blueonblack
06-10-2014, 09:33 PM
So I finally broke down and bought this game. I'd heard and read a lot about it and Origin had it half off so I figured what the heck.
The training simulator was cool, the whole meshing of the Titans and the pilots was interesting, I liked the abilities of both and could even see myself playing it online.
Jesus. These guys took a very good concept and pretty much screwed it up as badly as they could. If I handed a pack of koalas a screenplay for an excellent movie, they would have made something along the lines of Titanfall.
First off, they claimed it had a campaign. I took that to mean single-player, my mistake. Regardless, it doesn't have one. What it has is *exactly* the same thing as the standard multiplayer portion of the game with bad voice actors muttering about some hackneyed attempt at a plot. And you know, I don't mind the hackneyed attempt at shoehorning a plot in there somewhere, I've been gaming long enough to know what's up there. I don't mind if the gameplay is good.
And sadly, the gameplay COULD have been good. All of the elements are there. The game mechanics, the graphics, everything is on place for what could be an enjoyable sci-fi shoot 'em up.
So what's wrong? Well, I was first tipped off when the team I was saddled with on my very first mission had myself (level 1, obviously), one other lost soul at level 2 and four pilots of at least 20th level, some over 40th. Generation 10 pilots in the mix with me, the guy who's never piloted a Titan in his life.
After all of the achievements they made here, how damned hard is some simple matchmaking??? Seriously???
So here I was, all these years after trying to play online FPS in Call of Battlefield whatever-the-hell-it-was and not understanding the appeal when all I could do was spawn/die/spawn/die/spawn/lookarounddie. I had given it up. Then I read about this game and how they had balanced things out with better spawn points and a limit of 12 players per match. Ok, looks good, I'll give it a shot. Oh, hi there mister Generation 10 Pilot! Don't mind me, just step on me please.
Yeah, whatever. At least I get to see how good Origin's "Great Game Guarantee" is.
The training simulator was cool, the whole meshing of the Titans and the pilots was interesting, I liked the abilities of both and could even see myself playing it online.
Jesus. These guys took a very good concept and pretty much screwed it up as badly as they could. If I handed a pack of koalas a screenplay for an excellent movie, they would have made something along the lines of Titanfall.
First off, they claimed it had a campaign. I took that to mean single-player, my mistake. Regardless, it doesn't have one. What it has is *exactly* the same thing as the standard multiplayer portion of the game with bad voice actors muttering about some hackneyed attempt at a plot. And you know, I don't mind the hackneyed attempt at shoehorning a plot in there somewhere, I've been gaming long enough to know what's up there. I don't mind if the gameplay is good.
And sadly, the gameplay COULD have been good. All of the elements are there. The game mechanics, the graphics, everything is on place for what could be an enjoyable sci-fi shoot 'em up.
So what's wrong? Well, I was first tipped off when the team I was saddled with on my very first mission had myself (level 1, obviously), one other lost soul at level 2 and four pilots of at least 20th level, some over 40th. Generation 10 pilots in the mix with me, the guy who's never piloted a Titan in his life.
After all of the achievements they made here, how damned hard is some simple matchmaking??? Seriously???
So here I was, all these years after trying to play online FPS in Call of Battlefield whatever-the-hell-it-was and not understanding the appeal when all I could do was spawn/die/spawn/die/spawn/lookarounddie. I had given it up. Then I read about this game and how they had balanced things out with better spawn points and a limit of 12 players per match. Ok, looks good, I'll give it a shot. Oh, hi there mister Generation 10 Pilot! Don't mind me, just step on me please.
Yeah, whatever. At least I get to see how good Origin's "Great Game Guarantee" is.