It’s hard to judge a game like Titanfall – it’s got almost everything you want and need in a First Person Shooter (FPS) game. Released for Xbox One, among other platforms, you know that the graphics are going to be stellar. Moreover, the fact that this game comes from the same guys who delivered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare raises your hopes even more. But what makes Titanfall so hyped – is it the fact that it has been the most fast-paced multiplayer FPS, or that it has graphics that will make even Halo loyalists turn their heads?
It is one thing to create a sense of familiarity, but it’s totally another to slot things into well-worn niches. The environment is painfully familiar – so is most of the tech. You look around and you find the same combination of weapons, battered down industrial setups and gloomy villages with wild overgrowth. That being said, Titanfall sets itself apart from the amount of mobility it gives to the gamer.
Whether you’re on foot, as part of the infantry, or fused with a gigantic piece of tech called a Titan (hence, the name), you have a surprisingly large number of movement options. Sure, the difference between battling on foot and aboard a titan is huge – as infantry you get extremely light-footed action that would make the best parkour specialists shy away, and inside a titan you stomp around with decisive authority. But that’s the contrast that makes the game feel very special. And, the extreme mobility lets you use the familiar weapons in many different ways.
The campaigns have rather feeble narratives, but fun to play nonetheless, thanks to the gorgeous graphic layout (and also because elements are destructible). There are some traditional modes, such as Team Deathmatch and Control Point modes, and then there’s the Last Titan Standing that’s a pretty hardcore mode.
But at the end of the day when you get into the multiplayer modes you see where this game excels. It’s a fast-paced, challenging gameplay – a pace that we haven’t seen before. It requires you to be imaginative, and aggressive. You lose focus for a moment and well, you find yourself being run over.
With just five main modes, and overly familiar scenarios and weapons, it does seem that the Respawn guys should have used a bit more of their imaginations. Nonetheless, Titanfall is the multiplayer lover’s giant-stomping, gun-running paradise.
₹3,499 onwards
Platforms – PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360
Developer – Respawn Entertainment
Publisher – Electronic Arts
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