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Why is Titanfall not successful?
- Thread starter Tesla
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I didn't think much of Titanfall 2, but I played it after all the hype it got and it just fell flat for me.
FPS games just never really been mine thing.
FPS games just never really been mine thing.
Colossal skill floor compared to many of its peers and an even higher skill ceiling. First game was kind of a mess and that hurt the second one's reputation, and by the time word of mouth spread about TTF2, people had been playing for so long that games were unwinnable for the average content tourist.
Also the Titan designs aren't really that great. They're neither iconic nor sexy, which is what people look for.
Also the Titan designs aren't really that great. They're neither iconic nor sexy, which is what people look for.
Because they released it between Call of duty and Battlefield. Amazing games aren't guaranteed amazing sales.
Realistically, it's all of these factors put together. It had a few really cool ideas but it had a lot of things working against it, especially in an era where CoD instantly gets most people's FPS money.
The first game was an Xbox console exclusive just after the disastrous Xbox One launch, and the sequel was send out to die by being launched right between Call of Duty and Battlefield.
too complex for mass shooterbro adoption. that and the marketing probably didn't help get it out there enough. feels like the only time in the past decade that someone actually tried to evolve FPS gameplay a bit so it's really disappointing that no one seems to have taken any from it. FPS games are stale as fuck these days. At least Doom Eternal tried some shit.
I never understood the love that TF2's campaign got.
It was good but people always talk about it as one of the best and I just can't see it
Anyway, it was launched next to a BF game, it was a stupid idea and I've no idea wtf EA were thinking
It was good but people always talk about it as one of the best and I just can't see it
Anyway, it was launched next to a BF game, it was a stupid idea and I've no idea wtf EA were thinking
This. The MP was never much fun to me and the singleplayer had some cool ideas but not enough to sustain me for an entire campaign. Beat them both and the only thing I remember is that dope ass prefab construction lab level.
Couldn't tell you anything else besides there was a robot with a name like a Star Wars droid
Titanfall is incredible, unfortunately like other users have suggested about Sony making their CoD-replacement. The FPS is near impossible to break into. Charging $60 for a newer IP especially releasing near CoD and Battlefield was not a good idea. Battle royale really allowed some new players like Apex to exist however it's still very difficult.
The release timing of Titanfall 2 absolutely screwed any chance it had at getting a foothold in the shooter market between CoD and Battlefield.
Locking Titanfall 1 as a timed Xbox One exclusive while they were going through the media backlash of the "Always Online" controversy was also another terrible choice.
TL;DR Release timing. The series is amazing and it hurts that we might not see a third entry, especially with how great the first two entries have been.
Locking Titanfall 1 as a timed Xbox One exclusive while they were going through the media backlash of the "Always Online" controversy was also another terrible choice.
TL;DR Release timing. The series is amazing and it hurts that we might not see a third entry, especially with how great the first two entries have been.
it just didn't resonate with mass audiences the way other games do. That happens sometimes. Its hard to determine every single factor that causes, say, something like Fortnite to suddenly become the biggest game in the world, If any of us knew the answer we'd be working at video game companies instead of on message boards.
A part of I believe has to do with the setting. To newcomers and potential players it can be seen as generic with no real standouts. The designs of the titans are generic and not recognizable at all.
if there was one thing that Apex Legends did better than Titanfall, it's injecting life and a new perspective into the universe of Titanfall making it less generic than before.
if there was one thing that Apex Legends did better than Titanfall, it's injecting life and a new perspective into the universe of Titanfall making it less generic than before.
Its a very high skill floor game.
Also, it got killed by insanely poor marketing / release schedule.
Also, it got killed by insanely poor marketing / release schedule.
The first game was exclusive to a console that less people owned in the height of lol Xbox One console wars and had zero campaign.
The second game had a terrible beta that turned a lot of Titanfall fans off of it and, while it improved, it didn't ever really reach the highs (or the unique nature) of the first game. Incredible campaign, but people stick with these games for the multiplayer. And to top it off, released in literally the worst time it could.
Didn't sell many and then continued to sell at a very reduced price but to an increasingly dwindling playerbase.
