EA Killed Titanfall, But Why?

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The unexpected and tragic downfall of the Titanfall franchise, a game that once promised to revolutionize the FPS genre, is a story rife with shocking tameness and simplicity. Its origin story is drenched in drama, though its death, certainly less.
We'll take you on a journey through the origins of movement mechanics in FPS games. Discover how visionary developer Vince Zampella, after his success with Call of Duty, aimed to push the boundaries with Titanfall and how does the game's unique mechanics influence the industry, even as it faded into obscurity...
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[@igamerflavor]

f*ck war thunder

[@Kellzerr_]

It’s impossible to get any thing that is advertised

[@Sleed-ur-so-cool-also]

​​​@@Kellzerr_ yep get ready to play for literal years before seeing a mid rank vehicle (I mean actual years)

[@pawed.7512]

@@Sleed-ur-so-cool-also or drop buckets of cash on premium crap?

[@Sleed-ur-so-cool-also]

@@pawed.7512 ye I guess wouldn't recommend it tho... at least its not as bad as world of tanks

[@kobus9795]

If released today this game could break records, I'm sure of that.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

100%

[@Soar_Lean]

Honestly it would but would need like 10 more maps modes guns more stuff to grind for etc

[@R_trigger1344]

I doubt it heavily

[@TheGrimFiend]

Its too boring, no progression,

[@A1stardan]

If it released today, it'd be broken at launch, have a prefect working in game shop on day 1, two to three hrs of campaign or no campaign at all. Oh and add surprise mechanics to the game with a 0.05% chance of getting a new titan in loot in shop

[@GrainOnTheGo]

You forgot to mention when Respawn edged us for 2 months then it resulted in a small patch but really advertising for an Apex hero who ate a titan battery and became magical. Arguably the biggest gut punch for me as a hardcore fan.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Fair point

[@Optimalpax]

Wait I have been out of the apex loop for a bit which one was that been on more of a titanfall loving spree since I got into it

[@GrainOnTheGo]

@@Optimalpax Conduit, the trailer has a titan battle (involving canonical misuse of a Monarch-Class by the Militia for some reason…) where she touches a leaking titan battery and gets super powers… yea… it’s somewhat accepted the Titanfall hype campaign was leading up to her reveal, but Respawn cut the titanfall connection to avoid backlash at last minute. I personally found Conduit’s reveal not only a spit in the face but evidence that they just use Titanfall content to bait us into Apex.

[@jesper8836]

Oh yeah and conduit is like the most dog shit character too

[@Optimalpax]

At this point I'm glad I stopped playing apex it's going in a bad direction I feel like

[@vsf_dave811]

Effect and Cause is legitimately one of the best missions in any FPS game to this day

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

100%!

[@Janti0607]

The mix of time jumping, the amazing smooth movement and just story made it just impossible to come close to

[@petermacris8260]

Starfield literally copied it

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

The best.

[@MovingPessimisim08]

​@@petermacris8260 I think time shift did it first, but it was a new and amazing experience for anyone unfamiliar with that game

[@A-username862]

I think it was released in a time where gamers weren’t as committed to mastering a game, whereas nowadays if titanfall was released I reckon it would have a more standing community

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Maybe so!

[@hanalexcranealister6799]

It was also released between COD and battlefield both times

[@LegendStormcrow]

If it released in 2006 it would be a 8 part series by now.

[@elimgarak1127]

Or it was just in a garbage state where bugs directed skill flow just like Apex does and that's why it's not a serious shooter and never will be.

[@peamut547]

⁠@@elimgarak1127Might I ask what shooter game you think is good? I’d agree that most of the gunplay in Titanfall 2 is mediocre, but the movement - and the map support for movement - is what makes it insanely fun to play. Edit: I also want to clarify this game is NOT a competitive shooter and was clearly never intended to be. It was meant to be a fun, casual shooter, and it - in my opinion - 100% succeeds in that pursuit.

[@soykoi2466]

Guys! This is a modern day video on Titanfall, released 10ish hours ago. 10-1 = 9! Then you take that 9 and divide it by 3, you get wait for it.... 3! Titanfall 3 is coming y'all it's confirmed fr fr! But on a serious note the story of Titanfall is the most heartbreaking story out there, but at least we have 2 in the end.

