So lets talk about Titanfall on Xbox 360

[bonzobanana]

J_Allard said:

bonzobanana said:

Under Microsoft's pressure they are probably making the game a lot worse for launch so it doesn't make the xbox one version look bad. That 50GB audio install on the pc is a utter farce.

I've been looking for info on the 360 version of titanfall and there is nothing and we are so close to launch. It will be funny if the game is locked at 30fps practically and has a resolution just below 720p and plays as well or almost as well as the xbone version.

It's not a game for me as I have an xbox 360 but no xbox live but I'm curious about it. I might pick up the pc version when it goes cheap. My PC should at least run it as well as the xbone even though its an entry level gaming model.

Still disappointed they didn't go with a single player campaign as well. Seems like an incomplete game to me. I think that is also an issue for many people. Both the xbone and pc versions have healthy metacritic commercial review ratings of 86% but user reviews for both are down to 61%. I think much of that is down to lack of content in the game. You do wonder if the commercial reviews have really thought about the lifespan of the game and lack of content when giving their final review.

There is still about 3rd of active 360 owners who don't subscribe to xbox live and for them Titanfall is a pointless purchase.

Idk how anyone could possibly believe that. The money MS would have to be spending for that is ginormous. Not only does it affect the sales of this game but it affects the sales of the eventual sequel. If they make the 360 version so bad on purpose, that will put people off on the new IP altogether. No way.

Well the PC version had a stupid audio install of 50GB that made absolutely no sense at all, an irritation to PC owners especially those running out of hard drive space. Everyone is scratching their head why that was done and hasn't been done in the past by other games. There is a difference between knocking the 360 version back a bit so its a bit weaker and completely trashing the game so it looks like something the Atari Jaguar would come up with. They could un-optimise the  loading routines so its slower loading. Lots of things that could have a small impact on the game and makes the xbox one hardware more credible.

That PC audio install is so wierd and without any justification that you are left believing it was some sort of manipulation to somehow make the xbox one look more credible. Having such huge audio files on the hard drive may hit performance too. Yes there uncompressed but that means more hard drive time accessing them as they are larger.

Titanfall is technically weak on the xbox one. Low resolution, frame rate issues, frame tearing etc. It is rubbish technically despite being a good game. It would do a lot of damage if the 360 version actually compares very well to it. It would be all over the internet as a major story and a real downer to xbox one hardware sales. Everyone would be having a good laugh about it and Microsoft would be having to do damage limitation PR. It's not hard to see Microsoft's motivation not to see a good 360 port.

You have to ask why we are this close to launch and we have no idea what the 360 version looks like. 360 info has been heavily surpressed.