I'm canceling my backlog for Apex Legends. Be back never

Riding on the coattails of World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto V is an incredible number of games that have adopted the live service model. Fornite and Apex Legends dominate our attention as my backlog of games suffer, and it appears the gaming industry is struggling to keep up as well.

[jeromeface]

you'll be back

[ClayRules2012]

Yep. They always come back.

[UnSelf]

i read every comment in here, and not one person explained what makes this game so great.

anyway, GTA - Motor Wars shits on every BR game in existence by far

[poppatron]

I’ve not really gotten into a online shooter in a big way since BF 3, and I’m nuts for apex legends.

The movement, the gunplay, the different characters abilities and the price are some of the things that stand out for me. The time spent at the beginning the game looting is exciting, the gameplay of Battle Royale games is inherently exciting because the open nature means you can use many different strategies to tackle your foes. When you kill it’s exciting, when you when it’s super exhilarating, when you dies/lose you’re out of the game and into the next one in a flash. And the grind for skins for your weapons and favourite characters keeps you excited post game.

I’m a huge fan, but it won’t be for absolutely everyone. It’s free though so there’s no reason to not download it and make your own opinion

[fonduktoe]

I'm in the same boat. Love this game!

[Tankbusta40]

I'm sure not

[SegaGamer]

I don't think I have ever once bought into these fad games and I don't see that changing with this game.

[Artemidorus]

Is that because it's not 49.99 plus season passes plus DLC then repeat all over again in 12 months??

[SegaGamer]

No, why would you assume I want any of those things?

[ziggurcat]

I don't see how that's worse than the same, generic 10-20 minutes worth of gameplay repeated ad nauseam.

[Artemidorus]

Because people these days seem to think enjoying a game is using the wallet until they are bored and left with a bill to pay then get excited for the same process the following year.

As for repeated gameplay you could say that about any game of today.

[Seraphim]

I'd rather pay $50-60 up front than be inclined to spent $11-18 for stupid skins. As we've seen today EA is trying to milk this game by offering ridiculously priced skins. Now there's nothing wrong with free to play but sometimes those games can end up costing up A LOT of money. Even if it's only $1-5 a crack.

[TheSaint]

Show me one person that actually thinks that.

[Ricegum]

I've never bought into them either, playing a lot of Apex and I'm really enjoying it. Never paid a penny.

[RomanPSX]

Im enjoying the game too. I havent spent any money on it yet, I will when the season pass launches next month and I will buy some skins. If they support the game and spend money making it. We have to give back.

[Marioraider18]

Its a good game. You are just too triggered from Fortnite

[SegaGamer]

But I didn't like Fortnite either, I thought I made that point obvious in my original post.

[bluefox755]

It's EA, Even if they did release good games, I have too much self respect to support them.

[Marioraider18]

No one here is saying you did like Fortnite. Whats the point of your reply?

[SquillieDeeWilliams]

You should try it, it's really, really good, and its free99

[isa_scout]

You're to cool huh? Hipster....Lol

[SegaGamer]

You have that the wrong way around. It's the so called hipsters and cool kids that follow the latest trends.

[mandingo]

Truth

[conanlifts]

I dislike fortnite, pubg and other BR games, but this is good fun. If you like fps game at all this is one of the best available.

[Kornholic]

You're not missing out. It's like Titanfall without the fun. And I'm a big fan of Titanfall.

[Larrysweet]

all it is crap fad

[isa_scout]

I apologize you're one of those look at me I stand out, I'm special, kinda people. I have nothing wrong with that until you say you've never once bought into these "fad" type of games.You sound stuck up like youre unwilling to even try it because your to cool. If you tried it and don't like it thats different.

[SegaGamer]

You're jumping to conclusions like a few other people. I'm not trying to stand out at all, I'm just saying that none of these fads have ever pulled me in. That is literally all I said, how is that stuck up or seeing myself as something special?

And you assumed that I haven't tried any of these games. I have by the way and I didn't like any of them. This Battle Royale fad is the least interesting of the lot to me because it's part of genre I'm really not a fan of.

[X-Alchemist]

The the battle royal genre isn’t going anywhere man it’s here to stay. And alright mate, give yourself a pat on the back for not getting into ‘fads’. Don’t worry though, I don’t reckon you sound stuck up at all.

[remixx116]

Lol it seems like this comment of yours has pissed off the hipsters

[SegaGamer]

I know right, I'm not even sure what it is that has got them so annoyed XD

[isa_scout]

I apologize. Its your business what you like or dislike anyway. It doesn't affect me personally anyway don't know why I acted like a child.I was having a rough day.

