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I spent about 2 or 3 hours on the titanfall beta on the pc.  I'd say that I'd give it a solid 8/10.

I defeinitely had fun with it, but it doesn't reinvent the wheel like some people are expecting it to.  COD with jetpacks is exactly the experience you are getting with this game. The parkour elements are fun, and they make fighting a little bit more dynamic, but once again, I don't feel it's revolutionary. The gameplay is fun, but I don't think this is the next COD4 or Halo where every game follows in its foot steps. I would definitely pick this up over a new COD game though because it at least feels fresh. 
There's the positives, now for the MASSIVE negative... and that would be the AI. The AI in this game are about as itelligent as an orange rolling down a hill. And that's really not an exaggeration either. Like I've seen reviews call a game's AI stupid before, but this puts a new definition to stupid. I question if MS really wants the "cloud" to be associated with this because I would guess this game's AI is running on a CPU powered by a lemon. With the smart pistol, it might as well be free points. I once locked on to 5 grunts at once and was not once shot at. It's common to encounter 3+ grunts at the same and you will kill all of them without one shot be fired at you. And if a shot is fired at you, it will miss. A 5 year old who has never played a game before could probably survive an encounter against several grunts. This is fun at first, but it gets old and annoying after a few games. 

I personally didn't like the mech combat all the much either. I didn't really get that many kills with it, and would usually end up ejecting in 30 seconds. And I know this is just a personal issue, but I feel it needs to be mentioned. I never once won a game the entire time I played it. And it's not like I didn't do well either. I would usually get at least a 1.5 K/D against real players. 

The graphics aren't great, but they're ok. It looks A LOT like COD. Nothing is really that impressive looking though. I'd say the graphics are very average. I was playing highest settings at 60fps and 1080p.



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They should tweak the bots up to insane death monster levels out of nowhere just to screw with people.



pokoko said:
They should tweak the bots up to insane death monster levels out of nowhere just to screw with people.

The AI won't change... it is really bad even after the devs said the AI was not possible without the Cloud... I know devs wants to make you get the Titan fast and for that reason I really expected avg. AI but not that dumb fest.

The game is fun but I guess real players could be a better choice.



I wish they had something like escalation levels like for example, at the start, it will be all grunts, then a bit later, specters, than when the mechs start to come down, there would be tanks and airforce from the ai and eventually, a few mechs from the ai as well... Overall, it is a fun game and I love it but it does seem to get repetitive quite fast, and considering this is only multiplayer and they are still asking $60 for it, it is kinda unacceptable

I love the jetpacks and mechs and etc but I wonder what else the actual game will have or is this it? Just with more choices obviously..



                  

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Sounds like an evolution of COD MP that is fun. I think that is what the hype is about...people have been playing COD without much variation for years, so Titanfall feels absolutely amazing in comparison.

I never got much into COD MP, played it only a bit, but I am not a run and gun type...I like the support role, so COD (and probably Titanfall) was never my go to MP, just the MP I played when I was finished with everything else.



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butcherknife said:
Sounds like an evolution of COD MP that is fun. I think that is what the hype is about...people have been playing COD without much variation for years, so Titanfall feels absolutely amazing in comparison.

I never got much into COD MP, played it only a bit, but I am not a run and gun type...I like the support role, so COD (and probably Titanfall) was never my go to MP, just the MP I played when I was finished with everything else.

I see what you mean. The problem I'm seeing is that I think a lot of people think good and revolutionary mean the same thing.



ethomaz said:
pokoko said:
They should tweak the bots up to insane death monster levels out of nowhere just to screw with people.

The AI won't change... it is really bad even after the devs said the AI was not possible without the Cloud... I know devs wants to make you get the Titan fast and for that reason I really expected avg. AI but not that dumb fest.

The game is fun but I guess real players could be a better choice.

The AI isn't really bad at all, you're simply misunderstanding it's purpose.

The grunts are designed as cannon fodder, only the spectres have any real power, and even then minimal.  They are designed to fill the map, and be used for misdirection for real players.

Conversely, autopilot titans are designed to be lethal, and they are, their AI is very aggressive.



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starcraft said:

The AI isn't really bad at all, you're simply misunderstanding it's purpose.

The grunts are designed as cannon fodder, only the spectres have any real power, and even then minimal.  They are designed to fill the map, and be used for misdirection for real players.

Conversely, autopilot titans are designed to be lethal, and they are, their AI is very aggressive.

If it is not bad then I don't know what is bad because I never saw any AI like that... even the Titans AI is really dumb.



I hope they improve the AI and maybe the graphics, it doesn't look a lot better than COD on pc... anyway the game is fun and that's what matters.



I loved what I played and look forward to the full game.