I still remember that around the Spring Festival of 2019, a new tactical competitive game called "Apex Legends" was born.Although there was no pre-release announcement, it absorbed a considerable number of user groups in a very short period of time after its launch, and became the hottest product of the year.

Looking back, it was a huge success for a number of reasons.With the strong hard power of Respawn Entertainment, the game has a three-dimensional battlefield space design, a high-speed and refreshing combat rhythm, and excellent shooting feel and other high-quality experiences.

On May 17 this year, "Apex Mobile Game", jointly developed by Tencent Photon Studio Group and Rebirth Studio, was officially launched on overseas Android and iOS platforms.The producers are clearly aware of the reasons for the success mentioned above, and strive to bring these advantages to shooting enthusiasts on mobile platforms.

Note: The launch time of the game in Mainland China is yet to be confirmed

Focus on restoring the end-game experience

Different from the end-game version, "Apex Mobile" is developed using Unreal Engine.Although the underlying structure is different, it basically reproduces the various flavors of the original work.

In view of the fact that it has just been launched, there are currently only 10 optional heroes in this game, and the tactical competitive gameplay map only provides "Edge of the World".However, after testing and comparison, whether it is the character's skill gameplay or the detailed composition of the map, the degree of restoration is quite impressive.

In terms of image quality, compared with the previous closed test, the overall picture level of the public beta version has been significantly improved, the picture quality above three levels can basically achieve a good visual perception.If you have a device with powerful performance, you can even have an experience close to the PC side when you turn on the highest quality picture quality and the highest frame rate.

However, the game still has some optimization instability.If the equipment configuration used by the player is slightly poor, it is very likely that when there are many concurrent special effects on the same screen, you will encounter problems of frame drop and freeze.

In addition, there are still many bugs in the current version.Such as character card map modeling, abnormal gunshots, disordered screen elements and colors, etc., can only be dealt with slowly in future version updates.

New heroes and characteristic system

Although in terms of the overall number of heroes, "Apex Mobile Game" is slightly inferior to the end game version that has been in operation for a long time.However, on the basis of collecting 9 original heroes, the development team created an exclusive new hero for the mobile game version: FADE.

The movie itself can be obtained completely free of charge, and you don't even need to buy advanced pass permissions.As long as the basic battle pass level is raised to the corresponding stage, and a certain number of shadow fragments are collected, this legendary hero can be synthesized.

As an aggressive character, Ji Ying has high mobility and a certain degree of field control ability, which is very suitable for opening the breakthrough of the team's attack.

Passively, when launching the sprinting shovel, he can gain a short-term movement speed increase after the action ends, enhancing his flexibility.

The tactical skill "Flashback" can trigger the phase retrospective effect.To put it simply, after the player uses this skill, Yingying will return to the position it was in about three seconds ago directly according to the previous movement trajectory.He will remain invincible throughout the process, and even his weapons can be automatically reloaded (however, health armor and item status will not change back to the previous state).

With the help of this skill, Ji Ying is good at fully outputting while ensuring her own survival.In certain stagnant positional battles, as long as the time is calculated properly, he can rush into the enemy's line to tear open the gap, and return to a safe position in a critical moment to create opportunities for his teammates.In addition, during close-range firefights, quickly changing the position by flashing back can also be used to go around or disrupt the opponent's sense of direction.

As for the big move, Jiying will throw out the core device to form a phase zone.All characters shrouded in this area are temporarily in a void state where they cannot attack and take damage.For enemy heroes, it will also cause deceleration and slight damage.

In view of the unique effect of this move, there are not many suitable application scenarios.When the team needs to outflank, Jiying's first throw can effectively restrict the opponent's movement and complete the encirclement.Using this skill when retreating can also relieve the pressure of survival when escaping.

However, because it will affect both the enemy and us at the same time, players must pay attention to the release timing when using it, and be careful not to trap teammates.

In addition to the original heroes, "Apex Mobile Game" additionally added a point system similar to the talent tree.Through the experience upgrade after the battle, we can get the skill points of the corresponding heroes, which can be used to unlock their special skill talents, or exchange for decoration rewards.

