There is nothing quite like running up a wall, hopping between two as you leg it over a pit of naked fire, only to land in a power slide, scooting below a low door while gunning down infantry in your way. It is as much a puzzle platformer as it is a FPS and it blends beautifully. The single player demonstrates this beautifully by giving you a linear but conducive playground in which you can perfect your parkour skills. Titanfall was all about movement and how your character catapults across the environments to get to their next kill. Some of which felt like they were taken from the Nintendo school of game design where you get offered new ideas and then it changes up more before the puzzle outstays its welcome. It defies expectations in so many ways after the familiar start that I was genuinely gobsmacked at some of the stages and tasks. That’s the basic jist without giving any of the great stuff away, in fact there is so many great moments of the campaign story wise that I wouldn’t want to spoil a second. Things don’t go well and long story short you end up with your very own Titan named BT-7472 who Cooper needs to team up with to rendezvous with other surviving members of your team. While engaging in some pilot training an alert goes off for your team of militia to go and defend a colony that is currently being attacked. You play as Cooper, a lowly rifleman who shows great potential and is training to be a pilot, a standard of soldier that is not only more agile and more deadly than most but also the only troop that is able to neurologically link with their Titan robotic buddies. Things start of fairly standard and somewhat cliché. Then of course there is the third element. Also gone is exclusivity, now our PlayStation 4 gamers have the ability to enjoy one of the most fast paced and frantic first person shooters on the market (behind Doom of course.) Gone is the season pass, rather than split the playerbase by releasing new maps and modes Respawn have decided to give all future content for free.
Now Titanfall 2 is here it is a good thing to see that the three major shortfalls of the previous title have been solved. It was excellent and had all of the right elements to make a hit AAA game, however thanks to the exclusivity, lack of single player and poor tactics regarding season passes it soon fell out of favour with even the most ardent fan. It capably mixed the classic boots on ground style warfare of Call of Duty with the added ability of wall running, power sliding, oh and the ability to summon a massive robotic death machine that could be used to wipe out everyone you saw. Starting out life as an Xbox One exclusive it was potentially doomed to being a flash in the pan. This year the David is Titanfall 2, a son born of privilege that has automatically been pushed aside to make way for the heavy hitters, despite having plenty to offer. The results of this experimentation vary greatly, with some titles like Fallout 4 hitting the ground running, while others like Killzone: Shadow Fall falling flat and fading into obscurity. It isn’t my favourite time of year for those previously mentioned titles, part of the November fun comes down to picking the underdog, the veritable David amongst the Goliaths that are all too busy wrestling each other for number one. However we all know that the latter will sell the most by default, it always does. The internet would have you believe that Battlefield is “The One” this year, kicking their main rival where it hurts by being there to steal the limelight of the ever present looming Call of Duty instalment. As much as fans or ex fans like to protest, this is the time in which their wallet is forced open as they have to pick and choose which one they will support. That wonderful time when EA, Activision and others crawl out of their caverns, dripping with sweat, blood and enthusiasm about their new AAA games. Novemin PS4 / Reviews tagged 2 / human / james cameron / Robot / rock / Titanfall by Grizz
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