Apex Legends

Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by mh:crappygames:Electronic Arts. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 4, 2019, without any prior announcement or marketing. The Nintendo Switch version with crossplay was launched in March 9th, 2021. At March 7th, 2022, the mobile versions were released, but only limited to 10 countries due to certain events.

The game serves as a spin-off of the Titanfall series, set in the same universe as the said series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Manages to fix all of the worst parts of battle royale games while being fun and interesting to play in its own right.
 * 2) Fast paced and engaging gunplay as to be expected from the guys who made Titanfall 2.
 * 3) Much greater emphasis on team play and coordination than other battle royale games.
 * 4) * Teams can jump together and stay together during the initial drop-in sequence thanks to the inclusion of a jump-master mechanic.
 * 5) * A super intricate pinging system that allows tight communication on the level of voice chat without needing a mic.
 * 6) * Only one character per team, meaning there can be greater emphasis on synergy between playable characters.
 * 7) Memorable and interesting playable characters with unique abilities that can change up how the game plays, but never enough to where you feel helpless playing as a different character.
 * 8) A super simplistic and easy-to-use inventory system:
 * 9) Organizes everything into different slots (Armor slots, item slots, weapon slots, and weapon upgrade slots if you have the right weapon. If not upgrades go into item slots)
 * 10) Automatically drops gear if you pick up a better version (Drop level 1 armor if you pick up level 2)
 * 11) Ping system works into inventory as well (By pinging empty weapon or armor slots, you can let your team know if you need a weapon, weapon upgrade, armor, etc.)
 * 12) Weapons and ammunition are color-coded, making it very easy to know and spot ammo that you need.
 * 13) An incredibly well designed map with recognizable landmarks and unique locales with clearly marked loot tiers in each zone (high tier, mid tier, etc.).
 * 14) * The Season 3 map, World's Edge, is even better with even more varied locales, a loot train, and ultra high-tier loot vaults that can be opened with keys found in drones flying around the map.
 * 15) Lots of different weapons that are very well designed. They all function differently so you can adapt your play-style.
 * 16) Free-to-play, so there's no reason to not at least try it, unless you really hate battle royale games.
 * 17) * All microtransactions are strictly for cosmetic items, such as skins or portrait frames.
 * 18) An interesting setup by having it as a spinoff to the Titanfall universe, which helps expand the universe.
 * 19) * The character abilities are even directly based off of abilities from Titanfall 2 (Wraith has phase shift, Rampart has A-wall, Pathfinder has grappling hook, etc.).
 * 20) Players who are killed can still be brought back to life if surviving players on their squad pick up their banner and bring it to various re-spawn points on the map, which means dying once isn't the end of the game.
 * 21) It also has another game mode alongside the Battle Royale, named Arenas, it consist of round-based battles among two squads, CSGO style.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) No Titans or wall running in a Titanfall game, which can be a turnoff for fans of the series.
 * 2) * This can be excusable since it is a spin off game and not an official Titanfall game, and these elements might throw off the balance in a big battle royale game.
 * 3) * In Respawn's defense, they have stated that they couldn't add Titans without destroying the game's balance, and that wall-running didn't fit a Battle Royale format.
 * 4) Like with other Battle Royale games, luck can play a big factor, primarily with the chance of finding good gear. This can get frustrating, especially when you fight a player with better gear and weaponry.
 * 5) Occasional connection issues.
 * 6) This was made in place of Titanfall 3, and while it is a great game, many can be understandably disappointed about there being no Titanfall 3 for another few years.
 * 7) While the ping system and jump-master mechanics encourage great teamwork, numerous players rarely use these which can lead to poor communication and the team doing poorly.
 * 8) * This is especially frustrating when a player quits before their squad members can revive them.
 * 9) While microtransactions are entirely cosmetic, they can be rather expensive. A single legendary skin costs $20 USD.
 * 10) Melee attacks feel rather clunky to use.
 * 11) The amount of rewards given on the free side of Battle Passes is almost insulting.
 * 12) The Iron Crown event. See that page for more information.
 * 13) The Nintendo Switch version suffers from frame drops and has long loading times for individual Switch lobbies, with crossplay servers allowing faster loading times.
 * 14) Unlike another modern games with cross-play like Fortnite or Call of Duty since Modern Warfare (2019), this game doesn't have keyboard and mouse support in console versions, and your account progress doesn't synchronize between platforms.

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