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[Mackman]

I don't know if anyone has already brought this up on the forums, but ever since I started playing this game I've seen people noting the lack of any sort of cohesive feel, any sort of story or any sense of continuity. Now, I know the CW is supposed to address this. but... I don't think it will, unless they add in something like THIS.

http://www.penny-arc...arrative-and-po

This is a review from The PA Report on a game called Titanfall. Here's what the reviewer had to say about it:

"Titanfall is a multiplayer title that is trying to bring in the story arcs and non-player characters from big-budget, single-player action games and weave them into competitive play. It’s an ambitious idea, but in the mission being shown you get briefed on what’s going on before you exit your drop ship and fly into battle. Hero characters bark orders from their Titans, the game’s giant, fast-moving mechs, and you feel like you’re in the middle of a war with context and purpose...

The game has a story, and you go through that story by playing against others, and the numbers that flash on the screen when the players kill others or take objectives clearly show that there is a leveling system at play...

When the level was over, the game told the players that they had a short amount of time to get to the evac site, and that caused a mad rush of players to zoom to the pickup location, fighting each other along the way. I was told the levels would begin with some kind of quick briefing and insertion, and then you would have to escape. The game goes out of its way to make you feel like you’re actually fighting a war, instead of the more sterile, closed off and artificial feeling of most online games."

Quite frankly, I WANT THAT. And I don't know if anything less is going to allow MWO to flourish into the game I know the vast majority of players want it to be. Thoughts?

[Petroshka]

Looks like CoD with robots. Great, now maybe the CoDKids will go trolling their forums instead.

also:

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It’s also fast. Both the Titans and the soldiers move quickly, and even on foot you can double-jump using your jet pack and quickly get to the roofs of buildings, or you can ride on a friendly mech, or run along a wall for a few steps before blasting to the other side of the room.

Ugh, sounds like an awful ADD fest. When i read it, i saw:

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It’salsofast.BoththeTitansandthesoldiersmovequickly,andevenonfootyoucandouble-jumpusingyourjetpackandquicklygettotheroofsofbuildings,oryoucanrideonafriendlymech,orrunalongawallforafewstepsbeforeblastingtotheothersideoftheroom.

Edited by Petroshka, 12 June 2013 - 03:15 PM.

[Chavette]

Petroshka, on 12 June 2013 - 03:05 PM, said:

Looks like CoD with robots. Great, now maybe the CoDKids will go trolling their forums instead.

DAMN, thats the same thing I was thinking when I saw it.