15 Essential PS4 Games Every New Owner Must Play

13. Titanfall 2

Right, time for a shooter. Not yet another Call of Duty or the twitch-based, skill-less likes of Battlefield 1 though, oh no.

Titanfall 2 is precisely where it's at, both in the online arena with its weighty, ability-based combat, and a campaign which contains a bevy of innovative and just outright cool sequences. Time-bending and discovering a multi-target lock pistol aside, your basic movement in Titanfall is just head and shoulders above the rest, combining standard ground combat with wall-running, boost slides and the occasional mid-air exchange that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare wishes it could pull off.

Speaking of mechs, they're ace. Where the original game made its titular selling point too lumbering and slow to call to actually be fun, here they're a worthwhile buff on the battlefield; the perfect counterbalance to an oppositional winning streak. That said, you can always find a way to bring them down on foot, connoting Halo's contextual animations where you'll win the game in a blaze of planted explosives and last minute bravado.

It's ACE, and it's worth pointing out that nowhere near enough people are playing Titanfall 2, as EA released it slap-bang in the middle of COD and Battlefield, thereby crippling its chances from day one.