John UM
On February 5, 2019, Brendan Greene sent a tweet, which is arguably the most popular type of game nowadays – the creator of the big escape praised another big escape game: “APEX Heroes” At this time, the debut of “APEX Hero” has not exceeded forty-eight hours, but the number of registered users has exceeded 2.5 million, and the number of online users has reached 600,000
If you can’t literally understand what kind of data this is, then we can compare the data of Fortress Night, which is also a big escape game. As the leader of the current big escape game, “The Night of the Fortress”, with the PVE mode as the basis of the guardian home, the free big escape mode – the airborne action won a million in twenty-four hours. The player registers the number and reaches this number of registrations. “APEX Hero” only took eight hours.
And this miracle was created with almost zero publicity
Before the launch of “APEX Heroes” on February 5th, except for some rumored rumors that “there will be a big escape game based on “Titan’s Fall”, no one knows that “APEX Hero” is No, many people will believe that Rebirth Entertainment will be a big escape type of game. “At most, it is a chicken eating mode in Titan’s Fall 3”. It was the consensus of almost everyone at that time until the game was officially announced. After that, the players accepted this fact, and at that time, not many people felt that this sudden spoiler could shake the current dominance of Fortress Night
But reality is always more exciting than drama. This fledgling “APEX Hero” has already brought “Fortress Night” and “Jesus Survival: Great Escape” to the throne in just ten days. I brought the crown with dazzling gems
And the reason for doing all this is inseparable from the reincarnation entertainment for the big escaping of this game category, perhaps as they responded to Brendan Greene’s saying “We are standing on the shoulders of giants”, but they It’s not just standing up, but picking up the toes, stretching his arms, and looking at the higher places, this exploration touches the crown of the giant’s head
For the success of APEX Hero, we first need to clarify one thing, that is, a big escape game, or the success of any game, what is the most important factor? In fact, this problem is very simple, can be summarized by the game quality and player experience. The game itself needs to have the corresponding qualities to attract and retain the player to continue the game, and the player experience determines how long the player’s game time can be extended
So what about the game quality of “APEX Hero”? Very high. If you know about reborn entertainment, then you must know that the main members of this studio are from Infinity Ward who made “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare”, and their previous works are called “Titatan Fall” series, first No matter why “Titatan Fall” has been tepid, it is undeniable that without the EA’s slogan operation, the game quality with “Titatan Fall” will never fall into such a field
And “APEX Hero” inherits the excellent game quality from “Titatan Fall”, both the smoothness of the operation and the shooting feel are very good, but the game is still slightly different from the “Titatan Fall” in the design level, although Under the same world view, this time there is neither a Titan nor a shovel, and some are just heroic characters named Legend
At present, the game only provides a three-team game mode. Players need to choose different legends and teammates to form a three-person squad, and a 60-person escaping game in Kings Canyon. APEX Hero has a total of eight legends. Available, whether it’s offensive, defensive, reconnaissance or assist, each legend has its own unique abilities. The lifeblood can release the healing robot and summoning the supply compartment, while the bloodhound can find the enemy’s trail by observing the footprints and releasing the eye of God. “APEX Hero” makes the whole process of the big escape by adding different skills. Changeable, more strategic, and adrenaline-like tension, just like the “Fortress Night” airborne action in the basic game of the big escape, the chemical reaction generated by the construction of the elements, this is different kinds The organic combination of gameplay that collides with each other
And in the idea of these game design, “APEX Hero” is more intelligent. As we all know, the airborne action of “Fortress Night” is a very good big escape game, but its requirements for building buildings are very high, not only need to achieve a certain speed in operation, but also need to think well when encountering enemies. It is devastating for newcomers to build the general structure of the building. Most of the new players have encountered opponents in the ground floor of a tall building. They can only stand in the downstairs and dry up. The construction process has not only a certain threshold, but also a long time in time. It is very easy to cause. The new player’s persuasion
And the skill mechanism of “APEX Hero” is more simple and clear, a passive skill, an active skill and a trick, the new player has a higher acceptance of this system, and it can be said to be zero in the difficulty of getting started. Threshold. Moreover, Rebirth Entertainment has spent a lot of thought on the design of this set of skills. It can be said that every legendary skill is not released without brains. There is a communication between release timing, location and teammates. Certainly, just take the legendary bloodhound dog I gave above. The role of the skill of God’s eye is self-evident. Information acquisition can be said to be a very important point in the big escape type of game, but you use it. Can you find the enemy’s location information safely? No. First, after the eye of God scans the enemy, it will only leave the position information of the moment the enemy was scanned, and it will not keep track of it, and releasing the eye of God will also cause the enemy to clearly observe your release skills. Picture effects and expose your location information
Such skill design abounds in “APEX Heroes”. Gibraltar’s protective shield can defend against bullets from outside and block bullets that are shot out. Quick way for pathfinders and evil spirits. It can be used by itself or by the enemy; the finishing technique can quickly solve the enemy’s fallen players, but it will enter an uncontrollable hard state and be easily attacked by humans; this has a two-way effect design idea. A player needs to think about it when releasing his skills, which not only ensures that the game is interesting enough, but also has certain strategic features
In addition to the ingenuity in skill design, Rebirth Entertainment is amazing for the design of information transfer in the game. A simple marking system can be said to be played in “APEX Hero”
