Okay, I'm uploading a full Bounty Hunt match. I played to win so it's kinda boring but that should be my final clip I'll upload. Raw gameplay, no music and all.
Mad disappointing you know. I just don't understand why Respawn took their masterpiece and fucked with it. Did they accidentally delete their internal build or something?
They made a fatal mistake that many developers make on sequels.
"Let's not embrace what makes us different and instead make our game more similar to what's already out there."
I have no idea where Respawn got their Titanfall 1 feedback from because it differs greatly from what I was hearing.
- Single player campaign.
- More content in multi-player.
- Put it on PS4.
- SOME players didn't like the AI.
This is pretty much all I heard when it came to Titanfall 1. The great news is that Titanfall 2 addresses all of this. SWEET!
What I don't understand is all the other changes. So many tweaks all seemingly designed to lesson our fun with the game. Like when you're in school and the teacher tells you not to run in the corridor.
What we wanted from Titanfall 2 was a game that BUILT on the first one. We wanted Titanfall 2 to tell us "YES YOU CAN and here is some new shit to play with."
The grappling hook and sliding are FANTASTIC additions...
BUT!!!
You have the shitty level design which is Titanfall 2 telling you "Dude, sorry about wall running. That was a mistake. Please drink responsibly".
For every new improvement or addition, there's two others telling you that you've been doing it wrong this whole time.
I remember when Activision fired Vince Zampella & Jason West after Modern Warfare 2. I remember them starting up Respawn and taking a chunk of Infinity Ward staff with them.
For the next 5 years I didn't play a single Call of Duty game. I only wanted to be a part of whatever Respawn was doing and was willing to wait.
Eventually Titanfall emerged from a difficult development cycle and it was awesome. Loads of room for improvement but it also got loads of things right. Never the less I was glad I waited.
I used to think Respawn were one of the coolest developers around. Whilst Battlefield was putting me to sleep and Call of Duty was too busy jumping the shark, Titanfall was there bringing back the fun and excitement to FPS.
That's what makes Titanfall 2 such a let down. I thought the sequel would be a sure fire hit but alas I'm getting a game that regrets all the fun times we had.
I now have an awkward relationship with Respawn whereby I try to read all their comments/interviews/etc to try to understand what's going on. Every time I do my brain keeps telling me, these guys are ashamed of Titanfall 1.
I try to look for the positives and then I remember that this is the game that can't even get the Titan ejections right. Why the fuck are they so low now? Who walked into the office and said Titan ejections were too high?
Why does everything remotely cool about Titanfall have to be toned down for the sequel?
For a game that loves to tell you that you can amp shit up. Ironically it's the game itself that needs amping up.
