What will TITANFALL score on GS?

An easy 9! Anyone who played in the recent Beta will tell you that Titanfall is a breath of fresh air for the FPS genre. It is being developed by the guys who brought us CoD 4 and MW2, so they are proven capable of providing a top notch game that millions will buy and play!

8.5 seen people play it and i think looks generic and boring. 8.5 sounds right

GS doesn't do .5 anymore bro.

I say it'll be between 8 and 9.

The beta was alright in my opinion but we'll see when it comes out.

More than it should, judging by the hype its getting.

I played the beta and I didnt notice anything fresh about it, its an average game and nowhere near as good as the hype suggests. No doubt that millions of drones will buy it though.

The old system I would have said 8.5 too but as mems pointed out, no more .5s around here

8-9 but im leaning towards 9. knowing reviewers dont take account replayability (if they did black ops 2 and ghosts should have scored lower) its going to be a 9

8 - 9/10 is my guess..

I had a blast from what ive played so far on pc and xbox one. Was kind of surprised to be honest lol

give it a rest dude

It's still better then Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty:Ghosts.From what I played anyway.

Only problem is you may not get all the way through it if you don't turn your back. I've gotten torn out of my titan a few times before managing to get airborne.

It's my own fault, I lunge into the fray when I'm doomed so my nuclear detonation kills as many pilots/spectres/titans as possible. Sadly, I sometimes don't have time to turn away, so they tear me out before I actually eject.

...the game is darn fun. I just got an email from GameFly about a change in release date, and it turns out it was just a confirmation that the code would be released on March 11. So, thanks to GameFly Digital for the heart palpitations.

9, this is honestly going to be one of the easiest guesses in gaming history predicting if a game this anticipated will do well critically.

8. This game screams 8. I wouldn't be surprised if it got a 9 though given all of the ads and promotions and money and shit.

so how does this work cows, you claim MS is paying for great reviews yet its a multiplat.really crafty how cows are setting up all the excuses before its been reviewed.so if it scores awesome then its paid for yet not exclusive

Well it's multiplat but two of those platforms are Xbox, and the other is Windows...

9.o for sure.

If crap like BF4 can get an 8 Titanfall better be able to at least get a 9 or better.

7 or 8. I voted 8 but it could easily get a 7. It's good but it doesn't deserve a 9 due to lack of SP.

Between 8-9... but more likely an 8, 9 if they want to be nice.

I didn't play the beta, but voted AAA, because I'm not a lil bi**h like some cows that play it safe. My buddy from LA, who wants an X1 played beta on PC and said it is THE new multiplayer shooter. But he's a Canadian. Goddamn, one shift cost us the game. Hope you win gold Canada

This is why I use nuclear and auto eject. When I get into a doomed state I boost towards the nearest bad guys and I get auto ejected and immediately cloaked and the Titan goes nuclear all on its own

I could use the slots for better buffs but it avoids stupid deaths and helps me keep going

I'd prefer having a few more moments to get off a half dozen more rockets and a punch or two before abandoning my titan! Plus, it's so satisfying pressing E over and over again, especially when the game prompts you with that blinking "E" key.

I miss it, sean. :(

So di I, I went back to BF4 yesterday and it was crap. I miss the speed and fluid gameplay. not to mention decent hit detection

I'm going to say AAA (9.x)

Having played a stripped down beta and had a blast, the full game will surely do well!

If it gets crazy reviews it is not because of MS buying them. It is because of EA buying them. Have you guys seen how much marketing money EA has been throwing at the media the last 2 weeks? Full page buyouts on several game sites, check. Daily "Titanfall is the second coming of Jesus" articles on most major gaming sites, check. GS, Kotaku, Polygon, tripping over themselves to praise this game and vacuum up EA marketing money, check. This has SimCity/ACM debacle written all over it when this turd fails to live up to the hype and people start getting pissed 2 days after it releases.

This is coming from someone who has no skin in the game here when it comes to XBone vs. PS4. I'm a PC gamer and I will flat out tell you Titanfail is mediocre at best. If you buy this game at launch you are literally paying EA $60 to test an early-beta product, that is if it even works at launch (by no means a guarantee after NFS:R, SimCity, BF4). And then they will charge you $20 every month for map pack just like CoD/BF4.

Did you play the beta?

I expect an 83 on metacritic.

No it's not, it's awesome and I'm a PC gamer too. You write like a guy who didn't play the beta

No actually I write as a competitive FPS fan who thinks slaughtering droves of bots with the off chance of maybe getting shot in the back by another PC in a competitive MP game is utterly ridiculous. If I wanted to primarily fight brainless bots and a handful of capable players I would play L4D co-op. Not to knock L4D, which I enjoy, but it is not a competitive shooter. And the grunts in Titanfall are about as threatening and as compelling as a standard L4D zombie on easy.

