Are These Wires Important?: The new Rodeo mechanics more closely resemble this than in the prior game, with Pilots yanking the exterior-facing batteries out of enemy Titans.

Relatedly, the tutorial mission features an option to skip straight ahead to The Gauntlet.

The chapter selection for the campaign allows players to choose which part of the missions they want to play, with start points for each loading screen of the level.

Similarly, disembarking from a Titan requires the button be held down, and activating the ejection prompt when not doomed requires pressing a different button first.

When in the doomed state, ejection requires a triple-press of the Use button, making it far harder to accidentally activate the self-destruct button.

Like in the first game, Titans automatically bypass low cover or minor obstructions like Grunts' drop pod.

Japanese script even shows up on some textures. The setting, the more outlandish Titan designs and abilities, the use of the Pulse Kunai, shurikens in the grenade slot, subtly more bizarre weapons such as the Alternator, Jack being a rookie who fell into the cockpit after the death of his mentor, and the over-the-top action against an evil corporation and their Quirky Mini Boss Squad certainly give off the vibe of a mecha and action anime at times.

Animesque: More apparent than the first game.

All Your Powers Combined: In the campaign, BT's unique Vanguard chassis allows it to utilize the loadouts of contemporary Titans, emulating their core abilities and using their weaponry without restrictions.

A.K.A.-47: The Flatline is a pastiche of multiple AK family guns, as its proper name (the VK-47 Flatline) hints: it has the AK's distinct wooden parts, curved magazine, fire selector lever, and the bullpup 'magazine behind the grip' layout that one AK variant uses.

of the Militia and will follow through the three protocols to the end, the latter of which is Played for Drama.

Is a Crapshoot: Averted BT-7274 is the most advanced Titan A.I. Killing him earns you the achievement 'See you at the Party.' which refers to a line from Total Recall, where Quaid kills Richter and says 'See you at the party Richter' The Ahnold: One of the Apex Predators, Richter, talks in an exaggerated Austrian accent mimicking - who else - Arnold Schwarznegger and curses in German.The female Pilots in multiplayer, as in the original Titanfall.Gates, the commander of the 6-4 freelance Pilots, also participates in one of the campaign missions.Commander Sarah Briggs of the Militia like the first game, she participates with Jack in her own Titan when the Militia storm an IMC base on Typhon.

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