DVD Talk Forum - Apex Legends (From Respawn) (2024)

Whew! I was beginning to worry that there weren’t enough Battle Royale games out there.

If I remember, Titan Brawl from TF2 was one of the more popular game modes, when it was available. Completely clueless why they didn't go in that direction.

They are probably saving something like that for Titanfall 3. No point in making that a freebie like this game if it could be a main selling point for your next game.

Nope......according to this article.....Respawn Entertainment: We're Not Making Titanfall 3 - Push Square

Apex Legends is studio's FPS focus

Once again it seems the virus...Battle Royal...has taken over another game......leaving no hope for a 3rd installment.

I watched the trailer...it looked like a cross of Battleborn, Overwatch and any other generic Battle Royal game....it's getting crowded in that area....Fortnite, Overwatch, H1Z1, Players Underground, new COD....whatever but yea, I can see it but it's going to reach a tipping point of the market being flooded. I have no desire to play it...heck I'll go back to playing that Horde Mode Frontier Defense...that was a blast to play. Providing they haven't turned that off to force everyone into Apex....

Just saw this interview with Executive Producer Drew McCoy on Gameinformer....well...I'll let it speak for itself....

Not to be throwing EA under the bus, but this wasn’t the game they were expecting. I had to go to executives and show it to them and explain it and…not convince but more “Hey, trust us! This is the thing you want out of us.” As a corporation, they can only quantify based on past data and they’ve never done anything like this before. There’s a giant rainbow question mark over revenue projections for this game. They’re like “We don’t know! We can’t predict.” This is a game we had to say “This is what we want to do. Help us get there.” They had no hand in development or anything about this game.

Screw these guys.....yes a lot of us were expecting Titanfall 3 to be announced, not another Fortnite clone.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-are-no-titans

I installed this and played a couple rounds today. The first round showed promise. My squad stuck together, we got some kills, I used my legend's abilities for some healing and reviving. I could definitely see myself getting into this. Looks good, plays good, has it's own take on things.

Then I played round two. Dropped in to the map, both my squad mates were killed almost immediately, and I was eliminated very shortly thereafter, while frantically picking up every piece of loot I could. And I hadn't had a chance to mute other players yet, so I got to hear one of my squad mates giving me sh*t over mic right after being killed.

I ESC'd right out of that game and promptly uninstalled it. At the end of the day it's just another battle royale, and I'd had enough of those f*ckin things two years ago.

It's interesting that they say Titanfall 3 isn't in development, but yet they posted jobs for it just months ago?

https://gamerant.com/titanfall-3-respawn-job-listing/

And there were also some posts going around yesterday saying something about the graphics not being what they needed to be for Titanfall 3. So that would make me think that it's in development, but not shipping this year, which would also explain the need for this game to fill that gap.

I guess this is good for them...

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net...lion/#/slide/1

Lawbreakers was a $30 game and received so so reviews (also probably didn't help not releasing on XB1). This is free to play and seems to be well received so far.

If they continue to add some new maps or modes, I could see it really taking off.

A map this large is pretty much ideal for a Titan Brawl and the concept is pretty much the the same.

It would've worked: Eliminate enemies, increase your Titan meter, call Titan, Destroy sh*t.

At this juncture, I'd be down if Respawn released some more paid-content for Titanfall2 (Maps, Titans, Weapons, etc). It will sell.

No titans honestly makes sense, but they really missed a golden opportunity. Honestly, a BR with light mech/power armor that you could eject from before it explodes (and you could assume control of headshotted mechs) seems like such a no brainer I'm surprised nobody has done it yet.

That said, I love Apex Legends. I completely suck at it, but it's fun as hell, it looks good, there's a good amount of variety in equipment, and it works amazingly well without a mic. I've played probably 25 rounds and been on the winning team once. It's an exceedingly rare game where I even get a kill. I think I'm getting better, but f*ck if I know. Would be nice to not always play with randos (they probably don't want to play with me either) but even still it's not too bad.

I won't throw it under the bus for now...but with Battle Royal games almost a dozen or so out already....not sure plus I already have Anthem and Division 2 coming along with waiting for Path of Exile this month.

But Monday 4th, we got this...."Titanfall 3 Is Not In Development" .....https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/02...in-development
"There are some people who think there are too many battle royale games or it's a fad, the world thinks we're making Titanfall 3 and we're not – this is what we're making," McCoy told the outlet.

Well today it's...."Another Titanfall Game Coming This Year, New Twist On Universe" .....https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/02...st-on-universe
In prepared remarks, EA CEO Andrew Wilson talked a little bit about the success of Apex Legends, which is the bright shining spot in an otherwise bummer year for the company despite only being a day old. "As the live service evolves," Wilson stated, "Respawn also plans to launch a premium game this year that is a new twist on the Titanfall universe. More to come on that in the months ahead."

The Anthem demo turned away a lot of people from Anthem :lol:

Seriously though, I'm still on board for that game but it's going to have a rocky start for sure, especially after all of those server issues.