Titanfall is a glorified, overhyped, free to play game

Let me preface this by saying- Until recently, I liked what I have seen of Titanfall. It looks like it will be a fun game. Until recently, I was on board the hype train.

And now I am not.

As more and more about Titanfall has been unveiled, one thing has become progressively clear- this game is shockingly lacking in content. Seriously, it's shocking that EA is having the gall to sell this for $60.

Let's recap:

• There is no single player mode
• There is no offline multiplayer or split screen mode
• There are only twelve active players allowed per map, in a maximum of 6v6 matchups
• There are only sixteen maps
• The game looks like ass; it's using what looks to be an old, unoptimized build of Source, and while I don't care about graphics if the game makes up for it in other areas, this just seems to be another area where the game is lacking on top of all the others
• There are only three 'Titans' (you know, the things they named the game after?) in the game
• It won't even output graphics higher than 720p. Again, if the graphics aren't anything special to begin with, why the **** can it not at least have a decent resolution? Just where the hell did all that development time go?

And they are having the gall to sell this for $60? Just where did the game's massive development budget go? Litigation against Activision? In marketing the **** out of it to ensure all the (unjustified) hype it has been getting?

You know what the worst part is? You now they will add content to it later- more Titans, more maps, maybe even campaigns that players can play themselves. This is, basically, a glorified free to play game, but it has the nerve to charge $60 for itself up front.

I have no doubt that this game will do well with sales. It will probably even manage to garner some decent scores. And that, more than anything else, I think, is a sad, scathing, commentary on the current state of our gaming industry.

Pathetic.

-1 / 10

Good, now actually read and respond to my concerns and comments, or all you are is just another troll.

Tell me that this game doesn't have a shocking lack of content for a full priced $60 release. Go on.

You raise up excellent points Chaz.

I wouldnt care if the game had one soldier and one titan if the gameplay is best thing since sliced bread.

Fo Shizzle, combat arms has more replay value than this trash.

*reads OP*

16 maps for a FPS game is a low number?

Did you play it?

You're absolutely right, wait for the GOTY version 1/2 years from now that lives up to 2002 videogame standards in content.

I wouldn't either, if they didn't have the gall to charge me $60 for it.

And if they didn't try to tell me how to play my game that I paid for.

If the game is, by design, a multiplayer game, I can completely understand, excuse, and even support, the omission of a single player mode. But why the **** can I not play the game multiplayer, with my own friends, on my own console, offline?

A picture is worth a thousand words for sure, but I understood none of those thousand words. Please excuse my stupidity in this case, and articulate whatever it is that you were trying to say.

You could just...erm...not buy it. Its really down to personal opinion how much they deem a product to be worth.

People should vote with their wallets. You should let them.

LOL!! Exactly! Don't think he was ever interested in the game and just wants to troll. The game looks fine to me and how it plays will be what really counts.

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Says the bias trolling Cow who only cares about PS games and hates everything XB1/Microsoft. lol!!

I don't have enough peanut butter for all the jelly this thread is going to get.

@charizard1605: But have you SEEN TitanFall?

And I agree, it is seriously lacking, and I am worried as to how much the predictable season pass will be, another $50 perhaps?

"it's shocking that EA is having the gall to sell this for $60"

Notice EA in that sentence? Lol they love money way too much so it's surprise.

Seriously though the game should have a lot of maps to compensate but i have a feeling we're going to see a lot of paid DLC despite how it should really just be in the game.

10/10 would read again.

Call of Duty: Black Ops, a game from 2010, that is four years ago, launched with more maps than Titanfall, and it had a single player campaign to boot.

But you know what, fine, let's assume 16 maps is more than enough (it's not, especially without a single player mode)- what about all the other content the game is clearly missing?

What reason do I have for being butthurt about Titanfall? I was genuinely looking forward to the game, I put it in my most anticipated lists, it looked incredibly interesting to me, before they came out and revealed that it was a fucking rip off.

Now, please try and counter my points, instead of resorting to name calling. Thank you.

It's 6vs6 Cod with mechs, made by EA with no single player and either requires Origin or Xbox live.

My question for the TC is. What The $%#@ Were You Expecting??????

You do realize it's published by the same company that just released the consumer buttrape that is Dungeon Keeper right?

Your points about the server use being forced on us is valid. But gamers are going to game. MS is smart enough to know what games are going to be attractive enough to sell their cloud services. I dont like where the game industry is headed with this method and playstation Now, but its going to be hard as hell to get people to boycott this title.

Maybe wait for the actual game to come out

LOL! Stop fucking making assumptions and you probably won't look like an idiot. LOL!

Also, once again, instead of resorting to name calling, try to actually address the points I raised.

Oh, and finally, LOL!

How much have EA Season Passes been in the past?

I'd like it quite a bit more if it really were F2P. I like good F2P more than anything else. The PC specs were surprisingly low. Can I not play it at native 144p?

