Although the series first launched 6 years ago, Titanfall remains a beloved franchise for fans of developer Respawn Entertainment. The first game in the franchise launched as an Xbox One console exclusive, leaving PlayStation fans out in the cold. While it launched exclusively for PC players on EA Origin, even Steam users were left wondering what all the excitement was about. Titanfall 2 eventually launched as a multiplatform title, even hitting Steam earlier this year after EA brought its games to the service, becoming a big hit. Now, EA is attempting to replicate that success with the first game on Steam, though things have gotten a little out of control.
The original Titanfall, a former Origin exclusive for PC players, surprised launched on Steam this week. With how beloved the series is to fans, many were shocked to see the game’s review plummet to a Mostly Negative reception from fans. While it’s easy to point the finger at what would be a lower than expected player base for a online-only experience, reading through some of the reviews actually reveal a very different reason for all of the hate.
Players are reporting that Titanfall is largely unplayable on Steam from a variety of issues and bugs that have somehow crept in. A large portion of players continue to have server related issues that include being randomly kicked from attempting to join a match. This tends to result in the player selecting a game mode to matchmake for, the game attempts to load into a match, but ends up looping back to the start screen every time. Others have reported issues with the DLC content, with the game indicating that the player is missing content even though it is already included.
Naturally, this has set off a firestorm of comments from the community with many wondering why Respawn and EA would release a game in this state. While fans continue to hold out hope for an update, one may not be coming as these issues are apparently not new for the PC version.
The Titanfall subReddit is quite familiar with this problem which first started appearing on Origin nearly a year ago. The issues appear to be from exploits that have been added to the Titanfall servers by hackers to crash anything from game servers to game clients. The problems has since pushed many Origin players away and if it is not corrected soon on Steam, it may suffer a similar fate.
It’s both surprising and disappointing that Titanfall was released in this state. Steam had a huge effect in reviving Titanfall 2 on the PC when it launched earlier this year, not only helping it become a top selling game, but attracting nearly 7,000 concurrent users for a game that launched over 4 years ago. The Titanfall Steam release likely would have had a similar effect, but if these issues remain unchecked, it has almost no shot at success.
Titanfall is available now on PC, Steam, and Xbox One.
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