my name is mwd

I must confess I wasn’t paying much attention to Titanfall until I saw some footage of the open beta that came out this weekend, but now I have, I’m really enjoying it.

Titanfall is a multiplayer only game, and the pacing seems just pitch perfect. It reminds me a lot of the last multiplayer only FPS I played heavily, Unreal Tournament 2004 (shout out to the old #playpen clan). Not in terms of specifics, but in the general pace and tone of the game. Not very serious sci-fi, keep running, double jumping, and a lovely mix of weapons. It’s one of the few games I’ve played where it has parkour elements that just melt away so that you’re not aware you’re using them, and the smart pistol is a boon for people like me who don’t have enough free time to be come expert sharp shooters.

You can see the chaps at Hat Films give the PC version a spin here:

The beta lasts until Wednesday Feb 19th, so I recommend you give it a whirl before it vanishes, although it’ll be back for good in a month, at which point I’ll almost certainly pick it up.

Unfortunately, the main difference for me these days is my friends list on the Xbox One is much shorter, and a good amount of fun with UT2K4 was playing as a team. We were rubbish, but we were rubbish together, and that’s what counted.