Seriously, you might as well just play Loadout (which I highly recommend)

The fact they're charging $60 for a CS source mod is extremely disheartening. I mean c'mon guys.

This title really does belong on Moddb.

Well the Battlefield 4 season pass is $50, so I have no reason to believe it will be much different.

LOL!!

well don't bitch at me about it go bitch at the game journalists that went apeshit crazy for it.

here this will get you started.

Tokyo Game Show 2013

Tokyo Game Show Future Game of Show Award

PAX 2013

Destructoid Editor's Choice

GamesRadar Best of PAX 2013 - #1

Gamescom 2013

Destructoid Best of Gamescom Editors Choice

Gamescom Awards Best Console Game, Microsoft Xbox

Gamescom Awards Best Next Generation, Console

Gameswelt Best of Show

Jeuxvideo.com France Best Xbox One Game

Jeuxvideo.com France Best FPS

NWTV Gametip Gamescom 2013

PC Games Editor's Choice X360/Xbox One Award

PC Games X360 Games Editor's Choice PC Award

Play3 Editor's Choice PS3/PS4 Award

XGN Best of Show

E3 2013

@Gamer Most Valuable Game

Atomix Best Xbox One Game

CNET 12 Most Exciting Games of E3 2013

CV Games Best of E3 2013

Destructoid Game of Show

Digital Spy Best Shooter

Digital Trends Best Microsoft Exclusive

EGM Now Best Game of E3 2013

EGM Now Best Shooter

Electric Playground Best of E3

Electric Playground Best of E3 (Shooter)

EW.com Most Exciting Games at E3 2013

Game Critics Awards Best of Show

Game Critics Awards Best Original Game

Game Critics Awards Best Console Game

Game Critics Awards Best PC Game

Game Critics Awards Best Action Game

Game Critics Awards Best Online Multiplayer

Game Informer Best in Show

Game Informer Best Multiplayer Game

Game Informer Best Shooter

Game Informer Best Multiplatform Game

Game One Best Multiplayer Game

Game Revolution Best of E3

Game Shampoo Best Shooter

GamerNode Best of E3

Gamers Game of Show

GameSpot Best of E3 (Editor's Choice)

GamesRadar Most Valuable Game

GamesRadar Best Call of Duty Game

GameTrailers Best New IP

Gaming Excellence Best Console Exclusive

Gaming Excellence Best Shooter

Gaming Trend Best of Show

Gaming Trend Best Shooting Game

GryOnline Best New Brand

GryOnline Best Action Game

Hardcore Gamer Best Xbox One Game

Hardcore Gamer Best Xbox 360 Game

IGN Best Overall Game

IGN Best Xbox One Game

IGN Best PC Game

IGN Best Shooter

IGN Australia Top 21 Games of E3 2013

IGN Italy Best Multiplayer Game Xbox One

Lazy Gamer Best Multiplayer

Machinima Game of Show

Machinima Best Shooter

Official Xbox Magazine Most Valuable Game

PC Gamer Most Valuable Game

PC Gamer Best FPS

Polygon Editor’s Choice

Pop.com.br Best PC Game

RadioTimes 10 best games of E3 2013

Rev3 Games Favorite Games of E3 2013

Techno Buffalo Top 5 Games from E3 2013

The Nerdist Best in Show

The Telegraph UK Top 15 Best Games of E3 2013

USA Today Top 10 Favorites from E3 (#1)

VentureBeat Game of Show

Worthplaying Best of E3 2013

Xbox 360 Achievements Best Shooter of the Show

Yahoo! Games Best of E3 2013

http://www.titanfall.com/news/titanfall-awards

The mobile market clearly expects and accepts scams like Dungeon Keeper, so fine, good on them for trying to exploit that. The console and PC market, however, does not, so if EA tries to bring that business model to those markets, where I am invested, I will fucking take a stand.

Finally, the game itself is made by Respawn, not EA. EA does have a say in publishing and distribution though (so expect shit tons of DLC and crap).

Again, it could play great. Fine. How does that justify the lack of content which is what I have addressed in my OP?

A game should be judged by the quality of its content, and not by the amount of content it has

A four line poem can carry deeper meaning, and emotion than a 500 page novel. The same holds true for any medium, I reckon, and that includes games.

You're right. On a bullet list written out on paper we can see that Titanfall does not have single player, or huge maps, or 64+ player battles as a few other games do, but if there's one thing I know is that just because something looks a certain way on paper does not mean it appears that same way in practice.

Notice how these awards were before any announcements about the final game's content were made.

Dam Char, you's on a roll.

That said, I think it would have been better as a F2P game, so long as the F2P model was done well. I still think F2P FPSs and the like are gonna overtake traditional multiplayer games like BF and CoD.

This is a beyond stupid post, so lets get to the reasons why.

1. 16 maps is f'ing fantastic and no one wants that rumor to be not true. How many devs with the pedigree of Respawn have launched with 16 focused multiplayer maps? Focused as they decided against the single-player to soley craft maps that would fit every multiplayer game interest. Instead of tagging on a pathetic single player like BF4 or Killzone they focused on what they do best, even adding a multiplayer story mode as well.

