All it takes is one ferrofluid-controlling witch and suddenly a beautiful system of doors can’t be trusted anymore.
Adding a character who can mess with a system that’s that consistent has a lot of fun potential.
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I want you to think about doors in video games.
How do most of them work?
Honestly, they don’t.
Apex Legends goes the extra mile.
There are five rules to remember when dealing with doors in Respawn’s battle royale game.
If you want to get through a door, the fastest way is to open it.
The best way to counter this is with melee attacks.
It doesn’t matter which legend is holding the door and which one is doing the kicking.
It has always taken two kicks to destroy a blocked door.
But in regards to the last rule, once a door is gone, it’s gone for good.
Or if you’re the one blocking a door, how long do you hold it?
You could write wholeguideson how to best respond to the frantic rock-paper-scissors showdowns that are Apex Legends' doors.
Characters like Fuse andValkyriecan destroy doors with their abilities, but any legend can do that with grenades.
And then came Catalyst.
Catalyst can also use this ability to rebuild doorways that have been destroyed.
So right out of the gate, Catalyst breaks two of the fundamental rules of Apex Legends doorways.
And then there’s Dark Veil, which is a giant wall of ferrofluid that blocks line of sight.
It doesn’t seem the most conducive way to build a wall.
The wall came at me and out the door I had opened, dividing a simple doorway into two.
Without realizing it, I had internalized a sixth, unseen tenant: A door leads into one space.
Which seems silly to even key in out.
Like, of course, a door always leads into one room.
It doesn’t even feel like a rule.
The fallout of such an ability is evident in how I was ultimately taken down: I hesitated.
And we’re still limited toBroken Moon, the new map, at this point.
But throughout it all, one aspect of Apex Legends has remained stalwart: the doors.
Frankly, I couldn’t be happier.
And that’s all I really want out of a new Apex Legends character.
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