I’m not an active on-line gamer like I used to be and don't pay as close attention to all the game details. I did not fully realize there is no single player or split screen in Titan Fall until these past few weeks in watching and reading the news reports. I guess I was expecting another great set of characters and storyline to be part of Titan Fall but to find out there is none is very disappointing. For someone who started out in PC’s in the very early ‘70’s - the best games are the one’s that have a story and memorable characters – hell, even DOOM started out as just a networked shooter that I spent many a wee hour with my co-workers tied to our networked PCs all night. But then they added to the game a story with some great characters that made it even better.
I even pre-ordered the Titan Fall Collectors Edition for the PC which I picked up today – the model mech is great!! But I will not be loading the game anytime soon – hoping that a forthcoming story and single player will be added. I read this recent article that echo’s my sentiment exactly so I’ll just post the link and some comments of the author –
“Titanfall needs its Captain Price. Its Marcus Fenix. Its Master Chief. I don’t think it’s enough to just have a collection of expendable Titans and soldiers running around. Players shouldn’t have to read internet wikis to have a proper picture painted of the story.”
And here is another article that I feel speaks to the silent majority of us gamers – I think Microsoft will have to add single player and split screen if they really want to make a big leap forward in game and console sales.
“Titanfall is great, but it’s probably not the console seller Microsoft is hoping it would be”
And now I just read - 48GB Titanfall PC install!! – WTF 48 gigabytes – Sheesh!! I may never load Titan Fall if this kind of news keeps coming…. How much will they load on the X-Box 360??