover shooting, etc. have only been around for the past couple of years! /s

[SpiralTear]

Yeah, just because someone did it first doesn't mean it's "ripping them off." No one has a copyright on general game mechanics. They're not patents.

[Debaitable]

Idk why everyone compares it to Titanfall when it's more comparable to Crysis.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

because nobody played crysis

[InTheLab]

It's like people forgot about Halo Reach, Kilzone 3, and Crysis. Hell, Killzone had mechs that were pretty similar to Titanfall so I guess Killzone retroactively ripped off Titanfall. To go even deeper, you and a friend can go into Botzone in Killzone and pretend like you're in Titanfall.

[OUROSMAG]

So a game that is already released, ripped off a game that isn't even out yet?

[Eonjay]

Yes this was already known for quite some time. But, there isnt much you can do. There are some notable differences between the two. COD looks way better and doesn't have bots.

[Frankskint]

Best COD was Modern Warfare 2, still to this day.

[Bathyj]

Meh. You got the 2 part right. Series has been downhill for me since CoD2. Of course, I'm just a single player gamer.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

CoD2 was an AMAZING single player experience. After that, they've been really bad. But if you like MP, Blops2 was pretty great. WaW was great. MW2? eh..

[Kevlar009]

I was fairly excited for MW3 after all the fun I had in MW2. Sadly the campaign wasn't as good and was messy, the maps weren't nearly as good, and I missed being able to go Burst-Stopping Power or shotgun side arms. The decline in quality and realizing IW was barely trying even more turned me off from the series

I might return with AW, but I'm not too keen on the boost spamming and the maps they demoed didn't attract my interest. If the campaign and MP are good I will return, but I won't spend $40-60 on a game that is just so-so

[Master-H]

mw2 felt like a shittier version of CoD4, sp and mp.

[Bathyj]

Everythings a rip off nowdays. Why the fax machine is just a waffle iron with a phone attached.

[DragonKnight]

So let me see if I understand this.

Advanced Warfare was allegedly in development for 2 years prior to Titanfall's development (I find that hard to believe but let's just go with it) and Respawn is comprised of former CoD devs (Noooo, really? We had no idea) and that's proof that Titanfall ripped of Call of Duty, but was able to finish faster than a game that had a 2 year development head start and is part of a franchise known for not needing lengthy development times due to the consistent reuse of assets? And the article makes the most far reaching connection possible with the "research and development into exoskeletons" quote, thereby definitively proving that Titanfall is indeed a Call of Duty ripoff?

Sounds totally legit.

[extermin8or]

How can this have been in development for 2 years longer than Titanfall. Activision said this was in development for 3 years. We know rescan worked on Titanfall since it formed the studio righ back in early 2010. 4 years ago when rescan were working on the Vietnam 3rd person Cod they canned. Common sense guys. More like this was an idea zampella and west had before the money disagreements that meant half of them or more left for ea and respawn entertainment and they decided to move forward with a similar concept.

[Moe-Gunz]

Sounds like an idea that was split when the teams split. This interview sounds like a PR cover up to me claiming it was in development 2 years prior to TF. Just be real, the team split up and you both decided to go forward with the idea. The result is TF and AW.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Your a bit wrong on your assumptions. Respawn formed right after the shipment of Mw2 due to legal battles etc, Respawn is a direct product of all the Infinity Ward Veterans jumping ship and was formed before the existance of sledgehammer. Sledgehammer is developing AW not infinity ward so your speculation that Respawn and Sledgehammer were at one point one studio is factually wrong. Just thought i would clear things up a bit :).

[Moe-Gunz]

Never said the Respawn crew and SH were once one studio. I'm saying I'm sure the COD franchise had plans for the future. IW guys left and formed Respawn. SH seemed to have gone with one of the ideas on the board for the franchise. As repetitive COD is as a franchise, it has been getting more and more advance as far as tech goes in the games. So my assumption isn't that SH and Respawn was once under the same roof, my assumption is that the Respawn crew and the developers of COD (all studios involved, since I refuse to believe the studios don't know what the other will be doing. I believe IW knew what Treyarch was working on and vice versa) had the same idea. Respawn left and made TitanFall, SH was formed and made AW.

Given the development times of the games it seems logical that they both just were working with the same idea. The fact that Respawn was once working on COD makes it more likely that the "future weapons" concept was on the table.

I did sound like I was lumping SH and IW into one studio, but I'm well aware they never were I'm not that stupid bruh :).

[paddy95]

I heared this too. Titian fall devs copied the idea, but wanted to make it noob friendly so they just added bots.

[Ch1d0r1]

Whoa! This makes titan flop look like a cheap knock-off. Looks so much prettier.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

How did they copy the idea when 1) Titanfall came out before AW and 2) Respawn was formed right after the shipment of MW2 so how would they have been able to copy an idea from what was at the time a non-existant studio. All of these similarities are just a coincidence. Wow at all these crazy conspiracies but no consideration for the possibility of both studios just having similar ideas.