[@adrioumario1369]

This comment was posted 10 days ago 🧐🧐🧐

[@Just_A_Leigon_Main]

Comment posted 11 days ago, an odd number, 3 is also an odd number. Titanfall 3 confirmed?!?!?

[@LeMajesticJames]

The cope is so hard, I legit feel the same way

[@Vincentvermetteprod]

Titanfall 3 Just got binned…

[@Just_A_Leigon_Main]

@@Vincentvermetteprod Nuh uh

[@TheFO3God]

It was definitely odd it was multiplayer only, but the 'campaign lobbies' in titanfall were actually kind of a cool gimmick. Picking a faction and playing against people who chose the other, fighting for your story progression created extra rivalry.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

I thought it was underappreciated in a way. And the dialogue was pretty solid for what it was.

[@chowrites6179]

I personally didn't care for it in 1 but I think it had to more to do with repeating dialogue for beginning and ending of missions and this being the only mode to really engage with. If 2 had done as a sort of continuation to the campaign, like a "Campaign +" kind of thing, I feel that it wouldve been adored.

[@adamdavis1705]

Titanfall 2 had a campaign to play and a hell of a story

[@ChristopherFehrenbacher]

Quick reminder that Titanfall 2 servers are still active, the game is still incredibly fun, and it has an active player base. COME PLAY IT WITH US!

[@AliElBaba]

I cant find any lobbies on ps4. And when i find one it laggs

[@DjShoFame]

Never any issue finding a game session to this day. TF2 lives effortlessly now, albeit with some hard-core sweats lol.

[@bigyeet8905]

I own it as a disc game xbox and im no longer paying for live gold since i have a pc otherwise i would be playing that shi so hard rn

[@masterseeker360]

This battlefield 1 and 4 still exist too quit playing that new garbage and hang with the bois keep the good games alive bf3 will be shut down on xbox october so come play titanfall 2 before they shut it down too

[@Young_Diabetus]

I just played Titanfall 2 for the first time last week and WOW! Legit one of the best campaigns I have ever played. I would love to see another Titanfall happen at some point, but it just seems so unlikely. I would also fear that with how predatory monetization has become in not just F2P games, but any game, that Titanfall 3 would succumb to the same issue as Apex: more focus on cosmetics and less on the actual game.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Couldn't agree more!

[@brohansolo4122]

Bro I loved that game, it pains me that it’s all but gone. And I don’t even play a lot of competitive multiplayer at this point but I loved that one

[@miguelpereira9859]

Me too, this campaign is incredible

[@Cevowo]

Apex has delved so far from Titanfall that I'm so fucking ASHAMED to even have it even an ATOM related to it

[@elroiy2139]

I got to try out Titanfall 2 when it came on ps plus and immediately I couldn't realizewhy ea would cannibalize themselves like that

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

EA is a piece of work.

[@elroiy2139]

@@TheCouch-Co-Op g the oracle has spoken, not an fps but outer wilds is the other side of the extreme in terms of getting what you want and more

[@Mandroid45]

Apex legends that's why

[@irshadtyo]

@@Mandroid45APEX came out after TF2, ea killed Titanfall, not Respawn

[@paulkato4331]

I can see titan with a helldivers vibe making a huge comeback lol

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

that would be so fire

[@shaqman813]

That'd be sick, dude.

[@darklord1366]

Imagine a titan and a helldiver… Oh man that would be amazing!

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Dude, that would be freaking awesome

[@darrylnewman292]

My liberator Patriot unit is My BT😂😂

[@FruitPuppyYT]

I still get genuinely sad thinking about BT 😭

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Bro was the homie.

[@darklord1366]

BT was the best titan you could ever have. Cant change my mind.

[@proprince244]

Same

[@courier6640]

Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot. Protocol 4: Protect the Titan.

[@darklord1366]

@@courier6640 BT finished protocol 3…

[@CaptainPatches069]

It's criminal that Respawn let the hackers win and let Titanfall 1 and 2 die like they did. its upsetting.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Such a shame.

[@DjShoFame]

TF2 is still active and has no problems matchmaking.

