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[Titanfall] Stand by for Titanfall. Like tonight.

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  • Psychotic OnePsychotic One The Lord of No Pants Parts UnknownRegistered User regular
    Oh magical blur...what secrets hide behind thee

    Zoom....Enhance

  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    Nice, good stuff, thanks.

  • Wraith260Wraith260 Happiest Goomba! Registered User regular
    one of the devs talked a bit about destructible environments/bullet penetration.

    http://www.gamespot.com/articles/titanfall-dev-explains-why-you-can-t-shoot-through-walls/1100-6417629/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=homepage
    No shooting through walls for this title," a Respawn developer going by the name "scriptacus" said. "It'd take a fair bit of design work to do otherwise, especially with the power of the Titan weapons. From a realistic standpoint you would expect them to be the most effective at penetrating walls, but that would just make life suck for Pilots."

    ...

    "Another title having a feature is not the bar by which we justify features," the Respawn developer said. "While I'm acutely aware of the benefits of bullet penetration in the tactical shooter genre, with the way this game plays I'm not sure what sort of design space it would really open up. It's certainly not a feature I find myself missing and I don't even think it qualifies as 'something we would definitely have done if we had the time.' No doubt we'll evaluate it further depending on our next project, but it's definitely not a no brainer."

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  • OpposingFarceOpposingFarce Registered User regular
    Love their design ethic. Just because other shooters have it doesn't mean it improves quality of life here.

    In a tight arena based game I am inclined to agree.

    If this game didn't have high caliber titan weapons it wouldn't be a big deal.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Aaaahh it is so great to see a dev say "another game having a thing does not mean all games should have that thing." Recently it's sometimes felt like devs want their game to have everything every other game on the market has.

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    Whilst it would be super cool to have titan weapons punching through walls and murderating peoples (even more so if said wall exploded too); as hammered home elsewhere it'd suck for gameplay.

    Maybe in a sequel with larger maps destructible environments could become more feasible.

  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    I would like that at least some obviously flimsy materials be penetrable though, like wooden fences etc...

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    yeah it would be nice to have some destructible environments. I think they focused on hitting 1080/60fps as their goal, and as Respawn gets bigger and has money to kick around, I am sure Titanfall 2 will be a much larger scale game.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    Dedicated servers for PC confirmed!


    That's a relief, had they gone P2P as in MW2 I would have skipped this entirely.

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  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular


    Finally our long nightmare shall end.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    I hope the beta has more titans than the one in the alpha

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  • OpposingFarceOpposingFarce Registered User regular

    And the nightmare where we all vie for access begins.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    I wonder if pre-orders will get their beta invites as part of that first wave?

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  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    I wonder if pre-orders will get their beta invites as part of that first wave?

    I'd be terribly disappointed if I paid 250$ for the Collectors Edition thing and didn't get into the beta just because of some bullshit like not having BF4 on my xbox one. But...it's EA so I'm sure that'll be the qualifier.

  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    No bullet penetration is fine, as long as they make sure that walls are graphically suitable.

    One of the FPS's on the 360 (I forget which one) had chainlink fences that counted as solid objects with no bullet pen. I don't know why, but pretty much nothing in the entirety of the FPS genre has ever enraged me more than that.

    What is this I don't even.
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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Well, I'd be screwed then too. I have BF4 on my PC, but not my XBox One...because, shooters on consoles, lulz. (I'm kidding, I'm a huge Halo fan, I just prefer PC when it's available).

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    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    No bullet penetration is fine, as long as they make sure that walls are graphically suitable.

    One of the FPS's on the 360 (I forget which one) had chainlink fences that counted as solid objects with no bullet pen. I don't know why, but pretty much nothing in the entirety of the FPS genre has ever enraged me more than that.

    It's not the fence's fault that you managed to hit all the fence parts with every bullet. Every. Single. Shot.

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    No bullet penetration is fine, as long as they make sure that walls are graphically suitable.

    One of the FPS's on the 360 (I forget which one) had chainlink fences that counted as solid objects with no bullet pen. I don't know why, but pretty much nothing in the entirety of the FPS genre has ever enraged me more than that.

    It's not the fence's fault that you managed to hit all the fence parts with every bullet. Every. Single. Shot.

    Just like how neutrinos always interact with matter. Every. Single. Time. Except when they don't and pass right through the earth.

    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    Alright, so, I'm pretty positive I'll pick up a One for Titanfall, as planned. Is there any chance there will be any sort of special deal, special edition, or anything in general that would give me a reason not to buy a One till closer to release?

