“Titanfall” – A New Type of Game?
Electronic Art’s and Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming “Titanfall” looks like a tour de force of action, both of the FPS and mecha varieties. With the final box art, the beta completed, and a firm release date of March 11th in hand, the rumors of Titanfall being a killer app may come to fruition, especially with the Xbox One losing ground early to the Playstation 4 in the new console wars. However, I have concerns over “Titanfall”, especially if it winds up becoming a success for Microsoft, as I feel that “Titanfall” may bring unforeseen consequences to the future of video games that may not be so great. 1. The game is unplayable unless you pay for Xbox Live Gold. “Titanfall” is the first game of its kind where it completely dispenses with a single-player story mode. Instead, the story mode is integrated into the multi-player (though not well, by my own experience with the beta). Basically, “Titanfall” is a dead game unless you cough up the $60 for Xbox Live Gold.