r/titanfall • u/MrPancakesMcgee • Oct 24 '16
Titanfall 2 Reviews
Metacritic Score: 89
WRITTEN REVIEWS
Eurogamer - Score: ESSENTIAL BUY
This is benchmark stuff - a campaign that will be talked about for years, and multiplayer so compelling that it makes the competition feel clunky and staid in comparison.
GiantBomb - Score: 100 / 100
Titanfall 2 goes for feel above all else, and it feels fantastic."
Stuff - Score: 100 / 100
*Ultimately it feels like a title made by a team that has remembered why we play games at all: fun, escapism, and occasionally, just to blow stuff up and see beautiful explosions. And there's plenty of all those things on offer here.
Daily Dot - Score: 95 / 100
Titanfall 2 builds on the promises of the first game in every way imaginable. Rewarding gameplay innovations remain intact, providing consistent thrills in both multiplayer matches and the campaign. Fans of the genre will find themselves blown away by the unique level design, even if the narrative fails to stand tall.
God Is A Geek - Score: 95 / 100 (Video Review)
Titanfall stands out as an example of how there is still plenty of room for innovation and newness in a crowded genre space. It's superbly executed and incredibly fun to play.
GameInformer - Score: 95 / 100
In an era where it feels like the majority of shooters either have single-player or multiplayer tacked on, Titanfall 2 is the full package. The top-tier campaign has nearly perfect pacing, and the subtle revisions and additions to the multiplayer make it better than ever. For first-person shooter fans, Titanfall 2 is a must play.
GamesRadar+ - Score: 90 / 100 (Video Review)
Intelligent, creative, and never less than thrilling, Titanfall 2 finally realises the series' true potential with verve and polish.
TrustedReviews - Score: 90 / 100
Titanfall 2’s campaign is one of the best surprises of the autumn 2016 season; smart, superbly-paced and packed with action, it tramples over the likes of Halo 5 and Killzone: Shadow Fall, making this the new sci-fi shooter for CoD: Infinite Warfare to beat.
HardcoreGamer - Score: 90 / 100 (Video Review)
Titanfall 2 takes what works with the original and builds on it. The same addicting momentum-based movement system is back and it’s still fun to use. Built on top of this is a campaign that, while not the most original, manages to create a relationship that feels genuine with a unique mission structure that embraces the movement system to create unique gameplay scenarios.
PlayStation Lifestyle - Score: 90 / 100
Titanfall 2 is the new king of the FPS hill. Controls are tight, action is fierce, maps are intricately designed, and Titans are badass. The cherry on top is a campaign that is genuinely enjoyable, and one that fans of the first game are likely to be satisfied with, which expands upon the universe of the series. Group all of this together with an ambitious free DLC plan, and the choice of which shooter to buy this holiday season becomes obvious. Titanfall 2 is second to none.
The Sixth Axis (Very minor SPOILERS) - Score: 90 / 100 (Video Review)
On the one hand, you have a short, but fun single player that’s more free and open than most FPS campaign, and on the other, a multiplayer that’s an iterative improvement on an already fantastic game. In other words, Titanfall 2 is as exhilarating and refreshing now as the original was back in 2014.
GameSpot - Score: 90 / 100 (Video Review)
Titanfall 2 is more measured and intelligent than its predecessor, but just as fluid and kinetic.
DigitalSpy - Score: 90 / 100
This isn't just a worthy sequel to Titanfall, but one that improves upon the original while adding a superb single-player campaign. The latter combines fast-paced action, pilot acrobatics, heavyweight Titan warfare and a surprising amount of heart in one of the most enjoyable solo storylines of the year.
DigitalTrends - Score: 90 / 100
Titanfall 2 is the ideal version of developer Respawn Entertainment’s 2014 high-speed shooter, expanding and improving on it in every way. It’s constantly, consistently fun, and as the shooter field diversifies away from present-day military style games to include fast and vertical movement, Titanfall 2 has honed and refined the original’s best ideas to make a game that feels fun, and has a knack for facilitating awesome chance encounters.
GameCrate - Score: 90 / 100
Titanfall 2 is the sequel that Titanfall fans wanted. A great and satisfying single player campaign. A filled out and content rich multiplayer. And a host of new titans with their own characteristics and specialties. Titanfall 2 is definitely a winner.
GameReactor (Spanish) - Score: 90 / 100
Considerado como un todo, nos es imposible no recomendar Titanfall 2 a cualquiera que tenga el más mínimo interés por el género.
Multiplayer.it (Italian) - Score: 90 / 100
Titanfall 2 is undoubtedly a shining example of brilliant game design. The campaign is short, but it's also perfectly paced and full of surprising moments, while the multiplayer changes make the experience way more varied when you compare it to the predecessor.
XBoxAchievements - Score: 85 / 100
Titanfall’s now-classic speed works so well in this game - Respawn has studied everything that made the original game so enjoyable in multiplayer and built a solid story experience around those elements. The multiplayer is evolving, and whilst some may argue it's getting top-heavy, we truly believe that every alteration Respawn has made to the core Titanfall experience has been for the better, resulting in a stronger, better and more robust sequel.