    What is this I don't even.
  • vegeta_666vegeta_666 CanadaRegistered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    Alright, so, I'm pretty positive I'll pick up a One for Titanfall, as planned. Is there any chance there will be any sort of special deal, special edition, or anything in general that would give me a reason not to buy a One till closer to release?

    It appears there might be a Titanfall Xbox One bundle.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    Yeeeeep I want that.

    What is this I don't even.
  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    Yeah...not happening. That's a mockup and very very lightly rumored. It's exactly a month from now to release, we would've known by now if it were a real thing.

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  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    Yeah, I have no faith in those rumors. Which is unfortunate, as I would have gone for a TF branded xbone.

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  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    I wish it were a real thing, I would've waited to buy my xbone if that were true. Hell, I even have the titanfall controller on pre-order.

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    it's too good of a design to be real, the real titanfall xbone would be gunmetal and have a rough "battleworn" look. like that ugly MW3 console...

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  • OpposingFarceOpposingFarce Registered User regular
    it's too good of a design to be real, the real titanfall xbone would be gunmetal and have a rough "battleworn" look. like that ugly MW3 console...

    Yeah, more often than not tie-in consoles are the tackiest pieces of shit. That xbone looks too clean, not something I'd be embarrased to have in my living room.

    Actually it's because it doesn't have excessive branding. Therefore it's not real.

    I think Gears of War did a pretty tasteful xbox. It was black with GoW's crimson cog/skull thing. Maybe I'm just dreaming. Dreaming of how things should be.

  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    The MW2 360 was pretty good. Black and grey, came with a 250gb HD when 120's were standard, and 2 black controllers when they were relatively new.

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    Tommatt wrote: »
    The MW2 360 was pretty good. Black and grey, came with a 250gb HD when 120's were standard, and 2 black controllers when they were relatively new.

    I didn't mind that one but I prefer simpler, cleaner designs. I liked the R2D2 console the best actually, but I am huge nerd for star wars and I loved the custom blue light/sounds.

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  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    I really like the Titanfall controller with it's white and orange. A console with that scheme could have been pretty sweet.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Dedicated servers for PC confirmed!


    That's a relief, had they gone P2P as in MW2 I would have skipped this entirely.

    I'm pretty sure they said early on that the PC version would have the same thing with servers hosted in Microsoft Azure as the Xbox One version.

  • Handsome CostanzaHandsome Costanza Ask me about 8bitdo RIP Iwata-sanRegistered User regular
    So I just found out this game was 6 v 6.

    not quite sure how I feel about that.

    Eh, at least I found out now instead of at release.

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    So I just found out this game was 6 v 6.

    not quite sure how I feel about that.

    Eh, at least I found out now instead of at release.

    Uh oh :D

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Luckily since it's 6v6 we won't have trouble finding full servers even without the people who inexplicably can't have fun unless 31 other people are having it near them.

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  • ZenitramZenitram Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    I just preordered this game hoping to get some insider scoop to the beta. Even though I won't get my new computer for a few weeks....

    I never thought I'd be this excited about something "from the makers of Modern Warfare 2."

    Zenitram on
  • wonderpugwonderpug Registered User regular
    Oh mercy me. I just poked my head into the game's official forums to see if there was any new news about the beta. Do not do that.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    wonderpug wrote: »
    Oh mercy me. I just poked my head into the game's official forums to see if there was any new news about the beta. Do not do that.

    I learned that official forums for anything are always terrible a long time ago.

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    Can you imagine the official forums to a game that appeals to the CoD crowd though? Oh god, hold me!

  • wonderpugwonderpug Registered User regular
    I'm just baffled at how much rage you can have about a game you're super excited about. I don't know how a dev can process that. "Ok, so they seem to be absolutely thrilled about our game, but since it's 7am our time and we haven't mentioned anything new about the beta they are going to try and kill us."

  • BubbyBubby Registered User regular
    wonderpug wrote: »
    I'm just baffled at how much rage you can have about a game you're super excited about. I don't know how a dev can process that. "Ok, so they seem to be absolutely thrilled about our game, but since it's 7am our time and we haven't mentioned anything new about the beta they are going to try and kill us."

    People who have literally nothing else going on in their lives than video games.

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  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    edited February 2014
    Prepare for Titanfall...beta signup in 3'ish hours.

    Okay, so I suck at embedding and all that. Anyways, Vince Zampella said that at 6pm PST the beta site will go up on his twitter.

    Crayon on
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