There are three skill slots for characters, namely "General Skills", "Final Skills" and "Special Skills"", providing different dimensional buff effects.Players need to selectively assemble from the unlocked skills by themselves.

Taking Bangalore as an example, the general skill "Quick Strike Tactics" allows her to increase the speed of reloading when she enters the running state; the finishing skill "Trophy" can get better accessories after completing the final killing action; the exclusive skill "Critical Smoke Barrier" can make it still be able to play the tactical skill smoke bomb after being knocked down.

The total number of skills in the current version of "Apex Mobile Game" is not particularly large, but it also gives players more room for customization, allowing players to gain more strategic experience when their hero proficiency improves.

Considering the audio output environment of mobile devices, "Apex Mobile Games" also added sound in the middle of the screenguide ring.Once the footsteps or gunshots of the enemy appear around, the direction of the sound source will be displayed intuitively in the form of dynamic icons, so that players can detect the enemy's situation in time.

Simplified operation still needs to be adapted

Compared with similar tactical competitive products, "Apex Legends" has a slightly higher overall operation complexity due to the addition of skill buttons.It is not easy to restore completely by touch on the mobile terminal.

The default interface of "Apex Mobile Game" has more than ten virtual buttons for combat alone, which is indeed a bit crowded for a mobile phone with a small screen.

If you are not good at using touch to play shooting games, in addition to external handles, it may take a long time to get used to the whole set of operation logic if you want to play smoothly.

Taking the author as an example, in the first few games, when I used my right hand to move the angle of view, I often accidentally touched the fire button and caused the fire to go off, scaring myself.There are also various situations such as dragging and moving incorrectly causing the running to be interrupted, or clicking the wrong button when switching guns and changing items, etc. Misoperation in a firefight is fatal.

Fortunately, the game itself provides detailed UI adjustment functions.In addition to the two preset templates, players can also adjust the distribution position of each virtual button arbitrarily according to their own habits, which alleviates this problem to a certain extent.

In order to reduce the player's operational burden as much as possible, the producer follows industry practices and adds a lot of convenience to the gameOperations, such as pressing to move and then sliding up to continue running, automatically opening doors and boxes, and automatically picking up items.In the settings menu, you can personalize the automatic picking function in detail, and confirm the type and specific quantity of items you want to get.

It is worth mentioning that Apex Mobile Games has developed a partially simplified input mode for the various agility skills of the end game.Take the most basic "shovel jump" as an example. Players only need to press the down button with their right thumb to maintain the shovel posture while running, and then slide up to complete the action seamlessly.

Summary

As a purely mobile-oriented product, "Apex Mobile Game" is moreIt has restored many elements of "Apex Legends". Players can easily experience the refreshing feeling of high-speed three-dimensional tactical competitive games using mobile phones and tablets.The exclusive new hero and skill system brings a different and fresh feeling to end game players, and makes people look forward to the original and innovative content added to the product in the future.However, there are still many bugs in the current version of the game, and the richness of the map is slightly lacking, so we can only wait for the update of the later version.It is also difficult for users with poor equipment configuration to obtain a smooth gaming experience.

Advantages

• It better restores the gameplay and atmosphere of the end game
• ExclusiveNew heroes and new systems
• A lot of optimizations have been made for mobile platforms

Disadvantages

• Players who are not familiar with touch controls need to adapt to the operation
• Some devices will have a freeze problem
• There are several bugs in the current version

Evaluation results

As a purely mobile-oriented product, "Apex Mobile Game" restores many elements of "Apex Legends",Players can easily experience the thrill of high-speed three-dimensional tactical competitive games by using their mobile phones and tablets.The exclusive new hero and skill system brings a different and fresh feeling to end game players, and makes people look forward to the original and innovative content added to the product in the future.However, there are still many bugs in the current version of the game, and the richness of the map is slightly lacking, so we can only wait for the update of the later version.It is also difficult for users with poor equipment configuration to obtain a smooth gaming experience.