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[Theorry]

Server browser was never an issue. Lack of content at launch was, despite the updates later on. And battlefield was a long established franchise with a todal wave of hype and day one sales. You think it was a coincidence that EA launched Origin with it as its leading exclusive?
Well, in any case, it can only help the game for it to be released on Steam. More exlusive customers.
Can shinobu shed some light on this? Or even someone from Respawn directly?

Server browser really affects it. Remember the outcry when they said Battlefront wouldnt have any server browser. Same with Titanfall.

 

[Bsigg12]

So why when EA servers goes down... Totanfall goes too?

Because of Origin integration. On PC, all the player services are handled by Origin but the game is hosted and ran using Azure.

 

[Somnia]

Hmmm, did I ever say otherwise ?
I'm not saying the game was bad, I actually liked it a lot.

I'm just wonderind if the team who made the first will make the second, or if there were massive layoffs and people leaving the studio after Titanfall died.



Yes but my question was about the team developping Titanfall 2.
Is it the same core dev tem who made the original ? I'm asking because I thought the original in terms of gameplay was really good and would love to see them improve on it.

To my knowledge they've gained members not lost. I do not remember anything about layoffs or any major player leaving.

 

[Theorry]

So why when EA servers goes down... Titanfall goes too?

Maybe it uses both? One for bot AI (Azure) and other to matchmaking (EA).

No matchmaking is also Azure. EA probably just log in to Origin crap.

 

[Matt Frost]

Yes please, I want Titanfall on PS4 and better with swords and jungle... this, new Mirrors Edge: Catalyst and a new Dead Space (more like the first than the two things released after, please) and I will be happy with EA again.

 

[Visualante2]

Confirmed to still be Source.

Quality of the shading makes me think it's Source 2. But if they're getting Source to look and run that good then excellent. They put in work and it sung on the first game. Server browser is a must for me.

 

[SmartWaffles]

Hmmm, did I ever say otherwise ?
I'm not saying the game was bad, I actually liked it a lot.

I'm just wonderind if the team who made the first will make the second, or if there were massive layoffs and people leaving the studio after Titanfall died.



Yes but my question was about the team developping Titanfall 2.
Is it the same core dev tem who made the original ? I'm asking because I thought the original in terms of gameplay was really good and would love to see them improve on it.

Ah I see what you mean, yes it is still the original team, and there are no known departures from the team. The only one who left is Todd Alderman who was a founding member of Respawn but he was not very much involved in Titanfall's development, he left the company quite early during the development and moved on to Riot Games, then back to Infinity Ward making CoD. They actually gained quite a couple big names, like the majority of the God of War 3 development team, includes director Stig Asmussen.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Can't wait! Titanfall is the best shooter since MW2 in my opinion, had a lot of fun with the original and look forward to more footage of it this year.

 

[OdysseusVA]

It was on Azure because they were working with Azure already (AI etc stuff) before EA picked them up.
So EA couldnt do much. Now with Titanfall 2 they are there from the beginning. No way its going to be on Azure even if i really want it to.

They are still on their modified Source, an engine that has Azure tie ins. Your claims are simply based on "because EA"

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Nice. Very happy this is going to be on PS4 now (though I bet some exclusive dlc will likely be on XBone).

Hopefully they do away with the "multiplayer as story mode" stuff and have an actual story mode this time.

Fall 2016 please?

 

[Bear Force One]

No, we wont. The first game is a done deal, and has been for years.

Wouldn't be the first MS exclusive that didn't stay so.

Not that it matters much as they can just put maps on 2.

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Ah I see what you mean, yes it is still the original team, and there are no known departures from the team. The only one who left is Todd Alderman who was a founding member of Respawn but he was not very much involved in Titanfall's development, he left the company quite early during the development and moved on to Riot Games, then back to Infinity Ward making CoD.

Then he left Infinity Ward again after a few months and he is back to Respawn.

 

[Theorry]

Quality of the shading makes me think it's Source 2. But if they're getting Source to look and run that good then excellent. They put in work and it sung on the first game. Server browser is a must for me.

Most of all the gunplay was good because of it. It felt solid and you never felt cheated or dying behind corners. Wich was quite abit a breath of fresh air coming of the Battlefield 4 launch. Just before it.

