![]() Give anything human emotion and it’s no longer unfeasible to develop an attachment, right? Jumping back to the beautiful planet of Typhon, ol’ Lastimosa becomes mortally wounded and, in his dying breath, removes the neural bond from his Titan, BT-7274, and hands the reigns over to Jack.Ĭlearly he’s not a Pilot, so the opening chapter serves as an introduction to things like cloaking and double jumps, but also lays the foundation for your newfound bond with BT. The concept of companionship between human and machine isn’t exactly new, as we’ve seen in the past with Borderlands’ Loaderbot and, more recently, the Xbox One console exclusive ReCore, but that doesn’t make it any less interesting. Aside from using their superb agility to gracefully run along walls or effortlessly hack in to computer terminals with their fancy data knives, they’re also neurally bonded to their own hulking mech, called a Titan. It’s like a sci-fi buddy cop film, where the agile and heroic Pilot teams up with his bestest of pals, who just happens to be a pseudo-sentient robot with an overly literal sense of humor. You begin the game as Jack Cooper, a low ranking rifleman in the Militia training to become a Pilot. Taken under the wing of Captain Lastimosa, Cooper’s virtual training session is cut short when the Militia launches an attack against the rival-controlled planet of Typhon. Would you believe me if I said that Titanfall 2 has one of the best shooter campaigns of the year? Because it does. I brushed it off, assuming it’d just be a half-baked slog to appease the complainers angered by the feature’s absence two years ago. When the folks at Respawn confirmed the inclusion of a campaign in Titanfall 2, my interest was piqued, but thinking back to the original’s multi-player focus had my expectations sitting pretty low. To this day I’ve never once had the desire to give it a go, even as an EA Access subscriber. Titanfall’s release came and went, and despite my overall enjoyment with the beta I passed on the game entirely. I wanted to experience a story-driven campaign using Titanfall’s solid mechanics, but alas, that just wasn’t in the cards. ![]() ![]() I fell in love with the beta, intrigued by its mix of agile pilots and hulking Titans, but truth be told, I’m not a multi-player guy. ![]() Available on: PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, PC (via Origin)Īlthough the original Titanfall made waves as one of the biggest Xbox One exclusives in 2014, the lack of a campaign was super depressing. ![]()
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