History Trivia / Titanfall2

* DuelingWorks: With ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'' - both titles, released within ten days of each other, revolve around an interstellar war between a politically-potent group of first-world nations/planets and a less-developed frontier that is attempting to gain independence, similar to the "Alliance Vs. Browncoats" conflict from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Both franchises are the products of the same minds - Jason West and Vince Zampella built ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' for Infinity Ward before leaving to found Respawn Entertainment. The fact that ''Titanfall'' places players on the side of LaResistance, whereas ''Infinite Warfare'' takes the perspective of TheFederation becomes amusing.
* MemeAcknowledgment: One of the modes eventually added, which gives players three uses of the GrapplingHookPistol, is called Anime/{{Attack On Titan}}fall. This, of course, is based off all the comparisons this game had to ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''.

** The game is once more experiencing a resurgence in September 2023, as fixes to matchmaking (which had been plagued by DDOS attacks for years) made Multiplayer viable once more. Given how there was a Steam sale for the game at the time, and as of recent edit the concurrent player base has been in the upper 20,000s, which has been the highest it had seen since its launch.
* OffTheShelfFX: Played with (since the developers clearly has enough budget and time to make do with) - according to Respawn's [[https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/titanfall/titanfall-2/news/frontier-news-network-4 blog]] and some [[https://youtu.be/PWgByQiDhpE interviews]], the Titans and Pilots were first designed by scratch-building kitbashing models as the base.

* SleeperHit: Amusingly, in contrast to the first ''Titanfall'' - while the game's popularity isn't stellar (especially when publisher Creator/ElectronicArts released the game a week after behemoth title ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''), it garnered good reception and reviews from both critics and gamers. This even moreso after it was re-released on Steam in 2020, during a new game drought owing to COVID-19, on sale for £8. It shot up in playerbase and popularity, re-igniting its spark.

* NewbieBoom: The game experienced two at the beginning and end of 2019: The announcement and popularity of ''{{Videogame/Apex Legends}}'' brought a lot of interest back into this title, and being given away as a Play Station Plus title in December resulted in tens of thousands of new players trying it for the first time.

* TheOtherDarrin: Sarah Briggs was played by Respawn Entertainment's own community manager, Abbie Heppe, in the first game. While Heppe is still credited as providing motion capture acting for the {{Sequel}}, she was replaced by actual voice actor Jolene Anderson.
* TheWikiRule: The Gamepedia [[https://titanfall.gamepedia.com Titanfall Wiki]] and Wikia [[http://titanfall.wikia.com/wiki/Titanfall_Wiki Titanfall Wiki]].

* MemeAcknowledgement: One of the modes eventually added, which gives players three uses of the GrapplingHookPistol, is called Anime/{{Attack On Titan}}fall. This, of course, is based off all the comparisons this game had to ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''.

* FanNickname:
** "[[AcePilot Ace]]", for when a player manages to single-handedly kill the entire enemy team in Live Fire.
** "[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Charging]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Star]]": The tactic of advancing and using a [[KillItWithFire Scorch-class Titan's]] "[[BarrierWarrior Flame Shield]]" offensively is often called this as a reference to the same-named "Hyper Combo" used by the character in his VideoGame/CapcomVs appearances.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/5ld283/while_playing_the_campaign_with_my_friend_he/ "Spicy Boys" or "Spicy Bois"]]: A moniker for "[[ActionBomb Ticks]]" from some players who have taken a liking to them in CompetitiveMultiplayer for the game.
** "Papa Scorch", a reference to the Titan class and its [[KillItWithFire specialty]]; likely based on the "Papa Johns" American pizza chain.

** It received an additional bump with Season 9 of ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'', which added Valkyrie, the daughter of Titanfall 2 boss Viper. This led to players of both Apex Legends and Titanfall 2 crossing the pond, giving both games a major boost in their player bases.

* NewbieBoom: The game experienced two at the beginning and end of 2019: The announcement and popularity of {{Videogame/Apex Legends}} brought a lot of interest back into this title, and being given away as a Play Station Plus title in December resulted in tens of thousands of new players trying it for the first time.

