They deserve a medal of honor for answering the call of duty and giving Titanfall the story campaign it deserves.
So when I first thought about the Campaign, I thought to compare it to the best we had this gen. In my case, that was Wolfenstein: The New Order -- for a lot of other people, it's DOOM.
Thing is, I was thinking... "Yeah, I love how Titanfall plays, so I imagine the gameplay is solid, but Wolfenstein had cool set-pieces you know?" It had been so long since I have played a shooter Campaign that not only has great and solid gameplay but an amazing story to go with it.
I mean, we have had one without the other for so long, I was a teenager the last I remember the closest we got to one. It must have been when I played BioShock or Half Life 2: Episode Two.
These past few years I have watched a new Battlefield or Call of Duty come out, and I'd ask myself... "Would this one be fun to play? Or will it be shit?" I don't even consider what the story could be about. I'm not expecting a AAA experience anymore, after all, these games are built to have a lasting multiplayer -- at least until the next one in the new year.
In fact, that's why Wolfenstein: The New Order and DOOM set the bar so high. Not to proclaim that their plot performance is the same, but they did away with the subpar attempt to innovate on having modern set-pieces and just gave us a classic 90s experience. Give us exposition, tell us why we are fighting this dude, and give us a dope gun to kill them with. These games weren't Battlefield or Call of Duty, they were returning classics that were known for their solid gameplay.
Titanfall 2 doesn't belong in either of those groups. It doesn't deserve to the compared with "the best shooter Campaign this gen". Instead, it is entitled to a comparison for when Campaigns belonged to the biggest games in the market and were so good they didn't require a multiplayer or a review that said "it's actually good" to sell the game.
This Campaign isn't one of the best of this gen, it's of the best Campaigns, period.
BRB while I look up the best experiences of all time to figure out where this one stands.