I think everyone must have encountered communication problems in such games, and the solutions like “Jesus Survival: Big Escape” and “Fortress Night” are real-time voice calls, but It is very common for language to be inconvenient and teammates to make voices. At this time, basically, teammates will be in a state of zero communication. It is not a good thing for important battlefield information exchange
And the “APEX Hero” tag system solves this problem well. Without the use of text and voice communication, the rich function of the tagging system can almost support the communication between teammates in the whole game. In addition to the basic wheel information exchange, whether you find weapon armor, accessory supply or enemy’s whereabouts, you only need to press the marker button to the corresponding position, and the system will automatically send the corresponding voice according to your mark. And the graphic logo to help teammates understand what you mean, and in addition to marking what you find, you can also express your own claims through the marking system, whether it is a weapon lacking accessories or ammunition, a medical kit or an armor pack, you can pass The marking system communicates with teammates
In order to perfect this highly applicable marking system, Rebirth Entertainment employees conducted a month-long anonymous game test without voice and text communication, and it is this kind of work attitude that brings them into the player’s perspective. Successfully made such an excellent marking system
Of course, if “APEX Hero” only has a smooth operation rhythm, excellent shooting feel, ingenious skill design and practical marking system, then it must not reach the current height, the pursuit of player experience It is the real reason for its success
Rebirth Entertainment completed the development of Titan’s Fall 2 in 2016. At this time, the big escape type of game has begun to emerge, and since then, the prototype of “APEX Hero” has begun. Formed, this is evident from the animation at the end of the single storyline of Titan’s Fall 2
And what did Rebirth Entertainment do for such a long period? They stood on the shoulders of giants and optimized the player’s gaming experience in accordance with the design concept of Titan’s Fall
The purpose of playing games is nothing more than the pleasure and sense of accomplishment, and the big escape game can bring you the feeling of fun and accomplishment. It must not be the process of collecting, running poison and hiding for a long time, fighting and killing. It’s your excitement to get the spoils and win, but for most players, it’s not a simple matter to survive and win in a hundred-person escape game. More is After a long process of collecting and running the poison, I found nothing, and finally I will hand over the equipment I have worked hard to find, and at this time, the player will feel great frustration, because his contribution and return are not good. Just proportional
And Rebirth Entertainment noticed this problem
In “APEX Heroes”, the number of participants in each game is only 60, which fundamentally improves the probability of winning the final. And in the game, reborn entertainment for Time to kill (killing a bloody enemy, abbreviated as TTK) and Bullet to kill (killing a bloody enemy, the number of bullets, abbreviated as BTK) With more stringent settings, when the weapon accessories are not complete, killing an enemy with no defensive equipment takes time and bullets, and the benefit of this setting is to avoid a lot. The sudden death and squatting sneak attack in the big escape game gives the player more opportunities for guns, running positions and using skills, and in order to avoid the situation of high TTK avoidance, the game has been cancelled. The iconic flying into the ground in the Titans Fall, but still retains the shovel and wall climbing operation, in the absence of fall damage, the high-mobility of the fast-paced combat makes small-scale conflicts There is a more compact battle rhythm, and both the enemy and the enemy will compete in the battlefield, awareness and teamwork
The game is also based on the design of the firearms. In the “Jesus Survival: Great Escape” and “Fortress Night”, there will be corresponding firearms in the near, middle and long distances. The guns have the ability to quickly kill the enemy, and the sniper rifle is even more, hiding their body shape, low risk and high profit, it is common to take the first level thousands of miles away, but presumably many players are I hate the experience of being killed by a sniper rifle. This kind of death without a fight is actually a destructive destruction of the game experience
And “APEX Hero” uses another solution, first of all, the high TTK is not easy to die, and then the low-risk low-yield sniper rifle, in addition to the number of bullets in the game The Golden Krebel sniper rifle can be shot with a headshot. As long as the defensive equipment is worn, it will not be easily shot by another sniper rifle, and the helmet and armor that will not be damaged can be quickly recovered by the supply. The threat of sniper rifles is further reduced. Because of this, high-risk and high-yield shotguns are more popular with players, and the entire game’s battle take-off is more inclined to the high-mobility of the gun in the middle and close range
Seeing here, you will definitely notice that I mentioned “sudden death” many times. Yes, the most terrible thing about the big escape type game is that you and your teammates are separated by yin and yang, so that one party will fall into nothing. Doing a “watching movie” link, there is no game experience at all, and “APEX Hero” can solve this problem well by picking up the flag of teammates for resurrection, whether it is with the flag of teammates. After defeating the enemy, the resurrection teammates enjoyed the fruits of victory. All the teammates involved in the whole game were involved. This closely-connected team battle is much better than a group of people watching a person hiding in the finals
Actually said so much, you should have a more comprehensive understanding of this game, the quality of the game itself is very good, the player’s game experience is extremely smooth, can only say that a reborn entertainment knife is not old, you may only need Worried is that EA will have any other operations, after all, the thing that took out the “Titatan Fall 2” as a sacrifice in the past is still vivid
If you want to try a big escape game now, then “APEX Hero” must be your best choice now, as to why? It’s very simple, because it’s probably the best big escape game on the market, and it’s free, except for download points