HIGH One of the best fighting games ever, now with a modern online focus.
LOW Delay-based netcode instead of rollback can lead to some spotty matches.
WTF The retro character models sometimes don’t have their limbs attached correctly.
HIGH Being surprised by a horde whilst exploring a mineshaft. Yikes!
LOW The forced stealth missions feel outdated.
WTF Deacon’s starting bike runs out of gas in about three minutes.
HIGH The Sentinel Hammer’s a pretty decent addition.
LOW The Dark Lord boss fight is abysmal by every conceivable metric.
WTF They’ve literally made The Ancient Gods, Part 1 worse with this release.
It’s fair to say that Apex Legends has done okay for itself. Recently surpassing one hundred million unique players around the same time as it was celebrating its second anniversary, things are looking bright for the future of what I easily consider the best Battle Royale on the market right now.
HIGH This game is cute, concentrated nostalgia.
LOW Unlocking characters is a bit too random.
WTF I legitimately found myself trying to use Yuri’s moves while playing as Sakura.
HIGH The mountain race near the end is delightfully done.
LOW Some pretty noticeable bugs throughout.
WTF The eye-opening things about the Greek Gods and their proclivities.
HIGH It has a great sense of style.
LOW The framerate tanks this badly on a Vita port?
WTF ‘Chicken Constable Honetsuki Juju’.
HIGH This is some of the finest videogame combat ever created.
LOW Buff Totems are still inexplicably awful additions to any encounter.
WTF They removed the DOOG easter egg? Give it back, cowards!
HIGH The writing and worldbuilding is frequently fantastic.
LOW The bugs are bad, but the loading times are worse.
WTF One of the skill paths is dedicated to… repairing toasters.
HIGH Ladiva’s ultimate attack.
LOW The RPG mode is a missed opportunity.
WTF That’s a tiny roster given the paid DLC characters at launch…