Titanfall

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I like how I've seen "XBOX ONE EXCLUSIVE" all over the place.... umm it's coming out on XBox and PC, they need to check the definition of exclusive...

By that they mean, it won't be on Playstation, not that its only available on the Xbox One. Though it seems their definition of exclusive is like wireless carier's definition of unlimited.

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I found where I got that number from. Right on the FAQ page.

 

When does the Titanfall closed Beta start and end?
? The Titanfall beta will end on February 18th at 6 PM PST
 
So if it starts on the 14th as the gaming world is speculating that it will, that means it is just 4 days long according to that page.
 
EDIT - In fact, they say people will get their emails letting them know they got in by the 17th, so for some people it sounds like the beta may only be a day long???
 
You will receive an email no later than 11:59 PM PST on Feb 17th if you are invited to participate.
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I found where I got that number from. Right on the FAQ page.

 

 
 
So if it starts on the 14th as the gaming world is speculating that it will, that means it is just 4 days long according to that page.
 
EDIT - In fact, they say people will get their emails letting them know they got in by the 17th, so for some people it sounds like the beta may only be a day long???

 

 

We will see... I already signed up ... I will find out for sure once I get in... if it lasts a day... I will not sign up for beta on games no more... unless I get told that it will last more than 3 months before release... I signed up before for Titanfall not long ago but I didn't get accepted to get in. Oh well.

 

I only sign up for xbox dashboards. I like beta testing the dashboards on 360.. and hopefully I will do the same on XB1.

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Watched a few gameplay and reviews from some youtube producers and I have to say, it was fairly underwhelming. It's looking exactly as I feared, very linear gameplay. I know some may take a suprise that I expected more, but it literally just seems like CoD with giant robots. I was hoping for more clever objective focused missions but it seems they (at least so far) haven't pushed the bounderies on what traditional FPS are about.

I hope I get a chance to be proved wrong by getting into the Beta but I am not expecting it and unless something has been hidden that will be part of release and not a form of paid DLC somewhere down the line I doubt I will be picking it up at todays stupid prices.

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I found where I got that number from. Right on the FAQ page.

 

 
 
So if it starts on the 14th as the gaming world is speculating that it will, that means it is just 4 days long according to that page.
 
EDIT - In fact, they say people will get their emails letting them know they got in by the 17th, so for some people it sounds like the beta may only be a day long???

 

Agreed, but this isn't a beta as the usual since. Its not for them to test gameplay features or balancing issues, etc. There is a video with one of the devs out where he says the only thing they want to test is microsofts cloud. Other than that we just want to allow people to see the game early.  The game is done and ready. We knew that from the Alpha test

 

Here is the video

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Exclusive has always meant consoles...

I'm pretty sure it hasn't.... I may be totally wrong, but show me another game, that came out on a Console, and was also on PC that was touted as an "exclusive" to said console. I just skimmed this list and couldn't find any marked as "YES" in "Exclusive" that came out on PC as well - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_(seventh_generation). The definition of Exclusive is very clear - not shared : available to only one person or group, thus, if it is on Xbox One and PC, it is not an "Exclusive"

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Agreed, but this isn't a beta as the usual since. Its not for them to test gameplay features or balancing issues, etc. There is a video with one of the devs out where he says the only thing they want to test is microsofts cloud. Other than that we just want to allow people to see the game early.  The game is done and ready. We knew that from the Alpha test

 

Here is the video

 

So the game goes gold and now they want to test the cloud? :huh:

 

Yeah, it's a demo.

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So the game goes gold and now they want to test the cloud? :huh:

 

Yeah, it's a demo.

They want to test it on the PC side - Azure has been the backbone of XB ONE since the console's launch.  However, Azure has NEVER been the backbone for a PC game - hence the test being more critical on the PC side of things.  There could well be a harbinger for other EA titles (both future and existing) if Azure holds up - or have we forgotten the backbone issues with certain CURRENT EA PC titles?

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I'm pretty sure it hasn't.... I may be totally wrong, but show me another game, that came out on a Console, and was also on PC that was touted as an "exclusive" to said console. I just skimmed this list and couldn't find any marked as "YES" in "Exclusive" that came out on PC as well - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_(seventh_generation). The definition of Exclusive is very clear - not shared : available to only one person or group, thus, if it is on Xbox One and PC, it is not an "Exclusive"

One of the halos come to mind, maybe halo 2...

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One of the halos come to mind, maybe halo 2...

 

The PC version was a port released 3 years later. It was also not playable on XP unless you "hacked" it (the OS most people used at the time of the release of the port). The game was already old and the gfx were not up to par to other PC games at that time. It was a lame plot to create a buzz around Windows Vista.

 

[edit] sorry should have read AG reply before posting.

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Hmm, I seem to remember the idea about console exclusives coming up a lot last generation. I believe there were several games that MS touted as exclusives even when a pc version was out or soon to be out. Maybe they always used the term 'console exclusive', but I could have sworn sometimes they didn't.

The reason I think that is that there were always huge blow ups on the internet with people bashing MS for using that term. I'm not sure where I could go to confirm this, but does anyone else remember that?

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Hmm, I seem to remember the idea about console exclusives coming up a lot last generation. I believe there were several games that MS touted as exclusives even when a pc version was out or soon to be out. Maybe they always used the term 'console exclusive', but I could have sworn sometimes they didn't.

The reason I think that is that there were always huge blow ups on the internet with people bashing MS for using that term. I'm not sure where I could go to confirm this, but does anyone else remember that?

 

I don't remember it ever being used in official ads or print etc, but I'm certainly aware of the term "console exclusive".

 

Microsoft's official term was and is "Only on Xbox". Used to be included on cover art:

 

xbox-only-logo-ylw.gif

 

Haven't seen it on any of the X1 games though.

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