[Trunkz]

Uh oh! The wave slightly changed the Battlefield by making it more wet, they must of copied Battlefield!

Who cares tho? People copy ideas all the time, this is not a coke vs pepsi issue, this is something that wouldn't even affect sales.

[Mkai28]

And why is the game that came out almost a year ahead the one that copied the other, could it be that sledge hammer games saw Titanfall or played it and said, I like this feature we should implement that in our game.. You don't copy something unless you see it first, I suppose Remedy had access to Sledge Hammer and saw all the things that they were doing, please.. Also, hard to tell when everyone is just now seeing the multiplayer reveal don't you think?

As I recall this new call of duty have a lot of things that resemble gears of war with the satellite beam and gears and Battlefield with the stage changing, Halo with the cloak, crysis with "suite with abilities" , Titanfall with the double jump, and kick. So my question is, who is copying who?

[pandehz]

More like

''COD RIPPED OFF IDEAS FROM GOOD DEVS''

[Rimeskeem]

Why should we even care. If someone ripped off of someone then shouldnt they care. Just play the game you like more and don't call the person who likes the other game more a fa**** or retard.

I also don't understand how Titanfall could have ripped of COD because it was in development before AW anyways so doesn't that mean it's is technically impossible?

[DarXyde]

Titanfall still came out first. Honestly, it doesn't even matter if Respawn did rip it off, because only people who search the internet well will know that...

[TheBoy]

Titanfall has been in development since Modern Warfare 2... How the hell did Titanfall rip off Advanced Warfare?

[koliosis]

Rip-off my ass!!! Get your facts straight

[DjOps]

Wait... Titanfall was released first, how is it a rip off? In any case, why can't games in the same genre have similar ideas? It makes sense. No one really loses here.

[Iamnemesis4880]

If that is the case then all FPS games since 2003 is a cod rip off.

[awi5951]

No all Cod games are a Battlefield 2 PC ripoff. Because it came first and the gameplay of BF2 can be seen in the first modern warfare easily.

[beerzombie]

No all of them ripped off wolfenstein 3d

[awi5951]

Wolfinstein 3d has nothing in common with BF2 you cant even aim up in that game i played it to death when i was a kid. The only thing that's similar is that its a FPS. But like a said you couldnt aim up.

Now Quake and Unreal changed the game i played both of those to death when i was a kid as well because i had a PC that could run them. Unreal 2003/2004 is still one of my favorite shooters of all time. Followed by all the rainbow 6 games up to 3 and the first 2 ghost recons they became crap after that got noobed down. Thats why i love Insurgency its old school and the COD and BF fanboys are already trying to get the game nerfed because they cant think tactical. They wont the damage on guns nerfed they want to recoil nerfed i hate these people who just want to spray and pray and not aim in shooters.

[assdan]

If someone told me this was titanfall DLC, I would believe them. So much for being different and unique...

[madjedi]

Care to show me another console game that blends mechs and foot soldier combat, in that respects it is fairly unique and different from most other fps games.

The only other recent game that does something similar is starhawk and even earlier on warhawk.

Alot of times when developers make their games different and unique they are rewarded with less than adequate sales, because it's too different from what people want.

[ThanatosDMC]

Starhawk. Plus base building, air to air battles, huge maps, etc.

[Immorals]

Mechassault on the og xbox. Was a cracking game online.

Ot; all I got from the reveal is that they managed to change a ton, but at the same time they managed to not fix anything that was killing cods multiplayer.

[assdan]

Sorry, but this gameplay looked exactly like titanfall. I don't care how well you blend mechs and people. A bad game is a bad game. This new COD game looks like if they made titanfall fun.

[OmegaShen]

Titanfall is a rip off of Brink, so who cares. If the game is fun the why care?

Not like its the first time someone copy someone else game.

[Gamer-40]

No. Two different fps game.

[mrmonk]

Il give this a miss same way i didn't get ghosts (thank god) i don't think i will buy another cod again well destiny will be enough to keep me going,,,,,,,i miss cod4

[scark92]

Me and You are the same person. (In regards to opinion not biologically)

[Ra3030]

I wonder which will get to 20 million in sales first TitanFall which has a whole 8 months head start or Call of Duty Advanced Warfare? I'm gonna say Call of Duty. Lol

[forgetmenot]

Shut it your going to buy it anyway so who cares or wait for advance warfare 2

[SheenuTheLegend]

and what about you ripping gamers from past 5 years...
please someone bring the old days back from snes and psx..

gameplay first.. everything else at second

[Jdoki]

So, you know when you're sat around with your buddies. And some one says 'You know what would make this game better?... Giant robots'

So I'm guessing CoD and TitanFall ripped off just about anyone who ever played a game.

What next... Dinosaurs. Gotta be giant dinosaurs. I called it.

