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Wheeee posted:If you were all like, "Wow battle royale is a really neat game mode idea, too bad PUBG is a janky shitshow made by a joke developer, Fortnite is a piece of poo poo made for idiot children, and COD can eat a bag of gently caress" then oh boy is this the game for you! this is literally me so I guess I better download it.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:13 |
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Tei posted:This is one of these games that destroy time and space. You start playing at 6:00 pm, and at 11:00 pm you say "what, what happened? where is my time!!". It suffers from the "One More Turn" syndrome :-/ . Very much so. Really surprising since I don't like PubG or Fortnite much. Gonna hop back on since it's my day off and show off my Bloodhound skins. PS4, name is zerodrone
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:16 |
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I thought PUBG was too janky, I thought the building in Fortnite was BS, Blackout was close but it just didn't feel right for some reason... AL is the game I have been waiting for
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:21 |
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they had a million unique players within 8 hours of launch, which is insane seeing as they just dropped it completely out of nowhere.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:21 |
One of the things Respawn has nailed with Apex is how quickly you can load the game, find a match, play it, end it, and get into another. There's almost no waiting time aside from the short matchmaking, no bullshit spawn island to run around on waiting, no long post-match wind downs, no friction in general. Just play.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:24 |
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phourniner posted:So ya'll can stop freaking out now I have to wonder if this game may do something like what Bloodborne did for Souls games in that it showed people the 'right and fun' way to play those was to use your dodges & play aggressively rather than turtle up behind a shield. Except this might translate to more people being interested in Titanfall 2's (or 3's) more advanced movement mechanics after having gotten used to how the gunplay & movement flows in Apex. I'm really curious what they have planned for Titanfall - maybe Titan Royale content in apex? TF3? I'm interested to see. But if Apex essentially winds up 'saving' Titanfall by being a breakout success that ensures the survival of the franchise, great.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:25 |
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Bardeh posted:they had a million unique players within 8 hours of launch, which is insane seeing as they just dropped it completely out of nowhere. I'm vaguely amazed the servers aren't completely making GBS threads the bed.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:25 |
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panda clue posted:Well, yea, because Activision refuses to move towards a games as a service model and keep relying on box sales to drive their profits. Blackout was more or less designed to die with their update pipeline (or lack thereof). I am hoping Apex and Fortnite continue to do exceptionally well because of the free model. The season pass content stuff really blows rear end. I can live with skins and hats behind a pay model, but not much else.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:25 |
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Is there any penalty to dropping out if your squad is still playing but you got killed and your respawn beacon wasn't recovered in time?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:26 |
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Just a random thought, has there been any other Source engine game that has had a player match count of this size? CS:GO's BR is like what, 16 players?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:27 |
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Bardeh posted:they had a million unique players within 8 hours of launch, which is insane seeing as they just dropped it completely out of nowhere. I think one thing it exposes is that the traditional gaming marketing budget of tens of millions on tv ads and billboards and such is just pure waste.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:28 |
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This game is fun. Runs well but looks bad. It’s loving hard to pick people out from the environment. The rolling air strike is kinda OP in the final circle.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:29 |
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Despoiler posted:I thought PUBG was too janky, I thought the building in Fortnite was BS, Blackout was close but it just didn't feel right for some reason... AL is the game I have been waiting for Add to that for me; Overwatch had the unique hero/class/ult abilities but was too focused on boring routine rock-paper-scissors teamcomp meta for teams of 6 where no one can really 'solo carry', while Apex is more flexible & allows any character/player to potentially become a clutch solo carry against a full 3-man squad. Oh and let's not forget - even if you get thirsted by the enemy there's a 90 second window where your teammates can potentially still have a chance to save you and bring you back into the game. That's something that this game improves on over every other BR squad game out there right now. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Feb 6, 2019 |
# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:29 |
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Wazzit posted:Just a random thought, has there been any other Source engine game that has had a player match count of this size? CS:GO's BR is like what, 16 players? No, it was never originally designed to handle maps of this size. Respawn must have done a ton of work on the engine to get it to work. Danger Zone is 18 players I think, and plays like janky rear end because Valve obviously just shat it out quickly as a cash grab.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:32 |
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So while I'm getting the game installed off PSN is there a 'so you've played like three games of Fortnite and nothing else' primer for this?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:32 |
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I think one thing it exposes is that the traditional gaming marketing budget of tens of millions on tv ads and billboards and such is just pure waste. You spend a tenth of that on "influencers" and get way more reach yeah. There's a reason they had 1 million unique logins and that reason is called hiring a poo poo-ton of streamers.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:34 |
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sexpig by night posted:So while I'm getting the game installed off PSN is there a 'so you've played like three games of Fortnite and nothing else' primer for this? if you're playing with randos, ping poo poo. if you're playing with friends, still ping poo poo so it's easier to find
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:36 |
