Apex Legends after 3000 Hours
Right off the bat after playing apex for over 3000 hours I can EASILY say that this game is one of the buggiest and least cared for games I have ever played. And its getting worse every season making it more and more frustrating to play. This game has been out since 2019 and the amount of issues that have persisted over the seasons is unacceptable.
Whats good:
There are some things I like about this game which is why I haven't quit yet. One of them being the fast gameplay style with movement, I really like movement in games and fast paced games are what I enjoy the most which this game gives (even if the movement revolves around bugs, tap-strafing\, wall jumping, etc.). Second, The guns feel satisfying to use as well, just as they did in titanfall 2 as they are the same guns and animations. Lastly, I like the abilities that each character brings to the game. I feel like having abilities really makes the game more interesting to play.
General Bugs:
I don't even know where to start with this, there are bugs that Respawn has refused to fix since the game's launch like being able to swap weapons by simply pressing interact too fast (you don't even need to hold it for the full duration). The newest map Broken Moon has a bug in Promenade that is straight up an invisible wall where you can't throw grenades through or pick up items through. Like how does this even make it into the update release? It makes me think respawn doesn't playtest the game at all (which they probably don't). Another recent large bug is being able to equip heirlooms without owning them. This is another issue where anyone who playtests the game would IMMEDIATELY see. Respawn clearly knows which players are getting them via the bug (which everyone can replicate) because they are banning those who do. If they know your getting them illegitimately then why don't you just remove them from the player instead of banning their account? This is a flaw that respawns introduced into their own game and are now punishing people for it? I don't see how this is even remotely fair and/or consumer-friendly. Another bug is knocking player's shields bugging and allowing them to be shot head on with the shield active as it keeps clipping into the players body allowing the enemy to shoot the head of the knocked player. Other small yet annoying bugs that have been around for multiple seasons are UI bugs where your inventory will simply be blank (nothing on screen), or the healing progress bar disappears thus you don't know how much time is left before completion. Or when it does appear, it says "COMSUMABLE_PROTO".
Audio:
This is another major killing point for this game as the audio simply doesn't work. At least once per game you wont even hear the enemy behind you until its way too late and your getting shot. Other times audio like ziplines simply wont play. Gun sound effects always bug out, either a silent shot or only part of the audio plays. The music in the game randomly stops and starts when it feels like it. In general this game needs a massive audio overhaul as its just terrible right now. Some abilities like revenant's silence makes the audio so muddy that nothing else can be heard.
Gameplay:
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, make servers that place you based on input devices. This is at the top of my list in what i wish to see in this game. Like, mouse and keyboard players against other mouse and keyboard players and controller against controller. If you have a party where people are on multiple different input devices then you get put into mixed lobbies. I don't know why console players get their own lobbies and why PC is in mixed but its a very unfair matchup and makes practicing on PC useless because controller players have an assisted feature which means mouse skill is worth much less. Console players get a 60% aim assist! 60% of the aim is being done by the game, if you are on PC with a controller you get 40% aim assist. The aim assist is totally unfair to PC mouse (which btw has 0% aim assist) and controller players can purchase devices that allow players to run scrips when pressing a button to gain an even more unfair advantage. These scrips are clearly allowed as players have not been penalized for using them. The other gameplay issue is the lack of game modes. THERE IS STILL only 1 other permanent mode, Arenas. Arenas is its own can of worms but there NEEDS to be other modes. Battle royale is dying very quickly and apex is becoming very stale without the addition of another permanent game mode.
Conclusion:
This game is on a decline because of the poor choices EA and Respawn are making in regard to this game. It feels like all they want is money and don't care about making the experience any better. This game has HUGE POTENTIAL but respawn fails to improve the quality of the game as a whole.