[CertifiedGamer]

Call of Duty or Titanfall, I don't care who made it first but I do care about who sells broken products to customers. Activision can copy and paste anything they want but at the end I know COD advanced warfare will have a working netcode before release so that is who wins.

[Urbz7870]

That's like saying Deathstroke is a rip off Deadpool.

[Mithan]

I don't care, this happens all the time. It's a game, so what. Those who implement the idea best usually win.

As for me, I didn't play Titanfall because it didn't interest me. I have not played Call of Duty for years because it hasn't interested me.

I may play this Call of Duty, but not because of mechs, but because it seems refreshed.

[VealParmHero]

I wasn't aware of this. This isn't fact but its still interesting. Titanfall and AW will still be quite diff due to the larger maps, titans, wall running etc. Either way Idc, titanfall has been fun and is deff solid, while AW looks to be the first cod that gets some respect form skeptics in a long while. I like the way it looks so far.

[hkgamer]

i buess it just happened to be at the same time.

i remember playing syphon filter and thought it felt really similar to mgs especially with the helicopter battle.

cant really say one person ripped off the others ideas.

[poor_cus_of_games]

Well I reckon that titanfall being exclusive has worked really well for Activision/sledgehammer. Ya know since playstation fans that wanted titanfall but never got the chance to play it will definitely buy cod. Also with the larger install base as well.

[Underworld]

I don't believe either ripped off or copied the other just because they have similar elements in the game. It is possible for people to come up with similar ideas. COD has been in development for at least 3 years so how could they have just copied Titanfall?

People want them to add new things, so they do, and now they're attacked because it has similarities to Titanfall and are accused of just ripping it off. I think most games would borrow ideas from other games anyway.

[mcarsehat]

It's funny, both games have massive teams of people researching the type of futuristic technology we will come to expect in the Military.

It is pure coincidence and nothing more, yet more and more so called stories break out about how to Ripoff other games.

[nchizimbi]

All I can comment in regards to the article, is that "the article is pointless."

[McToasty207]

I suspect before the infinity ward split Modern Warfare 3 was probably more like this but when Zampella and Co were evicted Activision probably kept all the rights to the concept art and engine work. Respawn then tried to recreate what they'd done with source engine giving us Titanfall whilst Activision assigned Sledgehammer to work on this unfinished COD giving us Advanced Warfare.

[falviousuk]

Ah a PS site saying this game ripped off this game, no surprise there

They do it all the time, If you listened to PS fanboys you would think that all games originated on playstation platforms.

Uncharted, every one rips of that game, even the latest tomb raiders, even though tomb raider came out years ago. Thats one of my favourite Sony fanboy ones.

There are many more examples ....

[berimbolo]

Yeah, right. Maybe Crysis also ripped off idea from Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

[Ghost_Nappa]

Don't care. Have almost 200 hours in titanfall and will probably spend that or longer in AW.

[bahabeast]

they are both from activision though.

[soniqstylz]

Titanfall is distributed by EA.

[CJDUNCAN]

CoD AW is a complete ripoff of a few games. Titanfall's vertical gameplay, the swimming of battlefield, the tech of Ghost Recon

[Black_Adam88]

I have a insider friend at sledgehammer and respawn and i can confirm that all of you should stfu. like really how original is the idea of a boost jump for everybody to start a war over who ripped off who....did you also know that both cod and titanfall are ripping off gta becuase they have guns in the game? did you know both games are ripping off rainbow six because you can reload your guns in the game?....thats what you sound like..

[SirDjss]

yea they did ripp off allot of ideas from titanfall AND the CRYSIS series.

[mpcm]

Why just now Call of Duty??? -_-

Titanfall is awesome but I've been playing Call of Duty since its first one.

hhmmmm....
what to choose???

-maybe both

[xDHAV0K24x]

dump COD! Halo, Destiny, Titanfall....maybe Killzone? just stop buying COD!

[xDHAV0K24x]

Titanfall was supposed to be COD BUT it wasn't SO it didn't copy it. Titanfall's direction came out first so COD copied it. case closed!

[sAVAge_bEaST]

who cares, at least you can swim. (:

[wolfcreek]

Name a game or System that didnt rip off from some one else. playstation all stars ripping off super smash, cod riiping off golden eye muti player, all platforms ripping off mario. Sony ripping off NIntendo, period. The move ripping off the wii controller .xbox live learning from sega online. Red dead revolver ripping off GUN but made RDR better All fighers ripping off vitual fighter. Only original game maker and system maker and dominates the top twenty games sold of all time -Nintendo

[Sparticus_1]

Who really cares who ripped who off...titanfall is a halo based game and aw will be a titanfall/halo game...choose your game...no big deal. I personally dont play cod but I will say aw looks laughable

[soniqstylz]

I have no skin in the game (PS3 / 4 owner, don't care for either Titanfall or CoD), but MW3 came out in late 2011. Titanfall was revealed at E3 2011.

Shit article is shit.