![]() ![]() They function as bosses essentially but thanks to the early retrieval of a Predator’s radio Cooper can listen in on their comms. The only consistent characters besides Cooper, BT and Militia Commander Sarah Briggs are the Apex Predators. Other characters appear rarely as either allies in battle or as exposition delivery machines. BT goes head-to-head with another Titan in the campaign. BT confirms that he is “50% in love.” It’s exchanges like these alongside the dialogue options given to Cooper that give the game its buddy cop feel. BT talks admirably about a weapon near the beginning of the game. They might be killing machines but they are not without personality. They wield massive swords, catch bullets in magnetic fields and crush foot soldiers beneath them like ants. They are avatars of man’s greatest cruelties and symbolic of our hope for salvation. The eponymous Titans are huge, bipedal machines. Although the wall-running, jet-assisted jumping and other sci-fi trappings are shared by both games Titanfall 2 had one thing Infinite Warfare never did: Big. In Titanfall 2 the roles are reversed though the Militia aren’t fascists led by an immersion breaking Kit Harrington. The difference is in Infinite Warfare you play as the capitalist superpower trying to put down the supposedly fascist rebels. They are on a par with each other graphically and they both revolve around interstellar conflict. The two games, on a surface level at least, are quite similar. Aiding him in this fight is his newly acquired Titan BT-7274, BT to his friends.Ĭall of Duty: Infinite Warfare came out around the same time as Titanfall 2. He has aspirations of becoming a Pilot of a Titan and, when his mentor is killed, Cooper must take the fight to the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) to prevent them using a super-weapon to finish off the beleaguered Militia. The player character, Jack Cooper, is a lowly Rifleman with the rebellious Militia. Titanfall 2 is set on a stormy planet called Typhon. But it was released alongside Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare so it under-performed and has only recently gotten a second wind thanks to its battle royale spin-off Apex Legends. Titanfall 2 came out in 2016 and blew critics, as well as the few gamers that played it, away. ![]() There was barely a story and no plot to drive it but there was the bones of one and the game had its fans. The first Titanfall was a multiplayer-only game released in 2014. Which is why a relatively small, short and very much ignored game like Titanfall 2 stands head and shoulders above most other shooters. But games have mostly ignored the rich vein that the mecha genre provides in favour of a more simplified approach to sci-fi shooters. They should allow for great games with rich stories that dive deep into complex themes of politics, nationhood, technology and identity. Giant robots and interstellar wars should be a winning combination. This month Gaming Editor Andrew Carroll looks at Titanfall 2. Lost Masters is a series of articles that endeavours to take a fresh look at brilliant games that flew under the radar at the time of their release. ![]()
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