* ColbertBump: Alongside one received due to Respawn's notoriety rising after ''VideoGame/ApexLegends,'' the game received two in the span of a few months, with the first being the game being made available for free for PS+ owners during December 2019. It also saw another playerbase bump after EA decided to release many of their titles onto Steam in Jun 2020.

* FanNickname

* PromotedFanboy

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: {{Subverted}} - it was believed Electronic Arts made the decision of releasing this game one week after ''Battlefield 1''; one week later, ''Infinite Warfare'' launched, whom many suspected was the target the publisher intended ''Battlefield 1'' and ''Titanfall 2'' to compete against. As a result, the game suffered disappointing sales (even less than its predecessor) and left the future of the series unclear. Once Electronic Arts acquired Respawn Entertainment, the theory the former deliberately set up ''Titanfall 2'' to become an AcclaimedFlop, leading to the developer's purchase, was widespread. However, Respawn reiterated ''they'' were the ones who set the launch date for ''Titanfall 2'', not Electronics Arts.

* ColbertBump: After Respawn released ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' set in the same universe, players have started to trickle back in to ''Titanfall 2'' to see if it's as good as its proponents say. It also saw another playerbase bump after EA decided to release many of their titles onto Steam.

* ColbertBump: After Respawn released ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' set in the same universe, players have started to trickle back in to ''Titanfall 2'' to see if it's as good as its proponents say.

** "[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Charging]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Star]]": The tactic of advancing and using a [[KillItWithFire Scorch-class Titan's]] "[[BarrierWarrior Flame Shield]]" offensively is often called this as a reference to the same-named "Hyper Combo" used by the character in his VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever appearances.

* ColbertBump: After Respawn released ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' set in the same universe, players have started to trickle back in to Titanfall 2 to see if it's as good as its proponents say.

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/5ld283/while_playing_the_campaign_with_my_friend_he/ "Spicy Boys" or "Spicy Bois"]]: A monniker for "[[ActionBomb Ticks]]" from some players who have taken a liking to them in CompetitiveMultiplayer for the game.

* OffTheShelfFX: Not a straight example (since the developers clearly has enough budget and time to make do with) but according to Respawn's own [[https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/titanfall/titanfall-2/news/frontier-news-network-4 blog]] and some interviews (such as [[https://youtu.be/PWgByQiDhpE this]]), the Titans and Pilots are first designed by scratch-building kitbash models as the base.

** Experienced ''VideoFame/{{Titanfall}}'' player "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/FrothyOmen FrothyOmen]]" was sponsored by publishers Creator/ElectronicArts to create the "[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1fk2ODxOaYNyuBsA-V26KB9i7dhCpB_ Pilot School]]" video series for ''Titanfall 2''.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Electronics Arts made the decision of releasing the game a mere week after their other major fall 2016 shooter, ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'', followed up soon after by its competing fall 2016 and latest in the LongRunner juggernaut FirstPersonShooter franchise from Creator/{{Activision}}, ''Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare'' (whom many suspected was the target that Electronic Arts intended ''Battlefield 1'' and ''Titanfall 2'' to compete with). As a result, this game suffered disappointing sales (even less than its predecessor) and left the future of the series unclear, though Electronics Arts later claimed that despite poor sales for ''Titanfall 2'', they're not going to give the series up and will continue supporting it.

* DuelingWorks: With ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'' - both titles, released within ten days of each other, revolve around an interstellar war between a politically-potent group of first-world nations/planets and a less-developed frontier that is attempting to gain independence, similar to the "Alliance Vs. Browncoats" conflict from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Both franchises are the products of the same minds - Jason West and Vince Zampella built ''Franchise/CallOfDuty'' for Infinity Ward before leaving to found Respawn Entertainment. The fact that ''Titanfall'' places players on the side of LaResistance, whereas ''Infinite Warfare'' takes the perspective of TheFederation becomes amusing.