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Apex Legends (F2P Titanfall BR) available on PS4, XB1 and PC RIGHT NOW!
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Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Oh come on
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
TF2 remains an amazing game
It had a terrible release window, also didn’t launch with the PvE horde mode many people loved.
Plague Doctor
Member
Imagine being a publisher is so vilified that you need to stealth launch a F2P with lootboxes to piggyback off of the increased population of free demo for your online service. And you avoid the bad press of its impending launch in a standard marketing cycle.
EA you magnificent, bond villain fucker.
EA you magnificent, bond villain fucker.
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Later Alligator
Member
Nope I am running native res. I do get dips but g sync takes care of that when it happens
I get a higher frame rate on Pubg as well but it feels like shit as that game stutters like crazy, though technically it has been a giant pile of shit for a while
EDIT - does apex even have resolution scaling? I can't find it in the menus....
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They said themselves why. They wanted the game to speak for itself. Basically they didn't want the community or media dictate the narrative of the game to be released especially with how insidious mainstream or certain freelance "journalists" are these days for views or upvotes.
I think they did pretty damn well with this overall and after I get back from work today I may actually download EA's origin system for the first time ever and actually play a Battle Royale for the first time ever.
The only thing I think they completely messed up on is the character design and it will hurt them in the long run. There is this preconception that people don't want sexy characters yet it's sexy character designs that draw attention to these kind of games (LoL/Overwatch) and for some reason I think female gamers tend to be drawn to those characters more than even many male gamers. These characters all look so mean with their scowls and poses, etc.. It reminds me of Lawbreakers and that is definitely a game design you don't want to copy.
TF2 didn't sell well because the first one was fucking dull and everyone assumed that a second one would be more of the same. That's why I didn't even pay attention to it.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Not everyone likes TF. I could never get into it personally but I recognize it is a quality game/s.
xviper
Member
Titanfall 1 was a masterpiece, it didn't sell well due to it's exclusivity and bad FALSE publicity by jealous gamers who couldn't play it
Titanfall 2 had a great SP but a mediocre MP, it didn't sell well because of it's horrible release date
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Your tinfoil hat might be on a bit too tight.
Javthusiast
Banned
Or they did, but because people slept on it, they went back to the old cod direction and toned all the cool shit down.
Night.Ninja
Banned
I think Xviper is correct
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
Battle Royale is the best thing to happen to shooters. I see your opinion from lots of bad players though. It's ok to not be good at something, but to call a game mode "cancerous" because you suck is simply childish.
There are plenty of brainless, no consequence, die and respawn games for you to play. Enjoy those and let us enjoy our BRs.
This game seems ok but I am still waiting for an AAA take on PUBG's style of BR. Maybe firestorm will give me that.
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ethomaz
Banned
I agree Titanfall is the best one.
Titanfall 2 have a campaign so it got more praise but gameplay alone the first one is the one to look for.
Said that I thought the first game sold well the issue was the population didn't hold up... they have some initial decisions that split the community with content that couldn't be played by everybody so players left for something else and when they tried to fix it it was late.
But it is still the game to look for.
Boss Mog
Member
Actually Bungie did that, it was called ODST and you didn't play as a spartan in a powerful armor suit, you played a regular human soldier. It's also happened in other universes such as Star Wars, there's been plenty of games where you don't play as a Jedi or force user.
Mass Nerder
Banned
Yeah. He is 10000% correct. Game got HORRIBLE "buzz" from people that didn't even own an Xbox. Extraordinarily pathetic, actually.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Good question. Let me know who it is so I can thank them. This is awesome
Thiagosc777
Member
Only in the lore. The gameplay is the same. They used the same code from Halo 3 (like it says in the name Halo 3: ODST). The differences were minimal.
Apex Legends removed core gameplay from the series.
Edit: hey, you know that grunts are these guys right?
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JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Is Titanfall in the name of Apex Legends?
VertigoOA
Banned
He’s just grasping at straws. Just a jabroni shitting on games he don’t play because multiplayer games scare him. Poor baby.
Broken record bruh. We get it.... reeeeeeeEeeeeeEeEeeEeeE
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Oddvintagechap
Member
I played APEX it’s great. I like better than blackout and fornite. I haven’t spend a penny on it. But I’ll probably drop 20 on it, to show support.
I bought titanfall 2, played it 4 times? Dropped it. Seems to be so many fans of the game here but not in the lobbies.
I bought titanfall 2, played it 4 times? Dropped it. Seems to be so many fans of the game here but not in the lobbies.
Tygeezy
Member
I had issues with pubg and random stutters too, but that seems to have gone away. I had it uninstalled for awhile and just reinstalled it because we have a lot of family over and the kids love pubg mobile (fantastic game by the way). SO I went ahead and reinstalled it to show them big brother pc version and damn if it isn't a lot smoother.. The only hitch i'm noticing is right when it switches to the plane at the start.
I have the game capped at 100 fps, but I can definitely go higher judging by my gpu usage. I'm also using a gsync monitor.
