Eh. Read through some of the wiki lore and in some parts I can see what you mean as far as there being complex politics, but Titans still seem like bullshit magic that clashes with the highly-improbable-but-neat-technology shit like the maneuver gear. Like the first thing I imagined when they introduced the

was someone doing it in a confined space and ragdolling out inside the walls like a body in Garry's Mod. Seems like there's a pretty rich plot down the line but I don't think I would have enjoyed getting to it, personally.