Apex Legends
COMMUNICATION
Apex Legends feels like a trick. It’s a
free-to-play battle royale game
announced and released on the same
day with no early access phase, very
little downtime, and cosmetic
microtransactions that don’t feel
predatory. Queue times are the fastest
in the genre, the guns are the result
of over a decade of refinement across
multiple studios, and
every character has a
role to play in a close
knit team.
Apex is stable,
spilling over with smart
design touches, and it’s
set a new industry
standard with an
impressive breadth of
accessibility options and
communication tools.
After a couple years of seeing
battle royale games release in
unfinished states, Respawn’s
confident spin on gaming’s most
popular trend has completely
reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the
genre. It’ll need consistent support
and long term updates to stay
exciting, but Apex Legends is one hell
of an opening salvo. Free, friendly,
and consistently fun, it’s the best
battle royale game available today.