I remember these discussions absolutely overshadowing most of the positive single-player campaign talk.įinally, yes, a relatively fresh IP on its sophomore outing that has established itself as a multiplayer game first releasing alongside the two sequels to the biggest multiplayer FPS juggernauts in the industry was unwise, especially with fans returning from the first game being pretty vocally harsh on it at first. When 2 came out, it was received generally pretty well, but the series already had a built up multiplayer reputation, and returning Titanfall 1 players were vocally critical, which probably didn’t look good to outsiders peeking in with curiosity. As a new IP, I think this was the most significant hurt to 2’s success, because:

While people who played it thought it was great (myself among that population), multiplayer only at a full $60 price tag was pretty lambasted by most people, even if they tried their hardest to convince everyone that it still had a “campaign” that could be experienced via multiplayer matches and that it was just as valuable to consumers as a proper standalone, single player campaign. The first game was multiplayer only but also a full-priced game at its launch.

Why did starcraft 2 fail