Titanfall

Titanfall is a first-person shooter game released in 2014. The game was created by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.

Plot
Humanity live in the deepest reaches of outer space, called The Frontier. Major interplanetary corporations known as Hammond Corporations use resources of the Frontier to create robots known as titans, descendants of modern-day exoskeletons, and are driven by soldiers known as "Pilots".

The IMC (Interplanetary Manufacturing Corporation) wishes to use the Frontier's supply lines and natural resources ripe for exploitation, and are willing to use deadly force when necessary.

The Militia are a group of "citizen soldiers" that act as an obstacle to the IMC.

Eventually, war breaks out between the IMC and Militia, as they fight for control of the frontier.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It was a breath of fresh air for the current first person shooter genre at the time, mixing modern and arena FPS styles with a mix of MOBAs (also, see point 7).
 * 2) Titans were a very unique addition to the game.
 * 3) Outstanding graphics even by Source Engine standards, due to many of the code (graphics, netcode, etc...) was written from scratch, while also using some Source engine code.
 * 4) On the topic of titans, unlike Titanfall 2, titans can be customized with weapons, cores, and classes.
 * 5) Map interactivity. For example, one map includes dragon-like creatures that can be shot down.
 * 6) Fast paced gameplay that attracts pros.
 * 7) On multiplayer maps, there are minions, known as grunts, spawn into the map in drop pod. What's even better is that they can be killed and added to your team's score in Attrition. They can make you get your Titan / Core faster and also help those who are not so good at the game feel like a pro.
 * 8) Very memorable characters like Barker and Blisk.
 * 9) The campaign allows you to play for the Militia (the good guys) or the IMC (the bad guys). In fact, the cutscenes will change depending on which side you are.
 * 10) The games start with an opening cutscene with the players entering the battle in unique ways.
 * 11) The Xbox 360 version, while having lower graphical fidelity (which hovers up to 45 FPS), still plays like in the Xbox One and PC versions thanks to the efforts of BluePoint Games. It also got both DLC packs.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) No single player options whatsoever. Even the campaign is just multiplayer game modes. Thankfully, a proper single player campaign was added into Titanfall 2.
 * 2) On the topic of the campaign, the missions to be played are completely randomized. So if you want to play every mission in the right order, you just have to get lucky.
 * 3) Players complained that there were barely any customization options. Thankfully, like the single player problem, was fixed in the sequel.
 * 4) Unlocking titans depends on completing each faction's campaign, which can be bothersome because you could end up joining a losing match. The low player-count doesn't help either. All of this could have been remedied by unlocking them by doing challenges.

Reception
Titanfall received generally favorable reviews from critics. It holds an 86 on Metacritic. However, it was predicted that the game would have a very short shelf life. It was essentially a commercial failure when it comes to sales.

Since 2021, the PC version has been delisted on Steam because of the earlier hacking and DDOS on the game servers. Titanfall reviews (sort by Most Helpful - All Time - Negative) Steam.

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