The Beauty of Titanfall 2: BT's Hidden Complexity

Thank you for watching! Like and subscribe if you’d like, but more importantly, give me your feedback in the comments below. This is my first video of this sort, so criticism is appreciated (I tried my best to get rid of mic pops, I’ll have a higher quality mic soon.) More notes from me below: This video went through lots of changes. It originally was just a review of the Titanfall campaign, then it morphed into how Jack Cooper is supported by BT, then I decided to just focus on BT. Nearing the final stages of video creation, I kept seeing more and more parts from the campaign that were just as good, if not better, than the ones I mentioned. At this point, I really just wanted to make a finalized video and did not feel good about further delays, but this is definitely a topic I might revisit in the future to make a higher quality video. Thanks for watching!

I kid you not, the moment BT sacrifices himself I legit almost burst into tears, the amount of attachment I got to him made even question "am I seriously about to cry for a robot... Yes" and by the time I had to make the running to escape I simply said "it won't be in vain"

If you say nothing in the final dialogue option, instead of "Trust me", BT says "Goodbye jack"

I like the part where Jack is caught by BT and then they go to Wendy's and eat chicken sandwiches and nothing bad ever happens to BT

The thing that got me... right before Blisk shows up, BT says a fastball is the only option while glitching and BEFORE he fully reboots his protocols. He was going to save Cooper with or without protocol 3 forcing him to.

I still can’t believe to this day this game still manages to make me cry over a glorified toaster

I liked that, when BT was calling cooper his pilot, he was already putting him into his cockpit before explaining their combat rating. Like he was getting ready to head off if his plea was refused.

For his last scene, the other dialogue option drives home the point of BT lying. Jack asks "Do WE have a way out of this one?" And BT only says "Calculating" because he knows that only Jack will make it out but doesn't want to tell him that by saying no, or making a false promise and saying yes. BT is not only aware of Cooper's emotions and how he'd react to BT sacrificing himself, but BT also makes the emotional decision to basically lie to his partner in order to make sure he can save Cooper.

Another thing that I think a lot of people missed from Lastimosa was when Cooper was in the simulation, Cooper was hesitant to actually call down a titan of his own, to which Lastimosa responded, “Relax Cooper, it’s just a simulation.” So when Lastimosa dies, the second to last thing he said was, “This is the real thing…” I don’t know, this was just a neat detail I found and it just adds another level of depth to the characters and how Cooper responds to the situation.

The delay of BT revealing the third protocol in the HUD may have been a narrative device to add impact to his sacrifice. But I would like to think that he intentionally glitched out the text to deny Jack even the thought of BT sacrificing himself and eventually, taking the one chance of resisting him in the last second when BT grabs him by surprise. He really wanted to save Cooper, whether he wanted to or not.

5:12 I love how BT doesn't just run or dash over, he hauls a// over to save Cooper

(SPOILER ALERT) In all of Titanfall 2's campaign lore is watching Lastimosa packing the SERE kit at the beginning. The same gun and data knife that saves both you and BT when the APEX captured you later in the story

When BR and Copper get into the barrel, and are about to be shit out, the "Copy that, Pilot" always breaks my heart. I take it as a BT purposefully distancing himself from Cooper, to make that last throw a little easier. It's easier to make a tough action with someone you care about, when there's no name attached. I dunno, just my take on it.

I'm not sure if any comment said this, but one thing that's also important to note is the "rerouting link to os v18.723X" which is Jack's helmet, and then the subsequent "uploading" which hopefully means that BT was able to fully upload his AI into his helmet, as well as the partial AI functions in "effect and cause" mission. While we never see the confirmation message of uploading finished, I think that also plays into BT's last "Trust me", where he meant that his upload was finished. It might be cope, but I really hope so...

even just watching this. “Hello Jack.” puts the biggest wholesome grin on my face!

If you look closely after BT say trust me you can see him raise up his thumb

Crazy how a voice actor for advertisements made a robot so human, and probably one of the best FPS characters.

Briggs talking about "qualified" pilots like 90% of new players didnt have better gauntlet times than her. Also great video, Titanfall always deserves more exposure

There’s another voiceline that BT has at the end of the game that I think is as gut wrenching if not more emotional, and that’s when you choose no voice dialogue when in the ark injector. I’m not spoiling it what so ever incase y’all haven’t done that yet but it’s worth it. Trust me.

the line "I will not lose another pilot" hits SO much harder than BT's final sacrifice Probably because unlike all others, its an entirely selfish and sentimental one At all points it lines up with protocol to protect cooper, except for that last point where it may be what led the arc to getting captured Its the one line that is fully and unmistakably, human.