There’s no denying that Battlefield 6 has confirmed to be an incredible success. Even with a marketing campaign that was closely criticized by followers and critics alike, it reviewed effectively, as most understand that the single-player providing is extra about checking a field on an anticipated options record than being a giant draw for the sport. It’s Battlefield 6’s stellar multiplayer that carried it to being the best-selling game of 2025, and it’s that mode that may proceed to maintain gamers coming again. Nonetheless, years from now when the multiplayer servers are barren or shutdown, few will likely be revisiting Battlefield 6. On the flip aspect, at the same time as the sport grows older, and its multiplayer servers have develop into stuffed with cheaters, Titanfall 2 is a timeless title due to its phenomenal marketing campaign.
Spoilers forward for Titanfall 2.
As nice as Titanfall 2’s multiplayer is, it’s a tough promote for newcomers in 2025 as a result of aforementioned dishonest drawback and the information that the sport won’t ever obtain new content material from Respawn. Nonetheless, the single-player mode that helped it win the Critic’s Selection Award on the Golden Joysticks in 2016 stays nearly as good as ever almost a decade later. On par with different fashionable basic FPS campaigns, resembling Wolfenstein: The New Colossus and Doom Everlasting, Titanfall 2 shines in the whole lot from its degree design and boss encounters to its characters and gameplay. When in comparison with Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7, it turns into even clearer simply how particular Respawn’s final FPS story was.
Titanfall 2’s poor launch date alternative arguably impacted its gross sales and attain, as the sport launched proper in between the beloved game Battlefield 1 and Name of Obligation: Infinite Warfare (in addition to Trendy Warfare Remastered).
Titanfall 2 vs. Battlefield 6 — The Significance of Characters
Whereas Titanfall 2 could not characteristic really top-tier characters like Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion or The Final of Us’ Ellie, what it does handle to do is nail the connection between Jack Cooper (voiced excellently by Matthew Mercer) and his Titan, BT-7274. From the second Cooper is bestowed possession of the mech to BT’s emotional sacrifice on the finish of the story, their dynamic elevates what might have been a generic soldier to a enjoyable hero. Akin to a human and their beloved pet, solely with BT’s AI making it much more clever than a feline or canine, gamers are positive to search out the Titan lovable because of its many back-and-forth with its Pilot. Respawn was additionally sensible to craft two gameplay loops for every of its characters, one thing that constantly shakes up gameplay but additionally makes the story’s leads stand out much more.
Battlefield 6, then again, fails to ship characters price caring about. For essentially the most half, everyone seems to be a generic soldier that gamers will neglect in regards to the second the credit roll, as there isn’t any sassy squad mate like Call of Duty’s Frank Woods that leaves a long-lasting impression. The opening mission ends in tragedy, with music swelling as protagonist Dylan Murphy loses their squadmates one after the other. Nonetheless, there’s no cause to care or be connected to Murphy, not to mention his fallen comrades, as gamers have identified them for roughly ten minutes earlier than issues disintegrate. Titanfall 2, then again, earns its emotional payoff. And although its plot is easy, it will get the job executed, whereas Battlefield 6’s storyline feels cobbled collectively ane is in every single place.
Battlefield 6’s constantly flat dialogue feels much more problematic when contemplating how Titanfall 2 offered multiple conversations between BT and Cooper, as gamers can form their relationship to be extra sarcastic or respectful. This small contact provides only a bit extra replayability to an already-great singleplayer expertise.
Titanfall 2 vs. Black Ops 7 — The Significance of Setting
Whereas Black Ops 2 — the sport Black Ops 7 is a direct successor to — brilliantly juggled two completely different settings, the latest sport didn’t make even one stand out. Gamers by no means get to correctly discover attention-grabbing places in 2025, as they’re usually restricted to the scrapped Warzone map Avalon, the place it looks like they’re simply combating by way of generic futuristic cities and amenities. Titanfall 2, then again, shakes issues up with every mission. Gamers continuously go to completely different components of the planet Typhon, from lush forests to a simulated farm, and every one in every of them feels handcrafted to accommodate the wallrunning mechanics which can be so integral to the franchise.
