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Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
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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Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
We placed first when I won a 1 v 2 after I ran out of ammo for my hemlock and used a triple take to take down the last 2 opponents. It was a super fun, tense moment that felt pretty rewarding. The game is fun and it's not really what I want from Respawn, but it's a solid, smartly made Battle Royale game.

I'm not sure how much I'm going to play it though.

Lol, that said, I have it on all 3 systems, so uh add me if you want to play.

Origin: ChrisTheMute
Xbox/PSN: Wazzit

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
https://twitter.com/Respawn/status/1093199089666158592

https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/letter-to-community


A few quotes

quote:

This is easily the most nerve-wracking, exciting, and humbling day of my career. Having worked alongside this team for almost fifteen years now, it was an honor to be chosen to lead the development of Apex Legends. Over the last two years, the road to making this game has often been bumpy, but everyone on the team has put everything they have into this game. Our goal was to make the most innovative, fun, and genre-evolving battle royale shooter to date, and I believe we achieved just that.


quote:

Creating Apex Legends has been a long journey, and now we’re ready to put it out into the world and continue building on it with all of you. The team is already hard at work on tons of top-secret new stuff we’ll be adding to the game this year and beyond (which we’ll be talking more about soon). First up will be the launch of Season 1 in March when we introduce a Battle Pass.

Wazzit fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Feb 6, 2019

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Apex Legends hits 10 Million players.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1093619175484870656

https://twitter.com/lowkeydbjosh/status/1093618985118031872

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?

Zzulu posted:

What's so good about this game?

It adds a lot of smart improvements to quality of life aspects of the Battle Royale genre like a ping system that lets you communicate with strangers without having to say a single word to them, also looting is simplified for beginning players, if you have a better attachment it stop you from picking up the lower tier attachment. All while being completely free to play so there is no risk of spending money on a bad game upfront.


Doom Rooster posted:

Bideo James, The Funny Way to Say "Video Games" > Apex Legends - LETS loving GOOooooo

^^^ this would be good

Wazzit fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Feb 7, 2019

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Speaking of pinging systems in games, big lol that DICE dumbed down their "ping" system with BFV restricting it to one class and requiring binoculars.

Would kind of like to see other big shooters take what Respawn did with their ping system and implement them in their games. Might make playing with randoms a lot better. (Hah, who am I kidding)

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:

That's not true at all. Any class can spot and it is context sensitive (spot a tank and your soldier will yell "TANK OVER THERE" and they'll be a red icon of the tank on the minimap) but it won't move if the target moves. The kinds of "spots" that move with the target (which they call "3d spotting") are:

1) Looking at them through the Recon spotting scope spots them for 10 seconds
2) Shooting a flare over their area spots them for the duration of the flare
3) Hitting them with any bullet from any gun as a Recon with Sniper specialization spots them for 5 seconds
4) Hitting a vehicle with any weapon that does damage as an Assault with Vehicle Buster specialization spots them for 10 seconds
5) Fully suppressing infantry with weapons fire spots them for 5 seconds

It's quite sophisticated, actually. They toned it down because 3d spotting is super powerful.

Using any class to spot them is only just an audio queue correct? I still think it was a mistake to take away the "3d spotting" from previous BFs, even if it's powerful I think it kills communication between the entire team which could normally be conveyed in the UI. If anything I would have preferred maybe a "Last known position" kind of spotting that is open to call classes. Nerf the spotting but keep the communication between the team when people aren't hooked up to mics.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
I feel like if they add a solo mode that changes the meta of the 3 squad mode. I'm willing to bet that most squads are random groups and playing in a prefab squad puts you at a huge advantage over strangers coordinating. Not uh deny that the ping system will help these random groups but still.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

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Quantum Shart posted:

This is literally what it is. Nothing like cheering for one game to make people try and poo poo on others.

I always thought that the marker moves along with the spotted enemy for a few seconds?

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

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https://twitter.com/MonsterclipRSPN/status/1093637239613968384
https://twitter.com/MonsterclipRSPN/status/1093637366621921280
https://twitter.com/MonsterclipRSPN/status/1093637418358456321

:unsmith:

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

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berenzen posted:

This is the first battle royal that I haven't bounced off of hard. Game is super fun, and Wraith is my go-to gal, even though I'm bad at her.

Wraith is fun to play but I'm also bad with her. Phase shift is super useful if I need to get out of a firefight, but I'm not entirely sure how to put the Ultimate portal to good use.


I did see this cool Wraith ult play in the final circle:

https://twitter.com/TitanfallBlog/status/1093585652141248513

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Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

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Songbearer posted:

If BR burnout is making people long for the days of straightforward CoD shootymans then boy do I have the game series set in the Apex Legends universe for you guys!!!!!

:yeshaha:

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