Game profile
Titanfall 2
An often underrated campaign with brilliant parkour movement and inventive time travel levels hides behind a solid mech multiplayer. The bond between pilot and titan robot remains one of a kind.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Shooter / Action, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. Competitive play against other people is part of the package. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Fantastic single player campaign
- Fluid wall running
- Mech versus infantry
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you enjoy competing against other players
- you are watching your budget
- you want to actually finish something for once, 8 hours and done
Look elsewhere if
- you want something that lasts, this is over after 8 hours
- competitive lobbies stress you out
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
How long is Titanfall 2?
About 8 hours in total. At two hours per evening that is around 4 evenings, so about a week of casual play.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 89 out of 100, which puts it above 82 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 217 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Shooter averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 8 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 879 collected ratings.
Released in 2016, so it has 10 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2016
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Playtime
- approx. 8 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo, Competitive
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 89 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanfall 2 | 2016 | approx. 8 hrs. | 89 | Budget |
| Halo Infinite | 2021 | approx. 12 hrs. | 88 | Free-to-play |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 2014 | approx. 30 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
| BioShock Infinite | 2013 | approx. 13 hrs. | 93 | Budget |
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