For Discussion: Is Titanfall Dead?

Despite being a great game, the hype surrounding Respawn’s new shooter has been winding down.

Brooke Rothschild asks the question…Is Titanfall Dead?

In this episode we take a look at the general decline of Titanfall and what can be done to bring some of that hype back.

[corvusmd]

Huh? What is this based on? Just random speculation or the natural decline of interest that ALL games go through? Did they check Amazon where the Titanfall CONSOLE is selling better than Infamous right now?

Either way, I still love this game and play it all the time, and even when I was going through infamous (which was a good game too), all I wanted to do was go back to Titanfall. It's not for everyone of course, no game will be. However, judging by how many people are always playing this game, I'd say it's not even close to slowing down yet compared to other games. I notice the trend between people that don't like it and those that do is pretty much down to if you're good at it or not.

[Kingthrash360]

titanfall is a fun game...but its a bore after about an hour. needs way more content. but dead? no, not until they shut down servers...people still play codmw2. but everyone i know who has it...including my son are bored of it.

[pedrof93]

Titanfall is in PC, X360 and X1.

[morganfell]

Consider that on the US Bestseller list at Gamestop right now, the X1 is not even in the top 50 items. Something to think over when Titanfall is supposed to be a system seller.

Also, dead is a subjective term. It does not require a company shutting down servers for a title to be deemed as dead.

[randomass171]

More content? It's got a bunch of maps and modes in it. In fact it has more in it at launch than Left 4 Dead did when it first came out.

[georgeenoob]

@kingthrash

As if you've played the game. If you find Titanfall boring then either something is wrong with you or you hate multiplayer games.

Titanfall is the reason people with both consoles keep saying their PS4 sits in the closet. So tell me, what is there on PS4 right now that is keeping gamers playing? Infamous? A 10-12 hour game? Hmmm. Maybe Call of duty or Battlefield? Lol, I dare any PS gamer to play ONE game of Titanfall and try playing battlefield or CoD. It just doesn't happen.

This is how you know Titanfall's good, when N4G bashes the same MS exclusive 24/7 long after release, as if it's a way to keep themselves from being insecure.

[No_Limit]

@morganfell ,

"Consider that on the US Bestseller list at Gamestop right now, the X1 is not even in the top 50 items. Something to think over when Titanfall is supposed to be a system seller. "

That is because the Titanfall XB1 bundle has been sold out online at Gamestop for weeks now. How can it be charted when it is not available and can be purchase elsewhere? http://www.gamestop.com/xbo...

Also, The Titanfall Collector edition is the best selling game on Gamestop too. How do you explain that?

[Eonjay]

I think its safe to say that its not a COD killer. Even if it sells, its being crushed under the burden of its own hype. Activision and Bungie are about to go to town on EA.

[Boody-Bandit]

I sent it back to GameFly a week ago and stopped playing it weeks before I sent it back. I'm just not a fan. Severely over rated and WAY TOO mainstream. Respawn seriously needs to step their game up if they want to continue this series as their leading franchise. Bot farming is a joke to the hardcore. I want all human combatants. Not brain dead grunts. There is zero skill involved in this title. ZERO!

XBL - BoodyBandit
^included because you can see I rock on XBL on a daily. I'm just keeping it real. The only people that will find fault with my comments aren't gamers to begin with.

[Deividas]

Played it on my PC for about 4 hours total. And have not touched it since, fun for a first few times and to show off to a friend but to actually play it all the time. Hell no. Boring. Luckily I just bought a Russian origin key for cheap :p

[UnbiasedOpinions]

Titanfall is not dead, the game was released and there is nothing to talk about now, that's it, same thing with every other game unless they add DLC or a Patch, but fanboys will eat this up even though they don't play the game and have no idea of the state the Titanfall community is in

[pedrof93]

@Georgee

It's a shooter, I'm bought it to my Pc because it wasn't demanding, and I keep getting back to BF4 on PS4, the game is fun, but it's not like what you make it sound. This isn't a Halo game, there is no forge mode or deep customization. It's just a "even more" fast paced cod with mechs. To be honest I like BF4 more than this. But both games have their own value.

[morganfell]

@No limit? Did I say the Titanfall bundle? No. I said the X1. There are people still buying Titanfall. What other big titles does MS have between now and the holidays? Oh, that is right. And your less expensive game is being outsold by a console. And your console is being outsold by last gen consoles.

