{"id":5666,"date":"2022-05-16T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/apex-legends-mobile-new-legend-fade-highlights-small-screen-gameplay\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:05:06","slug":"apex-legends-mobile-new-legend-fade-highlights-small-screen-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/apex-legends-mobile-new-legend-fade-highlights-small-screen-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Legends Mobile: New Legend Fade highlights small-screen gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apex Legends<\/em> Mobile <\/em>is a completely separate game, its designers say. That does not mean it\u2019s a completely different <\/em>game.<\/p>\n

Respawn Entertainment hopes players will find enough familiarity in the action on smaller Android and iOS screens, but Apex Legends Mobile <\/em>will not share the progression, seasons, inventory, or anything else with the flagship console version. <\/p>\n

The studio already announced, back in April, that there would be no cross-play among Apex Legends<\/em>\u2019 mobile and console\/PC populations. But in a preview showcase two weeks ago, Mike Hoff, senior product director for Apex Legends Mobile, <\/em>emphasized this version has been built specifically for smaller-screen devices, which if nothing else gives experienced players a chance to start all over in the Apex Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means we\u2019ll have a different patch cadence, different themes and events, changes to ranked [play] and a myriad of new features,\u201d Hoff said.<\/p>\n

Importantly, controller support on mobile devices is \u201csomething that\u2019s super important for us,\u201d Hoff said, but it\u2019s still not complete as of Apex Legends Mobile\u2019s <\/em>launch on May 17. \u201cWhile we are actively exploring it, it is one [feature] that we haven\u2019t quite got right just yet,\u201d Hoff said. \u201cWe are continuing to develop against it, and players can expect to see it in the very near future. We were really hoping to get it in there right away, but [we] aren\u2019t quite happy with the level of polish and testing that we\u2019ve knocked out on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest feature exclusive to Apex Legends Mobile <\/em>is what fans had sussed out ever since the game\u2019s limited regional launch kicked off in early March: There\u2019s a new legend, Fade, and you\u2019ll play them only in Apex Legends Mobile<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Fade was purpose-built for mobile gameplay, said Jordan Patz, the game\u2019s design director. \u201cWe took the learnings that we built from bringing PC Legends to mobile and we used them to create a Legend that leans into what we see as being the best parts of mobile gameplay,\u201d Patz said.<\/p>\n

Fade is a variation on Wraith, one of the game\u2019s most popular Legends<\/a> since its launch in 2019 (and also available in Apex Legends Mobile<\/em>). \u201cHe\u2019s an extremely aggressive mobility fighter that wields a suit based on the same technology as Wraith,\u201d Patz said.<\/p>\n

Fade\u2019s passive, tactical, and ultimate skills lean into a fast-paced playing style that Respawn thinks will suit the mobile version of their game. The passive ability Slipstream allows Fade to move more quickly for a brief period after he performs a slide. \u201cIt gives players a way to experiment with the advanced movement of Apex<\/em> slide-jumping, and that\u2019s a key skill we want to teach in all Mobile <\/em>players,\u201d Patz said. <\/p>\n

The tactical ability, called Flashback, lets Fade \u201creset himself back to a point some number of steps earlier in the encounter,\u201d Patz said. \u201cThis ability is created to give lower-skilled players an emergency ripcord out of bad situations, and to be more forgiving of risky play.\u201d Higher skilled players, Patz said, will likely use Flashback to contrive ways to \u201cbamboozle enemies, disorienting them, and even setting up an ambush.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ultimate ability, Phase Chamber, can be both an offensive and defensive tactic, Patz said. Fade tosses a throwable, it explodes, and anyone in the blast radius is pushed into a phase space, where they are unable to deal \u2014 or receive \u2014 damage. \u201cThis ability is designed to help protect against bad situations by allowing Fade to avoid third-party [PvP] scenarios, or to isolate a single squad member temporarily, to pick apart teams,\u201d Patz said. Fade \u201ccan also use it on his own team to drop them out of danger for a moment.\u201d Fade gains a movement speed bonus while he is affected by the bomb\u2019s phase-space burst.<\/p>\n

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