[@kubikmushroom2271]

Titanfall died because of apex legends it makes no sense for EA to make another Titanfall game when they already have a successful cash cow set in the same universe

[@javiderivia4224]

All the cope in the video when apex is the real reason 😂

[@635574]

Respawn and EA are actually braindead. The problem is that buy once model is not sustainable and they would jstt neeed to make a live game like apex but TF3. But they didnt evem try. Its the same thing that killed Crysis 2 multiplayer(the sequel has a much more boring multiplayer without the progression) many other solo games with pvp servers that shut down.

[@purplex_purple7717]

But it isn’t right 😭we were so loyal. Just a shame what micro and battle royal has done to gaming. So much laziness and greed. Rushing everything bc there is no love anymore and when there is, the community is small

[@Catequil]

​@@635574 the model still works for FromSoftware.

[@soceur1977]

Funny thing I played apex 3 times..realized it wasn't titanfall and never played it again. I still play TF2 to this day and a TF3 would have me locked up for months..with Destiny on the side.

[@joeyoung9596]

Respawn: "We can't count to 3" Valve: "Welcome to the club brothta"

[@aidansky55]

I never seen such an amazing community for a single game

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Agreed! The fact that it still retains players to this day is a testament to its novelty.

[@darklord1366]

Titanfall is the one series where we feel connected with the game. Frontier defense was and still is a great game mode. Because it makes you feel like you and 3 others just won fighting off 5 waves of enemy assaults and fighting off to defend one crucial objective.

[@SunPraiser1988]

The community is better on paper and outside of the game. Inside the game it’s riddled with and fueled by hateful, spiteful people that play only to win and not have fun. I’ve noticed an extreme disconnect between the in game community and the forums it exists for.

[@Just_A_Leigon_Main]

@@SunPraiser1988What lobbies have you been in the worst I’ve seen in mine are people using the spitfire.

[@SunPraiser1988]

@@Just_A_Leigon_Main Every time I play on New York servers on xbox, at some point throughout the day I get a six stack death squad of g100s that will usually DM the person at the top of the enemy team out of spite. There’s more than one, and each have their own unique way of being incredibly annoying.

[@justin5824]

A tragedy truly, please titanfall 3 soon 😞

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Please Respawn

[@darklord1366]

@@TheCouch-Co-Opwe’ve been waiting… for titanfall 3 forever…

[@chrisbrownrigg4059]

Sad thing is they had started work on 3 but decided to scrap it, Apex as soon as I saw it I hated it since it was all pvp and no campaign

[@darklord1366]

@@chrisbrownrigg4059 Same!!! And they took the guns from titanfall 2 and introduced it into apex! And they ruined the guns in that game. Titanfall was the original or og of those guns not apex.

[@ender_z4nd3r83]

​@@chrisbrownrigg4059you know projects can start again right? A lot of times a dev team made a game, Scrap It, then come years later and make it

[@suhdud4646]

One of the greatest FPS title that I have ever played. BT, you will be missed my old friend.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

RIP my bro

[@aresgodofwar7401]

Man....that ending will forever make me cry 😢 miss you BT couldn't have done it without you. o7

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

It was a great story! BT the homie.

[@TheGeeza1980]

I've not purchased or played a COD game since TF2 released.

[@heek8964]

Man The worst part about the titanfall situation is nobody else has made any shooter remotely close to it in how it's movement is balanced. I just want a FPS game where proficiency with a mechanic like movement that is more important than shooting. Because the skills for FPS shooting are universal between all FPS games, and it's really fucking boring at this point. Every FPS game I've seen try to emphasize some other skillset STILL has shooting as the MOST important skill. If someone is better at clicking on a head than you are, you're going to lose, regardless of how well you've planned, or used your abilities, or budgeted, or done whatever extra mechanics they've placed on top of this one primary, nearly identical mechanic all these games place above everything else in their balance. But in titanfall if you're significantly better at movement and prediction and engagement than your opponent then the difference between your shooting skills almost doesn't matter in most fights, and I haven't found any other FPS games that have any mechanic or balancing like that, which really sucks.

[@Yuuki_Asuna]

oh yeah cause what every fps player wants is sweats flying and dodging bullets mid air everywhere and you not being able to rely on your aim cause for some reason an fps decided to not focus primarily in the shooting...in an fps game...

[@kizurura]

​@@Yuuki_Asunathis issue arises with low playercounts. Want balanced matches? Make more people join in so everyone learns together.

