Text author Shiraha Night Tea Party 01
preface
I've seen a post before: What exactly is romance for men?
This seems to be an eternal issue, and perhaps everyone will give a different answer. But if I were to recommend a "man's romantic macho must play the top 10 games", then "Titanfall II" is definitely at the top of the list.
After all, how many men can resist the charm of a mech?
Titan's ups and downs
Titanfall 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment and officially released by Electronic Arts on October 28, 2016.
You should know that 2016 is the year of the FPS game fairy fight, before there is the shock of battlefield one, after the explosion of ow and the PUBG that claims to surpass LOL. Compared with these "superstars" who debuted at the peak, "Titanfall 2" can only be regarded as a dragon set at best, and it seems reasonable to be tepid.
After all, the optimization of "Titanfall 2" when it was first released was really not good, coupled with the bugs, the sparse multiplayer server, and the price that was too high for the main plot of seven or eight hours, on the whole, it made the game look very chicken.
Even later, the multiplayer server was hacked, the studio had no countermeasures, and had to rely on the players who loved the game to build their own servers to play, and the various riots that broke out were the only ones I had heard.
Fortunately, with the efforts of players and the continuous optimization of the studio, this game escaped the fate of burial and ushered in the second spring. And the player saves the game, which has also become a good story that people talk about, and it was during this period that I started the game.
In fact, when it comes to rebirth studios, the first reaction of many friends is "apex", which seems to be more popular than the TITanfall IP or its name, and the Titanfall II we are talking about today tells the story of the thirty years before the apex competition began.
A lively gaming experience
Titanfall's plot is a linear narrative with no branches, and players will follow the protagonist Cooper and his Titan BT7242 to fight on the exciting alien battlefield, complete the task of the resistance army, foil the conspiracy of the dictatorship mic, and continue to grow, life and death.
The main synopsis of the story seems to be more old-fashioned, nothing more than a rookie rifleman incarnated as Cooper Superman, killing the four sides, fighting against the dictatorship group, competing for space folding weapons, and finally saving the story of the planet, the standard American hero design, at first glance the introduction is nothing new, after all, the gamers have been too many "Superman", and the simple rescue of the world is not attractive.
But if you add a mech to this story, it's different
This should also be the reason why many players first bought it, huge mechs fell from the sky, iron and blood intertwined battles, guns and fire baptism battlefield, everywhere revealed steel romance, ask which macho man can refuse?
And the feeling that the game brings to me is indeed exactly the same as what I envisioned before buying it, with only one word - cool.
When I started, the optimization of the game itself was already well done, the cool gun feel, the light decryption map design, the novel experience of combining FPS and parkour, the roar of the gun, the high-tech weapons and enemies, and the huge mechs falling from the sky, all of which made people adrenaline soar.
One of the most impressive is when the resistance gathers and the mic company fights for space folding weapons, countless mechs fall from the sky, players travel through the rain of bullets, fight in blood, one mech falls, and out of nowhere rush out of the other, the smell of iron and blood fills the air, as if they are also participants in this battle.
Even as a shooter game, Titanfall 2 is enough to be called a masterpiece
Coupled with the compact plot and the combination of refreshing battles, it makes the player have a sense of substitution in addition to passion
FPS games are like adult movies
Carmack, one of the founders of Software, once said, "FPS games are like adult movies, the plot can be there but not necessary."
Because the core of most FPS games is to shoot everything that moves in front of you to bring happiness, many explosive games prove this, and "Titanfall 2" is a different way, just seven hours of the main plot, in addition to the refreshing shooting experience, the game also vividly depicts the delicate warmth behind the iron blood for players.
Although its linear narrative reduces the freedom of exploration, it clearly focuses the player's attention on the thrilling missions of Cooper and bt, helps players better understand the plot and emotions, and tells the hidden story behind this FPS cool tour
The game's character design is also very distinct, especially the protagonist's comrade-in-arms, the pioneer Titan bt7242, reliable and full of security, but has a warm heart under the cold shell, which seems to be a little different from the iron Titan who was initially used by the player as a tool for killing the four sides.