Damn shame. Happy for Respawn that they've had big successes post-Titanfall. I'm about as big a fan of the first game as you can get.
The second game had a terrible beta that turned a lot of Titanfall fans off of it and, while it improved, it didn't ever really reach the highs (or the unique nature) of the first game. Incredible campaign, but people stick with these games for the multiplayer. And to top it off, released in literally the worst time it could.
Didn't sell many and then continued to sell at a very reduced price but to an increasingly dwindling playerbase.
Damn shame. Happy for Respawn that they've had big successes post-Titanfall. I'm about as big a fan of the first game as you can get.
People had to play the inferior TF2 MP when it came to more consoles instead of the superior TF1 MP.
Titanfall 1 being a multiplayer online xbox one exclusive really hurt it out the gate. When people sing the praises of TF2 it's often for it's single player campaign. If TF2's campaign had been in TF1, Xbox exclusive or not, I think it would have had a ton of more positive buzz, and TF2 would have had a lot more hype going in.
I don't even like 'fast paced' (More a tactical shooter) but Titanfall and more so Titanfall 2 are far far better than what Respawn did back in the Activision days. The latter with it's both online and great single player and they felt like they yeah came between Battlefield (So on EA to a degree although I think Respawn might of have had a hand) and COD. Could without those (And it's better than COD easily, Battlefield is a different style) been so much more.
First game was a weird one with the hybrid campaign, forced AI grunts in MP and the unbalanced card system
Second was a more complete product, but IMO a lot less fun to being way more sweety/try-hard/hard-to-master/punishing to new players
On on top limited post-launch support and various bugs/server issues and it's not surprising that it never took off long term. I still think it had decent sales all things considered, just not compared to alternatives they can make (Star Wars, Apex, ect...)
Second was a more complete product, but IMO a lot less fun to being way more sweety/try-hard/hard-to-master/punishing to new players
On on top limited post-launch support and various bugs/server issues and it's not surprising that it never took off long term. I still think it had decent sales all things considered, just not compared to alternatives they can make (Star Wars, Apex, ect...)
Titanfall expects much more of the player than the average FPS. The mobility alone can be pretty daunting for some people.
Hang on, Zampella himself said TF2 was successful but that it could have done better. The idea that it wasn't successful at all is just false. The shift away from TF is entirely a risk assessment/opportunity cost decision on EA's part in my opinion.
It's the one-two combo of a high skill celling and all around poor management of the franchise. The first game was Xbox only on one of their worst consoles, and the population thinned pretty quick on the PC side. The second one came out at a really bad time, and by the time anyone had gotten it cheap, the player base had moved on and all that remained were pros and cheaters. Then Apex Legend happened and Respawn basically forgot about the franchise.
Didn't 1 sell over 10 million copies? Also, didn't it outsell 2, which was multiplatform? People just didn't gel with the second the way they did the first enough, I feel like. I'm one of them.
The first game was MP only, also PC/Xbox One exclusive. People didn't think the content justified the asking price, and it had stiff competition on PC. Also you have to remember the Xbox One was basically viewed as a joke early in it's lifespan.
2 was multiplatform and added a bomb ass campaign, but EA also basically sent it out to die, releasing near Battlefield 1. Some also viewed the MP in 2 as a regression from the first game.
Apex then came out and was a smash hit, bona fide moneymaker, so most of the focus was put on that and Star Wars projects.
2 was multiplatform and added a bomb ass campaign, but EA also basically sent it out to die, releasing near Battlefield 1. Some also viewed the MP in 2 as a regression from the first game.
Apex then came out and was a smash hit, bona fide moneymaker, so most of the focus was put on that and Star Wars projects.
People love talking about verticality, movement and Titans but at the end of the day the same style gameplay wins out with the masses. The two best selling FPS games last gen were boots firmly on the ground.
I still think TF1 was the best MP FPS experience last gen.
I might be wrong but TF sold more than TF2. Granted much less competition in early 2014.
I still think TF1 was the best MP FPS experience last gen.
I might be wrong but TF sold more than TF2. Granted much less competition in early 2014.
i don't understand why, specially since Titanfall 2 is the best controlling FPS game out there (to me). The gunplay was really something else.
