[H]Titanfall just 6v6

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

6v6 sounds like it's set up for competitive play. my problem with the trailer is I thought I was watching a cod video at first. the armored battles look pretty cool though.

 

[Clinkster]

6v6 sounds like it's set up for competitive play. my problem with the trailer is I thought I was watching a cod video at first. the armored battles look pretty cool though.

I can't see how AI mixing well in a vanilla FPS multiplayer.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I can't see how AI mixing well in a vanilla FPS multiplayer.

Ah I assumed it would be humans only for matches. AI would be no good.

IMHO 6v6 or even 5v5 is better for an esport. It's really hard to organize a big group for 12+v12+ matches. Team costs go up (servers need to be bigger, travel cost for 12 vs 6 players, tourney entry fees, contracts for 6 players vs 12). For a casual pub game I like a large chaotic game. 32+v32+ if possible.

 

[EightySix Four]

www.titanfall.com/beta

The link wasn't supposed to be announced until 9pm EST, but it was easy to find.

 

[Lil Frier]

Aww, this sucks. You have to have an Origin account to register for the beta? I'd register with Origin if I was already accepted, but I'm not going to create a useless account to sign up and not get in.

And with that, the early favorite for #2 game of 2014 for me might not even end up in my possession. EA seems to specialize in pissing me off.

 

[CottonRabbit]

Aww, this sucks. You have to have an Origin account to register for the beta? I'd register with Origin if I was already accepted, but I'm not going to create a useless account to sign up and not get in.

And with that, the early favorite for #2 game of 2014 for me might not even end up in my possession. EA seems to specialize in pissing me off.

How is this even related to EA? What game doesn't require you to register an account to potentially participate in a closed beta?

 

[DigDog]

how about.
(wait ... it gets mind-blown awesome)
1) get origin. right?
2) sign up for beta ...
3) [?????????]
4) profit!

 

[Clinkster]

how about.
(wait ... it gets mind-blown awesome)
1) get origin. right?
2) sign up for beta ...
3) [?????????]
4) profit!

Yeah, PC gamers are the weirdest bunch.

"OH, INCONVENIENCE ME SLIGHTLY WILL YOU??" *snub*

I've signed up, but remain very skeptical.

 

[BrightCandle]

I watched some gameplay video from the Xbox beta and the 6v6 is based on some pretty small maps compared to what a lot of PC gamers are used to. Its a really small constrained space to increase the action with so few players. In many ways I prefer small games, I cut my teath on CS and COD 8v8 competition play so I know the advantages of that type of play. But its not really looking like a great competition game so not really sure what they are shooting for. Its just a really odd choice.

 

[EDUSAN]

2 friends that bought the game thought it was going to be cool, since it was my birthday a couple days ago, to buy me titanfall as a gift so i could play with them

So i have it, so ill try the beta as soon as they let me download it. ill let you know what i thought.

about the 6v6 thing. I actually never got into the battlefield kind of gameplay, having tons of people at the same time is boring to me, being sniped from anywhere in the map. So, im actually more excited about it knowing its only 6v6 and not 64v64

I like the idea of close combat with a controllable amount of players. and after watching some videos of those movements that normal players can do with the jetpack (double jump, wallrun, walljump and stuff like that) it makes me feel its something in between UT2k4 with more "realistic" weapons and Mechs, so im kinda excited about it

 

[VashHT]

I'm going to pick it up, getting kind of bored with BF4. Having smaller games sounds like a nice change of pace from 64 player games where 90% of my deaths are getting killed by some random person I never saw.

 

[preslove]

6v6 doesn't seem like a big problem considering the set up is giant (expensive) robots and not infantry/war, which involve many, many soldiers.

 

[smackababy]

The player count is a non-issue to me, as I'm sure the maps are designed around that player count. 6v6 on the larger BF4 maps would be incredibly awful and 64v64 on an Arena style map would be just as bad.

I signed up for the beta (for both Xbox One and PC). Hopefully, I'll get in. Otherwise, I am probably grabbing this on console (only because my friends will be getting it there).

 

[EDUSAN]

its not 6v6 mechs as far as i know... i think its more like 1 or 2 mechs per team at any given time...

 

[Arsinek]

My problem is it seems like just another typical FPS but with mechs. I hardly call that revolutionary or worth all the hype.

 

[EDUSAN]

what i liked the most is the humans flying around to reach high places and roofs pretty fast.... i think that separates it from just another fps pretty much

oh...and the dynamic? level objective that tells the losing team to retreat to a extraction point and the winning team to not let the other team scape seemed pretty cool

 

[smackababy]

Every game isn't revolutionary. In fact, very few in established genres are. Games that create their own genres or bend the rules of the established ones are the revolutionary games.

Crying that a game doesn't revolutionary means you're stuck with maybe 5 or 6 games in the past 15 years.

Titanfall has some good things going for it: it isn't a modern military "sim", it is made by a team that can make decent FPS (COD4), and it is fast paced, arena like. They've also made the game entirely MP, thus not having to shift focus from SP to MP.

 

[JumBie]

Nothing to see here boys, just another COD clone this time with mechs and parkour. Move along.

 

[darkswordsman17]

The player count thing isn't the sole issue, its just part of the problem. The levels are supposedly quite big, which it kinda needs due to the freedom of movement and the mechs, but they'll have to do a good job of finding a good size that keeps the action up but also doesn't feel cramped. My big worry is that they're limiting the players in order to support more AI/scripted sequence stuff since that's where the story is supposed to be, so you'll effectively end up with the maps split into smaller sections where you accomplish the objectives, then you move to the next section of the map and accomplish objectives there, and the fighting will be isolated to small sections of the map making it actually feel small and cramped.

Now, this could still turn out to be a great game. Supposedly the control and feel of things is pretty good. I have to admit running around jumping/jetpacking here and there and the mech stuff does look like it would be fun. If they manage to get the AI right, that could actually make the game very fun, but if not that alone could ruin it. Plus if there's more variety in the levels and depending on how they do the scripted events/objectives could make or break it as well.

But I'm getting similar vibe that Brink gave off. It looks interesting, but won't actually be that fun to play, especially for an extended amount of time.

 

[dougp]

Nothing to see here boys, just another COD clone this time with mechs and parkour. Move along.

CoD has mechs?

I mean, you realize the Devs are the OG(D)'s of CoD, right?

 

[Arsinek]

Nothing to see here boys, just another COD clone this time with mechs and parkour. Move along.

Pretty much. I mean if thats good enough for you to spend $60, go a head. But there's already a plethora of games that offer 90% of what this game offers. And some of them are free. Its just not worth it to me.

 

[dougp]

Pretty much. I mean if thats good enough for you to spend $60, go a head. But there's already a plethora of games that offer 90% of what this game offers. And some of them are free. Its just not worth it to me.

Oh, so you've played it and know what it offers compared to other games?

 

[smackababy]

Oh, so you've played it and know what it offers compared to other games?

Of course! This is the internet. After having watched the launch trailer, you can know everything about a game and all the features, plus how well executed they are.

 

[dougp]

Of course! This is the internet. After having watched the launch trailer, you can know everything about a game and all the features, plus how well executed they are.

Have you seen any of the gameplay vids yet? Since they just released the media NDAs, holy crap - so many out there. This game looks wicked fun.

 

[gothamhunter]

Hawken has mechs and is f2p.