2. 6X6 means six humans, each with their own titan battle six other humans each with their own titans and twelve AI controlled soldiers on each side will make for some amazing firefights with loads of action onscreen. That's 48 characters as a total if everything was onscreen and Respawn said this was possible. That's a shitton of action!

3. We've seen the unfinished PC version and the Alpha Xbox One version running at 25% of the textures. The Beta is starting soon and we'll how the finished product looks. Not judging a Alpha on looks, that's just stupid. Beta will be final textures in place.

4. 3 Titan types with various loadouts for each is perfectly fine to launch with. Different players will configure their Titans different ways, so variety is there.

5. Don't give a rats ass about split-screen personally, but its the one issue you have a point about as some people do like it.

6. Resolution wise, whatever gives the game the best overall performance is fine by me., Killzone is 1080p and I don't give a rats ass cause the game sucks. I want a great game and whatever the resolution is, good. This game is the most talked about game by far, not even close, and most of the talk begins with the opinions of people who have played it.

Respawn has since day one focused on crafting a multiplayer masterpiece, and its accolades come from those who have played it. Not viral marketing. Not fancy celeb marketing or false hype. The hype for Titanfall comes from those who have played it. Find someone who has and wasn't greatly impressed. I look forward to reading it. Back on topic, I have no issue with a dev saying they placed all their efforts into one area of the game with the intent to make something great. And judging by those who have played it and the vids Ive seen they have done just that. You must remember they have not revealed all the game modes or a number of other things, but that is coming soon. Your post simply holds no weight when you look at the facts.

A 4 line poem doesn't normally cost $60...

That's a fair point. I'll give you that. And if the game plays extraordinarily well, so well that no other multiplayer shooter can touch it, fine, you know what, it's worth the price of admission.

But if other games have a lot more content and play only slightly worse in this hypothetical situation? Titanfall does not deserve mine or anybody else's money.

Finally, its inevitable success (along with the success of Ground Zeroes, which is also inevitable), will only embolden publishers into releasing glorified demos/free to play content at a premium price, and then sell more content for that over time.

Everyone wants to bash TitanFall because they don't like the way it sounds on paper but its something you have to play to understand. There is a reason why everyone who plays it likes it, everyone assumes its something that it is not.

I won't fight each of the TC's individual points because it is clear you don't have any interest in the game, and a random person online wont change your mind.

i know, imagine if they had seen more than one map.

lulz.

This trap card was rather well played I gotta say.

@charizard1605:

1: So what if it has zero singleplayer ? I mean seriously.

2: offline could be sweet with split-screen i agree, but then again we knew from beginning it was online only.

3: Care to explain why 6vs6 is a bad thing all the sudden?, higher doesnt mean better, also there is different kinds of bots on the battlefield, so whats the deal ? Many games did just fine with 4vs4 or 5 .

4: Are you kidding me ? Most games launch with under 10 maps, and dont "bu bu its multiplayer only". 16 is more than fine.

5: So because you dont like the art/graphics it per auto suck ? And where do you know they use an uoptimized source build ?

6: Tho i would agree, that there could be atleast 2 more titans. So far the 3 is actually fine imo okay"ish" balanced.

7: Care to link that the game will only output 720p or are this based on alpha/beta's ? Because i dont reckon any comfirmations on only 720p (could be wrong tho) ?

8: They put aloy of time and effort in this, why shouldnt they take 60? Its like saying that bout any multi/online/mmo games dude come on ?

And ofcourse there will come dlc with titans maps and so forth.. its common business, have you been sleeping like last 10years of gaming ? Not really any points other than your version on it aka you dont like it - so its bad ?

4.5/10 ..

Oh damn Char is on fire. Agree with this 1000%. An ugly looking game like this (was it build in a basement by two dudes?) with no campaign but only generic multiplayer with jetpacks should be free with microtransactions. Instead you're paying $60. GG.

Excellent thread Char Char, I couldn't agree more. TitanFlop is shit, and it should be free to play... Because its shit.

OP, in all honesty I agree, TitanFall seems to me more like a standalone DLC to a Call oF Duty game than it's own identity.

You say play on pc, but even screenshots of the pc version look like outdated crap...

And for a multiplayer only game, it seems an odd omission to exclude offline multiplayer or splitscreen.

And players will only play on three or four of those as they become the favorites. :P

I haven't followed this game, with it being multiplayer I'm not interested. But based on your points I don't see there being a lack of content. In fact the only point that made me question the lack of content was there only being three Titans (is this confirmed or is that all they've shown?)

If the multiplayer is strong then gamers will find value in it. I dunno, I don't really see the comparison of this to free-to-play. And are there other competitive modes or just deathmatch?

Watch this crap flop heavily. Most games cam depend on SP being great and having decent onlime but titanfall has all its eggs in online and watch it flop.