Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 145: A Brand New Experience! Arrival at Kings Canyon

"APEX launches today, new skill system sparks player discussions"

"Have you ever seen an FPS with ultimate abilities? APEX launches today!"

"Will skill chanics clash with FPS gaplay? Analyzing APEX’s prospects based on Gods’ Calamity"

"Charity move? Rumors say APEX’s in-app purchases will completely abandon attribute sales, fact or fiction?"

"Is it just a PUBG clone or another groundbreaking masterpiece? Answers at 8 PM tonight!"

"Well-received but low sales—industry insiders weigh in on APEX launch"

"Breaking records! Since yesterday’s APEX trailer release, Titanfall’s daily sales surged to a monthly high"

"…"

Speculation, analysis, praise, and doubts flooded the dia.

In just half a day, APEX had surged to the top of all major gaming social platforms’ trending charts.

Countless players eagerly awaited the ga’s 8 PM opening.

Although the trailer had already been released yesterday, with it ca more questions—

What exactly sets APEX apart from PUBG?

How well does the FPS plus skill combination work?

What is Golden Wind’s so-called ‘pure green’ in-app purchase model all about?

Carrying many questions!

At 8 PM sharp!

Flags of blood-red banners flew across all major streaming platforms!

That’s right!

Because most gas retreated at the last mont, leaving a vacuum in the new ga market,

APEX, releasing officially in this gap, naturally occupied the lion’s share of promotional resources.

This promotion wasn’t purchased by Golden Wind, nor aided by Yiyou.

It was all spontaneous from strears and platforms!

After all, everyone could see that APEX was riding the wave of hype.

No one wanted to let go of this cake; everyone wanted a bite!

“Hurry up, Qiezi! I can’t take it anymore! I’m about to hunt right now! I damn well can’t wait even a second!”

In the live room, Donggua’s hyperthyroid voice urged Qiezi to get online quickly.

Following Donggua’s push, another voice chid in with a heavy Russian accent:

“Co on, co on, husband, I damn miss you, bro!”

The mont this voice appeared, the entire live room erupted!

“Whoa! The Russian is back!”

“Hahahahaha, that’s perfect!”

“Long ti no see, bro!”

“Amazing! This wave of APEX even brought the Russians back!”

“The Russian hotown accent is still the sa, hahahaha…”

The speaker was ‘Maozi’, a pure Russian foreign friend.

Previously, he had t Qiezi and others through live streaming and even ford a team with them.

But due to health reasons, he returned to Russia and had been silent for over a year now.

Now, appearing again in the live room, many old fans cheered excitedly.

Though Maozi wasn’t streaming today, just seeing him in the ga was already a huge surprise.

“Here I co, here I co! Let’s get this started!”

After much anticipation, Qiezi finally wiped his mouth with a curtain and entered the motion-sensing pod:

“Today, Maozi’s back! First round, I’m gonna clutch the chicken dinner! Everyone in the live room watch and learn well!”

As he spoke,

The three-person squad was ford.

Usually,

Most strears enter the ga and go to the training ground to familiarize themselves with the gaplay.

Although APEX is also a battle royale,

Its settings differ quite a bit from PUBG.

Especially the skill system; even if you don’t try every skill, you at least need to read the brief to understand the basics.

However!

Who were these three?

All were hyperthyroid battle gods!

They had been waiting for the APEX project for a long ti!

The mont the trailer dropped yesterday, they ford their squad, waiting for this mont!

Slowing down to familiarize with the ga and preparing thoroughly before fighting?

No way!

Click!

They imdiately hit the match button!

Since the ga just launched and was free, the online player count was huge.

Instant match!

The live viewers were dumbfounded—

“Are you guys rushing refunds? Isn’t this a free ga?”

“Can’t wait even a second to clutch?”

“I see other strears still checking skills, but these three are already playing.”

“Learning while playing, practice makes perfect; after a few drops, everything’s clear.”

“Our squad’s highlight is one guy with no brain.”

“Pure reckless maniacs...”

Amid the chatter,

The trio entered the ga!

The character selection screen appeared with ten legends shown.

Eight were lit and selectable.

The bottom two—one a gray-haired woman wearing pilot sunglasses, the other a man with windproof goggles and an oxygen mask—were grayed out, requiring tokens to unlock.

