OK. I can't believe i'm writing this. Let me just preface that I REALLY love Apex Legends and have played it since launch (Console switch to PC) I have spent GODLY amounts of $$$ into this game because I love it so much. So... Why am I not recommending it? That's because Apex Legends is a shell of the game it once was. a once beloved game by a respected developer turned into a Soulless Cash-grab. Apex legends is the only game I have ever played that made me wish loot-boxes were still the industry norm. With the changes to legends making certain characters OVER OP (Lifeline) to ridiculous metas (Lifeline, Newcastle, MASTIFF.) All the joy of hopping into a match with your friends and playing either quick play or comp have been eviscerated like that cousin you hate. By far the WORST change to happen in Apex is the battlepass changes and the store revamp. Remember when Heirlooms were $128 when a new one was released? well now you can get a CSGO Karambit Knife for $200!!! Oh and no new Legend specific Heirlooms or Heirloom skins, just recolors after recolors for the same price as the original. whats different? nothing, nothings different. A new animation, banner, and emote. that's it. Apex Legends is still fun, hopping in with friends CAN be enjoyable for a period before the meta makes you want to go buy milk and never return. Overall, it's sad to see a game I played for so long die because of corporate greed. I'll still play the game, but not nearly as often as I used to. And honesty? I think it's time we say goodbye to the Apex of old. because this isn't Apex Legends. its an online retailer for skins and money burn piles.

TLDR will be at the bottom for those who want to skip the reading


This Game has some AMAZING Potential. However that means there's currently LOTS of improvements needed. I want to preface with saying that I REALLY like this game, and WANT to make it the most enjoyable experience I can. so let's start off with the core premise of the game.


The ENTIRE game is about demolition, yet a majority of the time you are dismantling objects because customers want to save stuff or because there's a premium item you want to save to sell later, the only downside is. You can't. You see, you can only sell items with random contracts, these contracts decide which of the items you can sell to them, only problem is, most of the time it's something you don't have. in my playthrough so far, I have almost 200 pieces of beams/wood that I salvaged from houses, but not 1 of them has sold yet, because there are no contracts for them. If there where ways to sell items individually, for the price that the scanner claims then it would improve the gameplay but a LOT. In my opinion, I feel like the scanner should have more uses LIKE selling the items you click on ONLY in the warehouse.


The game runs fairly solid on my PC, but I'm an outlier as I have a fairly beefy setup, so why am I talking about this? because the game TANKS due to the amount of entities while dismantling houses. I have a 3090ti and top of the line CPU and I will tank down to less than 30fps when the wrecking ball hits the houses due to all the debris flying. if the amount of entities could be lowered or some more time spent on optimizing the game, I believe it could honestly make for a fun and engaging time. However, in its current state, the FPS drops make it difficult to want to keep destroying houses.


Okay, this is my biggest gripe so far. I haven't delved TOO deep into the game yet, but the prices of items compared to what each contract pays is ridiculous. It takes three to four contracts + rubble from those same contracts, to gain MAYBE 3-4K. This is a problem, due to the cost of tools, which you have to buy INDIVIDUALLY may I add. increasing each upgrade until you max out the tools. That of which ranges from 1.5-2k PER TOOL. Not to mention upgrading you vehicle which you then need to spend 1K to unlock the Garage, then 3-4K for the next Van, on top of buying new permits to unlock better contracts. Also, why is the wrecking ball $600 to rent when a contract only gains me $200??. The only thing I found that works is to not even bother with the warehouse mechanic and just destroy EVERYTHING and sell the ruble. it's saves time and gains me Guaranteed income compared to selling items. This, by the way, includes stuff like, walls, bricks, wood, windows, doors, etc. just destroy them all and you'll make more money than individually selling them.


As stated before, I fail to see a reason to engage with the warehouse at all. sure, you can take the time to dismantle items,w store them in your van/truck, and store them in the warehouse, but at the end of the day, you rarely sell items you have. my warehouse is FULL will walls, bricks, wood, windows and various premium items and I can't get contracts to sell them to save me. it makes the entire premise of the warehouse pointless, you're better off just adding a dump truck to the game and a landfill to sell rubble as that's more profitable than taking the time to take a cabinet apart, piece by piece and storing it to sell whenever the games lets you. In my opinion, I feel like this mechanic needs to be looked at and reworked to make us WANT to fill it up and sell things, but at this point in time, it just feels pointless.


Im just gonna say it. why do I have to buy a garage in order to buy better vehicles? why can't I just sell the starter van and replace it with new vehicles? it's stupid and a waste of money to HAVE to buy a garage to THEN buy a new truck. it's unnecessary.

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There is still plenty I want to say about this game, and I may even be wrong about much of it, like the economy and warehouse functionality, but I just can't seem to enjoy these premises. The amount you make is minute compared to what you spend to upgrade. The warehouse feels pointless and just another cash dump to upgrade. And the game's performance, while good, tanks when too many things break or are destroyed at a time. I believe this game can become amazing, and I enjoyed my time playing it, but it needs to improve and touch on some of these issues because it causes it to feel stale and hollow. you can only destroy the same house, store the same items, and play Tetris in your van so much before you get bored and leave.



This game can become a great demolition game, the physics and contract system are fun but carry a lot of issues like performance hits, and entity overloading causing game crashes, the warehouse feels empty and pointless leading to no reason to fill it up. Contracts rarely asks for items you DO have, and selling the rubble from houses makes more income than selling items individually. This game has plenty of issues but if worked on and optimized, even reworking some systems, can become a great game to play. At it's current state DO NOT recommend the game.