# Titanfall 2

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Titanfall 2 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Praised as a masterpiece with a standout single-player campaign and addictive play; its multiplayer is now largely dead.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong single-player campaign (3 comments): "Titanfall 2 had a pretty nice tutorial in the campaign that ended in a timed obstacle course" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038553)) "perhaps the best single player FPS campaign for fast FPS games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363143)) "Good single player campaign too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45886156))
- Praised as masterpiece or excellent (3 comments): "Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363508)) "Titanfall 2 was spectacular" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46358793)) "Titanfall 2 was excellent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363341))
- Addictive, hundreds of hours played (2 comments): "using Titanfall 2 to farm dopamine rather than taking my dog for a walk" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687055)) "I adore Titanfall 2. I sunk hundreds of hours into it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205377))

## What people warn about

- Multiplayer is now dead (1 comments): "Titanfall 2 is one of my favorite games ever, but by the time I discovered the multiplayer was pretty much dead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883117))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Quake](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake.md): 118 recommend
- [Doom by id Software](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doom.md): 102 recommend
- [Unreal Tournament 2004](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unreal-tournament-2004.md): 51 recommend
- [Quake III Arena](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-iii-arena.md): 49 recommend
- [Half-Life](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life.md): 42 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Titanfall 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/titanfall-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).