Titanfall 2 (2016)

Personally i’m not a big fan of neither Battlefield or Call of Duty. I like more fast paced fps games like Quake, Doom or Halo. So when i saw the trailer for Titanfall two with the fast paced action blended with the big tank like titans i knew that it was something i had to try. And i’m so happy to say that it shattered all my expectations. I really love this game and i don’t know why it didn’t become a bigger hit then it did. Running on walls, sliding on the ground with a jetpack that gives you a boozt while jumping feels amazing. The gameplay is fast and chaotic and might feel a bit overwhelming at first, but once you get the hang of hit you can sprint, jump and wallrun thru a map unlike anything else i’ve played and on top of that you’ve got titans! Titans that get dropped from the sky like big comets that can help you out on it’s own or that you can jump in to and control by yourself. I don’t think i will ever grow tired of calling in a big titan that lands and destroys an opponents titan and then jump in to it and continue the rampage. You get a few titans to choose from and customise and they all feel unike. You got your leaner once that are fast but doesn’t take as much damage and your big heavy once that both deal more damage and take more damage. You can also customise your pilot with diffrent weaopons, skins and diffrent perks like a shield or a invinciblity cloak. So you get two characters to switch around and play with wich makes the gameplay feel fresh for a longer period of time. And on top of all this you get an amazing singleplayer campaign to play. I really hope that Respawn gets a chance to make Titanfall 3 because this game series truly deserves it. Titanfall is according to me one of the absolute best fps games of all time and earns a 5+ rating.

This game is great. Even though it is almost 6 years old, it is one of the best fps games I've played. The whole game revolves around the core game mechanic, movement. Maps were created with that in mind and are great for both pilots and titans. The smooth movement really adds to the fast pace gameplay. If you don't want to play multiplayer, there is also the campaign. It is the best campaign I have ever played and it's for a good reason. Even though it is short, each level of the campaign introduces a new mechanic which keeps them fresh and unique. Overall, this game was really well created and I would highly recommend anyone to get it.

I guess it just proves how starved fans of big-budget shooters are for a game that isn't Call of Duty, Halo or Destiny that this game has such a sterling reputation. Or maybe it's that it introduces ideas at a rapid-fire rate, sets up interesting scenarios based on said ideas, and then discards them in favor of another so fast that the novelty and magic never really has time to wear off. Not every mechanic works perfectly but this game just does a LOT in a short amount of time, the video game equivalent of a wall-to-wall action movie. My main gripe aside from the all-too-brief brief runtime, is that the plot itself doesn't do much to get me invested in its futuristic warscape of a setting. While much of the gameplay, level design and world building are as clever as they are gorgeous, the main character and core storyline didn't leave much of a lasting impression. I would love to spend more time in this universe though, and I hope Respawn takes another shot at it some day in between their more financially lucrative projects.

• Some of the best traversal mechanics in any FPS. While most players can beat TF2 (at least on Normal difficulty) while barely scratching the surface of its wall runs, double jumps, and slides, the game really opens up when you make TF2's wonderful movement system your object of focus.
• Campaign was good, spectacular at times, though certainly more inconsistent than the hype led me to expect. I wasn't nearly as charmed by the relationship with BT as many others players were. And despite a handful of top notch set pieces, overall the story didn't do much for me. It was fine and it didn't get in the way of my overall enjoyment of the game, but it wasn't anything special either.
• TF2 excels at that CoD4 thing of centering each mission on a new gameplay hook, exploring it thoroughly then discarding it before it has the chance to get old. It feels nice to have one pillar of gameplay to persistently improve on over the course of the whole game (player movement + operating the titans), while also getting some cool shiny new thing to do every hour or so. Like having vegetables and junk food at the same time.
• "Competent" is probably the best word to describe TF2's gunplay. A little unoriginal, a little derivative of some of the better Call of Duty games, but is that such a bad thing? Especially when TF2 has less of a reason to be concerned with pure shooting mechanics than many of its contemporaries in the modern FPS landscape, this is one area where "good enough" is indeed good enough. That said, TF2's Smart Pistol mission is just... chef's kiss.

I forgot to write this a text review when I played it a month ago, but just holy shit it's so good. I played Apex fairly competitively for about 6 months after it came out, so going back to this game and seeing all of the movement options.... so good. Seriously I'm not even going to give some fancy well writing review for this, just play the damn game