Titanfall 2
Hacker ApprovedRanked 11 of 24 first-person shooters by recommenders
Praised as a masterpiece with a standout single-player campaign and addictive play; its multiplayer is now largely dead.
Praised as a masterpiece with a standout single-player campaign and addictive play; its multiplayer is now largely dead.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong single-player campaign
“Titanfall 2 had a pretty nice tutorial in the campaign that ended in a timed obstacle course”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped” “perhaps the best single player FPS campaign for fast FPS games”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died” “Good single player campaign too”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “Using Generative AI in Content Production” Praised as masterpiece or excellent
“Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece.”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died” “Titanfall 2 was spectacular”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died” “Titanfall 2 was excellent.”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died” Addictive, hundreds of hours played
“using Titanfall 2 to farm dopamine rather than taking my dog for a walk”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a site that turns your Steam gaming hours into a RL skill tree” “I adore Titanfall 2. I sunk hundreds of hours into it.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Quake – 30th Anniversary Update”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Multiplayer is now dead
“Titanfall 2 is one of my favorite games ever, but by the time I discovered the multiplayer was pretty much dead”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “Using Generative AI in Content Production”
Other first-person shooters people recommend
The four most recommended other first-person shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quake | 118 | 29 | 80% | 12 | 28 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| Doom by id Software | 102 | 24 | 81% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | 51 | 12 | 81% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Quake III Arena | 49 | 3 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Titanfall 2This page | 13 | 1 | 93% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“which were also great games”
“I enjoyed one particular mission in Titanfall 2 that incorporated it”
“I adore Titanfall 2. I sunk hundreds of hours into it.”
“Titanfall 2 had a pretty nice tutorial in the campaign that ended in a timed obstacle course”
“using Titanfall 2 to farm dopamine rather than taking my dog for a walk”
“the single player campaign, which was godawful”
“Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece.”
“Titanfall 2 was excellent.”
“perhaps the best single player FPS campaign for fast FPS games”
“Titanfall 1/2 and Apex Legends were all huge”
“Not something I expected to have such a strong emotional element.”
“Titanfall 2 was spectacular”
“Good single player campaign too”
“Titanfall 2 is one of my favorite games ever, but by the time I discovered the multiplayer was pretty much dead”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.