History VideoGame / TitanFall2

''Titanfall 2'' is a {{Sequel}} to the 2014 CompetitiveMultiplayer FirstPersonShooter MechaGame ''VideoGame/TitanFall'', developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Unlike the original game, ''Titanfall 2'' was released for the Platform/{{PlayStation 4}}, Platform/XboxOne, and PC, with Respawn promising new Titans, more Pilot/Titan customization, a deeper player-progression system for multiplayer and a dedicated single-player campaign. The game was released on October 28, 2016.

** The [=G2=] has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGO0MO7zIE8 a secret reloading animation which loads the magazine in from the top]] a-la the [=M1=] Garand, as opposed to its usual reload animation which loads the magazine from the bottom.

* ArtificialStupidity: [[DownplayedTrope A minor example]], but the enemy [=AI=] seems to have a very, very poor understanding of the [[GrenadeLauncher MGL's]] ballistics, and will blindly fire at the player, regardless of whether their projectiles are dropping out of the air before they get anywhere near their target.

''Titanfall 2'' is a {{Sequel}} to the 2014 CompetitiveMultiplayer FirstPersonShooter MechaGame ''VideoGame/TitanFall'', developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Unlike the original game, ''Titanfall 2'' was released for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}}, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC, with Respawn promising new Titans, more Pilot/Titan customization, a deeper player-progression system for multiplayer and a dedicated single-player campaign. The game was released on October 28, 2016.

** Mixed with a subtle case of AscendedMeme: [[spoiler:the contested and maligned [[SmartGun Smart Pistol]] from ''Titanfall'' returns during the final campaign mission as part of BT's "SERE Kit", retrieved by Cooper after the former's near-destruction. Fittingly, it makes infantry combat during the on-foot sequences laughably easy, allowing players to mow down hordes of {{Mook}}s at their leisure as they focus on LeParkour through the installation.]]
** In the same level, once BT [[spoiler:is fitted into a new Vanguard chassis, players gain the Legion loadout, allowing them to tear through hordes of enemy Titans. Justified since the loadout is crucial to beating the level when the game pits players against four to five Titans at a time.]]

* FlunkyBoss: The majority of boss fights in the game have Apex Predators being accompanied by a handful of Titans.

** Blisk's first lines in the game are about reminding the Apex Predators how much time they have to deliver some object known as the Ark.

* NotInMyContract: [[spoiler: Near the end of the game, Blisk is positioned to deliver a coup-de-grace on a helpless Cooper and BT, but tells General Marder that since he has already fulfilled his contract he has no obligation to kill Cooper and the general should have worded the contract a little more carefully if he wanted him to do so - partially because Blisk thinks Marder is a useless, miserly bureaucrat, and partially because Blisk [[WorthyOpponent respects the fact Cooper killed all his best men in fair fights]]. He even gives Cooper [[MyCard a business card]].]]

* TheAhnold: One of the Apex Predators, Richter, talks in an exaggerated Austrian accent mimicking - who else - Arnold Schwarznegger and curses in German. His build is also tall and muscular. [[spoiler:Killing him earns you the achievement "See you at the Party." which refers to a line from ''Film/TotalRecall'', where Quaid kills [[TheDragon Richter]] and says "See you at the party Richter"]]

* LudicrousGibs: Certain weapons and attacks, such as the L-Star, Grenades, and most Titan weapons, when used against squishy grunts and pilots, tend to result in this.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: The "Pulse Blade" Tactical Ability for Pilots doubles as not only an EnemyDetectingRadar, but a throwing knife; if it hits any enemy infantry(Including other Pilots), it becomes a OneHitKill.

** "Bounty Hunt": A variation of Attrition, players earn bounty by destroying AI-controlled units(both Mooks and Titans) arriving in waves and must deposit any earnings into a bank that opens and closes during wave intervals to win the match. Players who kill enemy Pilots take half their earnings; if killed, they lose half.

** In Effect and Cause, [[Film/BackToTheFuture time travelling 88]] times in its second chapter causes a door behind a corridor of fire to open. In the present day version of that room, it has two dead bodies: one of them doing the splits across a pair of countertops, and another lying in sparking water, referencing ''Film/{{Timecop}}''.

* SequelHook: {{The stinger}} after the credits shows [[spoiler: Cooper's pilot helmet flickering back on, implying via neural link that BT survived his heroic sacrifice.]] Also, it's pretty clear that [[spoiler:IMC is hardly done with the Militia and their colonists.]]

** Viper is named after a similarly dreaded character from Film/TopGun, also a flying ace who'll kick your ass. He also has the quote [[Film/{{Aliens}} "in the pipe, five-by-five"]].

Released 5 years later, ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' continues the story where ''Titanfall 2'' left off.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Like Demeter in the first game, Typhon doesn't survive the campaign.]]

[[caption-width-right:231:''[[Transferring control to pilot...]]

[[caption-width-right:231:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u5C4YjDqgU From one fight onto the next, two outlaws ride with weapons flexed. One is quick, the other's tall - together, they'll kill them all.]]'']]

* TacticalWithdrawal: Just like the first game, once a multiplayer match ends, the losing team must evacuate via DropShip. The vessel leaves after a period of time or [[SinkTheLifeboats is destroyed by the winning team]]. Following a game update, the vessel also now leaves once all living pilots are onboard, [[KillEmAll even if that number is zero]].

* GatlingGood: The Legion Titan's WeaponOfChoice is the Predator minigun. Players can also deploy turrets that consist of one as a Boost.