Titanfall 2

[blackdog]

Started this last night, I can't believe this is Source Engine based... sad they didn't release an SDK

[-HP-]

Underrated SP campaign, go get it

 

[blackdog]

Yeah goddamnit, couldn't be more typical. I got it for the PS4 before the pandemic and been playing a few nights in the last couple weeks.

Gotta say I've heard everyone talking about the amazing campaign and it's good, but not as intense as I was expecting it to be. Some boss fights that you'd expect to be tougher -simply because you've been playing a few hours- were actually ridiculously easier to beat than previous ones (eg the one voiced by Schwarzy, or by someone making an impression of him). The sections on foot are still the most fun anyway, but I feel they are too easy.

I'm still mostly impressed by the fact this is Source at its core, and bitter there's no way to create custom content, it would be fun.

[Beck]

9 hours ago, [HP] said:

Underrated SP campaign, go get it

 

Thanks for the heads up. Got it now!

[blackdog]

Finished the campaign two nights ago, I had left the previous session just at the last level... so I dunno if it was that, but felt very underwhelming finale. Even the boss battle was much easier than the one I found most challenging, fighting Viper. "The Ark" was way more exhilarating than the final and would have worked much better as a final level, in terms of tone.

All in all, it's a very fun game but I feel could have done better. Also they seem to have focused more on SP content for this one, I feel they could have modified some campaign maps and make fore example a time attack challenge mode to practice parkour, or a horde mode that would have you switch between pilot and mech. If there were SP DLC I would definitely get it.

I really hope they will pursue a new chapter in the coming years, this is a fantastic IP, it's a shame if it dies with Apex Legends.

[dmu]

54 minutes ago, blackdog said:

or a horde mode that would have you switch between pilot and mech.

This does exist in the games multiplayer (Frontier defense) except they used mp maps as a base rather than sp ones.

[blackdog]

5 hours ago, DMU222 said:

This does exist in the games multiplayer (Frontier defense) except they used mp maps as a base rather than sp ones.

Yeah but nobody plays this game anymore I imagine, I kinda feel that if you are making a game that you know will predominantly played for its campaign, you should add extra SP modes if you can.

[Vaya]

this is a very nice single player game and all who made it should be knighted by the queen of england

[Vilham]

11 hours ago, Vaya said:

this is a very nice single player game and all who made it should be knighted by the queen of england

Wow. She's Queen of the United Kingdom, don't think you are getting out of this!

[Beck]

Finished this last night. I loved it.

It was short, but that just meant they could really focus on perfecting each level, it was great! I loved how sometimes you'd be fighting alongside BT, then you'd be alone switching between timelines, then back in BT for some kick ass mech combat, then you'd be flung across the map to wall run and do some nice environment puzzles. Nothing felt padded or stretched out to get the play time up. They were just like "Here, look how cool this is, now check this awesome set piece out, oh shit let's go fight in that mech over there"

The art was stunning in places I found it hard to believe it was a Source engine game. BT was wonderfully written, I really enjoyed his replies to your comments. Story was fine, but I didn't really care I was having too much fun with the gameplay.

Now I can join everyone else who's upset there doesn't seem to be any Titanfall 3 on the way.

[blackdog]

On 7/10/2020 at 12:57 PM, Beck said:

Nothing felt padded or stretched out to get the play time up. They were just like "Here, look how cool this is, now check this awesome set piece out, oh shit let's go fight in that mech over there"

I think even to a fault, in a certain way, I was left with a definite feeling of wanting more of the pilot combat… what I mean is that the game flows so much that I didn’t feel I could internalise and enjoy properly the scenarios.

But otherwise to me this looks like a master in level design, especially for what you can do in Source –I wonder how much they changed the renderer to make it perform like this– the factory creating the combat scenarios is totally bonkers and can’t shake the thought it informed the Dishonored DLC

Edited July 11, 2020 by blackdog

[blackdog]

Anyone bought this on Steam?

So annoyed I literally played it on PS4 a few weeks ago  but wondering if to get it and play some online... anyone multiplayer-ing this?

[blackdog]

16 hours ago, zastels said:

I picked it up, I tried that horde mode thing first, it was very boring. 

I'll try the SP I guess. 

I didn't know they had a horde mode! I wish they put it in the SP as well, sometimes I just want to shoot stuff for an hour, this kind of mode is perfect and perfectly doable in SP 

[dmu]

The horde mode is okay. It was added in as a free dlc and is fun with friends if you get bored of the mp. It's definitely not the game mode you should start with though, because it isn't great at showing off the systems that make this game so fun c;

Edited August 22, 2020 by DMU222

[Izuno]

I stil think it is one of the best shooter campaign modes in recent years. Bring on TF3.