They are still on their modified Source, an engine that has Azure tie ins. Your claims are simply based on "because EA"

Yes they are. I dont see EA put this out of their hands. Will see soon enough.

 

[BLUElightCory]

I'm in. Titanfall was ridiculously solid.

I think that Respawn pretty much nailed the most important elements (movement/controls, balance, and maps) right out of the gate, things that so many other shooters seem to have problems with.

It definitely didn't have the legs of some other FPS franchises but that really came down to lack of "carrot on a stick" content (especially in terms of weapons, customization, etc.). With the fundamentals in place there's no doubt in my mind that they will have expanded upon that stuff quite a bit.

Incorporating cross-play (it could happen) could go a long way towards the longevity of a sequel as well.

 

[red731]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dsadsasdfg asdfasdf123r4yhulk

 

[AstroNut325]

PLEASE HAVE CROSS-PLATFORM PLAY!

 

[ashecitism]

Quality of the shading makes me think it's Source 2. But if they're getting Source to look and run that good then excellent. They put in work and it sung on the first game. Server browser is a must for me.

As I said, Source 2 isn't out outside of Dota. Highly unlikely Valve is giving early access to any devs before the general SDK is out.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Hopefully has some SP this time.

 

[Fata1moose]

I don't like twitch shooters very much, but Titanfall was certainly a good one, not sure if I'll play this though.

 

[SmartWaffles]

Then he left Infinity Ward again after a few months and he is back to Respawn.

WAT.

http://charlieintel.com/2015/11/17/todd-alderman-left-infinity-ward-after-4-months-back-at-respawn/

OK this is really weird.

 

[IronicSonic]

Waiting for that resolution announcement and meltdowns

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

WAT.

http://charlieintel.com/2015/11/17/todd-alderman-left-infinity-ward-after-4-months-back-at-respawn/

OK this is really weird.

http://www.respawn.com/company/

List of all employees and their background history are publicly available here. Pretty interesting to look through the talent that they have.

 

[Tabby]

Titanfall was an absolutely fantastic game. If there's more content this time around I'm down.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Waiting for that resolution announcement and meltdowns

792p on Xbone and 4k on PS4K

 

[amnesia]

By a trusty source

thanks

 

[Azalean]

By a trusty source

Hope this means much better visuals. TF1 looked like a high end last gen game.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

The last couple of CoDs have done nothing for me so I'll def be looking out for this for that FPs fix

 

[Maxey]

Waiting for that resolution announcement and meltdowns

Maybe they were able to pull off a Battlefront and go for that really good 900p with very stable 60fps.

 

[NullPointer]

Hope this means much better visuals. TF1 looked like a high end last gen game.

I just hope they can truly lock it at 60fps and eliminate that tearing.

 

[KurtSloane]

Nice. Very happy this is going to be on PS4 now (though I bet some exclusive dlc will likely be on XBone).

Hopefully they do away with the "multiplayer as story mode" stuff and have an actual story mode this time.

Fall 2016 please?

More likely the other way round, EA have to make it up the primary console platform of the generation after the deal they signed with MS first time around.

 

[AstroNut325]

Wait... They're still using the source engine? Please no!

 

[jelly]

Cross platform play with PS4 and Xbox One would be pretty sweet.

 

[Olengie]

Now I can play it on the PS4. yay.

 

[HelloMeow]

There's a interview with Abbie Heppe, the community manager for Respawn somewhere, where she implies they're not using a different engine. I'm going to try and dig it up.

Found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7rDGE5zm4w&feature=youtu.be&t=10m47s

 

[3rdamention]

Two years later people still don't understand what the "bots" are for lol.

A reason to claim it has "The Power of the Cloud" , back when it was supposed to make the Xbox One 4 times more powerful? That is probably why! I still never understood why they had to offload such dumb A.I. for cloud processing. I understand what the grunts were for, but I will never understand why they needed the "Power of the Cloud" for THAT type of A.I.. PR Speak and Marketing are the only reasons I can think of.

And I assume on Titanfall 2, we will see they didn't need the cloud to offload all those difficult A.I. calculations.

 

[Stonewall Cornball]

Damn it, I bought an Xbox One for these games, and now they're starting to come out on PS4 anyway?

I thought they were going to be lifetime exclusive?

This bites. It's like PS4K all over again.

I should've just opened up an Origin account, if only EA didn't have to be the publisher though.

