Sho_Nuff82
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Aren't they literally cannon fodder to boost your titan timer?
Titanfall Review Thread
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Aren't they literally cannon fodder to boost your titan timer?
Plus if you have the chance to get in close, you can hack them and use them as support teams.
If it sells a lot, sure, they could.
For that imment SingleDigitFall! Am I doing it right?
. But seriously depending on who you ask then yes its fodder or no its just dumb ai which was touted to be advanced. I mean if it was me they can just have a timer for each person when their titans will arrive and each time you kill a real player few seconds are taken off. By the end of the game every player gets at least one titan already... Use that cloud/resource/magical unicorn to get 60fps locked or many other stuff.KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Ahh ok, then I misunderstood. Yea, Titanfall will easily outsell Killzone.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Hey, Pikmin 3 technically has an fps mode where you shoot photos so it counts
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
After the Alpha I said it from the get go... They should make the AI grunts like Driveatars. They should use all of our playstyles that play online, and make them grunts. We will all be Jango Fetts. Clones of all of us. that would be cool.
Aren't they supped to be sort of canon fodder?
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
While that sounds really cool, I feel like Respawn would be worried with that ruining the balance, as some grunts might get really OP out of nowhere, while others continue to run into walls on the other team.
They are worried about balance, but have burn cards.
Jim Sterling
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I don't know if it's gauche to link your own reviews, but since mine missed out on the initial scrum of the morning, I thought I'd provide. Here's my Titanfall bit o' talking!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...-Titanfall-Review-Prepare-For-Tightened-Balls
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...-Titanfall-Review-Prepare-For-Tightened-Balls
Boogalogist
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Great review, Jim.
I think reviews are inline with a fun game with not the best graphics which is mp only.
I think some of the issues were caused by the gaming media making this out to be the grand daddy of all games ... true next gen .. blah blah and then ms also constantly speaking about it etc.
If you compare it to past consensus e3 winners like tlou uc2 its metacritic is lower than expected. If you compare it to mp only games such as csgo etc its inline with being a good fun game. However many of those games grew organically so how well this game does remains to be seen. I m sure it will sell a lot of copies what I mean by that if it will become the next cs cod wow etc remains to be seen .
well its good that reviewers are nothing both the positive (gameplay) and the negative (content) also makes me feel make of these issues will be addressed with add ons and dlc and titanfall 2 should def be a much more robust and higher scoring game.
I think some of the issues were caused by the gaming media making this out to be the grand daddy of all games ... true next gen .. blah blah and then ms also constantly speaking about it etc.
If you compare it to past consensus e3 winners like tlou uc2 its metacritic is lower than expected. If you compare it to mp only games such as csgo etc its inline with being a good fun game. However many of those games grew organically so how well this game does remains to be seen. I m sure it will sell a lot of copies what I mean by that if it will become the next cs cod wow etc remains to be seen .
well its good that reviewers are nothing both the positive (gameplay) and the negative (content) also makes me feel make of these issues will be addressed with add ons and dlc and titanfall 2 should def be a much more robust and higher scoring game.
Good read.
Clockwork5
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Its fine in a review thread, as far as I know. At least I've seen it done many times before.
I wonder what the "future of Titanfall" announcement is going to be like.
IMO, the campaign mode could have really been done a lot better. My only beef with the campaign mode is that it just feels so tacked on compared with the multiplayer. There's only 2 modes, and each side has the same mission. Even if you win or lose, you "win" technically. Bish says something like "we took heavy losses, but we did it," or something like that. It's not that bad, but it's the fact that the campaign has no impact on events in the game that's annoying as well. It feels more like Dust 514 than Brink.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
It isn't even remotely the same.
Nope, that's not the right comparison. I'd rather spend 2 hours and watch the Breakfast Club or Rambo over 10 hours of random Youtube videos.
It's not just the number of hours but also how much enjoyment you get out of it. I'd never trade the 10-12 hours I spent on UC2 on my first playthrough for 100's of hours of MP in any shooter for example. I'll rather have 2 steak dinners over 10 McDonald's dinners.
I only play them for the storyline missions and maybe a little exploring until I realize everything's randomized, then I'm done.