They're all in the campaign mode, that's why.
I personally didn't care for it or understand the praise at all, but whatever.
Bald-N-Furious
Neo Member
I dont like this game at all, its to complicated and slow paced, when the hype is gone this game will be forgotten.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Complicated yes....but slow paced? What??
DonF
Member
I played 3 matches and Im really liking the game. Its feels smooth (ps4pro) it looks Ok, the mechanics are there. I changed my button layout to one similar to titanfall, I believe its called something like evolved. Just the grenade or ordinance button is kinda dumb, you have to equip it and then launch it. But that is because of the call out button. What a great addition. So far, i prefer it over fortnite. Never liked the building mechanic in that game, this feels tactical. I got a triple with a electric shuriken, and made my day.
ALIEN-gunner
Member
It's up to 2.5 million unique players now. 600k cumulative at peak. It's still the most popular game on Twitch.
Shmunter
Member
Yes it’s an interesting approach using youtubers exclusively as your marketing vehicle. You can just feel the media boiling under the hood. I think I saw something where some “journalists” were trying to discredit the whole thing already. And it seems to have worked, could be a paradigm shift.
Regarding your other point, not sure about “sexy” in an FPS being a factor. But each to his own.
ZywyPL
Banned
Depends on preferences (as always). For me there's waaay too much messing around and too little actual shooting (no. 1 reason why I never liked BF multiplayer except BC1, 2 and 1943, and BR is like BF times 10). The good thing is that BR is being saturated extremely fast, so sooner or later the devs will have to go back to "new" old formula of simple run&gun.
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VertigoOA
Banned
Or it can be a staple mode.
Anyone ever actually play warface? It has pvp, br, pve and raids! I played for a minute last month on PS4. It played well at least but the f2p model confuses me.... can’t be as messy as warframe can it?
FranXico
Member
If it means Respawn will stick around, I'm ok with that.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Being new to the whole BR genre, do any of them have modes where you start with weapons or have a fixed loadout? I like everything about this game minus the scavenging.
Oddvintagechap
Member
Campaign mode? I guess.
Only shooter I’ve enjoy has been Rainbow six Siege, I’ve played this game none stop. I will effectively not touch black ops 4 ever again cause of this game. Apex is tight.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Well, it sort of is.
Ogbert
Member
Your're quite right. I was being churlish - I wouldn't wish a publisher ill as it affects so many individuals. And I really like Respawn.
It's just Battle Royale makes we want to swallow a frisbee.
ZywyPL
Banned
But then again, how many games outside CoD do this? Because that's one of the main selling point of the series, the variety of content. And now we see absolute regression, where there is just one game mode on a single map. So no wonder people jump from one BR to another so fast, just like than, you can play the same thing only for so long. You can add seasons, characters etc. but 99% of the game remains the same, and there's not much of it People jumped from PUBG to Fortnite pretty much within a day, now from Fortnite to Apex, and I have zero doubts that within a year people will abandon it for another BR game from Ubi etc. whenever it shows up. So if people are eager to abandon the BR games with such an ease, it most likely shows that they actually aren't that good IMO.
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BigLee74
Banned
Performance is really inconsistent on the X - some sections of the map a super smooth 60, others dipping into what feels like low 40s. Pretty much like Blackout when it was first introduced (although that improved over time).
Speaking of Blackout, a random spectator would have a hard time telling the difference between the two! The Apex map does look a lot more interesting though (and likely the reason for the spotty performance)...
Hate being forced into games with randoms though - they need to make a solo mode.
Speaking of Blackout, a random spectator would have a hard time telling the difference between the two! The Apex map does look a lot more interesting though (and likely the reason for the spotty performance)...
Hate being forced into games with randoms though - they need to make a solo mode.
mcz117chief
Member
Guys, I have a question. What kind of v-sync setting should I use in general? Off, double-buffering, triple-buffering, adaptive v-sync? Which is best for a 1080p/60fps gamer?
DoctorEkkoUK
Member
This is why I don't understand why Blackout are doing their game modes for limited time, sure keep adding new BR game modes but don't take them away when you add new ones.
Calibos
Member
All correct except TF2 also suffered from bad FALSE publicity because of the word of mouth about movement being neutered after the beta...Which they mostly fixed by launch. It still wasn't as good as TF1's movement, but damn amazing still.
I wish you would clarify the "BR is the most cancerous thing" comment. Makes me immediately annoyed because I have sunk many hours into PubG and Blackout and now Apex...I think it's the most competitive, heart pumping style of MP out there, and have had more fun and been more engaged with MP than I have been in years in games because of it.
RyuCookingSomeRice
Member
such a weird opinion. Why exactly?
Ogbert
Member
Most likely because I’m an old fart
No, it just feels so pointless. It’s a game mode, not a genre. You wander around an empty map for five minutes in the hope of a few seconds of gameplay.
Not for an old boy like me. It’s for the cool kids.