Titanfall Review: A Master Class in Mechanics

A loud crack rings out as a 40mm shell crashes into the left side of my hull. Red lights flash and flicker as the automated warning system alerts me of my impending doom. I frantically input the mech’s failsafe sequence ejecting just in time to escape the flaming wreck as it explodes below.

Ascending hundreds of feet above the action, my eye catches a heavily-plated Ogre Titan, the culprit responsible for my near-death experience. Feeling secure in his mechanical behemoth my adversary sets his sights on my AI-controlled brethren, mowing them down with impunity.

With his gaze adverted, I decide to go on the counter offensive. A delicate boost of my jetpack places me on the perfect trajectory, as I free-fall towards this looming giant. Plummeting towards the earth, my hands reach out as I grab onto the Ogre’s frame and in one quick sequence remove its protective cover to expose a vulnerable battery core. After emptying a clip into its weak spot, I jettison away to happily watch my foe befall the same fate as I.

This is Titanfall.

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Jetpack parkour + giant robots + DOTA-style creeps = the most unique first-person shooter we've seen in a long time. I think a standing ovation is deserved here.

 

Yeah it can seem like a strange amalgamation at first, but it all comes together very nicely. The free flowing movement and tight animations alone make Titanfall worth playing.

 

I don't think of it as a strange amalgamation, so much as unapologetic perfect storm of awesome. Like Abraham Lincoln carrying an RPG and riding a velociraptor.