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Titanfall Beta at an Xbox One near you!

Titanfall_ArtI, like many thousands of others, have downloaded and started playing the highly anticipated open Titanfall Beta for the Xbox One. My immediate assessment was “Holy hell, not another online multiplayer without a story to back it up!” But I was wrong, and happily so. I found that there are little tidbits of the games lore on the loading screens, and they seem to lend to what could be a rich main story.

The current game play however, is amazing. Respawn has given the player a limited number of levels to earn that net you some swag and customization options, an Atlas Titan, and some of the best online versus play that I’ve ever played. The maps are large, but not so big that you can’t find your next target. The graphics are running like butter, which just about left me speechless when that first Titan went nuclear and took out an entire intersect. About the only thing that could have made the gameplay better would have been the ability to take out chunks of buildings.

So far this beta has given us a glimpse at the amazing direction that multiplayer gaming is headed. It’s added a whole new element to virtual battlefield that will force players to reconsider their next move and change strategies on the fly. And with the addition of challenges (I know they aren’t the first to do this) that target things like ‘Time in a Titan’; ‘Distance walked’ or ‘Kills with insert weapon here’, it makes you want to try things differently each time through, making the next battle against the same team of players new and much less predictable.

All in all, Respawn did one hell of a job. Now go to your Xbox One, download the beta and get ready for March 11 (which can’t come soon enough!).

UPDATE: I never bothered to record any of my personal gameplay, but I’ve found this video from Machinima that has some of the Beta play. Just to be clear though, watching and playing are two different animals.

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