Titanfall - Official thread about discussing the gameplay on Xbox One.

[cmdrdredd]

Well I now have 2 Xbones, couldn't pass up the Titanfall bundle. Just wish I would have decided I was going to buy the bundle before buying Titanfall on the market early this AM. If anyone needs a cheap code let me know.

I managed to get in 2 rounds this morning before heading out. I only got to try out one map I haven't seen yet, the 2nd match was on one of the beta maps. So far I'm liking it I just wish XBL wasn't down so I could play. It seems like some people can log in but apparently I'm one of the affected.

It seems, according to MS anyway, that XBL is basically down for XB1 users. It's been on their site xbox.com/status for a couple hours now. If you were logged in then you seem to have full access, if not then you can't log in.

 

[bucwylde23]

It seems, according to MS anyway, that XBL is basically down for XB1 users. It's been on their site xbox.com/status for a couple hours now. If you were logged in then you seem to have full access, if not then you can't log in.

Yeah I was logged in then did a reboot for another reason and when it came back up i could no longer get in. Would like it of they fixed it soon. Some.of the people on my friends list are able to log in and okay fine.

 

[sze5003]

Wish I could play this. Can't believe I'm still at work by the time I'll get home it will be late

 

[blurredvision]

I can't get logged in either. Played through the training levels earlier this evening and then did a hard reboot because my pins and store icons weren't showing. Couldn't login afterwards, I should have left well enough alone.

 

[nycxandy]

Yeah, down for me too.

 

[Arkaign]

But I thought XBL was massively superior and the magical cloud force of 300,000 servers was the best thing in the history of the universe? /trollolo

In all seriousness it should be resolved quickly. Some intern probably did something stupid, human error is almost always the culprit with stuff like this.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I gave up for tonight. Just gonna watch TV. Game is installed but cannot play even though I actually got out of work on time today instead of working overtime like I thought.

 

[Arkaign]

I gave up for tonight. Just gonna watch TV. Game is installed but cannot play even though I actually got out of work on time today instead of working overtime like I thought.

Yeah, it will get sorted, no reason to stress out about it. I remember people losing their minds over Diablo 3 problems. I was like meh, it will work eventually, will do something else. But man people on twitter are going berserk. 21st century 1st world problems are lol worthy.

 

[Lil Frier]

For the record, these complaints are why I hate the premise of an online-only game. It annoyed my with WoW, but it at-least was built within a genre (MMO) that really needed to be online-only. I still say an FPS deserves a campaign.

 

[Arkaign]

For the record, these complaints are why I hate the premise of an online-only game. It annoyed my with WoW, but it at-least was built within a genre (MMO) that really needed to be online-only. I still say an FPS deserves a campaign.

I'm really guessing that it was a time crunch issue. There really isn't a good reason to skip a single player option in a AAA game in 2014 otherwise. Even if you only miss 10% of the purchases, that's still money on the table. If it's the difference between 5M copies sold and 5.5M sold, Do the math on that cash.

But they needed to get this thing out solo without a lot of competition to give it the best chance for success.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'm really guessing that it was a time crunch issue. There really isn't a good reason to skip a single player option in a AAA game in 2014 otherwise. Even if you only miss 10% of the purchases, that's still money on the table. If it's the difference between 5M copies sold and 5.5M sold, Do the math on that cash.

But they needed to get this thing out solo without a lot of competition to give it the best chance for success.

I guess they probably figured that people playing FPS games that have decent online components don't really touch the offline campaign much if at all. It may have been in their interests to just do MP.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I will admit...I am one of those people that if I buy a game for online play, I don't touch the campaign. l've always been that way. If the server isn't working, I just play something else.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I always do the campaign or single player parts. If nothing else it gives me a feel for the different weapons I will have in MP.

 

[Arkaign]

I guess they probably figured that people playing FPS games that have decent online components don't really touch the offline campaign much if at all. It may have been in their interests to just do MP.

Well that's the question. It's an investment vs. return business decision.

SP campaign = time and money. But even games with terrible SP campaigns (in most gamers opinions) STILL sell copies to those that don't play MP (either because they're uninterested, not skilled enough to enjoy the experience, or just genuinely prefer SP games to begin with). I know several people who play CODs just for the SP and they seldom play MP at all.