[@jadenfirecool7694]

But even after all that the Titanfall 2 community made north star to avoid the hackers and ddos attacks that respawn ignored

[@mkfmgaming3019]

I’m so grateful my friend told me to get Titan fall two on release day. I was like no I’m gonna get a battlefield one and he said the same thing that BT said he said trust me I truly have some of the best online gaming memories from Titan 2 also the story mode was incredibly well-made, I’ll just truly never understand why EA decided to release Titan fall two during the two biggest game launches of the century. They really shot themselves in the head with that one.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

W friend

[@the_don4671]

"Jack, are you there?"

[@Just_A_Leigon_Main]

They left us hanging on that one so long I now have blue balls

[@TheRichPeasant-458]

If there is a titan fall 3 I don’t want the annoying personality’s of the apex legends characters, and I wanna be Able to fire my titans rocket pads while I’m shooting its gun

[@purplex_purple7717]

I’d want no one in the development of apex in titan fall 3.

[@yj9795]

"Acctivision" in this story is acctully simply the one and only Bobby Kotick.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

That guy stinks.

[@johndodo2062]

Yep. That jagoff that gets bonus checks big enough to fund two entire games every year

[@Charsans01]

Pretty shocked that this video wasnt from some huge channel. Great storytelling, hope you go far!

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

We plan on it!

[@elgrifolorian]

The only thing I didn't like about titanfall was that the maps felt too small for mech battles, I hope somone makes a spiritual successor to Battlefield 2142 with awesome mech battles and large battlefield maps and titan fights. Also a sci fi war thunder would be sick.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

agree and would be sick

[@alexmo9299]

Worried about the direction of the battlefield franchise tbh with the latest news. But with Vince being the new head of it I could totally see a sort of fusion of both series. Battlefields large combined arms maps with elements of Titanfall. The real issue being the map design allowing for that tight and fluid movement Titanfall is known for.

[@valkeitos]

I actually have to disagree when it comes to most maps. Some maps are perfectly sized or slightly too large because in the end, you're going to be on your feet the majority of the time and not in a Titan. Then maps are still plenty large enough for titans to move around and battle although there are more restrictive maps that will benefit some titans like scorch a lot more.

[@aiden_obj]

I bought and played it for the first time yesterday. Needless to say it quickly took the number one spot on favorite game of all time

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Real

[@purplex_purple7717]

Glad you enjoy

[@zickbone]

brink gets brought up surprisingly little in talks about Titanfall/Apex or movement shooters in general

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

It was an interesting game even if some of the execution wasn't perfect. Lots of good ideas.

[@Trooper10231]

I loved playing brink. Timing jumps I was good at! Twitch reflexes on turning a corner, not so much.

[@jacobwilson989]

Picked it up for 20p for my ps3 probably 10 years ago. Ouch

[@Triannosaurus]

I consider myself a titanfall 1 and 2 vet, and although I absolutely love the mechanics, the gamemodes were the downfall of this game. They had a great concept of contrasting fast paced pilot gameplay, with slow paced titan gameplay but they failed create a decent way to mix the two by forcing them into known call of duty game modes. Titanfall needs its own flagship game mode for people to fully embrace the game, almost like how the payload game mode represents tf2/Overwatch and their identity.

[@magicmajufin4988]

Titanfall 1 was the first multiplayer shooter I ever played and seeing how the Titanfall brand has turned into a shitty battle royal is the most depressing shit ever

[@chip8293]

Armored core 6 was a fantastic game but it was missing one key thing and that was the humans. Without the humans the Mechs didn't feel like these giant walking machines.

[@MoDen31]

Ah yes the 1,000th video on Titanfall discussing the exact same thing with the exact same talking points

[@cuddlecakes7153]

Yeah this guy spent literally 60% of the video talking about something completely different, everything could have been cut down by a lit and he didn't really say nuch at all

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

It's important to mention that TF|2's release date was Respawn's choice, not EA's. Everything that has killed this game has always been Respawn's fault. From the active choice to release it at the worse time possible, to trading it for a new golden goose, to the radio silence after the DDOSing, and finally attempting various games in the Titanfall Universe and eventually canning all of them... It's always been Respawn's fault.

