Apex Legends

What is Apex Legends?

Apex Legends is a free-to-play first-person Battle Royale-style shooter that's available to download on PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. The game is from Respawn Entertainment, the same team behind the popular Titanfall franchise. Apex Legends is in fact set in the Titanfall universe, taking place 30 years after the events of Titanfall 2. Inspired by Fortnite and the other battle royale games, Apex Legends combines the “The Hunger Games” movie trilogy and “Minecraft” video game. Apex Legends surpassed 25 million players by the end of its first week, and 50 million within its first month. By April 2021, it had approximately 100 million players making it one of the most played video games of all time by player count.

Season 1 loading screen
The photo of loading screen in Apex Legends (Season 1)

How is it different from Battle Royale games?

Apex Legends stands out from other Battle Royale games by including human and robot heroes known as “ Legends " - these are hero characters with special abilities and tactics which set them apart in battle. This is fairly unusual as most other games in this genre create a level playing field by setting everyone off on the same foot with basic characters that have no physical attributes or skills to give them the upper hand over opponents.

The various character's skills also work well with each other and can be used to complement the squad to make you an efficient fighting unit. The game is also unusual in that it only supports three-player squads at the time. So, you can either play that or duos (playing with just one other friend). Another difference comes when you jump into a game. One member of the squad is selected as a "jumpmaster" - essentially the squad leader who chooses where the team is landing.

The glimpse of Apex Legends gameplay

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