Players didn't like how long it could take to get a Titan and also the reduced speed of the game, while still extremely twitch based, it was a slight step down from the first game. The first weekend of Titanfall 2's technical test left me, along with a good amount of fans, a bit perplexed and dissatisfied with some of the changes the game had made. Titanfall 2's test is a good example of a pre-release test being both beneficial and also being damaging as well. I personally thought Titanfall 2 has a strong showing at E3 this year and I liked some of the improvements the game looked like it was making, so I was looking forward to getting my hands on the game and seeing how it felt for myself.

Titanfall 2 recently had its technical test and let players get their hands on some of the new modes, Titans, and equipment in the game. These alphas and betas for games can both be a huge benefit and making sure aspects of the game are as tight as they can be, but they also can be quite dangerous and completely dissuade players from picking up the final product if they are left unsatisfied with what they experienced from these tests. Developers use these pre-release versions of the game to gain feedback from the community so they can fine tune elements that will give players the best experience, they also use it to test servers and gauge interest on their title. While demos have slowly been going away and at this point very few games offer a demo for players to check out before deciding on a purchase, the demo nowadays are the alphas and betas that are occurring sometimes months before a game launches or even within the time the game has already gone gold, it doesn't make much sense I know but we'll let it slide for now. A second new player-vs.-player mode was teased, but no more information was given.Īlphas, betas, technical tests, whatever developers want to call them, seem to be getting more and more common in the last couple of years. Face Off hits on the same day Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion does: October 13. It sounds a bit like neutral flag capture, except the flags are masks, and the masks are dropped by NPC Varelsi fighters. In addition to the release dates for the first two downloadable missions, the following three are planned for 'later this winter.' 2K also announced a new competitive mode called Face Off. Both of these are described as being shorter than the levels that shipped with the base game, and they support up to four players instead of the usual five. The second downloadable story mission now has a name and a premise: 'Toby's Friendship Raid' tells the story of the attempted theft of Berg, his death machine. It goes through a sort of origin story on the intelligent thrall who fights for the Jennerit faction. The first story DLC mission 'Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion' is set to release on October 13. But that brings up a semi-sour topic for Battleborn's cooperative mode fans: where are the story DLC missions? The first two were originally planned to release in 'late summer,' but with only a few weeks left on that clock it seemed likely they wouldn't make it in time. Ernest drops tomorrow for the general public.Īlong with the new characters, three new competitive maps were released. Pendles sneaked into the cast in July (or maybe he was there the whole time but we just couldn't see him). The first additional character Alani showed up shortly after launch.

For those following along, Battleborn has had a fairly steady stream of updates since its rocky launch in May.

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