[@Eomtuori]

I loved this game wish they made a 3rd one

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

One can dream.

[@TheHungrySlug]

just like with Half-Life, valve can't count to 3.

[@hawaiion2wheels109]

Apex only existed because Titan fall 2 allowed it. So. Letting titan fall 2 die to let a titan fall “lite” version to succeed is just insane

[@blackomega34]

Honestly though has a single holistically excellent AAA game come out since TTF2? I don't think even Elden Ring or BG3 count as that.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

they were both AAA games... You could even make an argument they were AAAA games

[@SadToffee]

@@TheCouch-Co-Opdon't you know gregor? Skull and Bones was the first AAAA Game.

[@Moonshine449]

RDR2 and Cyberpunk (after patches)

[@Nu_Merick]

titanfall 1 is STILL my favorite FPS. then cod tried copying the double jump mechanics and failed MISERABLY, theirs was clunky and lacked ANY smooth mobility lol. all i remember is TF2 dying because EA released it between BF and COD which was so stupid. they really shoulda been held more accountable and NOT respawn.

[@Killswitch1411]

Because EA hates good games.

[@djirate052380]

I digress....leftists hate games.

[@mango-dt2pv]

If titanfall 3 ever rolls around I hope they give the titans more weight and power in their movement. TF2 rocks but the mechs feel light and floaty both observing and piloting them

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Fair point.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

In all honesty. Titanfall could have easily been the new battlefield or planetside game. EA could have kept Battlefield as good old Battlefield for the OG battlefield fans and used the Titanfall franchise as their BF:2042/2142 canvas, that way the whole futuristic scifi vibe of 2042/2142 wouldnt seem as completely out of place or weird as it did and players got more choice based on their personal preferences. OG BF fans got their OG BF franchise and futuristic shooter fans got their Titanfall and i'm 1000% sure OG BF fans would have been all over both games and would love the hell out of both of them. Im sure a lot of BF fans loved Titanfall but as usual, in typical EA fashion. They fumbled the bag so badly with Titanfall. It could have been so much more than what it ended up being. Titanfall could have been one of the biggest franchises next to Battlefield.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Planetside was so much fun.

[@solokom]

3:35 one of the first movies where Parkour played a major role was the French movie Yamakasi (2001). It also has a great hip-hop soundtrack.

[@cell9899]

One of my all time fave FPS games. Titanfall 2 was a masterpiece

[@EbonKim]

Another problem with Titanfall 1 and 2 multiplayer was that there wasn't much competition. If you wanted to win, you just killed all the noobs and ignored the better players. If you called in a Titan, you went for the easy kills, and evaded the other Titans most of the time.

[@ElizabethMm315855]

So basically the same thing you can do in regular pvp matches.

[@Timdeenter]

The games began to become overrun with cheaters once pc cross play became a thing?? No way, must be a crazy coincidence

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

hmm

[@jacoboq8452]

16:10 I literally cried at the end of this campaign; rip BT

[@desmien679]

You also left out rocket jumping. Mirrors edge also wasn't the first to utilize certain mechanics you showed. Daggerfall actually would be the first first person rpg game to utilize wall climbing and Ninja Garden sequels for PS2 along with other games utilized wall running in the game. In fact Tenchu revolutionized a lot of the things seen in modern games also including some AI behavior.

[@0takudad]

Played Titan Fall 2's campaign. I was hoping for a continuation.. But looks like it won't be happening after all these years.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

unfortunate

[@imanahounbar1261]

Dude you use too many stock videos 5:15 to 6:17 it's just stock videos being voiced over I'm not a video editor but I know you can do better for a guy who loves competitions and being better than everyone

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Your feedback is noted.

[@zVipeer]

@@TheCouch-Co-Op Maybe you can use some gameplays of the game you're currently talking about or some actual conferences videos for example of the subject in question

[@tjbarke6086]

I knew Titanfall was dead the second EA acquired Respawn...

[@randodox8375]

It's so tragic man. Respawn lured us to a Utopia island of movement shooter, only to leave us stranded and never to be seen again.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

00:28

[@Vincentvermetteprod]

Spoke to a EA Dev who worked in game preservation: fun fact, titanfall 3 is binned forever. It was supposed to be called titanfall legends. And titanfall 2 cannot be fixed because the team who built it are all gone… RIP

[@RicardoMenson]

Yeah, but what if we make battle royale in Titanfall universe, only... remove titans and wall running, and make it just as as everything else? Genius , i know, right? Why not make it a fight for two titans in the middle of the map or something, and you need to find a key to unlock them or something like that. But nah, just forget about it.