I would rather buy this game on the Windows 10 store if Microsoft can lock up the exclusivity again.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

You know I wasn't the biggest fan of TF but I find myself getting excited for this

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Damn it, I bought an Xbox One for these games, and now they're starting to come out on PS4 anyway?

I thought they were going to be lifetime exclusive?

This bites. It's like PS4K all over again.

I should've just opened up an Origin account, if only EA didn't have to be the publisher though.

I would rather buy this game on the Windows 10 store if Microsoft can lock up the exclusivity again.

Titanfall 1 is a lifetime exclusive. Never was it stated that future titles would be Xbox only.

 

[Kill3r7]

So why when EA servers goes down... Titanfall goes too?

Maybe it uses both? One for bot AI (Azure) and other to matchmaking (EA).

I think it still has authenticate your account if you are on PC because of Origin.

 

[Bsigg12]

Damn it, I bought an Xbox One for these games, and now they're starting to come out on PS4 anyway?

I thought they were going to be lifetime exclusive?

This bites. It's like PS4K all over again.

I should've just opened up an Origin account, if only EA didn't have to be the publisher though.

I would rather buy this game on the Windows 10 store if Microsoft can lock up the exclusivity again.

No? We have known for literally years that the game after Titanfall would be coming to the PS4, PC and Xbox One.

 

[pixelation]

Ps4 has seen TitanFall.

 

[cakely]

Damn it, I bought an Xbox One for these games, and now they're starting to come out on PS4 anyway?

I thought they were going to be lifetime exclusive?

So, even though Titanfall was a multi-platform game available on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC, you're unhappy because the sequel will be available on the PlayStation 4?

I would rather buy this game on the Windows 10 store if Microsoft can lock up the exclusivity again.

This sounds like a worst-case scenario. Have you been paying attention to how poorly AAA games ported to UWP have turned out?

 

[thekiddfran]

Man I hope they are not using source engine again for this.

Titanfall with the frostbite engine would look incredible

Just look at Battlefront for example

 

[El_Chino]

A teaser for a reveal in two months?

How about fuck off?

Maybe I'm being harsh. Still, 60 days ... eugh ...

I feel the exact same way.

This is a bit premature.

Still excited for a campaign though!

 

[Maxey]

Damn it, I bought an Xbox One for these games, and now they're starting to come out on PS4 anyway?

I thought they were going to be lifetime exclusive?

This bites. It's like PS4K all over again.

I should've just opened up an Origin account, if only EA didn't have to be the publisher though.

I would rather buy this game on the Windows 10 store if Microsoft can lock up the exclusivity again.

Christ bro. You can still buy it for XBO. And now PS4 players can have it too. Big deal...

 

[KOHIPEET]

To me this teaser suggests a proper SP campaign. Color me interested.

Also, E3 HYPE!

 

[Theorry]

Uhhh

"Turtle Beach ‏@turtlebeach
First gameplay trailer for #Titanfall2 coming tomorrow! (rubs hands together)"

https://twitter.com/turtlebeach/status/719590847960862720?lang=nl

 

[Maxey]

Uhhh

"Turtle Beach ‏@turtlebeach
First gameplay trailer for #Titanfall2 coming tomorrow! (rubs hands together)"

Uhhh indeed...

 

[Sky Saw]

Hope this means much better visuals. TF1 looked like a high end last gen game.

Cross gen!

 

[Nirolak]

Hmmm, did I ever say otherwise ?
I'm not saying the game was bad, I actually liked it a lot.

I'm just wonderind if the team who made the first will make the second, or if there were massive layoffs and people leaving the studio after Titanfall died.

They've grown significantly and EA signed a major new contract with them due to the first game's success.

Detailing the company’s plans for the near future, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson told listeners, “We’re also excited to announce that EA is continuing its partnership with Vince Zampella and the Respawn Entertainment team, building on our success in delivering Titanfall, the biggest interactive entertainment event of the year so far. Through a new publishing agreement, we’ll be working with Respawn to bring new Titanfall experiences to players worldwide.”

http://mp1st.com/2014/05/06/ea-deli...ew-publishing-agreement-respawn/#.VwvsnvkrJhE

There's also a mobile studio working on a Titanfall mobile game, and an agreement with Nexon to bring an f2p version to Asia.