Not a tool, but a companion
He will block deadly shells for the player; he will provide the player with all kinds of intelligence during the mission and chat with me; he will imitate and learn the player's movements; he will use protocol four to throw iron horses; and he will rush over to catch the player when he is about to fall off a cliff, and then confidently say "Believe me".
In the adventure of shooting explosives but with a little loneliness, it seems good to have such a robot to accompany
In the backstory, the so-called border battle between IMC and the resistance is nothing more than a struggle for the interests of dictatorships and colonists and outlaws. There is no absolutely righteous side, Cooper and Titan BT are like a drop of water in the sea, after all, they are just pawns for power and profit under the hands of the big men. War is the game of those old men, but it is the devouring of countless living lives, in the face of galaxy-level war, human life is only a number after all, Cooper and BT are just small people in this war, and under this cruel reality, the faint warmth of the little people is set off more and more precious.
The common adventure deepens the bond between the two, the two of them are like an island behind the enemy, life and death, good and bad, BT has long been no longer a tool, but Cooper's closest comrade-in-arms.
He is clearly just a robot, but he can violate his own procedures in order to save Cooper. He is always perfect at solving problems, reliable and full of security. How many people's eyes were brought to tears by that "believe me"?
In the mission of the protagonist Cooper and bt, they are more than once in danger and even bt's body has been completely destroyed. When Cooper replaced him with a new body, I thought they were about to complete the mission and continue their adventure, but BT's "Believe in Me" broke his word for the first time.
I still remember the day of the clearance, in order to destroy the villain's folding space-time weapon, they could only detonate the Titan core, Cooper refused the commander's order to retreat, and the two comrades who lived and died calmly faced the impending death.
Under the intense radiation of distorted space, the scene is poignant and with a unique splendor of destruction, which is Cooper's last conversation with bt:
- "Don't worry, bt, I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere"
- "Received, Iron Tamer"
Many people will not understand, it is just a robot, a new one or the same, the task is about to end perfectly, he is also very successful, why accompany his own life? But Cooper knew that BT wasn't just a Titan, and what warrior could leave his comrades alone?
The data board keeps flashing, the warrior is determined to die, and the energy emitted is about to fill:
-Agreement 1 [Wired Iron Ride]
-Agreement 2 [Stick to the mission]
-Agreement 3 [Protection of Iron Riders]
The flashing panel was finally loaded, the familiar mechanical hand reached into the hatch, the familiar grasp, the familiar throw, the familiar "Believe me", the dazzling light flashed, and then woke up, but only the broken planet damaged by the weapon.
I was a little stunned, there were no tears, but I felt a little suffocated. I remembered that I often forgot that BT was just a silly robot, chatting with him about a bunch of some and not having it, and then crying and laughing at his mentally retarded answer.
Will bionic people dream of electronic sheep? I don't know, but in the middle of the night, I will always remember the string of numbers - BT7242, and the emotions calculated by the 0 and 1 codes are more pure than some people
I went back countless times, hoping to find a way to keep BT alive, but in vain. I have always hated the external plug-in, and at that moment I hope that there is a plug-in that can make BT full of blood resurrection, even if it is to accompany me for a while, and then say it to him again
"Glad you came back alive, BT".
- "Our mission saved the star of Harmony"
- "The rebels call this their headquarters, and millions call it home"
- "Commander Briggs said I would get a new Titan..."
- "I don't know... What it's like to have a new Titan, but... I kind of liked the old one."
- "Iron Rider, Jack Cooper, End The Call"
At the beginning of the game, Cooper once said a sentence - "The road to becoming an iron driver is still far away, but when I become an iron driver I hope to be worthy of the name"
Later, he finally became a well-deserved iron tamer, but he also lost his Titan forever, and the Titan fell, but the "sun" he left for us was still there.
The blue light attached to the Titan on the helmet suddenly flashed and received an unknown radio wave — perhaps the last Easter egg hidden by the production team.
If true, I hope you're safe, my robot brother.