I know a lot of people are going to hate me for saying this. Respawn did a decent job crafting a sci-fi story with a clear beginning, middle and end. This was their first game with campaign mode. I know that Modern Warfare Cod 4 was their game too. But this is their first attempt at a story as a studio. And they nailed it.
Titanfall 2 Included interesting well voiced characters with different goals and personalities. And it helped explain about the Universe of Titanfall without getting too long. I felt that the campaign length was perfect even though some say it was short... Titanfall 2 is in essense a story of a regular rifleman becoming a pilot and hero. It is a simple tale and won't win any awards. But it is as good of a story in what used to be just a multiplayer shooter.
The game should have been best seller too. They really messed up when they released right between Battlefield and Call of Duty. That was their major mistake.
Here is my personal bullet points on why it should have won game of the year.
[b]- Amazing Campaign mode with emotion. [/b]
Great connection between player and titan. Great writing. The story keeps you interested to finish the game, unlike other games where you just want to finish it for the achivement, and play something else.
[b]- Creatively designed levels with Incredible Set Pieces[/b]
For me it was the Ash map and the one where you could go back and forth in time that stood out as the best levels imho.
- Monumentally Fun Weapons including Unique shooting mechanics
The story mode had some awesome weaponry, and hope they add some of those later in Multiplayer.
[b]- Outstanding Movement Mechanics[/b]
Go as fast or as slow as you want, just matter of putting in the time to learn it. You have choice on how you play based on your playstyle. You basically can play on the ground and play Stealty or you can choose to jump and wallrun everywhere like Gamesager. It is your choice.
[b]- Varying titan load outs allowing for Unique playstyles[/b]
This one is self explanatory
[b]- Extremely challenging and rewarding Multiplayer[/b]
Self explanatory. There are two skill levels in multiplayer. You can choose stealth or speed play. Play on ground or camp, or fly around everywhere and be speed demon.
[b]- Good Servers and Almost no Issues in Multiplayer[/b], there are a few slowdowns but those usually go away. I have not really experienced any major issues like on in other games with Ghost bullets and players teleporting everywhere.
I have no idea why more people are not playing this game. It is really good. Like A+ good quality game.
All the people playing COD, this game really is COD at core but with better movement mechanics. The company listens to feedback. This is a company that cares about its fans.
People are saying there is nothing to collect. You can collect Camos and Titan emblems. And level up your weapons. I know thats not rewarding but the game itself is fun.
The reason why this game didn't win GOTY:
They should have made it like Destiny where you need to grind to unlock the better weapons. But these are easy to get. Too easy for some I guess. Maybe added social hub and Raids or Strikes and Co-Op.
There really isn't anything about this game that is bad. Really worth picking up. I actually plan to Platinum this just because I enjoy it.