To the Black Ops 7 campaign’s credit, it does attempt to change its locales within the non-Avalon missions, taking gamers on a nostalgic journey to basic areas like Vorkuta, however these solely function reminders of higher experiences. Whereas Black Ops 7’s marketing campaign fails to do a lot new with its setting, Titanfall 2 embracing sci-fi helped result in a fully sensible time journey phase the place gamers are altering the setting to assist themselves progress. Evaluating this well-thought-out puzzle phase to the generic valve-turning hacking puzzles that sometimes present up in BO7 is night time and day, and is a transparent instance of 1 sport leaning into its setting whereas one other fails to correctly discover it.
The hallucinogenic gasoline that whisks BO7 gamers off to older marketing campaign places isn’t one thing new that makes the 2035 setting extra distinct, both, because it’s been seen earlier than since it is a modified model of The Cradle from BO6’s 1990s-set story.
Then there are the boss fights of each video games. Whereas Black Ops 7’s battles had been a transparent try and justify its co-op marketing campaign, a few of which had been even enjoyable with different gamers, combating a large human simply feels misplaced for the sequence. It’s led to fixed memes on-line, with players bashing Call of Duty for “losing the plot” and “jumping the shark,” and although it may be handwaved as a hallucination, there’s no denying that BO7 and its unusual boss fights are a far cry from the well-written and private battle between Raul Menendez and David Mason in BO2. Titanfall 2, then again, presents fights in opposition to the Apex Predators that really feel utterly pure, given that a large a part of the sequence’ premise is Titans combating different Titans. Every of those fights feels distinct as a result of environments and completely different Titan fashions, and a few battles — like Viper — can genuinely problem the participant on larger difficulties.
Titanfall 2’s Marketing campaign Strengths Don’t Cease There
But as a lot as Titanfall 2 nails its setting, degree design, and characters, its marketing campaign has different strengths that make it price enjoying. These embrace, however aren’t restricted to:
- Prime-notch gunplay that includes iconic weaponry that may go on to characteristic within the hit battle royale game Apex Legends.
- A narrative that doesn’t overstay its welcome, as there’s no filler within the 4-5 hour expertise.
- A beautiful artwork model that also sees the environments holding up a decade later, even when the character fashions are exhibiting just a little age.
- An gratifying achievement record for Trophy hunters seeking to get extra out of the sport.
Whereas it’s true that the viewers for campaigns in video games like Name of Obligation and Battlefield has dwindled, with extra avid gamers hopping straight into the multiplayer than ever earlier than, Titanfall 2 is evident proof that an FPS can deal with each solo gamers and on-line avid gamers equally. The aforementioned franchises used to do that, too; video games like the original Black Ops and Dangerous Firm managed to have each high-quality campaigns and sensational multiplayer, so it’s a disgrace that it looks like solely the latter was prioritized in the newest entries. Titanfall 2 would have been the right sport for these titles to take inspiration from, as whereas each are good the place it issues most, they might have been nice all-round titles if their campaigns had been extra interesting.
Titanfall 2’s story gave its world depth and launched potential multiplayer followers to its mechanics, but it surely did so in a manner that was gratifying from starting to finish and may be appreciated utterly by itself. If somebody had been to select up Titanfall 2 only for the story, which is very simple to justify these days since copies are fairly low-cost, they’d undoubtedly stroll away glad. Sequences just like the Time gauntlet degree will possible keep on with them long-term, too, whereas Battlefield 6’s marketing campaign has no such highs to talk of. Titanfall 3 rumors seem usually however constantly show false, so it’ll clearly be a while earlier than a sequel occurs (if it ever even does). Nonetheless, Titanfall 2 stays a basic and is a real excessive to finish on if the sequence is fated to not proceed. It must be a lesson to FPS builders that tales matter and may give a sport longevity, and it’s a reminder to those that look down on shooters that the style can supply really stellar tales.
