Ok, so I wrote a review on the open beta of Titanfall a few weeks ago and I was ecstatic about the online play and the prospect of the main campaign. I was right about the online play (now called Titan Classic), but I was very disappointed in the campaign. I feel as if they took an easy way out in the way they put it together. The campaign is less campaign and more online play with some intros and voiceovers during the battle. On top of the lack of levels to play through, the matchmaking is very unbalanced in campaign mode. The lack of interest by players in playing the campaign means that those who buy now rather then being an earlier adopter are basically punished. The higher your level, the cooler stuff and buffs you get. The majority of people playing the campaign are those helping someone get through. So when you start playing and get matched with a team rather then teaming up with friends and going through, you end up against players that are leagues ahead of you in level and have the upgrades to dominate matches. This is quite frustrating.
This being the issue, I recommend that anyone picking up this game, now or in the future, play Titan Classic first. Then, when you’ve leveled up and gotten some upgrades and buffs to use, you should give the campaign a shot. This way you don’t get steamrolled and you avoid some unnecessary frustration.
Like I said above, the campaign isn’t traditional and I though it could have been so much more. Respawn put so much effort into making these large and beautiful maps that they just overlooked any kind of real campaign. The idea of making a campaign where you play against other players is pretty cool, but I believe they could have made actual levels with more interactive objectives and still made the PVP possible. I see so much more potential in this game than I expected, and I hope that Respawn sees it too. I see this game having a series of sequels and I can only hope that they make a better effort of making any storyline more substantial.
*Images via titanfall.com
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