Apex Legends celebrated its fifth birthday on Sunday, however the celebration is simply getting began. The social gathering actually kicked off at present, with the discharge of the Season 20: Breakout launch trailer.
In contrast to most launch trailers, Season 20’s trailer is made up completely of photographs from totally different Legends’ POVs. Conduit could be seen teaming up with Bangalore and Newcastle, and gamers additionally catch a glimpse of Wraith ending off Caustic earlier than having a fast chat with Pathfinder and Mirage–an homage to the sport’s very first launch trailer, which featured the trio combating their approach to victory whereas (lovingly) trash-talking one another.
Now Taking part in: Apex Legends: Official Breakout Cinematic Launch Trailer
The brand new trailer is surprisingly quick for a launch trailer and, oddly, was not preceded by an episode of Tales From The Outlands. Nevertheless it does give gamers a number of hints at what’s coming this season. A couple of seconds into the trailer, Lifeline, Loba, and Mad Maggie could be seen combating Catalyst, with Lifeline wielding a really odd-looking bladed melee weapon. Many Legends have already obtained an Heirloom Weapon, and Lifeline is certainly one of them. Some Legends, like Wraith and Revenant, have even gotten a second Heirloom Weapon–but up to now, these secondary weapons have at all times been equivalent in look to the unique Heirloom, primarily receiving a brand new weapon pores and skin slightly than a brand new weapon completely.
Lifeline’s unique Shock Sticks Heirloom Set encompasses a set of electrified drumsticks, so most gamers have assumed her secondary Heirloom Weapon would function the identical lethal drumsticks with a brand new coat of paint. However the unusual blade she’s seen whipping round within the Breakout launch trailer bears no resemblance to her unique Heirloom Weapon, which is slightly odd. It may imply Respawn is taking secondary Heirloom designs in a brand new course, or might be an indication {that a} sport mode that includes a handheld blade is on the best way, just like the Buster Sword seen within the latest Remaining Fantasy LTM. In the meantime, Loba is seen snatching up an Alternator utilizing her Black Market final means earlier than Mad Maggie makes an attention-grabbing remark: “Three, lady? Somebody’s obtained sticky fingers.”
However Lifeline and Loba aren’t the one ones utilizing some unusual techniques within the new trailer. It additionally encompasses a transient POV shot of Octane throwing down a Leap Pad–his final ability–before bouncing into the air and instantly dropping one other Leap Pad. Lifeline’s odd melee blade, Mad Maggie’s remark to Loba, and Octane’s miraculous means to instantly manifest two Leap Pads within the area of roughly one second are doubtless references to Respawn’s new Legend leveling system, which provides 100 new perks and buffs for gamers to select from when leveling up their defend. Loba, for example, can select between increasing her Black Market’s vary or gaining the flexibility to snag a 3rd merchandise from it when she ranges up her defend from white to blue, which could clarify Maggie’s feedback relating to her “sticky fingers.” It is doable that one of many perks Octane can select from is the flexibility to drop a couple of Leap Pad without delay.
However a really transient second on the finish of the trailer options what stands out as the most attention-grabbing side of the brand new season. The trailer’s ending features a blink-and-you’ll-miss it shot of Horizon gazing a wierd, round piece of know-how that appears suspiciously much like Jack Cooper’s time-altering armband in Titanfall 2. As she stares at it, the voice of her younger son, Newton, could be heard saying, “You promised…”
After being left to die in a black gap by Ash, Horizon used her astro-engineering abilities to discover a manner house, however arrived 80 years too late to observe her son develop up. Her purpose for becoming a member of the video games is to attempt to discover a manner again to him. When GameSpot requested Apex Legends lead author Ashley Reed if that familiar-looking little disc is certainly the same piece of time-altering tech to the one utilized by Titanfall 2’s protagonist, she instructed us, “You are heading in the right direction; I believe you noticed it.”
The complete particulars of this time-hopping story arc shall be revealed through new in-game story chapters when Apex Legends Season 20: Breakout launches on Tuesday, February 13.