Anyone wonder why the Trident hovers rather than rolls on wheels?

@MrGreenWithAGun

Not sure where you got the idea that Apex runs on the "most powerful game engine available." It might have been in 2014 or so, whenever development began, but I'd say that it's now pretty far from cutting edge. And how could it not be? Development DID begin a long time ago, and the game had to be designed to run on some pretty feeble hardware, so all-in-all I'd say we're lucky to have the exploding jump towers.

And you can see this exact sort of issue play out over seven successive versions of Halo. The limitations of software and hardware will always act as a roadblock to artistic vision and the level of reality that can be depicted. But it gets better all the time.

One of the things that always puzzles me is how realistic lighting (ray tracing, etc.) has always been a huge focus of developers, certainly for 343. When I would personally have prioritized the number of players you could put in a single game, or the quality of AI in PvE modes.