I think the best way to describe Apex Legends is sort of PUBG meets Overwatch. At the start of each match you are grouped in teams of 3 and 60 of you (instead of the usual 100) are dropped onto an island with no gear and it's up to you to find loot and kill everyone else until you're the last team standing. Of course there's a standard array of weapons to find and kill people with but to assist you in your killing each character you can pick has a different skill. For example, one guy called Bloodhound has skills that reveal people close by to him and as a passive he can sense "evidence" of other players if they did a thing within 60 seconds of you arriving. Another character, Gibraltar, is a big dude who sets up big fat shields to help protect teammates when you get yourself in a pickle. As of now there's 8 characters, 6 playable from the get go and 2 of which are locked and you have to "buy" with either in game or real currency.
When looting not only are you looking for guns, ammo and protective gear but you're also looking for gun attachments. The guns themselves, for the most part, seem neither here nor there and you're allowed to freely pick and choose whatever weapons you like based on your personal play style. What a gunfight really seems to come down to is what attachments you have for that gun. As you're looting you'll find barrels, stocks, sights, mags etc that will help you kill your fellow man and it's these items that make ALL the difference. In one game I had a fully kitted out rifle which turned my SMG into death laser but the next game I had the same gun with no attachments and could barely hit shit as the recoil sent my view flying about 180 degrees with every bullet. I quite like this approach since it allows you to play with whatever you want while in something like Fortnite I was always just looking for rare versions of very specific weapons every game.
The absolute best thing about this game however is the team communication. You can play with no mics and still be able to communicate really clearly thanks to an absolute genius pinging system. Of course, mics are better overall but if you get paired with some really annoying morons you can give yourself some peace and quiet and still be able to point out an enemy or a useful bit of loot for them. The downside of the coms in this game however is that if you DO have a mic, it's IMPOSSIBLE to mut it (at time of writing). This is unfortunate for someone like me who lives in a Japanese apartment because if my wife wants to listen to music while I'm playing then I risk getting mad hate as Celine Dion blares down my playstation mic. I could just unplug it but I shouldn't have to, just put a fucking mute button in goddamnit.
Of course, since it's a free game there are microtransactions but they aren't too intrusive. You can pay for currency or you can get an in game currency by leveling up and this will allow you to purchase characters or cosmetics for your character. Also when levelling up you get a pack that contains items like gun skins or character related voice quips and other things and the drop rates on these packs seem pretty good. I'm only level 13 and already have 2 epic tier skins and there is A LOT of skins despite the fact the game just launched so if you like Overwatch style lootboxes then this game has a lot to offer you.
Anyway, the game is free and it's surfing a wave of popularity right now. Will it kill Fortnite? Probably not but it's gearing up to be a decent contender for a quality alternative. No longer will you have to suffer the buggy, broken mess that is PUBG or the skid stain that is that Call of Duty thing. Worth trying once at the very least
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