With the “finishing touches” now being put on Titanfall 2 ahead of release on October 28 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, Game Director Steve Fukuda went in-depth on the single-player campaign today.
Asking themselves what the relationship between a Pilot and a Titan is, and where they can go with that, Respawn has created a single-player campaign that’s a “carefully crafted, cinematic shooter experience, but with a different style of pacing than you might expect.” This means there will be a “wide range of intense battles” as a Pilot and as a Titan, as well as “opportunities for exploration and some quieter moments of contemplation.”

Playing as Militia rifleman Jack Cooper who forms a neuro-link with a BT-7274, Titanfall 2’s single-player is a standalone narrative experience. It isn’t designed to train you for multiplayer, but it will help you get acquainted with the game. “There are many moments in the campaign where you?ll have to use basic Pilot skills such as wall running and double-jumping, as well as other Pilot and Titan abilities,” Fukuda said. He continued by talking about the setting and bond between Pilot and Titan:

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