So you didn't play it then?

Look I was in the same boat in the beginning, in the other thread I complained about the bots too but after a while you'll realise it almost takes more skill with them in the game. You need to very quickly assess situations and when a bunch of dudes are in front of you, you need to determine which are threats and which aren't and how to prioritise targets.

The bots aren't there to be hard. They're there to fill the map a bit more, to make it seem like a bigger more hectic fight is happening and to make you think on your toes. They also provide for some simple killing that while on paper sounds dumb in practice it actually makes you feel useful in every round even if you're dying a lot.

They're really not as abd as you're making out and you really should have given the beta a shot.All your complaints fall on deaf ears otherwise.

They are as unnecessary as they are uninteresting. The problem could have just as easily been solved by upping the player count on the maps. The reasoning they gave for not doing so is COMPLETE BS by the way for a number of reasons. They do not add anything to the game and only detract from it. A much better solution would have been to limit the number of active titans at any given time. I for one would rather play on foot than in the titans anyway. Seriously, the only thing that separates the gameplay in Titanfall from something like Warframe is the fact that you may rarely get shot at by another player or get stomped by a giant robot. And FYI, I have played the beta on my buddies Xbone.

Personally I think adding MOBA-like mechanics to a FPS has got to be the worst idea ever devised. Creeps are a means to an end in MOBA and an unfun mechanic to begin with. Making it so that you have to farm them for resources, whatever they may be, in a competitive shooter is absolutely idiotic. Regardless of how I feel about EA, the point remains that people are going to get real sick of spending 10-20 minutes farming bots with shitty AI real fast. I certainly wouldn't spend $30 on it let alone $60 when I can get any number of competitive MP games that are far more engaging for less than $15.

I;m sorry, you've just lost me now

I mean that farming bots In TitanFall is about as "competitive" as playing a co-op shooter like Warframe. At least the enemies in Warframe shoot back.

That's a fundamental misunderstanding of their purpose. The bots aren't there to kill you. They're there to help you reduce the time of your titanfall drop. Also, some weapon attachments are linked to you # of bot kills.

Think of the bots as an entity in the game filling a role like minions or creeps do in League of Legends or Dota2. They're a means to a very specific end. In LoL and Dota2, their purpose is to get you faster access to items that increase your killing potential. In Titanfall, their purpose is to get your oversized friend onto the map, get certain burn cards and scopes and silencers. I don't think anyone would suggest LoL and Dota2 aren't "competitive" games because of the presence of bots, right? Neither should you here. You just need to understand what they're there for and how you should interact with them over the course of a match.

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As for score, it'll be a 9. Because it should be a 9. It will get docked a little for not having a SP campaign and for it's very "cross-gen" graphics (read: very unremarkable). It will score highly for the overall gameplay, speed and fluidity. Gunplay felt great in the Beta and we only had access to like 6 primary weapons. The soundfx and musical score are also all head-of-the-class stuff, only equaled by Battlefield 4. Depending on how good all of the stuff not in the Beta fleshes out the game, it could have been something like a 9.4 (if they still used decimals).

Honestly, after 20 hours playing only 1 mode with 3 classes and 1 Titan, I never really got bored and still want more at this very second. The rush Titanfall can provide is something I haven't felt in an FPS game since...UT99 and Halo 2. It feels like a blast from the past...the best years of competitive FPS gaming, but with 2014 upgrades. I've been trying to go back to BF4 and KZSF since the Beta ended and they're just not as fun anymore. They're still fun mind you, but the excitement and exhilaration found in damn near every TF match is largely absent from those 2 games, for varying reasons. Their camp-ey nature as games, the small irritations (like things that obstruct your path that the game should simply allow you to step over without jumping), the poor net code, the countless glitches, or the dumb respawn placement systems. It all adds up to siphon life away from my ability to enjoy those games.

So yea, that's my opinion. TF is about an order of magnitude more *fun* than BF4, KZSF or CoD. It's not really even a debate in my eyes. It plays faster, it's more entertaining, it's more intense, it's more exciting. The inclusion of MOBA-style AI to farm (thus, always something to do), burn cards, post-game evacuation and Titans breathe a breath of fresh air into the rather stale chemistry of FPS games post CoD4. It's not as pretty as KZSF. It won't have the unnecessarily large weapon selection or 64 players like Battlefield. But it controls like a dream, its soundfx are to die for, and entertains better than both of them put together.

9 (9.4, old system), and our first GoTY candidate.

