about to get a pc after 4 years of waiting. i used to play apex in season 0 with my friends and i always loved it, absolutely loved revenant when he came out aswell. now that im finally getting a pc i want to know how the game is compared to season 5 and beforehand. better? worse?
If you're done with this game - don't come back to it.
For 3 seasons this game has been just **bleep**. Maybe someone who is more willing to speak up - will give you a few reasons why.
Respect your time and don't come back to Apex.
season 16 was the last decent season after that game went straight down. It became a call of duty with more collor. casual players lost interest and only sweats left. Ranked is full of 2nd and 3rd accounts if you start playing ranked like 2-3 weeks later, not to mention lots of cheaters. some classes are overpowered and meta extremely favours only few legends a season. so even tho roster is bigger there is more or less 3-4 legends to pick from this season, cause ballance doesnt exist. Shop is even more obnoxious nothing is limited nothing is rare anymore.
Basically do what others did and go play marvel rivals even tho that game is even worse. Warzone was not bad last time i touched it.
Def worse, the downfall was starting S7, Crossplay was the worst idea ever.
After four years you will barely recognize the game. Legend balance is non-existent. The game is filled with crutch mechanics like banner crafting and late-game loot bin resets. We used to have the wingman meta. Then the scan meta. Then the smoke meta. Now we have all of those plus the Ash meta. There is a pointless upgrade system to tacticals and ultimates. Recon legends have their enemies show up highlighted in red. I'm sure there's a point to that, but as a recon main I'm still not sure what it is except maybe as a way to invalidate Bangalore and Caustic. Oh, and if the bin reset doesn't completely invalidate the entire process of looting then the weapon arsenals certainly do. Just drop wherever your favorite guns are and start shooting. I don't know why they don't just kill battle royale entirely and switch over to team deathmatch. Oh, and if you're going to play on PC then brace yourself for the cheatiest game in gaming history.
On the plus side, skill-based matchmaking was overhauled this season and, even with the shrinking population, is tighter than it has ever been. By a huge margin. The game is still filled with smurfs, but the matchmaking is in a good place even so. At least for me.
Every match is just - Ash, Sparrow, Alter, Ballistic (sometimes Pathy and support, mainly Lifeline).
Play another, niche character and you'll be killed immediately.
They ruined the game in s23, but s25 is the nail in the coffin.
Write a word of truth on reddit and you'll be immediately banned or ridiculed by sweaty people (professionals), because only they and cheaters like these changes.
This game was killed by the creators themselves.
Not to mention how big of a problem this game currently has with cheaters. Pubs in the evening/night are worse than diamond+ ranked (EU server).
I'll say it again - don't come back to this game. It's never been in worse shape.
This game was killed by the team they made not the team that made it. Almost the entire team who works on it currently isn't the original due to people being cut or quiting because they didn't like EA.
This is what happens if you let quality workforce go and rehire people that dont know the system at all, resulting in the same bugs reappearing seasons later, introducing new bugs because of said missing knowledge (eg. "what is the opposite of good ? good intentions ...)
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