After a quick discussion, the three chose from the first batch of eight selectable legends.

They picked Donggua’s Wraith, Maozi’s Mirage, and Qiezi’s Pathfinder.

The sa lineup as in the trailer.

After all, they didn’t know what skills the others had; only these three were sowhat familiar.

Wraith was about void traversal, Mirage was about deception and illusions, and Pathfinder had grappling hook and zipline.

Simple!

As the screen dimd,

Whoosh!

The piercing wind howled in their ears!

As the scene appeared, Maozi suddenly scread in the live room!

“Goddamn it! Our plane ticket got hung up, bro!”

anwhile,

The three were suspended midair, hanging from chanical arms aboard a transport aircraft!

Below them lay Kings Canyon, with overlapping mountain ridges and waterscapes.

Amid the desolate canyon, many residential buildings dotted the landscape.

The style was brighter and more vivid, imdiately distinguishing it from PUBG’s realistic art style!

“Whoa! This scenery is so dreamlike!”

“Feels perfectly wedged between sci-fi and cartoon style, fun, fun!”

“This art style is so bright and fresh!”

“After all, this is a competition; this is a battleground, not a deserted island.”

“Seems pretty different from PUBG, let’s see more…”

Donggua and Qiezi glanced at the majestic Kings Canyon below, both eyes lighting up.

Taking a rough look, Qiezi noticed a prompt on his HUD—

[You have beco the Drop Commander]

Then Donggua’s voice rang out:

“Qiezi, you jump! Where do you want to drop?”

In this installnt, thanks to the fully upgraded full-sensory system, many details were enhanced.

The roaring wind even distorted Donggua’s voice in midair.

Hearing this, Qiezi quickly opened the map.

On the map, two light blue circles marked locations.

One circle was at the northeast wetlands; the other at the southwest Skull Town.

According to the legend, areas within blue circles were ‘high-value loot zones.’

Simply put, places to farm good guns, armor, and attachnts.

At this mont, the plane flew from west to east, just passing by Skull Town.

“Got it! That’s P City! We drop Skull Town! Land and fight imdiately!”

Hearing this, Donggua and Maozi nodded repeatedly!

“Go go go go!”

“Shoot hard, shoot hard! Let’s do this, bro!”

“Move move move! Three, two, one! Charge!!!”

Click!

As the chanical arms released,

The three felt their bodies empty out, plumting from the transport plane!

Simultaneously, the thrusters on their backs activated, spraying brilliant, flamboyant colored smoke.

The trio quickly adjusted posture midair, gliding like majestic eagles toward Skull Town!

The howling cold wind in their ears, the rapidly expanding canyon view before them,

Even the breathing resistance caused by high-speed airflow pressure difference!

Thanks to the upgraded full-sensory technology, the deploynt phase gave players a far more thrilling experience than PUBG’s parachuting!

“Woo—hoo—!!!”

The three shouted joyfully, trailing colorful smoke behind!

“Damn! This is freaking aweso!!!”

“These thrusters are insanely powerful! So cool!”

“This is so thrilling! Damn, too exciting!”

They scread excitedly!

The live room was also full of exclamations!

“Holy crap hahahaha that’s so exaggerated!”

“Live show for real! Thrusters with smoke!”

“Super authentic vibe!”

“Just looking at the thrusters feels aweso!”

“A little Golden Wind shock!”

“This is true technological progress; parachutes turned into thrusters!”

“Can’t imagine how fun the drop is with next-gen full-sensory tech!”

“Just look at these three maniacs.”

“Hahaha feels like they’re already hyperthyroid before even fighting…”

“…”

Amid the cheers and shouts!

However,

Before Qiezi’s excitent could die down,

Suddenly!

Donggua scread beside him!

“Hey! Hey!”

“Damn, sothing’s wrong, Qiezi!”

“Qiezi Qiezi Qiezi, quickly turn! Don’t jump into Skull Town!”

“Head to nearby Thunder Fortress!”

“Turn! Quick—turn—!!!”

At this mont,

Qiezi was still enjoying the freedom of flying with the thrusters, confused, looking back at Donggua:

“Why go to Lei—Wo! De! Fa!!!”

But then!

Right behind them!

Multicolored smoke, like a rainbow blooming, filled the sky, all from players fighting over Skull Town!!!

The intense visual impact was overwhelming!

