NFT: Video Game Thread: Apex Legends

but from what I played of Apex Legends it was pretty fun.

I have been playing The Division 2 Beta and absolutely loving it. The depth of the beta is unreal and I cannot wait for the full game next month

Apex is so much better but it has its issues, primarily the contrasting colors of the characters blending in with the backgrounds. CoD Blackout is the king right now, such a well executed battle royale.

game right now. It was a free game with PS plus. I couldn’t get into Apex at all.

but I think this game is pretty fun and probably the best of all of them at the moment. Really liking the class system, the jumping together as a team, the ping system and the respawn system so you're never really out of it if your team sticks together. Plus you get XP for how long your squad survives which is nice.

I'd like to see them incorporate solo, duo and quad teams soon though. Supposedly solo and duo are already in the works based on the datamining people have done.

Apex has been beating Fortnite pretty easily. All the big Fortnite streamers except for one or two have jumped over to Apex for the time being. Fortnite has proven it has pretty strong staying power, and it's still a monster, but Apex is the first real game that has hurt it.

In comment 14291192 UConn4523 said:

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Apex is so much better but it has its issues, primarily the contrasting colors of the characters blending in with the backgrounds. CoD Blackout is the king right now, such a well executed battle royale.

“well executed battle royale”

L O L.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun. But the game BARLEY gets updates to the map, barley any new weapons or perks. The looting system on consoles is still dreadful. It’s a good game but far from well executed.

and I agree on the updates, I’m on Apex now and talking to my friend about CoD needing to bring something new. But I like the CoD mechanics much more and the use of vehicles makes it more interesting.

Reading about the game, I thought it was going to be a loser: no mechs (even though it's set in the Titanfall universe), nothing really novel, etc.

After playing I can see it remaining very popular. It's super polished (especially if you're coming from PUBG land) and they seem to have found the right combo of ingredients. There's a really great implementation of marking locations, loot, and enemies so that you don't even really need a mic to play.

I think Apex will take the biggest bite out of Blackout's share.

Gameplay-wise it's a cross between Overwatch and Blackout. The looting, movement, and gun play are very similar (they have former CoD engineers), but packaged with the classes and the setting it's just a lot more fun to me.

The streamers are all over Apex since it's new, but I can see the viewers sticking it since it's pretty fun to watch too (unlike BO in my opinion). You can tell guys like Shroud are dying to play something that's not PUBG.

but it's hard to see them getting dethroned. The building mechanic kind of puts it in it's own category and they can just devote their entire staff to cranking out new content. It attracts kids and adults.

To play it. Literally.

They opted to pay streamers a little money to play their game at launch (sponsored streams) rather than any sort of traditional marketing plan.

end of game battles are super intense, working together and using your special abilities are crucial. Still not sure if I’m playing because I enjoy it or because it’s the new shiny toy, but I’ll keep it up for a bit.

Hopefully it forces some updates on CoD. I’d also like to play quads on APEX although it seems like Solo and Duos will be first.

graphical style and loot boxes

In comment 14291473 jlukes said:

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To play it. Literally. They opted to pay streamers a little money to play their game at launch (sponsored streams) rather than any sort of traditional marketing plan.

Although that is probably true, most streamers are playing the game cause it is the hot game people are all talking about. Bethesda also payed streamers to play Fallout 76 and that game was crap and it didn't make it popular cause Ninja and some of the other streamers promoted it. Apex is popular cause it is a good game and is basically a better version of Fortnite cause of the ping system.

but man I suck at battle royale games. I don't know what is good loot and what is bad loot. Trying to watch some streamers to pick up a few tips.

Anyone on PS4?

In comment 14291473 jlukes said:

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To play it. Literally. They opted to pay streamers a little money to play their game at launch (sponsored streams) rather than any sort of traditional marketing plan.

Supposedly that's over now and the top dogs are playing on their own accord. We'll see in a month or two if it holds up. Everyone jumped ship for Blackout for a little while.

Aside from the fun of a new game, streamers stand to gain audience share if they can become a top player in an up and coming game. Trying to break in to Fortnite streaming for example would be extremely difficult at this stage.