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Cheese9Man
3 years ago
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Other games copying Apex

What’s your opinion on other games copying some of Apex’s game mechanics? From respawning, the jump towers and the most impactful of all, the ping system. In my opinion it’s okay to copy each other’...
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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
    3 years ago

    Going to go ahead and lock this thread.

    If you want to discuss what other games are doing then it's best to do so on their dedicated forum boards.


    Darko

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Cro_Pittt
3 years ago

@XxColdFangxX Yeah, that's even worse: Respawn literally has those mechanics in their codes and yet another game will implement them first? Wow.

I'd feel nothing, if a mechanic is good and successful then other games will copy it. It's been always like that in every era of games. Everyone started copying things Call of duty introduced when Call of duty 4 was released, multiple games copied the souls mechanics, and so on. 

You know Apex should also copy some things from other games, like audio, game support, matchmaking, skins, if they are good. There's nothing wrong in that.

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pandareno1999
Hero+
3 years ago
@Cro_Pittt Those mechanics were deliberately left out of Apex because the skill gap from movement was one of the downfalls of Titanfall. It was an accessibility decision.
  • Kyldenar's avatar
    Kyldenar
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @pandareno1999 Skill gap? For Movement?

    The Titanfall movement was the most INSTINCTIVE movement of any FPS I have ever played. _And I am terrible at these games._ If I can get it, so can everyone else.
    • XxColdFangxX's avatar
      XxColdFangxX
      3 years ago
      @Kyldenar
      There are definitely people in titanfall that can utilize that movement better than others.
      I enjoyed the movement, but I wasn't the best for sure. Even then the lobbies weren't too terribly matched, most people were around my own skill level with the occasional pro like player that was impossible to get a decent shot on.
      If apex implemented that type of movement, with how horrible their match making is, it would be even worse than it is now.
      As for fortnite...I really don't see how wall running will work? It's a third person game and their walls aren't exactly long enough for a decent run.
      Their lobbies might suffer a little bit at first too between the people who can pick it up easier than those that struggle a bit with such mechanics.
    • pandareno1999's avatar
      pandareno1999
      Hero+
      3 years ago

      @Kyldenar Didn't you tell us before that you avoided TF2 multiplayer and only played coop? That might account for this opinion.  What's your take on tap strafing in Apex?  Do you find it problematic, or something that ought to be in the game?  That's another movement mechanic that defined good TF2 players.

      The funny thing is that, despite the earlier design philosophy of trying to avoid having too high a skill floor, that's exactly what has occurred with Apex over the years.  I think pretty much everyone agrees that the new user experience in Apex kind of sucks because of skill gap.

      • Kyldenar's avatar
        Kyldenar
        Seasoned Ace
        3 years ago
        @pandareno1999 I prefered the Frontier Defense co-op yes, but when I couldn't find a match of that and needed to scratch the itch, PvP it was.

        I did... just ok. It's not near as bad as a BR because at least the teams are evenly matched. Oddly, my biggest problem was using the Titan enough (when it was available). I have the same problem in Apex of holding on to my ult for "just the right moment" too.

        As for tap strafing, if you can pull it off, whatever. Honestly, I have seen very little of it. Most times I am lasered by an R-301 in the head long before I am close enough where tap strafing would matter.

        I'll never be doing it because I am a controller player from the carpal tunnel. If anything, people being able to do the loot box shuffle angers me more than tap strafing. Make everyone sit still and take that risk to loot a box!
  • Cro_Pittt's avatar
    Cro_Pittt
    3 years ago

    @pandareno1999 Downfalls? It was a good thing lol, as @Kyldenar said, either learn it or i'm sorry but get eaten by better players.

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