[@therondon8437]

The reason it died is because they decided to release it at the same time bf and cod came out and got completely overshadowed and overlooked

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

I disagree

[@derHallen_Ch.]

I am gonna continuing not taking pills and keep saying they were gonna announce TF3 at gamescom but backed out when GTA6 was announced

[@jasonpwilson01XFORCE]

This makes me so sad, I love titanfall, it’s by far my favorite franchise. I am not a fan of Apex. I tried it and didn’t like it. But I constantly go back to titanfall 2. The third installment could’ve been a masterpiece. I feel so sad knowing that it will never be.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

I love Titanfall

[@jacoboq8452]

crazy that back then no campaign was a deal breaker and now no games have campaigns

[@rayzcom1361]

i hope helldivers added titans even though without wallrunning, walljump and air double jump. Who knows it will spark titanfall 3 again inside EA

[@TommyCrosby]

Titanfall and BF4 were my last FPS to play online. I started to have wrists pain (my doctor kept telling me that it was not carpal tunnel), but with the deah of Titan Fall 1 and the BR and lootbox everywhere, I feel like I would have stopped playing FPS daily anyways. I already stopped playing CoD after MW3, and BO2 made changes I didn't like. I don't recognize the online FPS anymore. It's just junk. I still play games, using a controller and keeping it to single-player only so I can play and pause to avoid the pain to come. So yeah, I still purchased TitanFall 2, but only for the single-player campaign, and it was worth it.

[@larrytaylor2692]

The grapple hook not being standard kit was what ruined the second game for me. Either take it out or give it to everyone as standard equipment.

[@therebellion96]

Titanfall 2 was one of my favorite FPS games I ever played! The campaign was cool and the multiplayer was way more fun than I thought it was going to be. I never played Apex Legends. I wasn't a participant in the Battle Royale craze that was going on at the time. I just took Apex's release as a follow-up to the next Titanfall game. But when more and more expansions for Apex kept coming out, I realized there was a huge possibility that Respawn might be done with that side of the universe. It's a shame. I did enjoy that little resurgence Titanfall 2 had for a while. All those people who ONLY played Apex Legends but NEVER played Titanfall 2 were surprised how good, if not better it was.

[@Jess.Daz01]

No joke if Titanfall as a franchise was released this year could have 20 times the success of Helldivers 2

[@nokh3382]

In the middle of the video, I got an ad for Call of Duty Black Ops 6. What are the odds of that?

[@yourallygod8261]

very likely with how much data is collected off of you and everyone else without clear consent because who the hell reads TOS :)

[@Wandering_Economy]

I'm sad to see we'll never get a Titanfall 3, many are as all would know. Edit: By the way there is a Titanfall VR coming, it's called Wavefront. Check it out!

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Now that is intriguing...

[@toa12th4]

I can't believe you make videos of this quality and your audience is still small enough that you can respond to all comments. I don't care about any of the games you talk about enough to play them, I'm not even really an FPS or multiplayer person, but you're always able to present an engaging narrative about them that I love hearing.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

I love telling a good story.

[@contentconsumer3743]

Titanfall 1 online campaign was so baller

[@NothingXemnas]

12:28 "But something was different". That is EXACTLY why Pacific Rim felt so good. Jagers weren't slow and clunky robots, but they weren't necessarily agile like Transformers. But I am still waiting for the day a film entirely focuses on these more... plausible closeness to a Mecha that isn't really a Jager.

[@bigdaddychacha]

Loved Titanfall 1, Titanfall 2 made it even better; these two games killed my years-long CoD addiction. Then PUBG weaned me off traditional FPS games, and Apex Legends weaned me off the Titanfall universe completely with its cheesiness and happy-go-lucky anything-goes vibe. Now, 8 years after all this change began, I don’t really game like I used to. No more Xbox Live, now I’m mobile and Steam. No more paid DLC and quarterly updates. Far fewer FPS games, and no online multiplayer FPS games. But if they dropped Titanfall 3 tomorrow, I would go right back to that series in a heartbeat.