You can't read a simple term such as X1, can you. You couldn't even see the difference between X1 and X1 Titanfall buindle and therefore I can no longer waste time with you as 15 seconds to read a remark by you is 15 seconds of my life wasted. Here, you can have the ignore button.

[PONTIAC08G8GT]

Any game, the hype dies down after some time. Game is over a month old. What do you want, TF articles daily? COD died down after a couple weeks.

And please, don't try the "everyone I know is bored of it." There is a reason why it's still #1 selling game. I'm seeing new people on it daily. A bore after an hour? HAHA good one! I'm sure infamous is a blast for hours and days right?

[tommygunzII]

That is definitely Brutallyhonest. Keep it real :)

[iamnsuperman]

" Did they check Amazon where the Titanfall CONSOLE is selling better than Infamous right now? "
Well that depends where you look. US no (non bundle PS4 is there), UK yes (I wonder if you checked Amazon)

OT: Probably not. It is an FPS after all. That tends to be the genre with the greatest legs (even more so since there aren't many FPS on next gen consoles)

[randomass171]

Still though, it IS a new IP. A multiplayer-centric new IP.

[DragonKnight]

Stop comparing Titanfall and Infamous. They two are completely different games with completely different audiences.

[randomass171]

^This. Both games are great, but they're in totally genres. They're not comparable at all.

[Utalkin2me]

Sorry i have to disagree about both being great games. Stop playing on the fence.

[Boody-Bandit]

@randomass171
I disagree.

I don't find TitanFall to be a great game. It's not pushing or expanding the genre in any way. The graphics are average with okay performance. The game is way too mainstream and is catering towards lesser skilled gamers to try and appeal to a wider audience. No single player campaign, not enough weapon diversity, in need of customization and over all the game just felt rushed and unpolished.

The only appeal to me was the ability to go vertical (wall running, etc) and Titans in general are cool but the game became boring rapidly for most FPS fans I know. No matter how well you played you were going to get a Titan a couple times per round and it was the same thing over and over again every round. Farm grunts and wait for your Titan to fall.

On my XBL friends list 12 people picked it up. I haven't seen any of them playing TF online the past couple weeks. They have moved on to other X1 games or are playing 360 titles. I asked most of them why they moved on and to get their overall feedback on the game. With everyone it was the same response. It was fun at 1st but it's just not to their liking for an FPS game. All of them said it was a game for the "nowadays gamer" (in other words noobs and mainstream audience) and only fun in short burst when you get on with a few friends in a party. Everyone of the guys I talked to are FPS vets. Meaning they have been playing shooters since their inception.

I myself had GammeFly send me TitanFall. I plugged away at it for a couple weeks but after the first couple days I was already bored. I kept putting in time here and there over the next couple weeks trying to see if it would grow on me. The more I played it the more I didn't care for it. It's not a bad game at all. It's a neat concept but needs more depth, polish and variety (online modes and an SP with a good story).

Hopefully they will implement these changes into TitanFall 2. Than maybe it will be a great game.

[PONTIAC08G8GT]

@brutal

Please explain how infamous expanding the genre? A character with super powers. That's revolutionary but since it's pretty, thats what makes it amazing right? And please, stop acting like single player is such a big deal.

[otherZinc]

Let this be an example that a true "SINGLE PLAYER" is needed!

I bought TitanFall, BUT, won't buy TitanFall 2 without a SINGLE PLAYER & friggin HORDE MODE!

[DefenderOfDoom2]

@Pontic08.. TITANFALL not having a single player campaign may not be a big deal to you - But what about all the kids who told their parents to buy TITANFALL not knowing you need internet to play it! At the GIANT BOMB panel at PAX EAST last weekend a GAMESTOP manager from the mid south USA said, he gets at least 2 TITANFALL returns everyday, because you can not play TITANFALL offline ! Not even a LAN mode for the military ! That is why i am waiting for a big price drop, before i buy TITANFALL new for the 360 ! I believe TITANFALL 2 will have a campaign , and then i will fork over the full 60 dollars ! Think about it ! How many triple AAA consule games are MULTIPLAYER only . HARDLY ANY ! But think about all the CAMPAIGN triple AAA titles they have no MULTIPLAYER ! There a lot those that sell well and they get GAME of the YEAR AWARDS every year!!!

