The Follow Ups:

Man gets quickscoped so hard that he rants for 20 minutes about why ads is bad.

One thing I'm sure we all agree on is ads-ing on a shotgun to make the spread/range better is stupid

I firmly disagree. It's only bad if it makes hipfiring obsolete in games that aren't trying to be millitaristic.

after watching this video, I still haven't identified any concrete premises to his argument. From what I can tell, his message is simply "I prefer games less focused on ADS gameplay" without any objective reasons for why ADS is bad per se.

You can ADS while in the air or moving in Titanfall. That's how people land such nutty shots with the Kraber, and it helps retain that movement shooter identity for the game.

idk man, removing ADS and encouraging “fast paced gameplay” would completely change the game that COD is. cod is all about gunplay, learning the weapons and what they’re good for. iron sights and optics are a huge part of that. i don’t understand why separating accurate shots and tactical movement is an issue, it’s a war game and thats how guns work lol. no one is sprinting with an AR making accurate hip shots at any long distance. you can still move while ADS, and you can still fire effectively at close range without aiming. you’re basically saying you want call of duty to just be halo. and that’s fine, i guess, but it just wouldn’t be the same kind of gameplay at all, and i don’t know if it would have been successful as it has been if it used a different formula. but that’s just my opinion

wanna break from the ads?

I love listening to gamedev design videos by someone who has never designed video games. Git gud

Sounds like a skill issue dude ngl

Imagine being wrong

if you think Titanfall movement is negated completely by good players using ads then you haven't been absolutely demolished by a good movement player in Titanfall that also uses ads to delete you the instant they flick arround a corner at mach 5

After getting in to VR "ADS" is basically mandatory. You will use iron sight or some kind of scope for aiming. With some time you can train/remember gun alignment to your hand and use that in close/mid range combat. With gun stock you can get more steady aiming. Some games has slow time functionality to get empowered feeling.

I haven't finished the video yet but my immediate thought is "An entire class of guns across the genre is

Titanfall 2 doesn't really make you slow down to focus on aiming, it's quite common for players to go flying across the map while still hitting people.

“Ads ruins Titanfall’s gameplay”

fun fact: this vid comes up after searching

Also fun tidbit of lore, while UNSC weapons connect the "smart scope" to a helmet or other sighting device, the carbine actually hijacks your visual cortex remotely with some kind of brain wave emitter.

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"Dudes with english accents making long videos that go nowhere" sure is a saturated market.