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Season 21 of Apex Legends is correct across the nook. The brand new content material replace is ready to introduce a brand-new Legend to the Apex Video games, together with a returning fan-favourite limited-time mode, loads of enhancements, and a few main adjustments to the prevailing Battle Royale map: Damaged Moon.
After being launched with the launch of Season 15, Damaged Moon shortly picked up a repute for being the “worse map within the sport,” in keeping with gamers. Its subdued shade scheme, repetitive factors of curiosity, and normal complexity are simply a few of the the reason why followers have labelled this as essentially the most disliked maps in the complete sport.
However developer Respawn Leisure seems to be centered on giving Damaged Moon a brand-new look with Season 21, because the studio is totally overhauling the map with new factors of curiosity and a brand new “unique panorama.”
In a brand new weblog submit, Respawn Leisure mentioned its aim for Season 21 was “to deliver a brand new fight expertise all through Damaged Moon and inside the new POIs, whereas additionally altering the identification of the map.” And altered its identification they’ve, because the devs say this is sort of a “brand-new map.”
Apex Legends Devs Focus on Damaged Moon Adjustments
In a brand new interview with our sister web site GameRant, Apex Legends’ lead stage designer Steve Younger defined the studio’s choice to utterly nuke Promenade after noticing that gamers had been utterly avoiding the focus on Damaged Moon.
When Season 21 launches subsequent week, Promenade can be out and a brand new focal point known as Containment Zone can be in. Younger described this new spot as a extra “self-contained and compartmentalized POI.” When discussing the Damaged Moon adjustments in additional element, Younger mentioned:
“We do not have the chaotic zip strains, pass-throughs, chokes, and no matter that had been main gamers in and thru that space anymore. Now it is way more intentional and way more intuitive. So far as the rotations each in and round there are involved, we now have actually enjoyable zip strains inside the Containment Zone itself which might be solely used for rotational functions inside that POI. In my view, it is essentially the most enjoyable use of these.”
The dev then defined that Respawn wished Damaged Moon to be extra visually distinct in comparison with the sport’s different maps. “The biome refresh simply appears to be like and seems like a model new map in comparison with the place it was earlier than,” Younger mentioned.
As for a way this new focal point performs, Younger mentioned it “performs nice” and is “very nicely laid out” which suggests gamers will be capable of give you some enjoyable, inventive methods. “If you might want to shortly rotate and get out of there, you are able to do that too. It is not a loss of life entice anymore prefer it was earlier than,” the dev defined.
To seek out out extra concerning the adjustments coming to Damaged Moon with Season 21, go to the official Apex Legends web site.
Launched February 4, 2019
Writer(s) Digital Arts