7

I thought it was fun, but I don't know if it was 9 worthy. Very similar to COD. The mechs are fun, but I hope there are more customizations then what was shown. I see an 8.5. Out of the two maps that were playable they were pretty good size. Overall the game was fun, but not mind blowing. Games that are 9+ usually have a wow factor to it, and overall Titanfall to me didn't have that. Still a fun game just nothing new.

As overhyped as this game is... after playing it I can say that it has fluid controls that feel tight and responsive... The biggest things I dont like are that titans cant jump... and there are very few options for weaponry and gear.. I'm sure as things progress more options open, but I couldn't make it through more than 2 games before becoming completely bored with the gameplay. My score is 7/10 like I guessed before I even played it. However, as hyped as the game is I could see it getting an 8 or even a 9 just because GS doesn't want to get slammed as being "that site" again.

I'm still saying it is REALLY a 7/10, but I will guess 8 just because crap always gets over rated.

*edit* Did the people who voted 10 even play this game yet?

No, actually I know exactly what their purpose is. You mistake my thinking it is a bad mechanic for not understanding their purpose. I already commented on this in a previous post. The bots serve several purposes: to make the maps feel more populated than they actually are, as a resource to farm (time off your titan and points), and to give poorly skilled players something to shoot at. NONE of these are compelling reasons to have 3/4 of the enemies in a competitive MP game be bots. And not just bots but bots who barely if ever shoot back. Again, in MOBAs, creeps are a means to an end, they are there to gain resources and drag out the first 10-15 minutes of the match. They are an unfun mechanic in MOBAs (I dare you to tell me with a straight face that last hitting creeps for the first 15 minutes of a match is enjoyable), so whoever came up with the idea to include them in a FPS should be taken out back and shot. Farming mindless AI grunts for points/titan time is an unfun mechanic, and including an unfun mechanic that you are forced to do to get to the fun part (fighting other players) is piss poor design. Just look at how pissed off people got when MoP was released and everything was gated behind a weeks long rep grind. People don't want to do chores that are not fun just to get to the fun part.

Farming bots is a boring, unnecessary chore that could have been handled much better by a) making them actually dangerous, or preferably b) eliminating them entirely, increasing the player count and placing a limit on the number of active titans at any given time. Since EA in their infinite wisdom has already said no mods, no custom maps, and no custom rules on the PC, then people are not even free to disprove their ridiculous defense as to why they need the bots.

@SerOlmy: we'll agree to disagree on this one. No problem. I found their presence neither boring nor tedious nor a chore. Further, your suggestions for changing them feel very near-sighted.

In short, I think maybe you didn't play the game enough to figure out how to interact with them in the flow if a match. Your suggestions shows me you failed to understand that and how to utilize them in a march without breaking a stride. That's all I see. But I played for about 20 hours, so I feel like I have a better grasp than most regarding the more subtle nuances of the game and how the things add up and into the whole.

It's okay if you don't like or appreciate it. Not every aspect of every game has to be enjoyable to you. Not every game is for you. Doesn't mean they aren't great; just not for you.

Im expecting this game to have a MC score around 80-85, But I think GS will give this game a 9 mostly because of all the advertising and coverage GS has been doing .

Why is coverage a bad thing ?

I really liked the Next Big Game feature, it gave me an insight on the games development and how the developers work. I thought it was very interesting. Nowhere in the whole series did they say: everyone should buy this game, give us your money.

If anything we should be glad that site are covering a new IP for once, instead of the next BF, COD or any big sequel.

Same here, when I saw people playing I thought it looked very boring. It looked like a weak COD clone to me, and this market is already filled with them and we didn't need another one.

But then I played it, and saw that this game took the best elements from old school (UT, Quake, Tribes) and modern (COD, BF) competitive FPS game design.

7/10 for dat click bait.

IGN? 11/10 - "It's like Skyrim with Robots!"

I feel they will give it a 9, not because it is really good, but because GS loves these kinds of games.

PATHETIC MUCH?

It's ok. Going to see what happens after the reviews and the players comments after day one. I might get Respawns mech game day two and respect it enough to say it's name correctly if it end up being good and not just random hype.

After playing it and hearing about everything else the game didn't show off in the beta - I would be very surprised if Titanfall didn't score at least 9.0 on GameSpot.

Titanfall will see 1.5 million buys in the first month of release and The One will move 400k consoles that month as well.

Book it!

Also played BF4 today and I just can't bring myself to think the game is great after the Titanfall Beta............

RIP BF4 and COD.

I think it's a 6/7 myself. Feels cheap and weak to me. Sorta fun for two days, then wondered why I gave it that much time.

That's how I thought I would feel about it but man I felt so badass all the time while playing. It was really addictive.