Mech-based shooter sequel Titanfall 2 is to get a new single-player campaign, and there's also a TV show in the works, its developer says...
Mech-based shooter Titanfallwas a sizeable hit for Respawn Entertainment in 2014, with its athletic sci-fi action breathing a bit of fresh air into the Call of Duty multiplayer format. What that game didn't have, however, was a single-player mode, with Respawn concentrating their energies into establishing the new name as a solidly competitive online affair.
All that's set to change with Titanfall 2, which will include a single-player campaign for the first time. This is according to Jesse Stern, the sequel's writer who recently sat down for a chat with posh financial news outlet, Forbes.
"One of the shortcomings fo the first game was we just did not have the mechanism to tell everyone, 'Here's who you are, here's where you are and who's around you,'" Stern said. "We knew all the answers, we just could not deliver it."
As a result, Titanfall 2's campaign will give us a better impression of the game's futuristic backstory, which he describes as a reworking of real historical events - it's essentially the American Civil War in space, he says.
"What inspires us is the junction of technological advancement with the inevitability of conflict and war, and what the next war might look like," the writer continues. "In Titanfall 2 there will be a lot of [scenes] where science meets magic, but keeping it grounded and dirty and human and real."
As part of the new emphasis on story, there's also a suggestion that a Titanfall TV show is in the works - though the lack of specific details suggests that this is just an idea at this point.
We should be hearing lots more about Titanfall 2 in due course, though. EA has both this sequel and other major games (including a new Battlefield) all scheduled for release before March 2017.
