Due to twists and turns of fate, there is an immense amount of classics that I have not tasted. I am not only referring to video games, but to sacrilege such as that I have not seen a single Lord of the Rings movie. However, I risk my neck that everyone has this pending subject to fulfill and I have proposed to settle an account: that of Titanfall 2.
The pinnacle of FPS
A handicap that must be taken into account is that I’m not a fan of FPS. I’ve enjoyed shooting myself like a dwarf in Battlefield 1 or the DOOM saga, but I haven’t even touched a Call of Duty with a stick. Even so, it is enough to take a look at the comments on networks every time the Respawn Entertainment saga is mentioned. A Holy Grail that many adore with blind faith.
Rivers of ink have been written to place it among the best campaigns ever made in the shooter genre and with my brand new PC -God bless the RTX 3070- and a monitor capable of spitting 60FPS at 1440p, I have loaded myself with reasons to launch myself. to action. Let’s see if the legend lives up to it.
Anyone who comes for the story, can step aside. I cannot be less interested, but that is not contrary to listening carefully to what they tell me. Control Jack Cooper, a Mindundi of the Militia whose main aspiration is to control a Titan at some point in his miserable life. Cannon fodder in the first battle, but Captain Lastimosa saves me at the last moment, costing him his life.
The reward for losing sight of him is called BT-7274, a Vanguard class titan who will become my inseparable companion and my favorite character of all that Vince Zampella’s studio has written. That pile of junk has more grace, more charisma, and I care more for him than some cousin I eat with on November 1 of every year. I love you BT, but I want you alive please.
The rapport between Cooper and the robot is immediate, natural and fast, which is an adjective that fits like a glove to titan fall 2. One of the virtues that she had heard is that the movement is a joy and I can corroborate it 7 years after its release. Running on the ground already feels very agile and full of possibilities, but that the walls or walls are practically springboards is even better.
The integration of the tutorial is another essential teaching in any class of video game designers and programmers. You can learn in a dynamic way how to move, shoot and throw grenades in a simple exercise that, however you want to get the most out of it, will show that you are from another planet. And it is that you have to prepare yourself for one of the best level designs that have passed in front of my eyes.
go out and enjoy
A simple tour of any stage of titan fall 2 it gives us clues on how to play. Wide and long corridors, huge spaces with many heights, columns, walls and places to bounce and closed rooms with enemies armed to the teeth. That’s what Cooper sees when we play him and the lesson that Respawn isn’t constantly yelling at is “don’t stop, run”. Everything is built for that purpose and the demonstration is that there are no covers. Let’s see, yes there are, but it is very cowardly to hide. Jump as if your life depended on it, dodge bullets without knowing how and shoot everything that moves. Those are the rules you should know.
I was not overly surprised by the first section, although I was enjoying it like a dwarf. You quickly get used to the fact that stunts are the norm, that optical camouflage is a skill I adore, and that switching weapons is a daily occurrence. Practically the same applies to BT, because when we get inside the festival continues. Did you think that moving with that metal mass was going to be slower? Mistake my friend, BT is powered, runs around trampling anything in its path, and has thermonuclear missiles that will send anyone to hell.
Especially those heavies at IMC, the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation. I have no idea why they are the bad guys and it would be very convenient to play the first Titanfall to be clear about it, but hav ing a legion of mercenaries taken from Metal Gear Solid stand before me is enough of an excuse not to hold back. Do they have their own personality? Yes, but I plunge it into the womb with one fist. The variety presents itself again and it is that I have barely gotten used to a set of weapons and a new one appears.
The frenzy is constant, the adaptation is what is distilled and the moment in which titan fall 2 he grabbed me by the bib was with the giant assembly line. I have always defended that IO Interactive are the best at designing levels, but to César what belongs to César. That section is fabulous, maintaining the intensity of the shootings while industrial automation stops at nothing. Everything is crowned with the revelation that we are facing a combat simulator.
To the titan and beyond
From that moment the ascending line in fun is total. The amount of new abilities, different situations and proposals that the game brings to the table in such a short time is not normal. Already only the device that serves to travel in time could be used as the main mechanic for an entire game, but here is one more element.
Nor is it just any, because combining time jumps is a joy and it is all in real time. Other Respawn technical whimsy I don’t understand how they did it, but they do show they understand at all times that an FPS doesn’t have to reduce its pleasure to pulling the trigger. If move on titan fall 2 It’s so fun, let’s make it have many sections of pure platforming, no holds barred. What’s more, they are so confident in the study that you have internalized how to move that you can choose what to answer BT on the go, without affecting the progress.
Cooper’s releases by BT are already a trademark of the IP and are used to show off in sequences as brutal as the gigantic control tower. Over and over again the game claims before our eyes, it should penalize standing still. He also knows how to be epic from the pure war, with the real battle that is being fought. That BT drop with the rest of the Militia titans and charging while everything goes to hell is simply great.
Slaps everywhere, explosions even in the bathroom… a joy, yes sir. That Blisk is a Vaas Montenegro of life is seen from miles away, but it is more than forgettable. I can’t say the same for the death of BT, a loss that was really hurting me. Luckily he revives and is ready for a final battle where he only saw smoke and fire.
To say that I have indeed played the best FPS campaign ever made would be very presumptuous of me. I’m just echoing the community and I’m missing a lot of shooters to play before I can claim something of that caliber. For what I have no doubts is that there is colossal talent at Respawn, the public is everything to keep the franchise alive and that EA must listen to the popular claim once and for all.