[@drtaverner]

I'm still annoyed that EA ended support for _Squadrons._

[@Dasistrite]

Titan has fallen.. Millions must grieve.. Billions even..

[@kamel9715]

I remember 2021 to 2022, titanfall 2 on xbox was actually unplayable and literally not a single online match was played. Thank god for private matches, which single handedly kept the game alive and the only places hackers could rarely touch

[@purplex_purple7717]

It’s playable on PlayStation 5 now

[@infernzo]

God the chills I got hearing the Titanfall theme again

[@purplex_purple7717]

BECAUSE OF BATTLE ROYAL. It’s my favorite game ever. Never get mad at dying. Great mechanics so personal you can feel the difference between yours and your friends settings. Apex legends killed titan fall. But not the titan fall community, bc we all still play and enjoy it

[@TotherKoala]

I know why. In the FAQ section the question 'Can I buy Credits with real life money?' The answer? "No."

[@coreythebludragon1986]

Titans kinda play like an overwatch character, a larger than life friend with abilities and slower movement, and the short transition time between swapping those conditions keeps the loop fresh and fun Titans more so focus around strategy and aim, versus the pilot reaction time and movement, then keeping both gameplay modes in the same match where both a titan is a real threat to a pilot, but a pilot Is severe threat to a titan. Perfectly tying both gameplay styles together.

[@Penitent_Intent]

i went to a game community show for apex legends before it came out, they showed us the characters and name and said that every character would have a unique titan with different abilities. i told them thats lame and that I would want Titan fall arma 3. lol some one probably realized that killing a unique titan every time yuo called it down would not make sense not that the game made sense anyway. Not getting titanfall 3 broke my heart.

[@limitedpink5952]

0:24 THAT RUN IS *CRAZY*

[@rudygarza6410]

I remembered seeing apex trailers and gameplay and immediately realized EA is not going to let this go meaning all the rumors combined with their pass actions would make them leave no chance for TF3 to be made for a free to play IP that they could nickel and dime with the BR model was out in the public APEX

[@godsoloved24]

If titan fall incorporated some of Helldivers 2 multiplayer mechanics, it would take over the FPS multiplayer genre.

[@vicious12394]

Mirrors edge is one of my favourite games of all time. What was really cool was when you disarmed someone you had no idea how much ammo the gun had and you may get half a clip or nothing so you were heavily incentivised to keep moving.

[@youcefhamdoud5215]

I just spent 8 minutes watching this video and hasn’t even reached the beginning of Titanfall. This video is mistitled i’m sorry.

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

Consider watching the rest of the video!

[@youcefhamdoud5215]

@@TheCouch-Co-Op i gave this video 8 minutes and it didn’t interest me.

[@hantomeii]

It's most upsetting for me that the franchise was killed off. I was a two time closed Alpha player for the first game, and it's the only game I've ever bought 3 times at release. I Bought the collector's edition with the giant statue, then bought the game digitally on Launch Day so I wouldn't have to wait for shipping, but I had only 1Mbps internet at the time, so I Cycled out to all the local retail / game stores until I could snag a physical copy so I could play right away. I've always been a huge fan of the franchise, and to me the wall running and enhanced movement perfectly fit my fennecy gameplay style as I like to call it. High speed movement with rapid and often unpredictable directional changes. I was a natural at the games, and the addition of the Titans was a cherry on top for a game that already had the perfect movement system. Titanfall 2 just expanded on what was already perfect by adding a real Campaign (Still in top 5 video game campaigns of all time imo) and just made the multiplayer into as near-perfect as a game could get. All they had to do was polish up the other features of the multiplayer, enhance the graphics, add a few new titan variants, some new maps, and make another story for a campaign, and they'd absolutely smash sales records. My Hype was through the roof last year when they were doing all the teasing that sadly just resulted in a new Apex Hero with closer ties to Titanfall than most x.x

[@jrr7031]

If you played perfect dark on N64, you learned strafing makes you move super fast

[@motoxtim34]

Didn’t even start the video yet. But the scummiest thing EA did was release Titanfall 2 right on top of Battlefield 1 and the tens COD. Had they waited until spring, Titanfall 2 would have gained a large player base.

