Respawn Entertainment’s Vince Zampella recently took to Twitter to relay the final player count numbers for Titanfall, and fan reaction has been mixed to the news. Some think that this “low” player count could make the game less enjoyable.
There can be 12 Pilots, 12 Titans stomping below, and dozens of AI
A Respawn Entertainment developer who frequents NeoGAF responded to some of the doubters, in a post that sheds more light on the situation. You can find their full post, below.
“Lots of armchair game designing going on in here. I’d suggest playing before judging a something as insignificant as a number in a vacuum.
Vince is right – we tried a huge amount of playercounts (all the way down to 1v1 and up quite high) and designed the maps, gameplay mechanics, and entire experience around which played best. If anyone wants to chase the numbers game, perhaps we’re not the experience they’re after? I dunno.
And FYI, for amount of stuff happening at once in a map you’ll be hard pressed to find a game that keeps the action higher. I literally have to stop playing every few rounds because my heart just can’t take it some times. Remember, you can get out of your Titan and let it roam on AI mode – meaning there can be 12 Pilots wallrunning around, 12 Titans stomping below, and dozens of AI doing their thing.
Oh, and I keep seeing people thinking we’ve got “bots” when we talk about AI. Thats not how they are. The AI in Titanfall are not replacements for human players. Our playercount is not 6v6 because of AI – AI play their own role in the game and are a different class of character in the game.
Can’t wait! Only a couple months until speculative threads like this are gone and people are actually talking about their experiences with the game. Its truly fun stuff, and I hope everyone at least gives it a try.”
Titanfall is due out later this year as an Xbox/PC exclusive.
Published: Jan 8, 2014 03:12 am