[Skankinruby]

Lol the titanfall 'console' is selling at the same price as the stock one, in other words titanfall is being given away for FREE. And these are being counted as game sales, which is the only thing more pathetic than the completely empty hype they so desperately tried to fuel it with. But again......nice try

[Kribwalker]

Knack says hello in japanese

[brich233]

the game is boring, get over it. I'm gen5 and would rather play gears 3 and teabag other players for entertainment.

[Rickgrimes95]

No suprise it's selling better then infamous multiplayer shooters always sell better then single player games. I don't play titanfall anymore I still play infamous

[snipes101]

It's because it's an XB/Windows exclusive. Everyone loves to hate on them. Infamous: Second Son hasn't exactly been making waves since its release and no one's calling that "dead." The same goes for Killzone: Shadowfall. Whoever says this site isn't full of Sony fan boys is full of crap.

MY honest opinion? This is one of the few online games that I've actually had fun with. I'm usually a single-player only kind of guy.

[Blaze929]

if Titanfall is "dead" by now, inFamous Second Son must be burred.

[Castle333]

infamous is not an online multiplayer game

[Hello_World]

Morganfell, I'm a huge PS4/PC fan, but you're an annoying blow hard and always have been.

[Chevalier]

@Corvusmd

Irony you ask for a basis to argue and mention speculation then suggest we look at amazon which updates hourly and shows no numbers. You personally think it's not slowing down is also baseless and pure speculation on your part so calling out baseless speculation when your doing the exact same is idiotic at best. It's you versus another's opinion

Honestly we should all just post how many people we see playing Titanfall as proof, that works logically speaking right?

What's your PSN name? Since you claim to own both systems.

[ITPython]

Most people aren't buying the TF XB1 bundle because of TF, they are buying it because in most cases it is cheaper than the standalone XB1, plus they can turn around and sell the game new on eBay for $40-$50 or so.

[buttclown]

People are willing to pay for a digital copy of Titanfall over ebay?

[ITPython]

You bet! People sell codes for things on ebay, Amazon etc all the time. In fact it is generally better than a physical copy cause they get the codes instantly (via email) instead of waiting for something to ship.

Head over to ebay and search for "Titanfall digital" and check out all the results. Plenty of voucher codes from the TF XB1 bundle are being sold for around $45-$50.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Answer to question posed by author: No.

[SpiralTear]

If it was dead, we wouldn't be talking about it.

[badz149]

We still talk about Shenmue every once ina while too and guess what, it's basically dead.

[DigitalRaptor]

The hype is dead that's for sure.

But in reality lots of people will continue playing it, just like CoD. Not as many as CoD, but still lots. Now that the hype has hit the floor, we can see the game naked and see that it's not what it was talked to be.

Notice though, that a ton of Titanfall talk recently has been questioning whether it's as good as hype, whether it does anything new, whether it's innovative, whether the cloud helped its performance, whether its flaws and lack of content were truly recognised. The answers to all these questions lean towards "no".

[Spurg]

Huh....Huh

[randomass171]

How can Titanfall be dead? It made number one in the US according to the NPD. :/ Are we really allowing doom and gloom articles for games now?

[incendy35]

Still the most played game on my friends list, although not quite as busy as it was the first 2 weeks. When that new map pack comes out it is going to be crazy.

[Utalkin2me]

Most played on your friends list answers it all....ROFLMAO

[Gazondaily]

What are you on about? He just said its the most played game on his friends list.

You can sense the bitterness your post :) Spam that disagree button

[yankolo]

Dead... hell no .

[blakstarz]

I don't think its dead......BUT...I think if they had included an actual full-length single player campaign it may have more legs to stand on and the fact you are paying for a 60 dollar online only game is a bit hard to justify the means.

[snipes101]

Uh what about Battlefield 4 and 3? If you're going to tell me those single-player campaigns aren't a joke, you're kidding yourself. You're basically playing for an online multiplayer suite with that game. Granted, there is a traditional campaign with levels, but it's so uninspired it might as well not even be there.

[blakstarz]

Regardless of the fact if its good or not, it would of been nice to include that since they put so much into this "AAA" title. It might be uninspired to most, but to some it may not be.

[Summons75]

Not dead but people are really starting to see its a mediocre game and repetitively boring.

Like a viral video Titanfall got its fifteen minutes of fame and now it will fall to the side while games that are truly great come out.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Who are these people you are talking about? What proof other than your ass says that the gaming community thinks Titanfall is a mediocre repetitive game? None other than you trying to create a false consensus about a game that you personally don't like.