[@sandart8508]

I feel like one of the best things that respawn/ea could do is just say titanfall 3 is not in the works and won’t be for the foreseeable future, however we haven’t forgotten and until then we will keep 2 running.

[@proprince244]

Great video. Subscribed immediately after. Titanfall is my dream game and it hurts not knowing what is next.

[@VitorHugoOliveiraSousa]

I remember at the time of the legal drama battle of them with Activision, the media reporting leaked parts of legal documents. On them had the terms of the EA acquisition deal with Respawn. There was clauses stating the final purchasing price would be determined by the commercial performance of TitanFall 2. If it sold more EA would have to pay more for them. So EA sabotaged TitanFall 2 by sandwiching it between the biggest FPS franchise on the market. There are records of Vincent saying Respawn chose that release window, but for me this is just PR speak to save face since there would be no point of antagonizing his parent company anymore (and he obviously had plans to avoid other studios fate by integrating it as a essential part of EA at all levels, he is part of the board of directors now). Them they did Apex as a smaller project to try to surf on the battle royale bandwagon. If it had flopped I'm sure EA would have greenlit a TitanFall 3 to take Medal of Honor and Battlefront place on their goals of having a big FPS each year or close like COD. But Apex was a major hit. The current live service model became the norm for on-line PVP games (and EA never liked doing SP content anyway) so we are stuck here. Until the market shift again and Apex starts to lose traction. Maybe them they will consider it.

[@weedstealer24]

I like how half of the video isnt even about why EA killed titanfall its just about how it was made

[@CHXI7VXL]

Dont get the story twisted, EA drppped tf2 in between BF1 and Infinity war with the intention that it would be the cod killer☠️

[@DarkHorseSki]

I always HATED the wall running feature of Titanfall. Even stupider is not starting in a titan by default.

[@itsagabe]

Ngl, I put Titanfall 2 on my wishlist the minute I learned that it has a co-op PVE mode. I'm not big on PVP and I'm especially not keen on a PVP game that's been going unchanged for so long, it's nearly impossible for newcomers to get into it. I played some frontier defender last night and had a blast with it. Would love a sequel with more PVE love and especially a campaign with some more replay value.

[@tairunking187]

Bottom line is the game didn't have players! It was sold as shooter with cool titans, it ended up parkour game with shooting in it. Most player who bought it gave it a try and left because of "this is not for me" factor. There was not much tactics just learn to run and gun, in a steep and very demanding learning curve that most people didn't have time or patience for. You signed up to have fun in a game but you were asked for to study hard to keep up with crazy movement system. Didn't work back then, it wont work now! Only way Titanfall would be successful is if players all of a sudden get interested in a parkour game

[@d1freeryda]

Great video. I'm still a daily TF2 player and man, it hurts where it's at. Player counts were still decently high and games plentiful until the attacks. 2 years of not being able to play the game was pretty shitty, so I feel like I had to settle for Apex. Played since S2 and got bored around S16. The BR format just felt monotonous in a way. I liked it, but it just wasn't Titanfall. Being hit with no fixes and pretty much silence just made the player base feel betrayed and then mostly everyone just moved on. The creation of the Northstar client was awesome and great to see such community drive to keep playing something we were all passionate about. Player counts seem to be creeping back a little, but it will never be the same again. Protocol 3.

[@gehadsheha4775]

This video is a good recap of all the events related to the Titanfall universe for those that didn't keep up with all the news throughout the years. I myself have seen all these events unfold and it's frankly disappointing how Respawn abandoned the Titanfall games in favor of generating huge amounts of money from Apex Legends. Also good editing, i really liked it.

[@cruzmatt22]

strange timing as i just started playing again last night

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

How about that? Look at us.

[@rhadpenguin]

Ive said it for years and ill say it again. 2016, we got what was arguably the greatest multiplayer fps game in history with Titanfall 2. With EA at the helm, of course they havent made a sequel because if the license was in any other companys hands, you know it would get a battle Royale mode and everything else you see nowadays

[@TheCouch-Co-Op]

That's 100% facts

[@jacoboq8452]

3:50 OHH i forgot that there was voice dialogue options, sorta like bo2, I wish cod kept on doing what they did with the multiple endings bo2 had