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Titanfall 2 Teaser, full reveal June 12th at EA Play at 1PM PT, PC/XB1/PS4
- Thread starter Steverulez
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Respawn made it no secret that they basically used Source because they had to, not because they wanted to
IIRC the entire reason Source was used for Titanfall was because they needed an engine they could use to ship on PS3. And then MS stepped in and moneyhatted later in dev, which meant the entire reason for using Source was now gone, lol
They show the teaser in their tweet. So they are not confusing it with that one then.
Stonewall Cornball
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Sorry, but you don't sound like someone who believes in Phil Spencer, who has said that UWP games are going to get better and better (presumably as UWP gets beta-tested in the future).
Maybe Microsoft can sell EA Access on UWP? You guys think that's something that could/would happen? It would certainly help generate the Titanfall-level of hype if they did that exclusively for Titanfall 2!
Uhh what?
ashecitism
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They also picked it because it was familiar to them due to its Quake roots and they just wanted to prototype fast.
Yes, specifically they wanted to ship at 60 FPS on PS3.
EA let them evaluate a few in house engines that might be capable of that (but they were not good, which is why EA had stopped using them already) and they tried using Insomniac's engine (but that was even worse).
They also went to Epic for Unreal Engine, but were told that'd never run at 60 FPS on PS3.
Source was the best choice and by far the most productive for development while still achieving that goal.
At this point there's a lot of inertia though for Titanfall itself, and thus it's sticking with its core technology, though they went back to Epic for their new IP.
yep
http://www.polygon.com/e3-2013/2013/6/12/4419110/titanfall-respawn
yeah, should have mentioned that too, since Source was a descendant of idtech just like their IW engine they had all used before.
I really liked that they lead with a new feature (swords). Pretty cool imo.
The most needed bit of info though is "how much content?" Titanfall was an incredible game, but it just didn't have enough gas in the tank to get it to that 100+ hour experience for me.
With some PvE modes or even a campaign added to multiplayer refinements and iterative improvements, Titanfall 2 will be quite the value offering.
The most needed bit of info though is "how much content?" Titanfall was an incredible game, but it just didn't have enough gas in the tank to get it to that 100+ hour experience for me.
With some PvE modes or even a campaign added to multiplayer refinements and iterative improvements, Titanfall 2 will be quite the value offering.
Maxey
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Makes sense. Valve optimized Source for PS3 for Portal 2, so at the time it seemed like a good idea.
Crimson_Gold
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I think titanfall can stand on its own without this type of approach. EA is gonna sell it on PC through origin. MS could get the marketing deal though
That i didnt know. But the thing about moneyhatted isnt really true. From what we know from The Final Hours of Titanfall?
Or maybe i understand moneyhatted wrong?
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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Hopefully is cross play pc PS4
Maxey
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You might've gone too far in a few places there.
Well Turtlebeach says for some reason we get tomorrow also a gameplay trailer.
TheShocker
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Oh man, the first one was great. This will be a day one purchase for sure.
So tomorrow is the reveal?
Anyway if the trailer was in-game than there is a huge jump in visuals from the first game, and there is no reason not to considering Battlefront looked so much better than the first Titanfall already, almost seems like a game running on a different console by comparison, I expect Titanfall 2 to look a lot better as well.
I think that EA are the best technical software company today, at least among third party (and more than most exclusives as well), their engine is incredible.
Stonewall Cornball
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I am reminded of the Buster Sword from FFVII.
I wish Respawn would hire Sakaguchi like they hired Asmussen, and then become a dual RPG/FPS house, but with Bethesda as the publisher so they can allow mod kits.
All my animu dreams would come true.
I wish Respawn would hire Sakaguchi like they hired Asmussen, and then become a dual RPG/FPS house, but with Bethesda as the publisher so they can allow mod kits.
All my animu dreams would come true.
dr_rus
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They obviously confused 12th of June for 12th of April. Which is tomorrow.
Maxey
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Oh boy, if that's the reason. lmao
That would be very stupid. Then its probably true haha.
OdysseusVA
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PROh1bited
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Hype. I wonder if this will come out this fall?
oh geeez. hopefully they clarify quickly
The Freeman
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I love Titanfall and consider it the best FPS I have ever played. I cannot wait for this.
I'm happy it's cross platform now too as it means PS4 players finally get to experience what it feels like to call in a Titan and have is smash down in front of you.
Since the gameplay was nailed in the first one, I'm sure the worries around content this time round will not be a problem. Just let me be able to customise my Titan more (e.g different colours etc. - maybe in the same way Rocket League do theirs)
I'm happy it's cross platform now too as it means PS4 players finally get to experience what it feels like to call in a Titan and have is smash down in front of you.
Since the gameplay was nailed in the first one, I'm sure the worries around content this time round will not be a problem. Just let me be able to customise my Titan more (e.g different colours etc. - maybe in the same way Rocket League do theirs)
It will, EA already confirmed it.
PROh1bited
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Good.
Woo-Fu
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I think this entire content argument which I see for most multiplayer-only games needs to be restated. People seem content to only count content if it is in the modes they want to play. Content in and/including any other game mode they're not interested in "doesn't count". This is particularly noticeable with Battelfront where a significant segment of the community is only interested in the 40-player set piece maps.
That being the case isn't it not a problem of not enough content but of too many game modes? Titanfall in particular had it particularly rough trying to stretch a shrinking populace over multiple game modes, same problem Battlefront has to a lesser/greater? extent.
can't waitWouldn't be surprised.
Although I thought Microsoft had an advertising agreement with EA for future Titanfall titles.
The Freeman
Member
XBox have it on their official Twitter page with the XBox sting at the start. Playstation don't. Read into that what you will
https://twitter.com/Xbox
Probably wanted to beat Activision to the punch of revealing the new CoD. It's a long wait, but it makes sense IMO.
Maxey
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It's better this way.
TimeEffect
Member
So wait...tomorrow??
Steverulez
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They didn't have much choice. They don't own the IP or publish it, they gave Respawn/EA a money hat to make the first, they didn't even get a good deal (imo) on it originally and it was still due to release on PS4 until they paid again to keep TF1 as a "lifetime exclusive"
Unless they had tried to push for the franchise exclusively in the beginning (which is possible) hard to tie Respawn and EA down when it is a hit and they can go bigger the next time round. The amount of money it would take to keep TF2 exclusive - as an Xbox One owner, isnt worth it either compared to what else they could spend the money on
Unless you mean marketing, in which case that seems unclear
Super_Cobra
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Maybe EA is looking for a bigger payoff on the long run with titanfall being on the much bigger ps4 install base.
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