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??? is a name given to two featured gamemodes[1].
EPG Arena
| “ | Your rockets will blot out the sun.
— Initial Description
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The mode is similar to Skirmish or Pilots vs. Pilots in regard to its objective; it was a minion-free team deathmatch with the first team to reach 75 points winning the match. However, while any map was playable, Titans could not be summoned in Live Fire maps and had 2,500 less health in any maps they could be summoned in[2]. All pilots had amplified movement and spawned with Phase Shift, Firestars, modified EPG-1's, Charge Rifles, RE-45 Autopistols, and Machetes.[2][3]
The first ???, t was a standalone featured gamemode playable in Titanfall 2 from September 18th[4] to September 25th, 2023.
SMR Arena
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— Initial Description
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The mode uses Skirmish for a template. However, only two maps are playable (Township and UMA), with the floor being coated in electric smoke (similar to Deadly Ground from Titanfall).[5] All pilots had amplified movement and spawned with Phase Shift for tactical, Pulse Blades for ordinance, modified SMR's for a primary, suppressed Wingman Elites for a secondary, and Machetes for melee.[5]
The second gamemode to be named ???, it was a featured gamemode playable on its own from October 23rd[6] to October 27th, 2023.
Trivia
- The description of EPG Arena is seemingly a reference to the quote from 300: "Our arrows will blot out the sun".
- The 300th day of 2023 (a normal year) was October 27th.
- The "Raw Message" in the description of SMR Arena was written in hexadecimal.
- The descriptions of both gamemodes were teasers for the Anniversary 2023 Event that started on the 27th of October 2023.
References
- ↑ Titanfall 2 Playlist - Archived 10/27/2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Titanfall 2 - '???' mode clips" - 09/18/2023
- ↑ FloppyZ on Twitter - 09/18/2023
- ↑ Okami Games on Twitter - 9/18/2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Titanfall 2 New ??? Version" - 10/23/2023
- ↑ BadAtVidya92 on Reddit - 10/23/2023
- ↑ "Lionfish_21 on Reddit - 10/23/2023"
- ↑ 6th Wedding Anniversary Gifts - Hallmark Ideas & Inspiration
- ↑ 7th Wedding Anniversary Gifts - Hallmark Ideas & Inspiration
| Game Modes of Titanfall 2 | |
|---|---|
| Standard Modes | Attrition • Pilots vs. Pilots • Bounty Hunt • Amped Hardpoint • Capture the Flag • Coliseum • Live Fire • Last Titan Standing • Skirmish • Titan Brawl • Free for All • Frontier Defense |
| Featured-Only Modes | ??? • Aegis LTS • Aegis Titan Brawl • Anniversary 2023 Event • Attack on Titanfall • Energy Chaos • Free Agents • The Great Bamboozle • High_TTK • Iron LTS • Marked for Death (Marked for Death Nitro) (Titan Marked for Death) • Nitro CTF • Rocket Arena • Spicy Attrition • Tactikill Attrition • The Otherside • Turbo LTS • Turbo Titan Brawl |