Fancy a game of Apex Legends? Then let’s turn off the PC and go outside. Yes, that’s right: The game breaks through the fourth wall and enters the real world. But how is that possible?
The popular YouTube channel Dude Perfect has nearly 50 million subscribers and regularly delights its followers with elaborately produced videos. One of their most recent is Airsoft Battle Royale 2 and was sponsored by EA Games. But if you want to know what the blogger gang has done with Apex Legends, you should watch this video:
The area where the video was shot appears to be an abandoned industrial facility. As the members of Dude Perfect chase each other through the barracks, we keep seeing Apex banners and near-perfect imitations of the supply containers we all know from the game. Inside them you’ll find softair rifles, smoke grenades and more. You almost feel like you’re watching a replay of a real Apex match.
Instead of health bars, each player’s life is indicated by helium balloons attached to their back. When all of a player’s balloons have been destroyed, he is considered down. But is death the end? No! Because funnily enough, you can be revived, with a gas bottle full of helium. With this, a teammate can inflate a new balloon and give it to the wounded one.
The teams, each consisting of three players, communicate with walkie-talkies, which creates a real battle flair. And like Apex legend Crypto, one of the players even uses his own drone to track down an enemy sniper. To make the illusion perfect, Dude Perfect even mimics Apex’s user interface: in the bottom right corner, you can see the weapon each player is using. In the left one, the remaining life, which is displayed by means of three bars. It would have been a touch more realistic, though, if the players hadn’t worn standard clothing, but costumes like the Apex characters. All in all, the video gives a pretty good impression of what an Apex match might be like in real life.
Whether the video actually attracts new players to Apex or persuades old ones to return is uncertain. But who isn’t up for a softair match like this now, please? Only, where is this damn area? We are already searching diligently
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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