[2pacalypsenow]

Played one game, downed someone, shot them about 3- 4 times while they were crawling, then they whipped out a shield while crawling and me shooting at them. Their Teammate comes from behind, downs me in one shot, the person I was shooting while crawling gets revived, shoots me 3 times, kills me.

Deleted the game... Proceeded to play RE2.

[SquillieDeeWilliams]

You should've learned why that happened...

[2pacalypsenow]

I should learn why someone can eat 4 bullets and whip out a shield while they’re down. And also how they killed me in three shots.

Hmm, I’ll get back to you on that.

[Potnoodle999]

Haha it happened because the game is .....hrrmmm whats the word? bullshit. Mmhmm same as fortnite, just because the game is popular doesn’t mean it’s a great game. Fortnite is a load of trash which is why mostly tweens play it as they don’t know any better.
That’s the thing with F2P! Everyone gets a chance to try it so it’s easy for people to get hooked! Whereas if you HAD to pay $60 for it most people wouldn’t and the game would die off like many other similar ones. It’s totally ridiculous that so many praise these BR games as if they are the way forward.....it’s a new fucking game mode released as a full game.... what the hell has happened to peoples minds 😂😂😂

[Kabaneri]

Git gud lol you just suck thats not the game's fault.

[2pacalypsenow]

It is what it’s is.

Not everyone will like this game.

I’m one of them.

[opc]

yesterday, I ran out of ammo shooting the downed person. He lived, the second teammate that came out of no where somehow managed to kill me and another person with one shot gun blast. I just turned it off

[2pacalypsenow]

Smh.

[Retroman]

Here you are explaining "why" you don't like the game, instead these people "who don't know She-it about you " prejudging you
such as Squilliedee and kabaneri about a Damn man made game. what they should of done agreed with you like Opc below.
I've never been much of a online player but I'm glad I stop playing back when Call of Duty first released on ps2 or ps3 was killed to many times.

[Ricegum]

I'm sorry bro. I understand why you would have wanted to delete the game after that. How humiliating.

[2pacalypsenow]

Thank you it was painful, then I got raped by Mr. X 😑

[Legacy212]

If you played the tutorial you would know you can execute downed people lol calls the game shit because you dont understand the game mechanics and are bad at it, what a great review

[2pacalypsenow]

So shooting someone when they’re down is not enough? I need to execute them to be able to kill them?

Sounds like shitty game mechanics if you ask me.

[BioShockGX]

It's actually your fault.
Never ever shoot a downed enemy.
Keep watching them, their teammate will come to revive them, if you killed him, all of them will die.
But if you want to get rid of the downed enemies then just use the finisher (Hold square on ps4) just make sure no one is around.
Also not everyone has this shield because it's an item that u need to find but it's common.

[Tapani]

Good for you! I have never been personally interested in online shooters, not since Halo 2 and Unreal Tournament 1999. Goldeneye 007 was a good multiplayer, offline though. I rather play Deus Ex, Prey, System Shocks and Dishonored if I need my FPS fix. And I enjoy deep Japanese made RPGs as well.

I'm tired of shooting anyone or anything in games. Done it gazillion times in the last 35 years, gets boring!

[Weeblordbad]

I've had amnesia 9000 times in JRPG, been the chosen one etc etc. You know online shooters are about the competition, much like anything competitive activity there is a degree of repetition.

People getting all passive aggressive about MP has to be one of the saddest trends of the past year.

[Tapani]

I didn’t say I play mediocre JRPGs, I play only the best. Nothing wrong with often uses plot device if its written and designed well and serves a purpose.

[gammaray13]

what a tosser, Apex is only an ok shooter there are plenty of games out there that leave this for dead

[opc]

what are the others?

[NotanotherReboot]

pubg

[Potnoodle999]

God of war, spider man, re2, kingdom heart 3, next up is Sekiro.

If anyone still has those games in there backlog and have left them for this crap I pity you😂 let’s play the same exact game mode again and again until there’s no brain cells left!! Jesus Christ

[opc]

@Potnoodle999

I don't have those games or a PS4. This game is free on a computer that I built for work.

[Lighter9]

Go take some classes in journalism while you have the free time.

[Traecy]

LOL!! & Smh.

[opc]

Half the time my squad may as well be Shroud and Dr. Disrespect, they slaughter everyone before I even see anyone. The other half, they're people that think its good to launch right into an area that has just been looted and I'm stuck trying to punch an entire squad to death. Are there really no other people that are just okay or decent that I can match with?