The image’s intensity surpassed expectations, making Qiezi’s hairs stand on end!

Terrifying!

Although,

He had fought dozens of battles over P City before.

Moreover, compared to PUBG, APEX’s player limit was only 60 per match, nearly half less.

But!

Seeing countless smoke trails slicing the sky, endless squads diving at them like mad dogs!

That overwhelming pressure made his scalp tingle uncontrollably!

At the sa ti,

His adrenaline soared!

“Run? Today, there’s no running at all! I’m the mayor of Skull Town today!!!”

Saying this,

Qiezi dived down sharply!

The thruster on his back flipped automatically, its recoil slowing his rapid fall, finally landing smoothly!

“Charge charge charge! Find guns find guns find guns!!!”

Qiezi was going crazy, like he was on stimulants:

“Damn it, all of you die today! Skull Town can only have one mayor!”

However, before he finished,

From behind, wave after wave of public voice chat ca flooding in from more and more squads!

“Husband scolded !”

“Maozi! Maozi, I love you bro!”

“Donggua don’t run! Donggua, I’m your fan! Donggua, I’m a Taiwanese girl!”

“Chase chase chase! Kill them! Don’t run and punch!”

“Knife him! Knife him knife him knife him!!!”

“…”

Originally, APEX didn’t have public voice chat.

But Gu Sheng thought this feature was effective, so it was retained.

Of course, if you find it noisy, you could manually turn it off like in PUBG.

But Qiezi and the others rushed into the ga too quickly.

They didn’t even enter the training level, let alone tweak settings.

Now, over twenty people behind shouted “Knife him,” making Qiezi shudder!

“Damn! Don’t hit ! I’m a strear! Damn it, I’m a strear!!!”

But the viewers targeted the strear!

A barrage of punches!

Left Qiezi battered, fleeing head down!

In desperation, he rembered his skill, stretched out his hand, and activated the grappling hook!

Thud! Ssshh—clang!

The hook shot out, firmly embedding into a nearby wall!

Relying on his basics from Titanfall, Qiezi slid and then jumped with montum!

Whoosh!

The next second, he was flung upwards by the hook’s inertia!

Launching like a flail thrown out, fleeing toward a distant point!

Chat exploded with cheers—

“Damn!!! So cool!!!”

“Qiezi doesn’t lie; after all those fights, he knows how to use skills!”

“Hahahahaha…”

“Wow, this skill is so smooth!”

“This looks fun! So you can use the grappling hook to move fast, even reach high places?”

“Indeed! Damn, this is so interesting!”

“If you master this, you’ll be showing off hard!”

“Although it’s escape, gotta say Qiezi’s move was pretty slick.”

“This skill system… looks kinda fun, bros!!!”

“…”

Qiezi fled head down!

anwhile, Donggua and Maozi took advantage of the chaos to loot boxes and develop!

However!

Their luck wasn’t good.

According to the map, this was a high-tier loot area, but disappointingly,

They couldn’t find any high-tier loot, not even the most basic gun!

Bang!

Bursting out of a low single-story house, Donggua and Maozi dashed toward a two-story building opposite!

Kicking open the door, Donggua led the charge upstairs:

“Maozi, you search the first floor; I’ll take the second!”

Although!

The ga had only been underway for less than five minutes!

Donggua already clearly felt the fundantal difference in ga pace between APEX and PUBG!

APEX’s pace was much faster!

From the mont they left the plane, the ga tempo galloped like a wave, driving every participant forward!

Warehouses opened one by one; fierce gunfire erupted instantly in Skull Town!

The shrinking map, compact building arrangents, faster movent, and diverse item choices!

Each change seed subtle alone.

But combined, the ga’s pace soared onto the fast lane!

Most crucially!

Each legend’s skill design was exquisite!

Bloodhound’s scan exposed enemy locations; Pathfinder’s grappling hook allowed three-dinsional movent; Caustic’s gas cans forced foes from cover…

Attack, defense, movent support!

In this APEX, tactical options and counters were countless!

Slow-paced PUBG tactics had no foothold here!

At this mont!

Strears understood, players understood, countless dia experiencing it first-hand understood!

If PUBG was a gentle trickling stream occasionally turbulent,

Then APEX was an eternally rushing, surging, and ever-flowing mighty river!

Though both were battle royales,

They were fundantally two different gas!!!