ARK: Survival Evolved isn’t the greatest game, but this buggy action game has managed to find its audience. Developer Studio Wildcard would later introduce a battle royale mode in the form of Survival of the Fittest. While it’s more ARK , bugs and all, the game does have a competitive edge over the competit
As the player count dwindles, the battles get much more intense, with players using massive dinosaurs and dragons to wage epic battles until the last man is standing. It’s downright exciting to watch. If you manage to play with the right people, it can be one of the more memorable battle royale ga
Call of Duty: Blackout was Activision’s way of getting into the battle royale scene. When the game first released, the game actually had a lot of good ideas with solid gameplay. Adding in zombies was a great option, especially when it was a feature people had been asking for in Fortnite for quite some t
After playing Apex Legends for a few hours, you quickly learn that this game is all about mobility, climbing, and quickly moving through whatever terrain and obstacles stand in your way. Often, the players that can move quickly through a town or large building are the ones who succeed. Sneaking around, taking alternate routes, and surprising your enemies is the name of the g
Mirage’s bamboozles can disorient enemy players, and his passive, which makes him invisible as he is reviving a teammate, is a good addition to any team, too. Mad Maggie can help on the offensive and keep enemy teams at bay with her Riot Drills. Alternatively, players can rotate or ambush a team with her Ultim
Canonically Bloodhound is a 4x Apex Games champion in the years leading up to the beginning of Apex Legends . Considering they’re a famous tracker and hunter it would make sense that their skills would allow them to hunt down other people and come out as the best of the b
However, a Solos Mode is a curiosity in this game, given that the game has its genesis in team play. Team compositions seem designed to balance one another out (if not always effectively), allowing players to combine their characters’ unique skills to become champions of the arena. The goal in having multiple characters is that there is some variance on the battlefield, which is something that’s in jeopardy in a Solos M
To be clear, Solos Mode is an excellent solution to the problem of matching with sub-par random teammates when the only option is team play. Often, players find themselves matched with others who are lousy players, poor sports, or just generally to
It’s a worthy endeavor, and introducing Solos as a limited time mode is ideal. In order to combat the potential for an all-Pathfinder or all-Wraith meta, Respawn could introduce some character adjustments beyond slight damage- and speed-related nerfs and buffs like the ones it introduced at the beginning of Season 2 . Even with adjustments that increase incoming damage by 5% for Wraith, Pathfinder and Lifeline, this minor reduction didn’t appear to affect players’ choices at the competitive le
“On 8/13 we’ll be trying out a Solos Mode in Apex for a limited time,” Jayfresh_Respawn, whose real name is Jay Frechette, posted on Reddit. “We’ll talk more about Solos when it’s live and you’ve had a chance to play it. For now we’re going to put it out there and see what happens and what kind of feedback we g
Their abilities are all about analyzing player movement so they can figure out what the next best move is. A talented Bloodhound with a steady aim is the last thing you want to run into in King’s Can
Octane, when stimmed is the fastest-moving legend in all of apex legends Roles Legends , and that movement in a first-person shooter provides a naturally competitive advantage. Add in a Bloodhound who is tracking enemy movement and is constantly on the hunt, and that alone is a team that is focused on pushing and pressuring opposing te
This type of speech has a lot to do with Bloodhound’s beliefs and purpose and tie directly into why they decided to participate in the Apex Games. It also explains why Bloodhound’s companion happens to be a mysterious ra
While players at the non-competitive team level play a variety of characters for different reasons, players vying for a Solos crown while playing as one of the game’s less-popular characters may not stand much of a cha
Respawn could also strive to make sure that the lobbies are evenly distributed or, at the very least, not heavily weighted to consist of one character. However, that may pose challenges from a development perspective due to issues rerouting players to new servers based on their character selecti
Potential ideas include slowing down the regeneration of Pathfinder’s zip line, introducing a way to tear down the zip lines similar to the way players can break Wattson’s fences, or introducing a grapple gun-type tool in the environment that allows other characters to grapple a limited number of times. Wraith may be a bit tougher, but perhaps certain player attributes, such as Caustic’s gas, can cause the character to still take damage while in the void. Of course, it’s worth noting that players are likely to push back against such major nerfs to either of these favorite charact