Now the time and money invested, if we're talking the difference between 5M sold and 5.5M sold = $19M ROI, at the ~$38 that usually gets back in grosses on a $60 title.

Beyond what we think as consumers, these decisions are made from a raw business perspective.

Re : Titanfall. It's pretty easy to guess that the timeframe was best for them to just skip the SP and get the title out ASAP, and easier to budget with a fresh IP as well.

 

[cmdrdredd]

It is entirely possible they never had any SP in mind at all. I don't think this was ever brought up with the developers in any interviews either. If it was, I didn't see their response.

 

[Arkaign]

It is entirely possible they never had any SP in mind at all. I don't think this was ever brought up with the developers in any interviews either. If it was, I didn't see their response.

That would have been more of an EA decision anyway. It's very common for SP to be done by a separate group anyway.

Given Zampella's comments along the way, it doesn't sound like they're particularly good at communicating with him though. But this is a golden timeframe to drop a big title, so if getting a SP portion done meant delaying 2-3 months overall, then this was by far the right decision.

 

[Arkaign]

LOL @ This guy throwing MS under the bus :

http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/10/tit...are-microsofts-problem-says-respawn-engineer/

 

[sze5003]

I got to play some matches on pc tonite. Maxed it out at 1080p and it runs fine. Not sure If I like 4x msaa with trillinear textures or 8x msaa with 16x AA. Both seem to run fine on either setting but I guess to me they don't look much different.

Made it to level 5 since that is all the time I've had tonite. Got put in with a bunch of level 40 people that just used the auto aim pistol and that kind of sucked.

I've always liked the sp games. But this one is fine as mp only. I'm actually enjoying the cod ghosts campaign. I haven't touched mp in cod at all since launch. I think my favorite mission so far is federation day.

 

[Drako]

Played for an hour or so so far. I did not experience the network issues. Of course, I'm on the left coast.

 

[Bman123]

I made it to level 12 yesterday, me and the woman had a blast playing it. They are definitely having server problems on Xbox one. Had a few games where it kept trying to reconnect to the server and some times it lagged out but I really like the game

 

[digiram]

Finished the Militia side campaign, and leveled up to 13 last night. Game is a blast. I had no troubles with XBL at all.

Love pulling the pilots out of the Titans and launching them a mile away. I still have a habit of forgetting my burn cards.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I got to play some matches on pc tonite. Maxed it out at 1080p and it runs fine. Not sure If I like 4x msaa with trillinear textures or 8x msaa with 16x AA. Both seem to run fine on either setting but I guess to me they don't look much different.

Made it to level 5 since that is all the time I've had tonite. Got put in with a bunch of level 40 people that just used the auto aim pistol and that kind of sucked.

I've always liked the sp games. But this one is fine as mp only. I'm actually enjoying the cod ghosts campaign. I haven't touched mp in cod at all since launch. I think my favorite mission so far is federation day.

That's just stupid...people at lvl40 just spamming the auto aim gun...if this starts being a common thing they will either have to nerf it or I predict tons of people just quitting.

 

[sze5003]

Yea I think you get the auto aim gun at level 10 or so. I never used it in the beta. What's worth was their titan was upgraded too with different shields too.

 

[Wingznut]

Yea I think you get the auto aim gun at level 10 or so. I never used it in the beta. What's worth was their titan was upgraded too with different shields too.

The smart pistol? I believe you start with that one at L1.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The smart pistol? I believe you start with that one at L1.

That's what I thought but if it is so OP that people at higher lvl simply spam it to "win" I see a bit of an issue. I guess it depends on how prevalent the usage of it really becomes and whether or not the balance is thrown off. I haven't gotten to play yet because of xbl issues yesterday but I hope it doesn't become an issue or some kind of exploit.

I can only refer to one game where many people just stopped playing because it seemed as if everyone only used one weapon, Halo 4 and the dmr. It was why I only tried it for a short time, it was as if everyone ran around with that gun and it just wasn't fun anymore. Anyone who tried to use something else got killed. I remember seeing a lot of complaints about it and people found something else to play.