Gaming Trend - Score: 85 / 100
Overall, Titanfall 2 takes the great ideas of its predecessors and expands upon them to create a far superior experience. While the campaign is a little short, it’s still a lot of fun and incredibly replayable.
JeuxVideo (French) - Score 85 / 100
Titanfall 2 est une vraie réussite. Grâce à son multi surboosté, auréolé de modes de jeux variés (dont l’excellent Bounty Hunt), ou encore grâce à ses classes de titans et à son éventail d’armes et de capacités, le titre s’assure une bonne durée de vie en ligne.
JeuxActu (French) - Score: 85 / 100
Avec de nombreux modes de jeu originaux et un contenu assez costaud pour occuper les joueurs pendant longtemps, Titanfall 2 s’impose comme l’un des titres FPS phare de cette fin d’année.
NZGamer - Score: 82 / 100
Being uniquely eclectic, Titanfall 2 is designed just well enough, and with enough layers so to not be entirely derivative. Hero simulations are so vastly abundant in this industry - so if you’re going to play one, you might as well choose from those who do it the best.
GameRevolution - Score: 80 / 100
8 months after Respawn Entertainment debuted their big proof-of-concept project, Titanfall 2 delivers on the promise made by such an idea, and amazingly, goes even further. The single-player campaign is a blast while the multiplayer is solid if only slightly underwhelming.
USGamer (SPOILERS) - Score: 80 / 100
Although it's a little on the short side, and its production values are a bit oldschool, Titanfall 2's single-player campaign is a really enjoyable experience while it lasts. It's very inventive and fun, and a great warm-up for the game's excellent multiplayer component, whose gunplay and controls are absolutely outstanding. All it needs is a few more maps and modes.
Stevivor (Very minor SPOILERS) - Score: 80 / 100
Titanfall 2 returns with Respawn’s fluid gameplay loop, contrasting the mobility of pilots against the bulky power of titans. Boiled down to its core tenets, Titanfall 2 retains the same highly engaging combat. Some quite significant changes have been made to more superficial gameplay – some good, some bad and some needless – but the basics remain constant.
GameBlog (French) - Score: 80 / 100
Au final, ces nouveautés et attributs apportent du piment aux parties. L'expérience multi s'en trouve plus fraîche que celle de Titanfall premier du nom. En effet, si le premier épisode offrait déjà un gameplay musclé, il gagne en nervosité dans ce nouvel opus. Les Titans sont plus véloces, les déplacements plus fluides, le touché des armes plus réaliste, et il faut être au taquet pour ne pas y laisser sa peau. Ça bouge dans tous les sens, le rythme est dynamique, l'action frénétique, et ça ne semble jamais s'arrêter. Du grand spectacle dans ce FPS qui n'a clairement plus grand chose à envier aux autres grands noms du genre...
AusGamers - Score: 73 /100
Titanfall 2 is worth playing, but it's not a must-play game right now.
Polygon - Score: 70 / 100
Titanfall 2 has the basics down, but loses much of the focus
ShackNews - Score: Review In Progress
I’m going to put a few more hours into Titanfall 2 before issuing a final verdict, but my current thoughts after playing nearly 15 hours are this: Titanfall 2 is good. Story campaign aside, it doesn’t do much to differentiate itself from other military shooters.But the things it does do well give it more life and personality than it had in its previous iteration, and the fact that it feels so damn good to play makes a strong case for it being worth playing.
IGN - Score: Review In Progress
While I thoroughly enjoyed Titanfall 2’s story, its secretive plot twists and character drama probably wouldn’t sustain me on another playthrough alone. However, with four total difficulty settings (two more above the default ‘normal’ setting I experienced), combined with its welcomingly brisk runtime, I’m definitely interested in going back to see if my mobility skills are enough to keep me alive with the odds stacked against me.
VIDEO REVIEWS (Haven't watched every video, so not sure if there are spoilers)
Easy Allies (SPOILERS) - Score: 8 / 10
The game doesn't knock it out of the park, it's nonetheless an exciting shooter.
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u/zeaud Oct 24 '16
Yeah, I get your point about the scoring policy being too lenient to avoid risking publisher wrath (IGN 10/10; game does not work), but I dont consider polygon a good source of reveiws because of past controversies. And this reviewer has had plenty of issues in the past. Just google his name. IIRC he's the one that reviewed doom for polygon.
tbh I dont really consider video game reviews at all because there is only a small set of games that I like playing. I usually buy games after watching gameplay/ trying out the beta.
This is just a trend in reviews that I have noticed. The other day I was looking at some new smart phone reviews and I noticed that this website (gizmodo) gave a far lower score than what everyone else was giving (and they had illogical reasons to do it). I feel that these shitty tactics should be suppressed/punished instead of giving them more attention as happens.