Apex Legends Gameplay Log
Basic Information:
The name of the game is called Apex Legends. The developers of this game are Respawn
Entertainment, also the well-known Titan Fall series creators. Apex Legends is published by the
mother company of Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts (EA).
I played this game at home and during the reading break as the game was released quite
recently in early February.
I solo queued with two other players on a team and played against 58 other people around
the world. The maximum players allowable on one server is 60 people.
Observations:
1. One observation I have made from this game its use of space. The game is made to be in
a continuous 3-dimensional virtual space where players can freely move around on an
island called “Kings Canyon”. This fast-paced game, gives the option for letting the
player to jump, climb buildings, fly, slide on the ground and run. The map is significantly
large due to the number of players on the server. Players are spread around the map in
search of loop which is randomly distributed. However, each area of the map is labelled
and categorized as “Mid-tier Loot” or “High-tier Loot” which can easily be remembered
by players.
2. There are many objects in EA’s free-to-play game. Buildings are one of the common ones
you will see in the game. Other obvious objects are the mountains which are used to
make the map for 3-dimensional. Swamps and rivers are another characteristic in the
game. Rivers slows down the player when running it which is to mimic the real world.
3. Operation rules in this game is quite important. Apex Legends is offered on both PC and
consoles. As a PC gamer, I have experienced that this game requires the player to be very
quick in reaction and quick in their keyboard and mouse handling. In able to kill an
opposing squad, the player is required to spot the enemies as quickly as they can, with
that being said, the player needs to reach their opponents as fast as they can as well
because they need to be on the advantaged side in order to win the fight.
Experience:
One thing I definitely enjoyed about this game is how it is “Free-to-Play”. While playing
this game, one experience I loved about this game is how competitive it is. The category this
game can tie to are challenge, sensation, and fellowship. The challenge aspect gives players the
feel of a competition, as this game type is battle royale (survival of the fittest). The sensation part
is where the winning of the game comes in. Winning makes the player feel good. Fellowship is
when a random people queue up and become a squad.
If I were to improve this game, that one important thing will be fix the exploits in the
game. Such as, flying in the air for the whole match and the “double pump” feature for the
weapon, “Peacekeeper” (shotgun). Even though the game is new and still needs a little more time
to develop other features, as a contender for F2P BR (Free-to-Play Battle Royale) game against
Fortnite, Apex Legends should bring in more “Legends” with different