Apex Legends Mobile Review
Ali Hasan June 6, 2022
More than three years after its release on Consoles and PCs Apex Legends has finally arrived on mobile devices. Apex Legends Mobile takes the same formula as its console and PC counterparts and delivers a very satisfying and complete experience on mobile devices, although it is not without its caveats.
Apex Legends burst onto the scene in 2019. It came at a time when games like Fortnite and PUBG were falling into complacency driven by a lack of competition. Apex Legends introduced mechanics that are now a staple of the battle royale genre, while also providing an incredibly fun, fluid, and well-balanced battle royale experience.
A New Experience
Apex Legends Mobile is an entirely separate experience from the console and pc versions. Where Fortnite enables cross-progression across virtually every version of the game, Apex Legends Mobile takes an approach similar to PUBG mobile. It’s the same game in essence but is entirely separate from its older brother. With more and more games moving towards cross-progression and cross-play this felt like a major downside to an otherwise pleasant experience.
The game features its own battle pass completely separate from the console and PC versions, with daily and weekly challenges you can complete to unlock new skins, camos, and more. For people who do not play mobile games very often, this makes investing in the battle pass, not a very attractive notion. Some kind of parity or dual progression with both mobile and standard battle passes would have been a nice addition.
Legends
The game features the same number of legends as the original game did when it first launched. Along with a special tenth mobile-exclusive legend known as fade. Fade features the ability to blip himself back to where he was a few seconds ago as well as transport enemies to another dimension where they can neither deal damage nor take damage. Fade works very well for solos as his abilities are geared toward his own survivability and quick maneuverability. The notion of a platform-exclusive legend proves to be the real draw here.
The console version currently features 19 legends as compared to 10 here on mobile. The lack of legends may end up alienating long-time players but, in my experience, the original legends that are available are sufficient enough to carry the game. However, if you’re used to maining a certain legend it may be a bit of a wait till they make their way onto the mobile version.
New and Improved Features
Apex Legends Mobile features the ability to play in either third or first-person modes. Third-person modes work especially well for mobile shooters as it makes the character maneuverability a lot easier while also offering a wider field of view. I spent most of my time playing in the third-person perspective and I don’t see myself switching anytime soon. In addition to improved movement, being able to see your character’s skin is another big reason why I choose to play this way.
Looting is easier than ever as the game automatically picks up better loot within the same category for you. You don’t have to spend precious time fumbling around in the menus (which is especially hard in mobile games given the tiny button prompts) which lets you keep pace and quickly move to your next destination.
The addition of a visual aid helps you exactly pinpoint where enemies are in a given area. The implementation is quite similar to Fortnite in that shows either a bullet icon or a footstep icon depending on what the enemy player is doing. A feature like this is always welcomed if you’re in a particularly noisy room or don’t have access to a headset and in Apex Legends Mobile it works quite well.
Modes
Like its console and PC counterpart, Apex Legends Mobile features a number of game modes. The standard battle royale, team deathmatch, and ranked modes are all available, with maps being slightly altered to fit the mobile platform.
I found team deathmatch to be a lot more enjoyable on mobile and found myself dropping into a match of TDM more often offers a quick Apex Legends fix instead of having to fire up battle royale and commit 15-20 minutes to a single match.
Controls
The game features several firing modes built to cater to the needs of different levels of skills including auto fire for new players and a traditional aim and shoot set up for more advanced players. What bothered me however was that there is currently no controller support. Players who aren’t adept to touch controls will probably have to wait a while to truly enjoy the game.
The onscreen controls work well enough, with plenty of customization present. I was able to arrange the buttons to fit my needs although depending on the screen size it may be a bit of a nuisance to play. I found my time on a tablet to be much more enjoyable than on mobile and that mostly just boiled down to button placement and a lack of screen real estate to properly move, maneuver, and shoot.
Apex Legends Mobile delivers a very satisfying and complete battle royale experience on the go. However, the lack of cross-progression and controller support really weighs the game down from reaching its true potential.
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