Online first-person shooter Titanfall has been hailed as the title to rejuvenate the popular but overcrowded genre. Overhyped perhaps, it does promise an intense gaming experience - if you can survive long enough to enjoy it.
Titanfall is a brilliant mix of the frantic parkour-like mobility of the "pilots" and the explosive action of the giant mech "titans". As indicated in the name, Titanfall is all about the Titans, and the anticipation builds as you await the point when yours will fall. A few minutes into the action, a voice instructs that your titan is ready and the carnage is set to begin.
A crackle and a boom later, your Titan drops down to Earth. There are three Titan classes, each with different abilities and weapons.
As a pilot, you can explore the 15 maps through athletic leaps, wall runs, and double jumps, enabling players to find vantage points in nooks and crannies and obtain ridiculous elevation.
Gamers can play several classic game modes, including Capture the Flag, Last Titan Standing, deathmatch-style Pilot Hunter and Hardpoint Domination. There is a campaign mode, with each of the classic levels tied together with a plotline. However, the storyline is weak and it seems clumsily tacked together. It would have been preferable for the game to have a proper offline campaign mode, so gamers could become better accustomed to operating both the pilots and the Titans.
