From fortniteintel.com
Yes, Fortnite has been dying, and now, I think its end is quite near, with the addition of Apex Legends, developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.
Apex Legends is the newest battle royale to be released, with it being released early February this year. It takes place in the same universe as Titanfall, another video game, but not a battle royale, as it is a first person shooter.
Now why has Apex Legends taken over? Well I don’t know all of the reasons personally, but the abilities in the game could contribute to it. Each of the choosable characters have three abilities, with one being passive, and two being active abilities. This helps to contribute to a unique style of gameplay for players.
Apex Legends also doesn’t always feel like a battle royale, which can be good because everyone is kind of sick of them. We’ve been playing Fortnite for so long, and PUBG even longer. Blackout is alright, but many new battle royales just seem to try and get on the wave. Apex has a nice artstyle, between realistic and cartoonish. It reminds me of a balance between PUBG and Fortnite, because there is weapon customization, but it doesn’t feel quite as serious as PUBG.
From cnet.com
Apex has some neat changes to it which I’ve never seen in a battle royale. One addition is that a team of players can jump out together, with one person controlling them unless the other players break off. This is a great addition, and I’m glad to see something like this. One really unorthodox addition is that after someone has died, they can be respawned. It’s not overpowered, as you have to recover a “banner” from your teammates body, and bring it to a respawn point, which are spaced out good distances from each other. This makes it so that if one or two people die, they don’t have to wait a while to get back in for the next game, because they can continue playing in the new game. Unfortunately and fortunately, you need to recollect loot, and you don’t spawn in with your items.
One thing Apex has been heavily criticized for is that guns do too little damage, or that people have too much health/armor. This can be balanced easily, but we have yet to see what the developers do. I do agree with this point of criticism, as it does make fighting quite weird at times, but it’s bearable.
Apex is overall a pretty fun game, but I don’t think it’ll last as long as Fortnite has. I don’t know what the next wave of popular video games will be like, because battle royales are best with friends, but not so good alone. I hope we get more games with better single player experiences, but that’s just me. See you guys in the next post.