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| − | '''''Apex Legends''''' is a free-to-play [[wikipedia:Battle royale game|battle royale game]] developed by [[Respawn Entertainment]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] It was released on February 4, 2019. |
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| Developer(s) | Respawn Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | PC (Origin, Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch |
| Release date(s) |    February 4, 2019 November 4, 2020 March 9, 2021
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| Genre | FPS, battle royale |
| Mode(s) | Online multiplayer |
| Rating | IGN 9/10[1] 89/100 on Metacritic[2] 88/100 on Metacritic[3] 88/100 on Metacritic[4] |
Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts It was released on February 4, 2019.
Official description
| “ | Show ‘em what you're made of in Apex Legends, a free-to-play Battle Royale game where contenders from across the Frontier team up to battle for glory, fame, and fortune.
If you're going to survive the Apex Games, you have to think fast. Master your Legend's abilities, make strategic calls on the fly, and use your team's strengths to your advantage in vicious 60-player matches.
Experience the next evolution of battle royale with Respawn Beacons you can use to resurrect your teammates, Smart Comms to help you communicate, Intelligent Inventory so you can grab only what you need, and an all-new way to drop into the action with Jumpmaster deployment.
Compete every season to unlock new Legends, fresh weapons, themed loot, and more. |
Gameplay
Apex Legends is an online multiplayer battle royale first-person shooter. Players in squads of two or three select a character with pre-set abilities, referred to as a Legend, and battle against other players to be the last squad standing. Players earn experience based on their performance in matches, through which they can earn Apex Packs that contain cosmetic items. Cosmetics can also be purchased from the in-game store, earned through seasonal Battle Passes, or awarded through limited-time events.
In a standard Battle Royale match, all 60 players start in the same dropship flying over the map, and each squad can decide when and where they want to skydive onto the island below. Squads will then scavenge for weapons, materials, and loot, and work with their squadmates to combat other players. When an enemy dies, they drop a deathbox containing all of their loot, which can then be accessed by everybody. Though Apex Legends has both voice and text team chat like most multiplayer first-person shooters, it also includes a ping system so that players can communicate simple concepts without external inputs. Players can also revive any squadmate downed by enemies and respawn squadmates who die by retrieving their Banner from their deathbox.
The match is divided into rounds, marked by the shrinking stages of the Ring, which makes the playable area narrower and narrower until eventually enveloping the entire map. In addition, Care Packages and Replicators are periodically dropped into the playable area to provide extra loot.
Story
Apex Legends takes place in the same universe as Respawn Entertainment's previous games Titanfall and Titanfall 2. These games depicted a war between the Militia and the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) in various habitable planets far from Earth, dubbed "The Frontier". In Apex Legends, this war has been over for years, and both the Militia and IMC have withdrawn from the Frontier. The Outlands, a region on the periphery of the Frontier, has seen a large influx of settlers looking for new opportunities.
Kuben Blisk, former leader of the Apex Predators, established a televised bloodsport called the Apex Games with backing from the Mercenary Syndicate. The arena chosen was Kings Canyon; located on the planet Solace, the island was a former IMC outpost, home of an underground ARES phase shift testing facility, and home of the Thunderdome, a smaller arena where IMC soldiers hosted a smaller-scale bloodsport.
As of 2734, the current year, the Apex Games are popular, highly lucrative, and continue to attract new talents from all over the Outlands. Anyone who manages to win earns the title of Apex Legend.
System Requirements
Based on information provided by the Origin launcher.[5]
- Recommended requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor (AMD): Ryzen 5 CPU or equivalent
- Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5-3570K or equivalent
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 @1333 MHz
- Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ R9 290
- Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970
- DirectX: 11 compatible video card or equivalent
- Online Connection Requirements: broadband connection
- Hard-drive space: 22 GB
- Minimum requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor (AMD): AMD FX 4350 or equivalent
- Processor (Intel): Intel Core i3-6300 or equivalent
- RAM: 6GB DDR3 @1333 MHz
- Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7730
- Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GT 640
- DirectX: 11 compatible video card or equivalent
- Online Connection Requirements: 512 Kbps or faster Internet connection
- Hard-drive space: 22 GB
Gallery
Videos
Screenshots
Initial roadmap for the game.
Bloodhound and their raven, Artur.
Skulltown, an area who was once present on Kings Canyon.
Kings Canyon as it was on the game release, seen from far.