[Allsystemgamer]

A lot of people I know who game all time didn't buy it. I did nd I got to gen 2 and stopped playing. It gets boring really quick.

[TitanUp]

my cousin bought Titnafall day 1 he has not completely stopped playing it but he also stated that he thought he would have played it more often that what he has.

[jairusmonillas]

It's biggest mistake was making it xbox exclusive lol

its not bad if its still ps3 vs 360 but xbox one has put alot of bad taste on people's mouth and titanfall is being a victim of ms's bad reputation last year.

[Kiwi66]

well thank sony for that seeing as they weren't all that interested except for wanting it on the vita so microsoft helped Respawn when asked just be glad the game was even made

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Biggest mistake was a lack of any real campaign/single player mode.

[IanVanCheese]

Lol take your clickbait elsewhere. Titanfall is doing just fine and dandy.

[Hello_World]

I remember when everyone thought it was going to be the big new game on Twitch... I just looked and it had 500 viewers. :/

[stuna1]

Not dead, just not as big as many were hoping it would be! Definitely not a Call of Duty killer, more like a slight annoyance.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

No the community is thriving right now. Just got off and was finding games within milliseconds of choosing my gametype. Every games "hype" dies down after a month in the market because everything that has been needed to be said has been said and reported on n4g. There's nothing left to say, the game's spotlight came and went and people are now just enjoying the game.

[Mankey]

It seems to have left the mainstream phycee if that's what you mean.

[jhoward585]

MS thought TF was a killer app for the x1. but unfortunately TF didn't do as well as MS thought it would.

So, I belie MS won't invest much money in to it anymore.

Expect small DLC only. Nothing major.

[Silly gameAr]

No, it's not dead. You would be silly to think that, but I think the hype made this game out to be bigger then it really was.

That's the problem with hype, manufactured or real. It can backfire.

[ironmonkey]

its not dead but not much are playing it either.

[pop-voxuli]

Yeah perty much. All my friends have moved on and wishing they could play second son like me.

[pody]

Yes.

[Hello_World]

The question is, being an Xbone exclusive...was it ever alive?

[Allsystemgamer]

It's not An ex1 exclusive. I play on PC. Rarely that is.

[finito82]

i dont think its dead YET but i question the longevity of it. i think it can have new life in game battles if they add private matches.

[ArbitorChief]

Lol Titanfall is more alive than any other next gen game. The game that's actually dead is Killzone Shadow Fall.

[Clunkyd]

Heres the difference, TitanFall was hyped up the ass and its bundled.

[badz149]

KZSF is dead? So I was playing with ghosts yesterday? Or bots? Nah...the community is alive and well thank you very much!

[shivvy24]

titanfall is doing fine, but not doing call of duty numbers doesnt make the game dead

[azure1990]

Seeing it's the top selling game(Xbox One, PC) right now. No it's not dead.

[jimbobbeers]

This site is riddled with cockroaches. Number one selling game for March and its apparently "dead", and if you don't agree you get a bunch of disagrees. Christ, its petty and pathetic.

[diehardmetallicafan]

Haha articles like this show the true colours of n4g members.

[nutcrackr]

I enjoyed Titanfall but I'm taking a break from it and playing other games. I might come back to it later.

[styferion]

It is doing fine, but I don't think it'll last very long.

once a second game with improvements come out it'll be forgotten, take example Halo 2, Left4Dead 2, CoDMW2. games like these has good first entry, but what you'll want for is a sequel that'll become great.

[ALS365]

I think this guy is terrible at the game.

On topic i have never struggled to get into a game.

[sebzhd]

So it has nick name TITANFAIL

[yanikins111]

Titanfall feels unfinished. Gameplay just doesn't grab me. Feels like a FTP shooter as far as graphics, gunplay, map design and variety goes. Minus the mechs and wall running and you basically have a full priced Blacklight Retribution.

Also, screen tearing deserves a special mention.

As do the pilot animations.

If they are going to make a sequel, They need to make each aspect of the gameplay strong enough to stand on its own.

Would not buy again.

[MrBobSugar]

Well I was an early adopter, so I didn't ge it for free. THat's how I was rewarded. Plus, the game isn't worth $60. So, a nice double f%ck you to me.

[xDHAV0K24x]

If it was, a second one would NOT have been picked up by EA