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Titanfall® 2

Titanfall® 2

Respawn Entertainment · released Jun 17, 2020

ActionPCPlayStation 4Xbox One

Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

90
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence
90%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
87%
Press
89%
Player sentiment
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 406 sampled Steam reviews (389 positive / 17 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Story & writing21% mention it
  • Multiplayer & servers15% mention it
  • Performance13% mention it
  • Visuals & art8% mention it
  • Combat6% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Multiplayer & servers35% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes24% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

96%

70 reviews

5-15h

96%

181 reviews

15-40h

95%

78 reviews

40-100h

98%

48 reviews

100h+

97%

29 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)8760
Creator reviews (5 tracked)883
All-time Steam reviews96%901456
Metacritic user ratings90225
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%92677
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 300 reviews sampled · 1935 total reviews in window · weighted 220 up / 7.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (156)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 95
    trust 84CreatorNov 2, 2016

    Titanfall 2 is everything Titanfall should have been, storified, robust, and sufficiently multiplatform. The real series starts here, and I’m surprised at how nothing at all feels phoned in or tacked-on.

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  • 80
    trust 77Nov 3, 2016

    There's a few games that compete with Titanfall 2 as a vehicle for multiplayer chaos, but there's nothing out there like its single-player campaign.

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  • 70
    trust 76Nov 2, 2016

    Titanfall 2 brings some much needed improvements to its predecessor but lengthy matchmaking, questionable multiplayer additions, and the removal of some features considered intrinsic to the franchise make it tough to recommend. Pick it up after a price drop.

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  • 90
    trust 74CreatorJul 17, 2017

    It's tough to recommend Titanfall 2 anymore. In its heyday, the online population was large enough but it's pretty much dead these days. The single player campaign is great but this is definitely a game that has quickly gone past its age. It's so unfortunate because this was one of the best multiplayer first person shooters I've ever played.

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  • 95
    trust 74Nov 1, 2016

    Titanfall 2 is a constant delight. There were many points in the game where I audibly exclaimed how cool and awesome something was. I am hyped to play more of it and I definitely want to play through the campaign again. With a glut of first person shooters being released this season, Titanfall 2 stands out as something that should be played with its fantastic campaign and enjoyable multiplayer.

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  • 80
    trust 72CreatorNov 8, 2016
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  • 88
    trust 72Nov 2, 2016

    Titanfall 2 takes the first spot in the frantic, close-quarter scenario shooters. Respawn Entertainment has put a lot of effort in this game, clearly aiming to take the spot of the Call of Duty franchise, whose last entry will be on stores in a few days. An amazing campaign and an entertaining multiplayer.

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  • 80
    trust 70Dec 10, 2016

    Given that its oddly timed publishing schedule saw it emerge as the filling between a COD/Battlefield sandwich during the busiest release window of the year, it's fair to say that Titanfall 2 certainly had its work cut out to get noticed. Despite this, Respawn Entertainment has delivered a solid package that ticks all the right boxes for fans of the first-person shooter, and does so by forging a unique identity in an overcrowded genre that seemingly ran out of fresh ideas some time back. With the promise of free DLC for the duration of its lifetime, here's hoping that Titanfall 2 has a long tail.

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  • 95
    trust 69Dec 10, 2016

    Titanfall 2 is one of the best shooters released this year. Respawn Entertainment mixed an unforgettable singleplayer campaign with an excellent multiplayer suite, creating the ultimate action package, something that every gamer worth their salt should at least try.

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  • 80
    trust 69Nov 4, 2016

    Titanfall 2 offers the complete package: a solid, inventive single-player campaign that manages to avoid being yet another cover shooter with respawning enemies, combined with a frenetic and unique multiplayer mode.

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  • 90
    trust 69Nov 2, 2016

    Titanfall 2 is what the first-person genre so desperately needed: an injection of originality. The divine single player campaign is something truly special, and we won't be forgetting any of its standout moments in a hurry. Couple this with a deep multiplayer serving that offers a variety of modes and unique gameplay mechanics and you've got one of the best FPS games of the generation so far.

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  • 87
    trust 69Oct 24, 2016

    Titanfall 2 comes across as a beefier experience overall. The multiplayer mode hits the mark almost on every level while addressing most of the complaints gamers had with the original game. On top of that, now you have a proper campaign, which may not be very memorable but serves as a nice addition and a testament to Resapawn's commitment with its fans.

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…and 144 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

No patch announcements found on Steam yet.