[Kaii]

Even If Its just one person you can grab from your friends-list, throw 'em an Invite, I can see as weeks progress yeah people get adjusted to the game, but you can still hopefully have fun.

PS4 - I've had one random today who died by falling off the map, I sighed openly In the mic and chuckled because like If Its not the enemy how can you fall off the map, 2m before ring closes and we're at the swamp location, circle Is on the other side of the map x) So I trackback to pick this player up, set up zip lines and mark L1 Chest/head so we can quickly get back to the circle, this guy backtracks to the cliff and jumps off the map, I witnessed this with my map open.

Go try Training and mess with "all" the weapons available, literally. Don't have the one "go-to" weapon, have multiple.
Don't expect to win, I go Into each map and depending what my squad Is like overall I land right into the hot zone, this quote works well with this mentality.

"Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man; by then, it was nothing to me but blinding! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me."

[opc]

Oh I have everything down and even know the map a good amount. I'm not the fastest and most accurate but I know how to play. I'm pretty solid in a support role and recovering and respwaning people, but it seems like most games I'm either teamed up with elite professional gamers, or people that are starting it up for the first time.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Sucks to be you..ridiculous logic...I play Apex and can play other games.

[BadElf]

Eh. What a "hip" title to an article

[isa_scout]

People like to hate on what's popular but this game rocks. If you like shooters there's no reason not to download this game. Unless you're a Hipster, to cool to play games that other people like because you need so badly to be different.

[bluefox755]

Enjoy. I'll pass.

[The7Reaper]

Well we'll be here when you decide to claw your way away from the fad because that's all these battle royale games are.

"BuT MoM iTs NoT a PHasE"

[Ricegum]

Claw your way back? Lol. I've heard it all now.

[Weeblordbad]

Does he think you need to ask permission? Are SP games some kind of exclusive club?

[MetroidFREAK21]

Been playing this a lot. Tons of fun, and the thrill you get for coming out on top is still satisfying. Never does get old.

[annoyedgamer]

I have never seen so many "stories" with love letters to EA games before. Between Apex and Anthem, literally every game site is swooning over them.

[Majin-vegeta]

I'll be back

[zodiac909]

Author sounds like the definition of a "tool," when the next battle royal game comes out, i bet he will "cancel his backlog" for that one aswell.

[bestofthebest]

Got to rank 40 and I’m a little worn out I’m taking a break for metro exodus

[Ninver]

Rank 40? May I ask if you have a job? GF? Mortgage? Kids? Any of these?

Cause one would have to dedicate most of their time to reach such ranks.

[bestofthebest]

Lol I own my own business, and honestly my personal life is none of your concern.

[cell989]

I’m close to cancelling my Anthem preorder lol

[xPaYDaYx]

Did anyone actually read the article?

[Bismarn]

this guy should just move to Korea where they sit in a gaming chair and play 1 game for 2000 hours straight until they starve to death.

[madpuppy]

meh, I just grabbed the Metro Redux for 9 bucks on the PlayStation store, never got a chance to play them, I think my time is better spent with that.

[jznrpg]

Yawn

[jjb1981]

It's been boring so far. My backlog lives on!

[QuePasa87]

I guess it's good I can't get into BR games so I can keep working at my backlog lol

[FunPhl40]

Battle Royale games only hold my attention for a few matches

[Larrysweet]

nvr played never will

[pandehz]

BR games make me sleepy

[GrizToof]

Sorry to hear that, your gonna miss out on a lot of great experiences for a shooty shoot game.

[BioShockGX]

Lol i was planning on buying RE2 and then Apex dropped and now I'm delaying re2 for an unknown period lol

[BenRC01]

Ah I get it. The backlog is from people who SUCK. Yes you. You who hate cod, bf, and any other online FPS. If you were good like me you'd be having a ball, racking up kills, wins, unlocking cool stuff etc.
But no, you never really got the hang of twin sticks and can't hit the side of a mountain, circle strafing is the equivalent of quantum physics.
Stick to single player you poor poor baby, at least then you can try over and over and over to get past that level you struggle with.

[3-4-5]

I just can't get into this gameplay style.

It gets really boring, dropping in and scrambling for loot/gear and then trying to maybe have a few skirmish fights in a game that lasts 30-45 min.

Rinse, repeat.

Just not enough content or gameplay to get me to invest. I like the idea on paper, but in practice it just doesn't do it for me.

I'd rather a Borderlands Loot experience where I'm constantly building towards something and unlocking things rather than a reset every round.

Battle Royale needs to evolve for next gen to where this gameplay style is only maybe 25% of the total gameplay experience.