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sexpig by night posted:So while I'm getting the game installed off PSN is there a 'so you've played like three games of Fortnite and nothing else' primer for this? The most important thing is to double tap the ping button in order to spot enemies. You'll figure everything else out just fine, but god, that ping button is amazing. Oh also, you can climb up surprisingly tall walls to roofs. It's great for flanking/evading enemies in or around buildings.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:36 |
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How does Bloodhounds scan work? It sounds like it should be an aoe wallhack ping around you but I popped it, scan said NO HOSTILES, then I turn a corner in someone’s face and die
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:37 |
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I wonder how long it sticks around at the top there. Presumably some of the top guys are still in their paid promo time, but I think guys like Summit and Shroud would probably be playing this anyway.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:38 |
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Captain Beans posted:How does Bloodhounds scan work? It only scans in front of you.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:45 |
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Bardeh posted:
Shroud has been saying he's been dying to play this game for months and that he is going to be playing it for 'a long, long time'.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:52 |
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Morphix posted:Is your squad flying off to the edge of the map? Because if so, that might be why. The loot gathering feels a little bit overhwleming and like it's a must, but I've died just as many times when I had a tricked out yellow gun as I did with a standard. What is the tick rate of this game?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:54 |
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lonter posted:What is the tick rate of this game? no dont
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:00 |
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Wheeee posted:One of the things Respawn has nailed with Apex is how quickly you can load the game, find a match, play it, end it, and get into another. Yea, the "wait 60 seconds and dick around" is the one thing I really don't like about BR games and I'm glad they got rid of it. Also just got my second win.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:01 |
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Megazver posted:Out of curiosity, does this run for anyone on Win7? It "works" for me but a few times already the game has crashed/frozen in the middle of gameplay.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:07 |
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Tei posted:I feel bad for Fortnite, this is the worst scenario for Epic. A good free game that improve on 2 or 3 things and also run well on everything from a toaster up. I wouldn’t feel too bad for them. They’ve made an obscene amount of money.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:18 |
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The MVP squad should get to drop in a Titan at the beginning of the match. Balance be damned! And they should bring back the little tick robit grenades. Pops Mgee fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Feb 6, 2019 |
# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:23 |
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Pops Mgee posted:And they should bring back the little tick robit grenades. Probably gonna be a power of a 'tracker' type character (the type that currently Bloodhound is the only one of).
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:32 |
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Bardeh posted:
Ninja says he wants to play more of this game and likes it. He says he plans on playing a mix of both it and fortnite. panda clue posted:Shroud has been saying he's been dying to play this game for months and that he is going to be playing it for 'a long, long time'. Yeah, can confirm that shroud wants to make this game his main. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Feb 6, 2019 |
# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:34 |
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Game ran fine earlier but now the hardware cursor is invisible. Anyone else experience this? Edit: forgot that borderless window is the only acceptable display mode. Changing from full screen to borderless window fixed it. Fun Times! fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Feb 6, 2019 |
# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:46 |
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Is there a group on Xbox that I can join so I don’t have to play with random people each time?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:46 |
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This is one of those "Only play with friends games" to be sure.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:55 |
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:This is one of those "Only play with friends games" to be sure. Ehhh, I've actually found that the team drop system and the insanely good pinging system means that playing with pubbies is at least less terrible than in other BR games.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:01 |
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The gunplay sucks rear end compared to destiny, but it’s fun even though I just empty my mag into the air then die
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:02 |
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Pharmaskittle posted:Is there any penalty to dropping out if your squad is still playing but you got killed and your respawn beacon wasn't recovered in time? There's no penalty. If you stick around and watch your team you'll get the time played Xp from whoever survives longest. Like I died 2 minutes in, watched my team survive to 12 minutes, got the 12min Xp bonus.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:03 |
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Atomic Robo-Kid posted:There's no penalty. Ok, so definitely not worth hanging around unless I guess you think your squad will go all the way
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:13 |
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Had zero idea you can melee doors and eventually destroy them
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:17 |
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^^^^ It looks like this is going to be the main discord goon Apex players are using for the time being (unless this game gets so big with goons we need a whole discord dedicated just to it) so this link should probably be added to the OP.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:19 |
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Tim Whatley posted:Had zero idea you can melee doors and eventually destroy them I was trying to execute someone as the robot and instead he did an awesome roundhouse kick animation to close a door. If you can kill someone with that...
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