A new event has started in Apex Legends, Unshackled, and as part of this event we have been given a temporary mode to play. This new mode is called Flashpoint or Crisis Point, and this is how it works.

In case you missed it, the Unshackled event has started in Apex Legends. And if you’ve been around for a few – Season s, you know what that means: a few new skins, a few new challenges, a little extra story, and…(drum roll, please) a new limited-time mode! This new limited-time mode is called Crisis Hearth, and while it’s not really an elaborate redesign, it’s a half-decent mode that everyone should give a try. Here’s how it works.

What is Flashpoint in Apex Legends?
Flashpoint is a new Battle Royale-style game mode that becomes available during the Unshackled event. The basic idea of the mode is that you can recharge armor and health for free in certain protected zones, but you won’t find any more syringes, shield cells or shield batteries on the map. Here are the exact rules for Crisis Hearth:

• All healing items have been removed from the ground loot.
• Health and shields can be recharged in blue domes scattered around the map (they are easy to spot and very large).
• In this mode, the ring collapses constantly and not in phases.

And this is exactly how Crisis Hearth works. The mode isn’t really different enough from the usual modes to stand out, but it’s still a nice change.

How long will Flashpoint be available?
Flashpoint will be playable for two weeks, until the end of the Untethered event on Tuesday, May 3, at the usual update time (10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT / 19:00 CET). During the event, you can earn additional cosmetics by playing. However, these free cosmetics are (usually) pretty lame compared to the premium items released during the Untethered event.

But don’t worry, not long after the “Unshackled” event ends, the new – Season will come to Apex Legends and with it a new Legend.

What is actually… “Apex Legends?

Within 24 hours, “Apex Legends” became the most-watched game on Twitch – after one week, over 25 million people were already playing it. What is the battle royale shooter about?

What is “Apex Legends” about?

Scenario: In a distant future, bandits, adventurers, and outlaws settle their disputes in a sporting contest to the death. The setting is a fertile, industrially developed valley on the edge of the galaxy.

• Genre: Battle Royale shooter
• Game modes: survival battle between a maximum of 20 teams of three.

At its core, “Apex Legends” is a classic battle-royale shooter: up to 60 players land simultaneously in teams of three on the game map called “Kings Canyon” – a densely built-up, fertile valley with many accessible houses, bunkers and towers. Once on the ground, unarmed players must search their surroundings for equipment and ammunition. The goal of the game is to stay alive until the end.

To prevent players from hiding all over the map and waiting to automatically be the last one left, the game area shrinks every few minutes. The longer a round lasts, the smaller the area where survivors can move and hide.

Apex Legends refreshes this now classic game formula with some ideas that are unique to the genre: For example, before starting a round, players select one of eight heroes, each of which has two special abilities and facilitates certain play styles.

Bangalore, for example, is the classic soldier who can conceal her position with smoke grenades and call in an artillery strike in an emergency. The heroine Lifeline, on the other hand, can summon a drone to heal teammates – or directly order the delivery of high-value weapons and equipment via aerial drone. This way, all players can find the right hero for their preferred course of action.

How can I play Apex Legends?

Platform: “Apex Legends” is available for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.

Price: The battle royale shooter is a “Free to Play” title and can basically be played for free on all platforms.

In-game purchases: “Apex Legends” allows the purchase of cosmetic items and new heroes either by means of in-game currency, which can be earned for free in every round, or with real money. The real-money currency “Apex Coins” can be purchased in five different amounts: The smallest possible amount is 1000 Apex Points for around 9.99 euros, while the largest pack with 10,000 Apex Points content costs 99.99 euros.

The developer emphasizes that it is not possible to buy game advantages with the help of real money: You can only use it to customize the appearance of the heroes, it says, or purchase new heroes.

Age rating: “Apex Legends” does not have a youth rating (USK 18).

Which technical terms should you know?

Respawn Beacon: If a player is shot down, the team members who are still alive have the opportunity to bring the fallen comrade back into the game: Each eliminated player leaves behind a so-called Respawn Banner, which can be collected by the players of the own team and handed in at one of 28 Respawn Beacons, certain locations on the map. If this succeeds, the fallen player returns to the game.

Jumpmaster: At the beginning of the game, one of the maximum three players of a team always takes on the role of the jumpmaster. He decides when and where his team enters the game area.

Ping: Using the middle mouse button, players can alert their teammates to interesting locations in the game world or enemies. These pings are a valuable tool for communicating quickly and efficiently within the team.

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