A wave was created in the world of online multiplayer games when Respawn Entertainment first released Titanfall back in 2014. You might be surprised to learn that the studio had originally planned on Titanfall having a single-player campaign though, and believe it or not, footage of that scrapped campaign has just surfaced.
Jason McCord, Design Director at Respawn, recently shared some footage from a lost Titanfall single-player demo on his Twitter account. The clip lasts about ninety seconds long and shows the first few moments of what would have been one of the game's missions.
No combat is shown during this clip. Instead, we follow the main character as he infiltrates an enemy base with communication support from another character, Sarah Briggs. We see some doors open, a ladder being climbed, and some non-aggressive robots, but that's about it.
Overall, the footage doesn't reveal a ton of information regarding what else Titanfall's campaign might have included. It's easy to let your imagination wander as to where the story may have been heading, though, and these first few moments are certainly interesting.
Based on McCord''s tweet, it even sounds as if Titanfall was originally meant to be a single-player story game from the beginning. The director states that multiplayer hadn't even been worked on until after the campaign was officially scrapped. Based on that, it's interesting to imagine what Titanfall might have been if Respawn had continued down this road. Mind you, that would mean Titanfall 2 would likely be a different game, and Titanfall 2 is one of the best shooter campaigns ever made.
Despite not selling as many copies as Call of Duty or Battlefield, there is a large community that considers both games to be some of the best first-person shooters of the past decade.
Fast forward to 2020, and Titanfall 2 has been experiencing a revival ever since the game arrived on Steam back in June.
Source: Twitter/Jason McCord