The "science meets magic" claim sounds more like a confused bit of paraphrasing from the writer at Forbes (who seems to cover the general entertainment beat, focusing on movies rather than games). He also says that Titanfall 1 didn't have a single-player campaign because Respawn "only had a couple of computers", which comes across as someone who doesn't understand how modern video game development works. Respawn definitely wasn't lacking computer hardware.
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