Munki
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This http://yourtitanisready.com/. I think Geoff Keighley accidentally let the cat out of the bag on the Twitch stream.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
You better believe that MP is just as carefully crafted if not more so than SP content.
Poimandres
Member
I know. I didn't bring up the comparison in the first place, I was just pointing out it wasn't a fair one!
MP designers don't control the placement, count, and the ramping up of the difficulty spike of enemies like SP designers, a game in Titanfall or any other MP shooter isn't going to be like playing a level in Demon's/Dark Souls. I see more value in a game that's designed to optimize your experience during game play than to make some broader adjustments and let the humans work as AI.
Mikey Jr.
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Then what was the whole talk about the cloud powering AI?
Thought they were going to be like actual players.
Nope. They are run-server side and there are a decent number of them active at any given time, but their behaviors are pretty tame for the most part. The scariest thing I've ever seen them do is deal moderate damage to Titans with rockets.
It's kind of hard to say if the low level of aggression/accuracy is a design decision, an actual limitation of the AI, or some combination thereof.
KimonoNoNo
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So some sites are withholding scores until they get to play on retail servers then. Well at least something has been learnt from the BF4 press event debacle.
You would imagine they would be slightly more useful when you have burn cards to auto-hack Sceptres lol.
The exact opposite reaction to mine! I anticipated higher scores given the unparalleled hype the game's received...
RedProwlingDevil
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You do have a point maybe I am just disappointed by all the hype and the lack of inclusion of single player. To me it feels like a lost opportunity to real both lovers of single as well as multiplayer. To call this game revolutionary seems to be more of an embellishment than rather the intense amount of hype this game has received. I hope those who buy this game get their money's worth out of this. I remember Pachter saying that activision should charge people two fees one for multiplayer and one for single player. I feel this is getter closer to a nightmarish reality than I would have hoped for. I know this is being published by EA, just in case.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Titan AI is pretty good.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
It's going to review and be received well. It's a much hyped and anticipated shooter. What I am more concerned about is how it is going to sell and most importantly, what will it do for Xbox One sales.
The game itself isn't next-gen, I wouldn't really classify it that way. It's fun, though, played a few matches already. Solid 8.5/10.
While they do feed the timer, I'm starting to think they exist mainly for players not good at FPS games to have something to shoot at. Good players could still wipe them out easily even if they had better AI. I've yet to see an FPS AI that can match a solid human player. Players who struggle with human opponents though have something to shoot and get their titan to have the fun of just wrecking everything in sight. It's good for now, but I hope in the future they'll add a hardcore mode with tougher AI.
Fixed2BeBroken
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wait what!? why?
Those sites definitely made the right choice.
I don't see anything that makes this next-gen? It's a shooter with robots and some wall-running. It's fun, no doubt, but nothing in this game screams next-gen to me.
They aren't going to have anything good to say about the server issues.
If only every dedicated game review sites would follow IGN and others' example...
No, that would be asking too much wouldn't it?
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
And what does scream next gen to you? Cause out of all the next gen games so far, this seems to surpass all of them.
razgriz417
Member
Yup considering it seems like EA is going for the trifecta of broken online game launches
Games like Witcher 3 and Infamous Second Son and The Order scream next gen because of how they look.
This game is fun, but it is in no way a looker and a "next gen" game in any way.
Of course, it doesn't need to look next gen. Game is fun. Period.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
Dont we play games for the gameplay though? I think the gameplay screams next gen. Ive become more of a pc gamer and I havent played a pc game this awesome in a long time. With that said this is obviously the honeymoon and i honestly wasnt anticipating tbis game like some so it kinda blew me away since i didnt really follow it, but i think you are a bit jaded.
Also. Second son looks great but it doesnt blow me away visually.
Why does this game scream next gen to you? You'll have as much fun playing this on a 360 as you will a PC or Xbox One if graphics don't matter.
This. This times a million.
They aren't there to change the outcome of a match. They are there to entertain you on your way to a pilot or titan 1 for 1.
A smarter AI would just mean an annoying game for people who want humans to decide the outcome.
To take the computation stress off your local Xbox. Since the game is hosted on the server, the AI calculations are done serverside as well.
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